Your Small Business Suggestion Box (26 Jun 2006) A suggestion box is a really good idea for your business. It can help you get valuable feedback from your customers -- feedback that they don't normally think to share with you.
Small Business Franchise Opportunities (26 Jun 2006) Many businesses offer small business franchise opportunities. There are many things that are needed for a small business of this kind, but the rewards are great. Franchising allows you to take on a proven and marketable brand and logo, without having to go through the time, effort, and money to build a name or a reputation.
Small Business Publicity -- Worth It? (26 Jun 2006) Publicity via news releases, along with building relationships with reporters and editors is really good for your small business.
What Your Small Business Can Learn From The Doctor (26 Jun 2006) Most doctors never distinguish the difference between customers and patients. That's why they have waiting rooms instead of reception areas.
If You Want To Be Remembered... (26 Jun 2006) A hand written note sends a unique message to the receiver. Primarily that you cared enough to take a few minutes to sit down and write in this day and age of instant communication. An email just doesn't pack the same punch.
Small Business Support Equals Survival (26 Jun 2006) Support is critical for your small business survival. You may shy away from the thought of having an advisory board to guide you through your rough spots, but having a group of professionals who are willing to be your sounding board can mean the difference between success and failure.
Small Business Stress Buster: Completion not Perfection (26 Jun 2006) Is you busness running you, instead of you running the business? The problem might not be your to-do list, but rather how you think about your role as a professional and business owner. Learn more about what to focus on, and what NOT to focus on to ensure greater profits with less stress.
The Key to a Successful Business (26 Jun 2006) The thought or idea that you have today may well turn into a million dollar idea in a years time! Maintaining good records and following a strong business plan is the key to a successful business!
Why Does a Business Fail and What Can You Do to Stop It? (26 Jun 2006) I believe the number one reason why a business will fail is lack of planning. This can be due to various reasons, perhaps because the market research wasn't sufficiently carried out in the first place, or because the financial burden was higher than was planned for etc.
The Most Important Decision of Your Massage Business Career (26 Jun 2006) There are so many decisions you need to make each and every day regarding the direction of your massage practice. Yet there is one key decision that will chart the course of your massage business and will ultimately determine your level of success long term. Can you think what that might be?
Increase Profits With a Small Investment of Time and No Money (26 Jun 2006) Small businesses can save many thousands of dollars each year buy using the purchasing power of buying groups. We can tell you how to get a free lifetime membership to the national buying group alliance.
How To Build Business Credit (26 Jun 2006) Having their own small business is the dream of millions of people, but one of the things that puts some off is raising the capital to get started. raising business credit, though, is not always as difficult as some may think.
Entrepreneur to Employer (26 Jun 2006) So how do you make the jump from entrepreneur to employer?
Boat Cleaning Business Case Study: Entrepreneurship 101 (26 Jun 2006) How do marine type businesses start? Have you ever thought of turning a hobby into a business? Let me tell you a story of how I got into the Boat Detailing Business when I started our in the car cleaning business which grew into a franchise system.
Truck Wash Business Case Study (26 Jun 2006) Often smart entrepreneurs look for out of the way businesses, things out of the mainstream but businesses, which have a good customer base and steady incomes. This is an extremely interesting story. I had always considered the mobile truck washing efforts to be very profitable and believed that fixed truck washes were a big waste of money.
Mobile Truck Washing, Case Study (26 Jun 2006) Most folks in the pressure washing business are happier to do business cleaning concrete or flat work, because it appears to be easy. Some do both fleet truck washing and concrete, which makes sense.
Pressure Washing Business Case Study, Tractor Cleaning (26 Jun 2006) So often small service businesses fail to exploit niches, which have little if any competition. I know as I built my companies we always tried to identify all the market niches and go after them. We were not always able to succeed at everything, occasionally we would fail; it happened more than I would care to admit, but those are lessons learned.
Home Based Franchise Case Study (26 Jun 2006) Here is an interesting case study of a company, which franchised mobile car wash units. It started with the humblest of beginnings indeed. I can say that with complete knowledge because this is a company I started at age 12 years old.
Carwash Franchisor Case Study (26 Jun 2006) There are only a handful of car wash franchises in the world. This might offer some insight on how car wash franchises come into existence. This is a crazy story. It is the history of our company and how we ended up in the Carwash Franchise business.
