Small Business articles and tutorials

A while ago I already wrote about how I changed my business accounting from a simple Excel Spreadsheet to the online version of Quickbooks: QuickBooks Pro Online. The Excel Spreadsheet really limited me in many areas. I can tell this now because for a little over 2 months I am using Quickbooks Online and I [...]

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Easy Outsourcing for Small Businesses

by BusinessGuide on May 8, 2010

in Business Management

Outsourcing is everywhere and almost everyone is talking about it. It affects our jobs and we might even know a few friends or family members who lost their jobs due to being outsourced. As small business owners we need to stay competitive and certain things require outsourcing – even though we might not call it [...]

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Local Lead Generation for Small Businesses

May 7, 2010
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Many small business are struggling these days with their marketing efforts. Old school advertising strategies can only go so far and unless a small business adjusts their marketing efforts, they will lose out to the new advertising channels created by Internet-enabled phones and the Internet itself. But most small businesses have limited resources in regards [...]

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How Search Engine Optimization can jumpstart your Business

May 6, 2010
SEO Training

Your small business website is an important tool that you should use for communication with existing and potential customers. The basic idea is to attract people looking for information, products, or services in your industry. When you decide to invest time and money into website optimization, you significantly increase the chances of people finding your [...]

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11 Reasons How not to sell Air Conditioning (or any other product)

April 18, 2010

Going through the process of buying and getting installation of a central air conditioning unit, I have seen many different sales pitches and sales people and it is amazing what these guys do to not sell you an air conditioning system:
#11: Telling the customer how nice and cool his house on a hot summer day
#10: [...]

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