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This strategy --- of empathizing with the role of another professional, however lower down in the hierarchy --- costs very little but gets you rich returns.  More...
By focusing on true value-creation concepts, you can truly enhance the lives of small business owners.  More...
Getting yourself and your business unit into the mind-set of thinking about labor efficiency modeling is one of the keys to running a profitable business. The last time you looked at your current standards was when? Do you know what the correct production efficiency from each of your job codes is, even yours? What is your monitoring frequency?  More...
These days, small-business owners like Metzger have to be creative about getting the money to start and expand their companies. Many are turning to nontraditional sources, such as credit unions. Increasing numbers are going to online lending sites that cut out the traditional bank middleman and to factoring companies, which buy companies' future  More...
A recent survey group found that two-thirds of online buyers spent more than 30% of their total shopping time researching products on the Web. Their purchasing decisions are largely made before they set foot in the store. Since these shoppers can get their information from just about anywhere, what can retail merchants put on their Web sites that  More...
Marketing today is like a spectacular fireworks display. Short-lived and breathtaking. Unforgettably forgettable. All our efforts seem to be front-loaded into launching with a bang. The fireworks are mesmerizing. The sky is filled with brilliant colors, flashes of light and accompanying music to boot. A hypnotized mob "oohs" and "aahs" with ap  More...
Amazon.com is fighting Gov. Eliot Spitzer's plan to require out-of-state online companies to collect New York state sales tax on goods they send to addresses in New York - the most recent cash-strapped state to propose the tax. Spitzer estimates in his budget that the state would gain $47 million by requiring Internet giants such as Amazon.com t  More...
Four government agencies have online sites devoted to helping small businesses cope with government-related programs and general business information. The Small Business Administration has a toll-free number and an e-mail answer desk; the Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration and the Kauffman Foundation offer one-to-one coun  More...
Even though it's one of the most powerful ways to build your business, most business owners don't send out personal cards because they don't know when it's appropriate, what to say, or they feel it doesn't apply to them because their business is DIFFERENT.

In order to create a bond, clients need individual attention, acknowledgement and a  More...