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Greening Your Small and Home-Based Business

One of the women entrepreneurs I recently interviewed on WomenHomeBusiness.com is Jen Husted,  owner and founder of JIH Designs. What sets her business apart is that JIH Designs positions itself as an “eco-conscious graphic design studio.”
Why is going green becoming important? According to the GreenBiz State of Green Business 2009 , the annual buying power [...]

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Improving Your Small Business: What You Can Learn from Dr. Laura

We always hear about strong communication being a necessity in relationships to avoid a lovers’ quarrel, but what about when it comes to professional relationships? Many small business owners might not think those Dr. Laura Love type shows and columns have anything to do with their company, but in fact, they might.

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Are You Measuring the Performance of Your Small Business?

Business is about measure and control. So what measurement tools should we use? The ability to measure business excellence and its performance provides businesses with insight into the financial as well as non-financial ways to analyze their performance in an easily understandable manner.

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7 Smart Things Successful Businesses are Doing to Ride Out the Recession

Jay Abraham, author of the upcoming book The Sticking Point Solution: 9 Ways to Move Your Business From Stagnation to Stunning Growth In Tough Economic Times has written an excellent piece on how businesses can grow in this tough economic climate.

He offers 7 “smart things that successful businesses are doing in order not just to [...]

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Overcoming Procrastination Or How I am Trying to Beat Procrastination

I’m a procrastinator. Hate to admit it, but I oftentimes put off things until the very last minute, and it drives my husband bonkers.
According to Tony Jeary, author of the book Strategic Acceleration: Succeed at the Speed of Life, in his article “Procrastination: THE Results Killer!” , there may be a touch of procrastination in [...]

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Strategies for Beating the Recession: Tips from the Experts

Times are tough and the economy is in a recession . However, the recession does not mean that opportunities have ceased to exist and that we will never come out of it. After all, people still buy things — maybe not in the freewheeling kind of spending we’ve seen before, but they are still spending. [...]

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Winning Strategies for a Small Business During a Recession

Monroe Porter in his article “Winning Strategies in a Challenging Economy” published in the Leaders in Landscape 2009 magazine gave a good list of strategies small businesses can adopt to survive this recession. While his advice focused on landscapers, I think we can learn a thing or two from his tips:

Be a leader
Identify and strengthen [...]

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What Entrepreneurs can Learn from President Obama’s Communication Style

Suzanne Bates, author of the new book “Motivate Like a CEO: Communicate your Strategic Vision and Inspire People to Act!” has written a very timely article on what business leaders can learn from the communication style of President Obama:

What can leaders learn from Barack Obama’s approach to communication? It really isn’t about style. Every leader [...]

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How a Small Business Entrepreneur can Take Advantage of the Recession

With the economy in doldrums, are you taking advantage of the opportunities this economic recession presents? Yes, even with all the layoffs and cost cuttings, there’s some opportunities for the taking.
Some examples:

Purchase of vehicles for businesses — with the car industry reeling from the slump, there’s a lot of deals waiting in the car dealerships. [...]

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Should You Offer Additional Services?

Whether you are a lawn care contractor or a resume writer, one of the pressing questions you will be faced is whether you need to offer more services than what you currently provide.
Offering additional services has its advantages and disadvantages.

Add-on services can increase your revenue stream and add to your bottomline. By widening the services [...]

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