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17 “Must Ask” Questions for Planning Successful Projects – Small Business
Posted by AdeleS in Intro To Small Business, Small Business Challenges, Small Business Strategy and Decision-Making, Starting A Small Business on October 23, 2009
17 “Must Ask” Questions for Planning Successful Projects
By Adele Sommers
Editor: For more by this author click on the tag Adele Sommers below. In this article Adele tackles a simple way to plan your successful projects. In small business, this is absolutely critical for two reasons. First, owners have a tendency to be people who prefer [...]
Do You Have Your Own “Business Success Criteria? You Should.
Posted by AdeleS in General, Small Business Strategy and Decision-Making, Starting A Small Business on October 23, 2009
Do You Have Your Own “Business Success Criteria”?
By Adele Sommers
Editor Note: We’re pleased to be able to offer you Adele’s wisdom on a number of subjects. We’ll be carrying more of her articles in future. If you want to read more from her, click here name Adele Sommers, in the tag area below. In this [...]
Are You Attracting the Wrong Customers To Your Small Business? You’d Better Think About It
Posted by Robert Bacal in General, Small Business Challenges, Starting A Small Business on October 11, 2009
I’m sitting in a Studio 6 motel room, with almost know sleep after dealing with a group of young people partying across the hall, and IN THE HALL 2 feet from my room. I’ve had a similar problem in another stay at the chain. Calls to the front desk at 1am and 3am were not [...]
The Power of Understanding Your Core Business – It’s About Survival
Posted by Robert Bacal in Advice and Tips, Don't Do This!, Small Business Challenges, Small Business Strategy and Decision-Making, Starting A Small Business on October 9, 2009
The universe sometimes conspires. I spent a good part of today talking with a colleague about how important is is for a small business owner to understand his or her core business, AND to orient all activity towards furthering the core business. Then I realized, I haven’t been following my own dictums. Oh dear, it’s [...]
Women, have your say on the status of women in small business.
Posted by Robert Bacal in Small Business Challenges, Starting A Small Business on September 25, 2009
We’re building a library of articles and resources for women involved in small business, and in the process, it occured to me that maybe women do not require “special” articles or resources to help them in small business. Then I realized I didn’t know the answer. So I’m asking, particularly of women”
Do you feel that [...]
For Small Business It Can’t Be All About The Benjamins — Passion Counts
Posted by Robert Bacal in Intro To Small Business, Small Business Challenges, Starting A Small Business on September 9, 2009
There are a lot of people who start their businesses because they believe their ideas are fabulous and unique, and they also believe that the operation of a small business is going to make them rich. Often they believe riches will follow quickly if they get their businesses going.
Sadly, it is almost never the case. [...]
Making Sales #smallbizIQ
Posted by Staff in Advice and Tips, Intro To Small Business, Marketing, Small Business Challenges, Starting A Small Business on August 31, 2009
You’ve started or are thinking of starting your own business because you know that you have a great product or service to sell. Hopefully you have already identified your niche market and are fully prepared to discuss the unique values that your service or product will bring to your customer.
This is called a value [...]
Financial Plans #smallbizIQ
Posted by Staff in Advice and Tips, Intro To Small Business, Small Business and The Law, Starting A Small Business on August 26, 2009
Your overall business plan should contain seven carefully considered components. Of these seven components, your financial plans are of the utmost importance to potential investors or small business money lenders. It is best to consult a professional business accountant to help ensure that you are stating your financials according to industry and state and provincial laws.
Having [...]
Four Musts of Effective Small Business Plans
Posted by Robert Bacal in Intro To Small Business, Small Business Challenges, Starting A Small Business on August 17, 2009
Four Musts of Effective Small Business PlansBy Peter McLean
In order to leverage its talent, ideas and energy to create a high performing company, a small business must be focussed and clear on precisely how it intends to conduct its affairs. Small business plans create this clarity and focus. They take the critical issues [...]
Can The Online Marketing Hype, Unless Your Customers Are Idiots
Most of us have had the online experience of following a link or otherwise getting to a website that is selling something using hyperbole, words “supposed” to grab your attention (like Super, One Time Offer, But Wait, There’s More”, and often using colors and a format that looks like a creation of a mad child [...]
About Entrance Requirements and Small Business: Easy Isn’t Best
Posted by Robert Bacal in Advice and Tips, Small Business Challenges, Starting A Small Business on August 4, 2009
So many people dream of opening up their own business, and for most it remains a dream, out of circumstances or a lack of commitment. Of those that remain, who really do want to own a business, there are two questions that come up very often:’
What kind of business would be best, and what’s [...]
Hiring Information Technology And Computer Experts #smallbizIQ
Posted by Staff in Advice and Tips, Intro To Small Business, Starting A Small Business on July 30, 2009
Hiring expertise for your small business as you require it makes good sense. Why pay a computer programmer or web designer a full-time salary when you know you will only make use of their skills on an as-needed basis?
Here’s some information you’ll find helpful when you decide to hire an Information Technology (IT) professional. It’s [...]
If You Are Asking This Question About Small Business, Don’t Leave Your Job, and Don’t Start A Small Business
Posted by Robert Bacal in Advice and Tips, Intro To Small Business, Starting A Small Business on July 29, 2009
When times are tough economically, there is increased interest in starting one’s own small business, particularly because more people are unemployed and it’s harder to find a regular job. People start considering the idea, playing with the small business notion mentally, and exploring it. Some are serious. Some less so. Some are equipped to succeed, [...]
Small Business Credible & Trustworthy Leadership #smallbizIQ
Posted by Staff in Advice and Tips, General, Starting A Small Business on July 27, 2009
If you intend to remain a one-person shop and never hire anyone, you won’t have to worry about your leadership skills. However taking on just one person to work for you means that your leadership style should be consistent and remain true to your personal and business ethics.
Every small business leader needs to ‘look at how you can [...]
Small Business Tip – Corporation, LLC, Partnership or Proprietorship?
Posted by Robert Bacal in Finance, General, Small Business and The Law, Starting A Small Business on July 17, 2009
Small Business Tax Tip – Corporation, LLC, Partnership or Proprietorship?
By Thomas Norton
Sometimes it’s the small decisions — or lack of a decision — that have the greatest effect on your business.