Small Business Tips

Conference Call Service Providers on the Internet

admin — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:07:01 +0000

With high speed and easy access to the internet, a lot of companies have been turning to the web for their conference calls and group meeting needs. It makes a lot of sense, rather than paying large sums of money for complex phone systems you can instead cough up a nominal monthly fee and get [...]

Spam Filtering with out a Spam Appliance or Blocker

admin — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:23:23 +0000

Spam is an unnecessary evil of modern business. It effects our profits and productivity more than we probably expect. It can be the cause of unnecessary time wasted sorting through and deleting spam e-mail, if not worse issues like losing valid e-mails amongst the clutter. Some of the most effective tools in being an anti spam [...]

Officially starting an LLC, the paperwork to form an LLC

admin — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:58:54 +0000

A lot of us start the entrepreneur journey by coming with ideas or skills. Either we have a great concept for a business, or the skills to start a business of our own. Some lucky few have gone through educational programs that teach you what needs to be done to officially start a business, but [...]

Restaurant Marketing Ideas and Solutions

admin — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 18:15:58 +0000

Restaurants often face a difficult challenge when it comes to marketing. Franchise restaurants have the ability to hire large advertising agencies to do massive branding work as well as getting budgets for local and national media buying and coverage. However local restaurants often don’t have the volume and size to compete on these same levels. Instead [...]

Project Management and CRM Software Review

admin — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:08:40 +0000

There are plenty of tools available today that make the difficult aspects of business easier. From actually running the business, to managing employees to tracking leads and sales. However not all tools are created equal and let’s be honest there are a lot to chose from. Project Management Software Review of Basecamp Basecamp is a hosted online [...]

Verizon customer service, a model of how not to do it?

admin — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:01:30 +0000

Verizon Customer Service - more like Verizon Customer dis-service. Sometimes the best way to learn how to improve your business is see how other people do it wrong. In this case Verizon proves that customer satisfaction is the last thing they care about.

Marketing to seniors, why you should look at baby boomers

admin — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:17:45 +0000

It is easy to become jaded and disillusioned in marketing advertising. As a marketing consultant, I thought that most of the markets were tapped. Consumers, you see, are simply too cynical nowadays. Advertising and marketing have to resort to increasingly cheap tricks. There is no finesse in the field anymore. Marketing campaigns rely more and [...]

Management Consulting, Have you considered consulting?

admin — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:14:06 +0000

When I first got involved in management consulting, I was surprised at how easy it was to get into. After all, I had never worked as a management consultant before. I had no formal business experience, no business training, and basically little knowledge of how the business world works. I knew that management consultants salaries [...]

Money Making Ideas

admin — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:12:42 +0000

With the economy is utter disarray, people are looking for almost every way possible to make a few extra dollars. The skyrocketing cost of living and ridiculous gas prices is putting a tremendous strain on the average American. More and more people are desperately looking for money making ideas. Unfortunately, this time of desperation is [...]

Franchise Opportunities, have you considered a franchise?

admin — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:07:10 +0000

Finding the right franchise opportunities in your city will open a whole new world of success for you. A lot of people think that the only way to make it is to work for someone else. After all, there are a lot of advantages to being employed in a business. There is less risk to [...]