Small Business tips about forecasting the future of your sales.
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Posted: 6/19/2009 | Comments (0)
The Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy has released the findings of it Small Business & Micro Business Lending in the United States for Data Years 2007-2008, which offers information useful to any small business owner looking for a small business loan.
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Do you know whether you are liable for overtime for your employees? Just because you pay them a salary doesn’t mean you are off the hook for time-and-a-half. Here is what you need to know.
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Posted: 6/18/2009 | Comments (0)
Small Business tips about how to close a sale.
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There is a lot of red ink in state budgets across the country, and lawmakers are doing their best to raise taxes in as quiet a fashion as possible. That explains the North Carolina decision to tax the clicks of affiliate websites of Amazon.com that reside in their state, a move that has led Amazon to pull the plug on its North Carolina affiliates.
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Small Business tips about how a sales team can grab a prospective client’s attention to lead to a successful sale.
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Posted: 6/17/2009 | Comments (0)
Everyone makes mistakes; it comes with being human and if you are in the service business, a mistake can cause problems. The real measure of your business, however, is what you do once the damage is done.
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Posted: 6/17/2009 | Comments (2)
The SBA is accepting loan applications for a temporary new program called America’s Recovery Capital. These “ARC” loans, which go up to $35,000, help viable small businesses with immediate financial hardship to keep their doors open until they get back on track.
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Small Business tips about steps in order to make a successful sales call.
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Posted: 6/16/2009 | Comments (0)
Small Business tips about supporting your sales staff.
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Posted: 6/15/2009 | Comments (0)
If it seems that the government’s interest in executive pay seems to be broadening, it is. While the White House is talking pay caps for companies that have taken bailout money, there is a movement afoot to cap all executive pay. You have to wonder: Will that include union executives?
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Posted: 6/11/2009 | Comments (2)
Repeat after me: The Federal Government will not directly give me free money as part of the Stimulus Plan. Now, say it again and a third time just to make sure. I want this idea firmly in everyone’s head because there are scammers out there—some pretty sophisticated ones, too—that will try to get you to believe otherwise.
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Posted: 6/9/2009 | Comments (0)
Kim Fenolio will be leading a Twitter chat that answers questions about how to use Twitter the right way for business. She’ll cover DOs and DON’Ts on how to get and keep followers, get attention, make some money in the process and anything guests may want to talk about.
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Posted: 6/9/2009 | Comments (1)
The Small Business tips today will be about ways to orient new employees on their first day of the job.
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In a wonderful example of having to play the King's tune when you take the King's shilling, the White House is expected to name Mr. Kenneth Feinberg as the "Special Master for Compensation." I could ask where in the Constitution President Obama gets the authority to do this, but we already know the answer to that one. The real question is this: Do we really need another czar, and for what?
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Posted: 6/5/2009 | Comments (1)
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