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Business Ideas for Beginners

Your Small Business and Taxes, What You Need to Know

Small business and taxes go hand in hand. You’ve started a small business online, and while it’s going well, you’ve never thought much about taxes….until now! Its that time of year, and suddenly you realize that you’ve got a small online business. Oops, how did that happen?I was just playing around on line and made [...]

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Life Experience in What Not to Do

Know what not to do? Don’t send your customers in circles trying to find answers. I went on a last minute trip last week, and everything was easily booked. I needed to make a small shift to my reservations and asked at the front desk as I checked in. I was told that the front [...]

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Will Your Small Business Fail?

Does your small business have what it takes to survive? Or will it be another statistic? Did you know that many small businesses fail in their first 3 years? Sometimes it’s simple mistakes a business owner makes that will cause the failure. Avoiding these mistakes may help your business survive past that important threshold. Have [...]

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Customer Relations

While we’re all trying to get a sale, something that’s often neglected is the follow-up and continuing relations with your client or customer. I worked with a spa one time that wrote handwritten personalized thank-you notes to all their new customers. So many of those customers spoke of this personal touch being something special in [...]

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Internet Customer Service

You have a business online, but you can’t seem to convert. How’s your customer service? Excellent customer service is the key to conversions when it comes to sales. If you fail here, you might as well shut that business down. If you can’t deliver help and enthusiasm, along with a pleasant attitude, you need to [...]

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Do the Work

“Do the work that others won’t”, Jeremy “Shoemoney” Shoemaker said. I got the chance to listen to “Shoemoney” speak at a conference. While he was talking blogging, I’m taking the information and sharing it with you in a business context. When you’re looking at success, you have to look at not only what good can [...]

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How Much Are No Shows Costing You?

How much money are you losing with no shows? Do you have a system in place to call people to remind them of appointments? Do you have a fee that you charge if people don’t show up? I had a circumstance where I was the no show client, and I felt horrible. It was truly [...]

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Speaking in Front of Customers

I went to a store today to pick up something for a trip I’m taking. It was a clothing store, and every single time I go there, they ask me if I’d like to open a charge with them. Each time I decline. It’s just part of the deal. Today, as I was browsing not [...]

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Are You Bored With Your Business?

Your business is making money…check. Your business could almost run itself…check. Your business works…check. You feel passionate and excited about your business….NO! Are you bored with your business? Maybe it’s time to shake things up. If you’ve found that your passion is gone, you may be overlooking ways to bring that fire back. Have you [...]

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Crumbling Blocks Will Fall

I’ve been on vacation, and while we were out and about, we visited a restaurant we’ve been going to in this local town. We were greeted with a less than enthusiastic waiter, and it set the mood for our short stay. That first moment set a mood…that very simple and first greeting. Maybe it would [...]

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