5 Small Business Management Questions to Help Choose Marketing Programs (26 Jun 2006) As small business managers, we juggle limited resources in a quest for success. Limited money and time mean we must choose from seemingly endless, and often conflicting, advice and recommendations from marketing service providers, management and marketing consultants and internal experts. The article explains how to choose marketing programs that will help move your business forward.
Small Business Success: Thriving During Change (And Landing On Your Feet!) (26 Jun 2006) Some people thrive on change - they love it and even create more of it. Others view change with anxiety and resistance. Often times we react to it; we try to control it; we create situations and problems to avoid dealing with it. If you're facing (or anticipating) one change or several changes, these tips will help you navigate through transition and help you land on your feet.
Small Business Marketing Secrets: Look Like Sizzle, Be The Steak (26 Jun 2006) Courage, clarity of purpose, intention and integrity are at the core of successful leadership. These character traits are innate, yet must be accessed and practiced. Cultivating their role in your life can make your future bolder, decisive and more successful. In this topic, we will cover aspects of leadership as they relate to our personal, business and spiritual life, and how we can integrate all three.
How Your Habits Control Your Small Business Success (26 Jun 2006) Habits are essential to our very existence; however, sometimes behaviors form into habits that are no longer necessary. With awareness and a strong reason or motivation to change the habit we can initiate and sustain change and rid ourselves of habits that no longer serve a purpose.
Avoiding the Small Business Cash Flow Roller Coaster (26 Jun 2006) Running a business on the feast-or-famine roller coaster is hard on the cash flow aspect of your business and harder still on your nerves. With diligence and determination you can break this cycle. Learn how.
Operating Your Small Business – Everything Really Is a Project (26 Jun 2006) If you aren't using project management tools and skills to run your business, your productivity is suffering. Rose Hill, a successful solo-e, talks about the tools she uses to manage her business.
Introducing the 15 Frameworks of Successful Self-Employed Professionals (26 Jun 2006) A framework is a way of thinking, a point-of-view, a perspective on something. Here are the 15 frameworks of the successfully self-employed professional. You'll find some of these to be radical and foreign. Don't let that stop you! Try them on; see what you learn from them.
Your Ideal Client – A Key Concept for Solo and Small Business Marketing (26 Jun 2006) Have you ever had a client/customer that was more trouble than they were worth? Maybe they were always late to pay, or didn't do what they said they'd do. Maybe you just had a personality clash, or they expected more than you were able to offer. Whatever the situation, chances are you had an inkling when you first met that client...a tiny voice that you didn't listen to, that was probably overshadowed by the bigger voice that said, "hey it's business, I'll take it!" Learn to say "No!" to those clients, before they start draining your energy!
Why Do Most Online Small Businesses Fail? (26 Jun 2006) Online, small businesses fail to act on the fact that the fundamental reality of how people use the Web is totally different. No one "passes by".
Dig Deep for Small Business Ideas Before You Start the Wrong Business (26 Jun 2006) Finding the best small business idea for you -- and your dream of success -- is the most important part of the startup process. Here's a great article that lays out the steps you need to take to find the right business idea for you.
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.
Organizing Tips for Small Business Success (26 Jun 2006) If you discovered the bottom line in your business depended on
the organization in your office, your reaction could range from
complete composure to sheer terror.
Three Big Barriers To Small Business Marketing Success (26 Jun 2006) Common mistakes that almost everyone is making and how you can avoid them. Don't let these barriers hold you back from getting the great marketing results you deserve.
Local Search and Internet Yellow Pages - A Whole NewVocabulary for Small Businesss (26 Jun 2006) Buyers want both online and local information about where to
Buy. Local Search combines the search query word or phrase with
specific geographic terms, like city or zip code. That way,
search results only include enterprises in that local area.
Small Business Marketing: Specialize or Generalize? (26 Jun 2006) There have been many great points raised on both sides of this discussion. In order to make a final decision, we must look at how the business world is moving and at the purchasing patterns of the consumers who will be utilizing your services.
Competition Relations in Auto Detailing (26 Jun 2006) There is significant competition in auto detailing and car washing. Even more between types of cleaning businesses, as each company attempts to expand into other services which are the mainstay of similar business models. Many times the line blurs between a car wash, oil change business, truck repair, auto accessories business, electronics installers and auto detailing.
