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Attorney Amyli McDaniel looks at some of the biggest blunders made by entrepreneurs when operating a small business in this article from the Small Business Legal Advisor. But probably more appropriately, this article also looks at how to avoid them. Hopefully, if you've already made these mistakes this article will help you to do what it takes to make things right again. If you're just starting i Read More

Here are six steps to protect your small business trade secrets starting with identifying the data critical to protect for your business's success and ending with the process of litigation if this information is compromised. The list of steps comes from the Barbara Weltman Website. A tax and business attorney since 1977, Barbara has made a name as a great source for small business advise. Her sit Read More

This article offers 19 tips on how you can develop a higher level of personal organisation in order to better handle the wide variety of tasks, problems, issues, responsibilities, and day to day challenges, you face in growing your own business. Read More

Here's a recap of this year's most read articles. This list should give you a better idea of what I write about, and what this blog's readers like. Maybe you'll feel like subscribing to the RSS or email subscription feed... Read More

During the educational seminars on franchising that I present, questions are often raised from the attendees concerning the different ways that one can grow a franchise that they buy... Read More

If you want to be successful as a business owner nothing could have more relevance, or should assume greater importance, than the building and maintaining of momentum in your business. This article describes what business momentum looks like, and offers four suggestions on how to make momentum a key element any business. Read More

Balihoo Inc. out of Boise, Idaho, is a "Local Marketing Automation" provider, and works in several different industries, including the franchise industry. I've interacted with the folks up there more than a few times... Read More

This article reminds all business owners that they need to be first and foremost salespeople, and then provides tips to assist them to overcome internal barriers to picking up the telephone and personally growing their business through directly acquiring quality customers via a planned process. Read More

A business plan will never be passé, and anyone who prepares a comprehensive plan before embarking on the launch of any business, will give themselves a far greater chance of succeeding, than if they proceeded without one. For the doubters, this article outlines 9 key benefits of business planning for a start up business. Read More

The cost of acquisition of customers/clients is a major drain on the overall profitability of any business, and business owners cannot afford not to be doing everything to ensure a consistent flow of referrals. This article identifies the 6 key components of any referral system and suggests why customer acquisition by way of referrals is a key to profitability.
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