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Coping with Inflation in Your Small Business

By Janet Attard

Inflation is the leading challenge facing small businesses this year. With inflation rates reaching a 41-year high this spring, many small businesses are getting caught between that proverbial rock and hard place. On one hand, they’re seeing their costs of doing business skyrocketing. On the other hand, their customers are looking for bargains and cutting ...

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Business Ideas & Tips

Happiness Is Positive Cash Flow

By Bob Adams

“Cash flow, not profits, is the lifeblood of your business. Project it, monitor it, and manage it well before serious trouble starts to brew.” Don’t just add the numbers — manage them! If you’re like me, before you dream of going into a new business, you have dreams of big, fat profits. But once you’re in ...

How to Beat the Heat Around the Office: Savvy Tips for the Self-Employed

By Rick Klaras

Summer is here, so if you’re not already trying desperately to find ways to stay cool, you will be soon. After all, it’s pretty hard to stay productive when you’re going into heat exhaustion, and good luck trying to look suave with a big sweat stain running down your back. So, short of wearing one ...
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Finance Your Business

Where to Get Money to Start a Business

By Janet Attard

Where can you get money to start a business? Finding business startup funding is one of the biggest hurdles for entrepreneurs. Here are 18 ways to get the money to launch your new business.  Determining how to get the money to start a business is one of the first challenges most startup entrepreneurs face. When ...

Sample Cover Letter to Seek Financing

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There are a ton of ways you can finance a small business — including your new startup. So don’t hesitate to start your own business because you’re a little short of cash. Seeking out investors is just another basic step in starting a business. Part of that process may be writing a good pitch letter to potential ...

How to Plan for Business Maintenance Expenses

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When you buy a new business, you already know part of your budget will be allotted for building expenses and repairs. Once you’re settled in, you’ll get more of an idea of what you’re really looking at as far as seasonal maintenance goes. If you’re just starting out, here are several expenditures you’ll want to ...
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Market Your Business

How to Write Content for Your Brand: A Sample Company Blog

By Bob Adams

The idea of being “one-in-a-million” is ideal for characters in romantic comedies, but it’s not really a great way to think of your blog. However, unless you produce insightful content that reaches the right audience, that’s exactly what your blog will be: just one of millions of sites that no one visits. So, how do you ...

Word of Mouth Marketing: 22 Strategies for Small Business

By Janet Attard

Word of mouth marketing is an effective and inexpensive way to advertise, attract and win over customers. When others talk positively about your business, it builds name recognition and trust that lead to sales.  Here are 22 word of mouth marketing strategies that work for small business. What is word of mouth marketing? Word of ...
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Keep Your Business Compliant

Top Ten Legal Oversights That Can Shut Down Your Website

By Brett Trout

Could your website get you sued? The answer is “Yes!” Even if you don’t slander anyone in your blog or steal anyone else’s work, what’s on your website — or maybe what’s NOT on it — could get you sued. Here are the top 10 legal faux pas you should avoid. Although there are many ...

Building Permits for Your Retail Shop

By Tim Knox

Before you start putting up walls and installing counters in your new retail shop, find out what you should do first. Unless you’re renting simple office space, odds are you’ll need to make some modifications to the space, be it adding walls, flooring, paint, electrical, plumbing, or any combination thereof. Rarely will a space be ...
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