Small Business Success Tips - Promotion
Promotion is not the same as marketing. Promotion of a small business encompasses all methods of getting the word about your small business out into the community. Marketing, public relations, networking, advertising, press releases, and many more actions all are forms of promotion. More ...
How To Earn Huge Profits with Your Hobbies
How do you spend your leisure time? What do you do for fun? What activities result in time flying by? Strangely, the things that we get the most enjoyment from are usually the last things we consider when choosing a business or product idea. More ...
Small Business Success Tips - Dependability
Small business owners looking for a way to distinguish their business from their competition can charge less, or advertise more, or fly a huge red weather balloon over their store. Yes, short-term campaigns can lead to short-term success. But the secret to long-term success is dependability. More ...
Choosing the Best Small Business to Start
If starting your own business is something that you have been thinking about for some time, then you have probably toyed with many different business ideas. If you have the entrepreneurial spirit and a strong desire to start your own business then this checklist may help you to narrow down your choices. More ...
Important Information When Considering an Invention Promotion Firm
Think you have a great idea for a new product or service? You're not alone. Every year, tens of thousands of people try to develop their ideas and commercially market them. Many use the services of an invention promotion firm. More ...
Flying Without a Net
One of the most exciting and daunting things about starting your own home-based business as your sole means of income is the reality that no one is responsible for your success or failure but you. More ...
The New Sharing Economy
Entrepreneurs are happy to serve this growing market. From apartment rentals to couch surfing, bikes or cars, vacation rentals, tools or art, there seems to be a sharing service for pretty much anything you can think of. More ...
Keeping It In the Family
The failure rate of all start-up businesses is around the 90 percent mark. Add to that the fact that roughly 50 percent of all marriages end in divorce. So, what can YOU do to reduce the chances of becoming a statistic? More ...
What Type of Work at Home Business Should You Start?
If you have decided that you want to start a home based business, you have a lot of choices on what type of business you want to start. You also want it to be something that you're good at. Here are some of the types of businesses you can start at home. 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 ...
Niche Business Franchises
A niche business is as a small segment of market that targets a particular group of people with a specific interest, desire or passion. A franchise is defined as a right granted to a person to market certain goods or services of a company within a specific territory. More ...
Financing Your Small Business
Depending on the nature of the business outside funding may be necessary. For example, expensive equipment or initial stock may be required. When determining your financing needs, remember that nearly everyone underestimates what is required, so be careful and do your planning accordingly. 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 ...
15 Easy Steps to Starting Your Own Small Business
When I decided to start my business, I tried hard to find a good startup guide. I couldn't find anything that had all the steps clearly listed without a lot of confusing fluff and filler. More ...
Accounting Basic - What is Accounting?
This article explains the basics of accounting: the accounting cycle, the accounting equation, and the general ledger. More ...
Understanding Financial Statements When Approaching Lenders
A young and maybe struggling company, needs bank financing to survive. Going to the bank shouldn?t bring on apprehension. Having a basic understanding of financial statements and being prepared when you approach a bank will go a long way in reducing your apprehension. More ...
Your Eight Step Guide To Home Employment
Opportunities exist for home employment in areas as diverse as telemarketing, selling insurance, data entry, typing, data conversion, copywriting, accounting, writing, editing and proof reading, web design, content development, Internet-based research for companies, graphic design and desktop publishing, programming, audio and video editing, and translation work. More ...
How to Name Your Business
This book takes inventors from idea development to marketing and sales covering everything from prototype development, getting patents and trademarks, finding funding, manufacturing, licensing and distribution. Here's what the author says about naming your business. 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 ...
Accounting Terms - The Essence of Account
This article explains the basics of accounting: double entry principle, The T-account, and sdjusting entries. More ...
