Came across an article by Scott Shane this morning on Small Business Trends that cites a survey conducted by Discover Small Business Services which concluded that temporary cash flow is still declining for small businesses. But I wonder, is this fact or just a perception? Scott writes: “…The figure plots the percentage of respondents to… Continue reading Is Cash Flow Tighter Now For Small Businesses?
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Time To Get Real About Finances
As the corporate tax deadline nears, hopefully your books are closed for 2009, and you can start to look at some of the data your bookkeeping efforts have yielded. If that’s the position your business is in, congratulations. If not please read on, you’ve got some work to do… Managing your business finances If you’re… Continue reading Time To Get Real About Finances
Want Business Success? Please Step Out Of (Your own) Way
Randy is a one man show. He started his architectural practice about 2 years ago after being laid off when his former employer went under. He’s managed to stay quite busy with a few clients that followed him, but never took the time to develop a real plan of what he wanted his business to… Continue reading Want Business Success? Please Step Out Of (Your own) Way
Are Families To Blame For Lack Of Focus In The Workplace?
What’s really to blame for lack of focus in the workplace? I recently came across an article by George Cloutier, the “Turnaround Ace” on Entrepreneur.com entitled “Love Your Business More Than Your Family“. George blames family for lack of focus in the workplace. He says that many business owners spend their time dealing with family… Continue reading Are Families To Blame For Lack Of Focus In The Workplace?
How To Destroy Community
Great post on smallbiztrends today about what to do if you want to destroy community on your blog, written by social media expert Lisa Barone. Lisa points out the numerous ways bloggers can undermine themselves by: Trying to control everything Silencing criticism Ignoring comments and questions Making newcomers feel unwelcome Not listening Hiding your contact… Continue reading How To Destroy Community
Small Business Lending Crunch | Credit At Any Cost?
There’s been a lot of talk about how hard it is for small businesses to get credit these days, and for sure there has been a decrease in the amount and size of loans that are available, driving some companies to borrow money at loan shark rates. A recent article in the NY Times entitled… Continue reading Small Business Lending Crunch | Credit At Any Cost?
Business Sanity Blog Re-Design Complete!
I am pleased to announce that after some months of work and effort, my new site design is done and live! Whew – I can now start posting regularly to my blog again, hope to speak with you all very soon! Please let me know what you think- Susan Martin, Business Coaching
New Tax Credit For Job Creation May Help Small Business
President Obama presented a new payroll tax credit incentive for small businesses yesterday. He proposed a $5000 tax credit for each new employee. The credits will be given on a quarterly basis against income tax, according to an article in the NY Times: “…Under the proposal, a firm that hires a new employee in 2010… Continue reading New Tax Credit For Job Creation May Help Small Business
Steps In Accounts Receivable Collections
Making decisions on who to extend credit to, and collecting accounts receivables has always been a difficult part of running a small business, as the wrong decision or procedure for handling collections can have disasterous consequences. According to some pretty scary collection industry figures, less than 15% of past due items put in for collection… Continue reading Steps In Accounts Receivable Collections
Internet Marketing | Just Do It!
Do you spend hours studying internet marketing but fail to spend enough time implementing what you’ve learned? In “Get Off Your Butt With the 25-25-50 Rule” Bob Bly makes the point that you have to spend at least 50% of your time implementing in order to really learn how to do internet marketing or to… Continue reading Internet Marketing | Just Do It!