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Written by Stephanie Tallman Smith
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Friday, 19 September 2008 |
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Most business owners look for ways to improve employee productivity as a means of improving their bottom line. Employees are an investment and the more effective employees are the greater return on investment the employees provide. While there are many theories on employee productivity ranging from keeping them task oriented to arranging the cubicles using feng shui, there is one much simpler way to get more out of employees and it doesn’t require moving the furniture. Give them more time off. Time off? Yes, with a catch.
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Written by Shawna Ruppert
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Monday, 14 July 2008 |
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There are thousands of people quitting their thankless and boring 9-5 jobs every day in order to maintain their newfound freedom with a home based business. But, what kind of a home based business can run without any direction? The answer is none. So, if an individual is thinking about starting a home based business, there are several things that need to be considered before setting up shop.
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Written by Shawna Rupper
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Wednesday, 09 July 2008 |
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When starting a new business there are many things that you need to have firmly in place before you begin in order to ensure your success. Many businesses fail within their first two years of operation, and the majority of those fail due to lack of proper preparation and planning. With careful business plans and budgets in place you greatly increase your chances of starting a very successful new business.
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Written by Shawna Ruppert
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Sunday, 06 July 2008 |
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Although many businesses have been outsourcing portions of their work for years, outsourcing is still growing more popular by the day. Type the word into any search engine and you will find a plethora of sites that offer outsourcing services. Freelancers from all walks of life are also available for such tasks as copywriting, web design, programming, photography, sales and marketing and even telemarketing. Of course, there are also several other fields that freelancers work within and all are just waiting for a business owner to contract their services.
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Written by Joe Doyle
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Thursday, 03 July 2008 |
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Those wanting to start a business or entering into a business venture initially have an important decision to make: “Incorporate or not to incorporate, that is the question?” Those creating or running their own business have four basic structures to operate under. The entity can operate as a sole proprietorship, partnership, LLC or a corporation. These structures will be discussed in a bit more detail below.
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Written by Joe Doyle
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Monday, 30 June 2008 |
 Marketing plan Small and medium sized business owners know that you need to use the Internet to market your company, your services, and your product in the new global economy. A business owner should think of their website as an e-business solution and an asset, not an expense to the company.
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Written by Shawna Ruppert
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Monday, 23 June 2008 |
 Take a Big Jump! How do you know that you have what it takes to become a successful entrepreneur? First of all, don’t worry. This is a vital question that everyone who is considering starting their own business needs to ask themselves. Not only do you need to have the drive and ambition to succeed, you also need to carefully look at the elements that make a business successful and ask yourself if you can recreate those elements and that success in your own business.
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