Sunday, December 30, 2012

How to Have Wisdom in Business

Wisdom is the ability to discern what is right from what is wrong to produce optimum judgments that can lead to effective and efficient actions.



Wisdom is vital if you want to reach your business goals and achieve its optimal success. As business owners, entrepreneurs, marketers and managers need to face day-to-day decision making responsibilities, it’s important that they attain the right

Saturday, December 29, 2012

How to Build Your Wealth ?


Who don’t want to be wealthy? Who don’t want abundance in valuable resources, such as financial possession, real estate, talents, skills and knowledge resources? We’ve all dreamed of wealth. We don’t want to be poor and suffer from the culprit of excessive debts. We want to buy the things we want, we want to have the ability to help other people, and we want to share as many things as we can to

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Facebook Nearby : Facebook Location Based Business Recommendations

Facebook recently launched a revamped Nearby section of its mobile apps, which includes a guide to restaurants and other local businesses that are ranked based on Likes from friends, check-ins, and similar social data.


The updates to the new iOS and Android apps include the ability to browse and search for local businesses, as well as share those businesses with Facebook friends.


When opening

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Looking for And Choosing Small Business Partnerships

What is a partnership? Partners are joint owners of a business. They have the same goals and are equally responsible for the decisions made on behalf of the business.



Are all partners equal?
Not necessarily. For instance, in many law firms there are senior and junior partners. However, the partners remain equal from a legal point of view.

If there is no written agreement, all partners:

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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

4 Green Business Trends for 2013

It used to be enough to adopt a highway, recycle in the break room and install a few energy-efficient light bulbs. But businesses now must take ambitious steps if they want to be seen as sustainability leaders and join the big leagues. Consider that about two-thirds of all Fortune 500 companies now publish corporate sustainability reports.

The past year has been a tough one for green businesses,

Monday, December 24, 2012

How do I make customer amazed and satisfied

Your customers are the life of your business. If you get the trust and loyalty of many of them, you are assured of having your enterprise successful. On the contrary, if they dislike your business, it would only give you headaches and bankruptcy in the long run. Meaning, without customers, you have to find another source of income.



Your customers are the reason why you give much effort to come

10 Things that Make You a Real Entrepreneur

What makes someone a real entrepreneur? Is it the ability to start an enterprise and make a profit or is it the ability to create innovative products that can touch the lives of many people? We know that entrepreneurship helps people’s lives to be better – it even aids a nation in achieving its economic growth.



However, being a true entrepreneur isn’t an easy thing to do. We cannot just quit

Sunday, December 23, 2012

How To Write a Business Plan



I’ve been doing a tonne of research on how to write a
business plan and I feel like everyone has different thoughts on what to
include and how to write something that actually makes an impact.
 I’m
sure you’ve seen thousands of business plans in your career – what
catches your eye?

You’re right, I have seen more business plans than I can
remember and I have to admit that most of them aren

Saturday, December 22, 2012

The Trends of Financial Management And Tactics



Is it really time to turn the corner on a new year again? Things move so quickly these days, it’s easy to get overwhelmed, even if you’re sitting still.

But we know that small business owners like you don’t sit still – can’t sit still – or your business will die. The good news is there are plenty of companies, from spirited startups to established old school brands, who want to help you

Thursday, December 20, 2012

'Black Friday' deals are back for last-minute shoppers

Sometimes, it pays to procrastinate. Millions of us still need to buy
holiday gifts, and retailers want that business. So they’ve lowered
prices to attract last-minute shoppers.
“We’re seeing incredible deals right now on laptops and some good pricing on tablets and TVs,” said Mike Fridgen, CEO of Decide.com, a site that tracks millions of prices.
They predict that 70 percent of the most

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

You Must Ask These Questions Before Buying a Business

A Story: Andrew Cagnetta bought his first business -- a pasta shop in Wethersfield, Conn. -- at age 25 and quickly realized he hadn't done his homework thoroughly enough. Although he stuck to the shop's original recipes and products, customers began complaining that the recipes had changed. Sales declined, and in less than two years, Cagnetta and his cousin, the co-owner, ended up selling the

Monday, December 17, 2012

Marketing Strategy for 2013



Small business owners, answer these questions as honestly as you can:


Did your company jump on the content marketing bandwagon in 2012?
Did you create and curate informative and practical content for your target audiences?
Did you find a way to disseminate your content, getting it in front of potential clients or customers?

If you answered “yes” to all of these, then it is likely to be a

Sunday, December 16, 2012

11 Inspired Business-Card Designs

They may seem like relics or leftovers from past generations that didn't give two figs about the environment or modern business practices. But business cards are not only still used, they're also useful.

They can serve as a new contact or client's first look at your company, as well as a reminder that stays with them long after you’ve left the building. Yet amid the rush to brand a business in

16 Gifts for Entrepreneurs

Our drool-worthy gifts for the entrepreneurs in your life promise to make them feel appreciated and stylish--and make their hard-earned success a bit more satisfying. Whether or not you've reached the same heights, you just may want some of these cool items for yourself.

AOC 16-inch Portable USB Monitor




This sleek 1.4-inch-thick monitor ($139) connects directly to a laptop via USB cable for

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Top 10 Tech Accessories of 2012

1. The Equiso is a dongle that turns your TV into an Android device




The Equiso is an Android-powered dongle that plugs into your TV's HDMI port and lets you run apps on the big screen.
It's primarily designed as a streaming device, so you can run Android versions of HBO GO, Netflix, Hulu, Pandora, etc. and stream content to your TV.
Price: $79


2. Logitech's Ultrathin iPad keyboard turns

Friday, December 14, 2012

Top small businesses Googled this year

Google success was likely due to their increased presence on social media throughout the year, plus continued growth in the business itself.

The linen business had begun to place more emphasis on Facebook, as well as encouraging its 1400 consultants to start their own Facebook pages publicising the brand, Ellett said.



"My role with that (main Facebook) page is really not getting the likes but

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Is Your Side Business Legal?



From blogging to handling a one-off PR project for a former client, today’s digital economy offers new opportunities for bringing in a little extra income. But when does a casual project turn into a business, and how do you keep that business legal?

According to the IRS, an activity is considered a “business” if it has made a profit in three of the past five years. Since you’re supposed to

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

How to Make Money Online Using Google Adsense

Whether possible to get money just by online ? Yes, you can do it using google adsense. How to make money online with Google Adsense? Adsense program is an
ad serving application run by Google Inc. Website owners and bloggers, which are
called publishers, can enroll in this program to enable text, image, and video
advertisement on their web pages. Publishers earned revenue on either a

How to Raise Entrepreneurial Kids

As a parent, you inspire entrepreneurship by fostering the emotional
skills your child will need, such as comfort with risk, effective
problem solving, and a positive attitude toward failure.



"It’s all about shaping the child’s behavior," says Dr.
Andrea Vazzana, clinical assistant professor of child psychiatry at New
York University Langone’s Child Study Center. "Social emotional skills

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Five Mistakes to Avoid With Free Shipping

More online retailers are offering free shipping as customers come to expect it. Last year, more than half of all online transactions during the holidays included shipping at no charge, a 10 percent jump from 2010, according to a survey of online shoppers by comScore.

While you may need to offer free shipping -- at least as a promotional feature during the holidays -- to retain and attract

Tips to Increase Your Business Profit

Without so much introduction, we all know that business has to make profits. Hence, if you’re a business owner, entrepreneur or a manager in charge to boost the profitability of your company or organization, the following 10 tips will guide you on how to increase your business profit.


1. Increase owner’s capital or investment.
More investments mean more ROI (Return on Investment). Don’t play

Monday, December 10, 2012

Tips to Have Perfect Timing

Timing is a very important factor in achieving success.
Without timing, any effort, talent, and anything you do might not be
enough to reach your goals. Just like dancing, you need to have timing
to be graceful. Just like singing, you need to have perfect timing to
avoid being out of tune.


In our business actions, we need timing to maximize sales and profit. And in almost anything we do in

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Online Tools to Answering Questions Your Small Business

Running a
small business is filled with unknowns and crash course lessons. You’re
always going to have questions about hiring, acquiring customers,
raising money, and building viable products. When I started my first
business, it was crucial that I learn about accounting and income
statements. As the nature of building startups goes, teaching myself the
basics lead to more and more

Saturday, December 8, 2012

How to Stretch Your Marketing Budget ?

Most small businesses have modest marketing budgets, which means you have to make every dollar
count.
Here are 5 ways to get big results from a small budget, Useful
strategies to help you maximize your campaigns and save money.



use your ads for more than just space advertising.Ads
are expensive to produce and expensive to run. But there are ways to
get your advertising message in your

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Essential Tips, How to Building Your Small Biz Team



In a startup, it’s all about the team. Even if you have a
ground-breaking idea, it’s useless without the right team to develop and
execute the vision. If you’ve been in business or entrepreneurship,
these revelations shouldn’t surprise you.
Hiring the right people
can be the most difficult part of building a company, but talent is hard
to find, and bad apples can be even harder to let go.

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

How to Getting Started Business Marketing in Social Media



Now, There are many social media on Internet, When it comes
to using social media marketing to build your business, the worst action
is no action, and your biggest problem is being invisible, not being
talked about negatively. As long as you're part of the conversation on
the social Web, you can hear what's being said about you and massage
negative perceptions about your business.

But if

Saturday, December 1, 2012

How to Spy Your Competitors (Legally)

Ever wonder what your competitors are up to? You should. They might
be creating new products, planning to enter new markets -- or maybe
they're floundering. If you knew, it could give you an edge.
Uncovering



competitive information doesn't require donning a trench coat or hiring
a computer hacker. There are plenty of perfectly legal ways to get
below-the-radar competitive information.
Here

This is The Basics of Branding





Brand Strategy & Equity
Your
brand strategy is how, what, where, when and to whom you plan on
communicating and delivering on your brand messages. Where you advertise
is part of your brand strategy. Your distribution channels are also
part of your brand strategy. And what you communicate visually and
verbally are part of your brand strategy, too.
Consistent,
strategic branding leads to