January 27, 2012

How to Start a Successful Small Business

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This entry is part 11 of 11 in the series Home Business End of the Year Review

What do you need to succeed in business? Experts say that you need to have loads of persistence, passion, and hard work – and yes, lots of luck. Learn some factors that you need to improve your chances for success when starting a business.

Significant Business Problem: Lousy Implementation of Strategy

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When 20 percent of the most powerful business leaders in The United States lose their jobs, there is a problem! Top business consultants have argued for business to better strategize, align, and implement.

Is Your Business Ready for the New Year?

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As the New Year begins, it is time to look back at what you achieved last year (and other years prior) and assess the performance of your business. Knowing how well (or poorly) you did the past years can help you improve for the coming years. Here are 14 checklists to get your home business ready for the New Year.

What’s in a Business Phone Number?

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The business phone number you use can have a direct impact on your business, good or bad. Here’s a guide to help you select the best phone service to use for your business, since it could impact the type of phone number you can obtain.

Contracts and the Importance of Putting Business Agreements in Writing

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In the ideal world, it would be great to seal every deal with a verbal agreement and handshake alone. Alas, we don’t live in an ideal world and to operate a business without written contracts or agreements can prove costly – if not altogether risky.

Kontera Review: Working with Your Advertising Networks

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The blog post Earning from Inline Text Advertising: Review of Kontera was adjudged as the best review of Kontera in their contest. Learn why Kontera is a step apart from the other advertising networks, especially in the way they deal with their publishers.

Adding Social Publishing to Your Social Media Marketing Mix

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One type of social media often overlooked by many small businesses is social reading and publishing, which is essentially the sharing of documents, manuscripts and presentations. Learn how to use social publishing for your business.

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