March 9th, 2010 by admin
By Barbara Findlay SchenckLast December, a group of noted New York City architects, designers and contractors made news, friends and client contacts when they gave away half-hour design consultations to anyone who wandered into their one-of-a-kind Pop Up Design Clinic in the SoHo neighborhood.”We put competition aside, divvied up the outlay of time and money, and for 10 days we provided design as a public service,” clinic co-host Edward Gavagan of PraxisNYC explains. “Because it was free, anyone could sample it.”Poonam Khanna, an architect who collaborated to host the clinic, adds, “We wanted to bring high-end design to a wider audience in a fun, accessible environment.
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March 8th, 2010 by admin
Just like casting for fish, the process of meeting people, staying in touch, and then asking for their business is something that requires patience and practice.A few years ago, a long-standing member of a business networking organization was talking about canceling his membership–not because he wasn’t getting enough referrals, but because his referrals were coincidental.That’s right.
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March 6th, 2010 by john
Some people think that hiring a home-based professional to help their business is a gamble. Home-based entrepreneurs aren’t productive or professional enough, right? They get distracted easily
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March 5th, 2010 by admin
By Dan BriodyTo many small-business owners, the facts and figures their daily work casts off are more incidental than instrumental. Reluctantly storing it all on disks, in file cabinets and on scraps of paper strewn about the back room, business owners often think this constant stream of information is useless (except maybe to the IRS).
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March 5th, 2010 by john
Opportunities abound for small businesses to cut their tax bills. The key is understanding what’s deductible for your business. A good tax preparer can guide you, but it is your responsibility to save receipts throughout the year.”Organization and good record keeping are the keys to lower tax preparation fees and painless IRS audits,” says Sam Fawaz, a certified financial planner and certified public accountant with Y.D. Financial Services in Franklin, Tenn.
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March 3rd, 2010 by admin
If you think you need online forms to collect contact information from your website visitors, think again.
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March 2nd, 2010 by john
It is important to appeal to consumers’ emotions when crafting marketing messages. Think about how you feel when you hear marketing messages and how those feelings affect your own buying decisions. Just like you’re moved to action by an emotional response to marketing messages, so are all consumers.
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March 2nd, 2010 by john
I’m often asked by would-be entrepreneurs and startup business owners what skills and abilities they need to develop to truly succeed in business.That’s always a tough question for me to answer.
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March 1st, 2010 by admin
Obviously, we Americans love our cars. We’ve made movies about cars (think Cannonball Run or The Fast and the Furious ).
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March 1st, 2010 by admin
I first learned the business value of estimating when I left home at age 14 to join the carnival. One of my early jobs was to run the “Guess Your Age and Weight” booth
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