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Solving the Late Paying Customer BluesNothing can drive a business down faster than customers who don't pay their bills as agreed. When you sell to customers on credit you are making an agreement with them.
How to Raise Your Fees and Thrill Your CustomersThink the best way to get more customers is to have the lowest prices in town? Think again. Think the best way to create a successful business is to try to appeal to everyone? Wrong again.
The Wrap on Ag PlasticWhile driving through Pennsylvania farmland, you have probably noticed an increased amount of white plastic bundles stacked in lines or piles along farm buildings or edges of farm fields. Sometimes referred to as "marshmallows" or "long white tubes", etc.
Increase the Wealth in Your CommunityMany of us have noticed how some nearby communities seem to be "wealthier" than other nearby communities. They seem to have more shopping markets, more restaurants, more choices; items often cost more in these communities than they do in surrounding areas, yet the affluence remains where the prices are high; people are drawn to these communities, bringing even more resources and more wealth.
A Day in the Life of a Self Employed ProfessionalIt's Monday morning and Connie the Consultant sits in her executive office chair overseeing her business empire. Her desk is strewn with half finished projects, several weeks worth of to do lists (none of them completed), scribbled post it notes, and a permission slip for her daughter's field trip to the Planetarium that should have been turned in last week.
11 Things Small Business Owners Can Learn From The Supreme Court1. Have A Strong Constitution - Justices deliver decisions by interpreting the U.
11 Things Small Business Owners Can Learn From Rudy Giuliani1. Leadership Is Learned - While many people appear to have an innate ability to lead, most learn from their life and business experiences, then put these lessons into practice.
11 Things Small Business Owners Can Learn From The Miracle On Ice1. Know Where You're Going - Coach Herb Brooks had a strategic plan for assembling the American team.
11 Things Small Business Owners Can Learn From Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer1. Everyone Makes A Difference - Despite not letting him play in their games, the other reindeer came to understand Rudolph's importance.
11 Things Small Business Owners Can Learn From Tiger1. There Are No "gimmes" - They count two-foot putts on the PGA Tour.
Explode Your Consulting IncomeHere are just a few ways to increase and diversify your income from your consulting business.1.
Marketing a New or Small Business on a BudgetThere are almost as many opinions and views on marketing as there are companies to market. The big names and multinationals will have an extraordinary amount of funding set aside in which to convey their marketing message to the masses.
Eight Ways To Improve Your Companys Cash-Flow - TODAY!Cash is the lifeblood of any business. As humans need air to breath and food to eat, your business requires customers that provides the primary substance that keeps a business in business: cash.
Six Sigma for Small BusinessIt is not surprising that some people may perceive Six Sigma as being only for large corporations. Major corporations such as Allied Signal, Black & Decker, Dow Chemical, Dupont, Federal Express, General Electric, Johnson and Johnson, Kodak, Motorola, Sony, and Toshiba have all rolled out Six Sigma efforts and achieved outstanding results.
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