Why Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Should (26 Jun 2006) As the owner or an employee of a small-to medium-sized business, you might have never thought about media monitoring. Maybe you are not even sure what exactly is meant by this and have thus ignored ...
Why Small Businesses Fail (or Fail to Thrive) (26 Jun 2006) Tammy, a skilled and gifted horticulturist, called me to discuss what she needed to know to start her own florist and landscaping business. She had been in the horticulture industry for 10 years and...
Why Small Businesses Need Both A Logo And An Identity System (26 Jun 2006) Experts urge small business owners to "brand" their business - to use a logo and a set of consistent marketing materials. But, they rarely go into the reasons behind this advice. Here's a list of some of the benefits to having a professionally designed logo and marketing package.
Why the Over Regulation on the Franchising Model? (26 Jun 2006) Franchising is the fastest way to build small businesses, provide jobs, create money flows. Currently the Federal Trade Commission wishes to increase the over regulation on the franchising sector. The way the Federal Trade Commission conducts itself provides little incentive or allows few new entrepreneurial companies to merge from the ashes to become the next Wendy's Hamburger, McDonalds, Duncan Donuts, Century 21, KFC, Dominos Pizza, Midas Muffler, etc.
Why You Need A Virtual Assistant (26 Jun 2006) Are you overwhelmed running your business? Are there not enough hours in the day? The more your business grows, the more administrative tasks you have; the more time you spend on administrative tasks, the less time you have to generate new business.
Why You Need To Have Your Prices Upfront (26 Jun 2006) You're darned silly if you hide your prices. Call us for a price quote, you say. Well get over it. You're losing customers, by the truckload, so here are some steps to showing your prices upfront.
Wichita Kansas is a Great Place to Run a Business (26 Jun 2006) We love Wichita because it has great all round weather except during ice storms and the once in a while Tornado threat, which could carry away you best workers to meet Dorothy. 225 sunny days a year snow about 5 days a year. Which makes a Downtown out-door'sy type setting even better.
Wichita KS; Anything is Possible in Wichita Business (26 Jun 2006) Just when the entire state was kissing Wichita goodbye, economically speaking, they turn around their economy like a hammer-head stall. The BTK is caught and has gone away and the Aircraft Industry has decided to stay.
Window Cleaning Business Case Study (26 Jun 2006) How do window cleaning franchise businesses start? It is a fascinating case study indeed, as most all window cleaning businesses start from such humble beginnings; a bucket of water, a sharp entrepreneur and a quality squeegee. I never thought in a million years I would ever enter the Window Washing Industry.
Window Cleaning Business Start Up (26 Jun 2006) Should you buy a business opportunity or Franchise if you want to get into the window cleaning business? Or just start your own and work hard; grow the business into a full-time profession and expand from there? Let us talk briefly about window cleaning franchises is in general.
Winning in Business - Lessons from Lance Armstrong (26 Jun 2006) Lance Armstrong has achieved incredible results since recovering from cancer, including an unprecedented 7 Tour de France victories, until retiring as champion. This article uncovers several key reasons for Lance Armstrong's success that will help you win in business.
Women and Small Business (26 Jun 2006) The project-book ,"Women in Small business",150 p.p.is the latest book by Mirjana Radovic among eight others.
Work is a Four Letter Word (26 Jun 2006) I love work, I can watch it all day.
I am not scared of work, I have been known to approach within arm's length of it on a number of occasions.
Working with Cleaning Chemicals (26 Jun 2006) As cleaning companies we work with an assortment of cleaning chemicals. Your employees need to know how to use all chemicals they work with and be aware of where the MSDS sheets are for the products they use.
Yeah, It IS Lonely At the Top (26 Jun 2006) Sometimes when you run a business you feel as lonely as the Maytag repairman. Loneliness and isolation are very common problems for business owners. Finding people you can trust to help you with your business is tough. You need someone knowledgeable. You want someone you feel comfortable with. Someone you can really take into your confidence.