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Small Business InformationQ and A: Personalized Birthday Cards from Paul LeonardPaul Leonard's BirthdayCards2Go.com paid greeting card service offers convenience when you're rushing to send birthday wishes. While nothing can beat a personalized poem to add that extra touch of thoughtfulness, we can all agree that in this busy world, any connection we can make with each other, even just to say "Thinking of you," is worthwhile. Small Business Owners - Form a Relationship with Your Bank ManagerIt?s just like a marriage Get In Touch With Your Competition!We all know that competition is an ugly word but competitors are a fact of life in business. If your business can't compete with other businesses, don't start it. You have to have some type of an edge. Six Essential Skills to Business Success!The following are six essential skills to business success. You may not have developed all of these skills, but like most things in life, you can by learning, practicing and determination. Implement these skills and you'll be on the right track. Is Your Business Legally Prepared?It is imperative to have your business legally prepared. How you ask? You need to have a business license, a home occupation license, if running your business from home, a city or county license, (depending on what State you live) plus you need to register your business as fictious if you are not using your name as a business. For instance, If John Doe has a businessname as John Doe's Grooming Parlor, a fictious name isn't necessary. How Do I Choose The Right Business Opportunity For Me?First you have to start with knowing your budget and how much you can afford to spend on a business opportunity. There are ways of starting a business opportunity online for as little as $50 as an affiliate; this figure goes all the way up to $1 Million dollars with a McDonalds restaurant. Restaurant Operators - What Skills do you NeedA tongue-in-cheek look at the skills required to operate a restaurant but?on he whole they come pretty close to the truth. Your Practice is Only as Valuable as Your Referral BaseMany physical therapists in private practice have the appearance of a very successful business that is built on the backs of about four to five doctors. Now if anything would happen to any of these guys, the value of these practices would drop markedly. How can you run a practice for many years and then take a good look at it and realize that you have five doctors that represent more than 50% of the referral base? Exactly how can that happen? Building Your Business for Success in 2005It's a strange anomaly. What is Business Process Automation?Business Process Automation or BPA for short. This was a buzzword a few years back with anyone and everyone claiming they were experts in this area. Maybe so. But to really realize its true potential you need to understand what business process automation is and why you will need it? An Example of Business Automation - eCards with pizazzThe last time I spoke and went into a bit of detail on business automation. Today I would like to give you some details of how I actually used it personally so you get to see first-hand what I wanted, how I went about doing it and finally executing it. Analyzing Customers in Your Business PlanThe Customer Analysis section of the business plan assesses the customer segments that the company serves. In it, the company must 1) identify its target customers, 2) convey the needs of these customers, and 3) show how its products and services satisfy these needs. How to Effectively Design Your Business ImageIn many industries, image is one of the last things business owner looks at. If business is not booming, they assume there is something wrong with the sales method, as opposed to the image. "If we just sent out a few thousand more fliers" they say, "we will get some more clients". When in reality, they should be looking at how the message they're sending to their target market is perceived in the first place. Here are a few pointers to look at: Where to Find a Cash Windfall of $10,000 to $1,000,000 -- You Never Knew You HadThere is a rather famous true story called ?Acres of Diamonds?. Find Your Niche & Follow It - Part 1In this series of articles I'm going to show you how to find out if there's a hungry crowd for your information product BEFORE you write a single word.
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