Grow Your Business
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7 Tips to Grow Your Business
June 24, 2009
The economy is not an excuse for becoming stagnant. Many businesses are growing today. Yes, today. Many of today's big and successful businesses were founded in tough times. Need names? Here you go: Microsoft, Apple, Adobe and Southwest Airlines. I'm not saying ignore the economy and go about your business. Rather, I'm suggesting you take a look at your business in the following seven ways. These will help you grow your business and cash flow. 1. Do the lifelong value of your average customer math: This number gives you the most important tha...
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Starting a Business during Tough Times
June 19, 2009
Think the gloomy economy is the worst time to start a business or to add new products and services? Think again. Microsoft, Apple, Adobe, Southwest Airlines, Je...
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A Factoring Tale
June 13, 2009
James was in the oil and gas business. He sold equipment to oil and gas companies that need to replace broken or missing parts. One day, another business owner approached Jame...
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The Case for Automating Your Small Business Processes
June 8, 2009
In October 2008, Intuit's Billing Manager Get Paid survey took a sampling of 751 small businesses with less than 10 employees. The survey reported that the...
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More Tips to Keep Your Business Raining with Cash Flow
May 28, 2009
We provided you with eight tips to manage your cash flow. As we said in that article, your business can have a wealth of clients while staying busy, and sti...
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Better to Fail in Your Small Business than Do Nothing
May 11, 2009
This sounds like a quote from one of those inspiring posters with a gorgeous photo and an inspirational quote. It's true that it's better to fail than avoid...
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Small Businesses Survive Despite Economy
May 8, 2009
I'm not going to mislead you into thinking things are better and hunky dory. In fact, the economy dropped at a 6 percent annual rate at the start of this ye...
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8 Tips to Manage Your Cash Flow
April 24, 2009
It doesn't matter how many clients you have or how well your business is doing. Without cash, you have no business. You can never remind businesses too many times: "C...
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Outsourcing Non-Core Processes
April 6, 2009
I met a woman at a seminar last week and thought her business had a brilliant solution for small businesses. Her business does the administration -- the non-profit part of the...
