5 Steps To Success for Small Business Owners (26 Jun 2006) 80% of small businesses do not survive beyond the first 3 years of operation. Follow these 5 steps and guarantee your success...
Entrepreneurs Ask: What Can a Virtual Assistant Do For Me? (26 Jun 2006) Freeing your time is a key element in continued business success. Hiring a professional Virtual Assistant (VA) can free up your time and energy, allowing you to focus on growing your business and generating revenue!
Entrepreneurs and Franchisors Watch Out (26 Jun 2006) New Franchisors and Entrepreneurs need to watch out as they enter into the world of franchising. What advice can I give to a new franchisor, I was asked today by another entrepreneur with a wonderful new concept; what are the tiger traps that lay ahead?
Survival Tips For Your Small Business (26 Jun 2006) No matter type of business you operate you've got to know how to keep your business alive during economic recessions. Anytime the cash flow in a business, large or small, starts to tighten up, the money management of that business has to be run as a "tight ship."
Cashing In Your Chips & Pastures New (26 Jun 2006) No, I'm not talking about gambling or dairy cows - although business is often referred to as a gamble, I'm referring to your exit strategy. That time when you decide to 'play no more' and go off and practise your golf swing. Yup, I'm talking about selling your business...
The Responsibility Conundrum - Where art Thou? (26 Jun 2006) Mr. Ms, 'not me' is often on holidays in your business. Yes come rain or shine they attend the workplace and put in the day for you; coffee to drink, gossip to catch up on, spying on management and colleagues, frequent toilet breaks, long lunches, long phone calls and let not forget the email needs to be checked and replied. Off course the home business needs more customers so a few phone calls here and there are quite appropriate so they think!
Franchises Must Meet Legal Definition to be an Actual Franchise (26 Jun 2006) All franchises must meet the legal definition of a franchise no matter what they call it before it is an actual franchise. This is the Federal Trade Commissions take on the franchise rule. It is not illegal to call a company a franchise even if it is not one and if it is not it does not have to follow the rules.
Should I Franchise or Not? (26 Jun 2006) A reader of one of my online sessions asked should he franchise his business or not. He had set up a service business and was getting ready to expand and wanted to know if franchising was a good potential strategy for this. How do I franchise my business.
1-2-3 Steps To A Successful Joint Venture (26 Jun 2006) A successful joint venture marketing effort is the goal of many small businesses, and is a great way to increase market visibility and profits. Joint venture marketing is rising in popularity everyday, but it does take some skill, good planning and foresight to execute. Here are the steps a business owner should take to be successful in this arena…
Asphalt Paving: Striping Your Parking Lot (26 Jun 2006) As you may already know, asphalt paved parking lots do need maintenance from time to time. One known asphalt paving maintenance technique is to have your parking lot re-striped.
Awning Cleaning Business Case Study: Entrepreneurship 101 (26 Jun 2006) It is most fascinating to study how entrepreneurs spot opportunity in the market place. "My name is Lance Winslow and I am a serial entrepreneur, I admit I am addicted and need help." . . "Hello Lance." Let me explain how I formed one of my companies which became a franchise system
Four Obstacles to Fame and Fortune (26 Jun 2006) Learn some of the obstacles that stop business owners from reaching their Biggest Vision.
Indiscretion Can Kill Your Business (26 Jun 2006) If you want your business to succeed, your indiscretions need to stop. Remember Mom's old adage "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything"? Your Mom was right! Learn strategies to monitor your indiscretions.
Three Ways to Add Leverage to Your Small Business (26 Jun 2006) Leveraging allows you to achieve your desired objectives with more speed and less effort. Read about 3 of the many ways in which you can employ leverage in the running of your business.
Small Business Secrets: Self-Confidence Can Be Arranged (26 Jun 2006) You can arrange to have the self-confidence you need by arranging support structures and encouragement and designing situations that feed you the confidence you need. Learn how!
Small Business Success Secret: Focus on Your Genius Work? (26 Jun 2006) Do you know what your genius work is? It's the highest and best use of your time. It's the best leverage your business has in the marketplace. You're doing your genius work when your activities are producing the greatest results in the shortest period of time.
Top 7 Small Business Resources for 2005 (26 Jun 2006) If you're thinking of starting a business, or you already own one, these small business resources will help you build bigger profits, and some of the resources are even free.
