Have You Registered Your Service Mark?
First of all what IS a service mark? Well, a trademark applies to goods or products (such as a car or a washing machine) while a service mark refers to services (like coaching, transportation and storage, or legal work). More ...
How to Create Multiple Income Streams
So you've decided you just can?t rely on just one job to provide you with your main source of income and have decided you need another source of income. Now, you need an idea. Take advantage of your passions, hobbies or unique skills. More ...
Small Business Success Tips - Training
Staff training is absolutely vital to the success of a small business. Some small business owners throw a new employee into the deep end of the pool to see if he can swim. This produces a ineffective employee. How formal should you be in your training? More ...
A Complete Guide to Starting a Staffing Agency
Have you ever considered a new business idea, perhaps starting a staffing company? The goal of employment and recruitment consulting firms is to help match employers who have job openings with qualified employees who are available. More ...
How to Set up a Home Tutoring Business
Setting up a home tutoring business is a great way to earn extra money or even full-time income. Tutors can provide assistance in nearly every subject that students take from elementary school through college. More ...
Small Business Success Tips - Cleanliness
No single factor determines the difference between success and failure. But one contributing factor has a high correlation to success: cleanliness. Possibly you have not given much thought to the many ways cleanliness can affect your small business. Here are seven of them. More ...
How to Craft a Successful Crowdfunding Pitch
Crowdfunding is a unique way to raise funds for your projects, very different from seeking financing through traditional methods. Sites like Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and Crowdfunder allow you to receive donations or investments from the online community. More ...
Starting Your Own Business Self-Analysis Survey
This survey consists of a short list of yes/no questions about your ideas, attitudes, personal, and family characteristics related to starting your own business. When answered truthfully the results will provide information about your probability of success in your own business. More ...
12 Free Tools for Your Home Business
Home business ownership is the best way to start any business especially with no money. With no money to put up, and no money to lose, it's a risk free proposition. These proven and expert 12 free tools can help you make the move from corporate life to calling the shots. More ...
Small Business Success Tips - Carefulness
there's never enough time to do it right, but always enough time to do it over. In some industries, up to two-thirds of working hours are spent on correcting mistakes. In a small business, wasted hours and materials can easily make the difference between success and failure. More ...
Minispreadsheet to Calculate Cost of Acquisition
Acquisition cost of equipment means the total cost of acquiring the equipment. Use this minispreadsheet to calculate Total Acquisition Cost. More ...
Evil Plans: Having Fun on the Road to World Domination
This light-hearted easy to read humor and cartoon filled book inspires you make a plan (your "evil" plan) to escape the rat race to do what you love for a living. More ...
Finding Your Home Business Niche
When some folks begin to think about a business of their own, they know in that very moment what kind they are going to start. Then, there are the rest of us... Knowing that we want to have a business of our own is not enough. Many of us have struggled with the important question of what type of enterprise we would like to start. More ...
Starting a Small Business - Twelve Questions to Consider
This article contains twelve questions that you should consider when starting a new business: 1. What is your product or service idea? 2. What geographic area will you serve? 3. What is your competition? 4... More ...
Realistic Ways to Earn Money from Home
There are some relatively easy ways to earn money at home. As the internet grows and changes, more possibilities open up for anything from a few extra dollars a month to some serious money to be earned from your very own computer. More ...
22 Books Every Ambitious Business Owner Should Have on Their Bookshelf
Some of the world's top CEOs and executives read 4-5 books per month. So today, I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to share some of my all-time favorite books with you. More ...
Small Business Success Tips - Networking
Networking bears a striking resemblance to a barter system. You earn credit by helping as many people in your network as you can to fulfill their needs, and then when you have a need, all those people in your network will help you. More ...
Start Your Own Business, It's Easier Than You Think
But isn't it nuts to start a business when times are tight? Not at all. Many of today's huge corporations started out in someone's basement during the height of the Great Depression when one in three people were destitute. More ...
Taxes and Your Home Business
How do you avoid having the IRS classify your business as a hobby? How do you figure your estimated taxes? How do you qualify for a home office deduction? More ...
Work at Home Opportunities
The first thing that I recommend to people thinking about starting a work from home program is to ask yourself what are you passionate about. You should have an interest and a familiarity with the business that you get involved with to be successful. More ...
