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Defining The Virtual Assistant Industry
by Kristi Pavlik
Defining three levels of Virtual Assistants - the Traditional VA, Virtual Staffing Agencies, and Virtual Business Manager. Read more
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Fail Up - 3 Steps To Using Failure To Succeed
by Tom Justin
Any failure is not the end, it's the beginning. This is not about positive thinking but the variety of actions that you can take to restart your project, business or even your life. Read more
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Dealing With Contractors? Get Your Hammer Ready
by Tim Knox
This week continues my series on opening a brick and mortar retail store from scratch. This week we discuss how to find a capable building contractor to build out the location. And as this series has been thus far, this segment is based on my personal experience and offered to you warts and all. As with all of my columns only the names have been changed to protect the innocent, the ignorant, and the overly litigious. Read more
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Signing A Lease? Get Your First Born Ready!
by Tim Knox
This week we discuss the negotiation and signing of one of the most dreaded legal documents any entrepreneur will ever fail to read: the commercial lease (insert scary music here). Before we dive in, understand these points; there is no such thing as a lease that’s in favor of the tenant. Trying to break a lease is like trying to sweet talk your way out of Alcatraz. Landlords are your best friends until you miss a rent payment or two. And although I could find no written record of anyone actually having turned over their first born at a lease signing, I’m pretty sure it’s happened many times over the years. In fact, there’s a rumor that Donald Trump has entire warehouses full of nothing but his tenants’ first born children.
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It's Not All About "Location, Location, Location!"
by Tim Knox
One point that I have yet to cover is that when it comes to finding space for your business, be it retail, office, or warehouse, you should not only consider the location, but a number of other areas, as well. Unfortunately, these are areas that many entrepreneurs don’t even consider until after they’ve signed on the dotted line. Depending on your type of business you should also consider some or all of the following. Read more
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Business Start-Up Questions
by Dan Miller
Frequently asked
BUSINESS START-UP questions: Read more
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Like Books, Entrepreneurs Are Always Judged By Their Covers
by Tim Knox
In business and in life people judge you everyday, just as you judge everyone else. And most of us base our opinion of others on our first impression of them. We make the decision to either like them or loath them within the first minute and you know as well as I do, my holier-than-thou peers, that we do not do business with people that we don’t like. First impressions are hard to change, so make every effort to make every first impression a good one. Read more
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Entrepreneurs Learn This Lesson: Stop Sweating The Small Stuff
by Tim Knox
Is the pressure of being in business getting to you? Do you feel like you have the weight of the world on your shoulders? Do you lie awake nights with a thousand points of worry flashing through your poor, tired brain? Welcome, my friend, to the wonderful world of entrepreneurship. Come on now, you really didn’t think it was going to be that easy, did you? Forget all those reasons you’ve heard as to why businesses fail. It’s the pressure of entrepreneurship that sends many folks running back to the supposed security of a real job. I’ve seen perfectly good businesses flushed down the tubes simply because the owner couldn’t handle the day-to-day pressure of keeping the doors open.
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Use Email Marketing To Keep Customers Buzzing About Your Business
by Tim Knox
The other day my radio show cohost, Paul Finley, mentioned that he had received an email from his dentist. The point of the email was to let Paul know that his office would be closed for a week and included instructions on what to do in case of a dental emergency. Obviously Paul’s dentist reads my column because I’ve been preaching about using email to keep in touch with customers for years. OK, maybe he doesn’t read my column and is just a brilliant guy in his own right. Either way, the point is clear: using email - no matter what type of business you’re in - is an excellent way to keep the lines of communication buzzing between you and those folks who keep you in business.
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Learn To Focus On What's Important And Farm Out The Rest
by Tim Knox
How many times have you looked around your small business and said, “There just isn't enough time in the day to get everything done!” Welcome to the biggest realization you will ever make as a small business owner, my friend: there are only so many hours in the day and there isn’t a darn thing you can do about it. So, instead of beating yourself up at the end of the day over how much you didn’t get done, you should learn to make better use of the time you have. Your time should be spent doing only those things that help build your business and increase revenue, not mundane tasks that could be handled by someone else. It’s called “working on your business instead of working in it.”
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Do You Want Fries With That Management Style?
by Tim Knox
I’ve written many times about my vast experience in the fast food industry, not as a worker, but as an often mistreated customer. Each story typically involved bad food, apathetic employees, horrible customer service, and a vow never to return. That vow usually ended up in the dumpster when my craving for a chicken burrito got the better of my logic and principles. Read more
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What's Your Company's Email Policy?
by Tim Knox
Does your company have an email policy? Did you even know there was such a thing? Well, there is, and if your company doesn't have one you are not only risking the professional image of your firm, but also risking potential liability issues that may arise from the misuse of your company email system. Read more
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How to Keep Your Affiliate Marketing Business Organized
by Rosalind Gardner
Nothing is more precious than time and making each of your moments count. Spending time on trivial matters like looking for keys when you could be having fun with friends and family, helping others through your business, saving the planet, or even taking a nap - is a waste of time. Read more
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The Time To Consolidate Your Student Loans Is Now
by Tim Knox
Most financial pundits recommend that the sooner you consolidate and refinance old high interest student loans, the better off you will be. Federal student loan interest rates are at an all time low, but that can't last forever.
By refinancing your student loans now, you lock in the interest
rate for the duration of the consolidation loan. The first thing you need to do is find out if you are eligible for student loan consolidation. Read more
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What Makes A Good Leader? Ask Uncle Sam
by Tim Knox
In a recent study conducted by the Army War College, subordinates of the major generals who are leading the war efforts in Iraq were asked to rate the performance of their superiors. Read more
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