Common Question: Is this business viable?
Starting any small business is, for lack of a better term, a challenge. You can’t just jump into it without plenty of thought and research. Running your business is a never-ending roller coaster of good days and bad; ups and downs; rewards and failures; all from which we learn.
Simple, Cheap and Effective Marketing Strategies
Every start-up business goes through phases of needing to try something different to increase their exposure and bring in new clients. Even established businesses need to revisit their marketing strategies every once in a while to help bring in new and repeat business.
Design Your Home Page to Motivate Prospective Buyers
Step 1. Headline
Start your home page with a compelling, benefit-oriented headline, followed by a subheadline.
Reporting Your Depreciable Property
Hi Wayne: Can I ask you for one more piece of advice? (Two parter)(all on Schedule C)
I bought several hard drives/ls-120 drives/ram chips/2 monitors/extra Keyboards/Mice, etc.; all for backups (The “What-If?!” stuff)…
The Impact of Stress
In past issues I’ve focused on ways you can decrease your stress levels. Today I’d like to give you some insight into why it is so important to be aware of the impact stress has on our lives.
Rebuilding Confidence After Job-Loss
Dear Susan: I always considered myself to be someone who is supportive and sensitive to others’ needs. I feel that I have a gift of ‘being able to get on someone’s wavelength’ to understand where they are coming from. This was valuable when I worked in contract negotiations as well as in adapting my approach to different people as a Project Manager. People I have worked with have commented on and told me they appreciate this. Several have suggested that I would make a great manager.
Positive Reinforcement: A Cure for Workplace Woes.
The Workplace. It’s really become a stress-fest lately, hasn’t it? With reduced hiring, cutbacks and layoffs, everyone is doing more at work than ever before. Well, almost everyone. There are always those few entitled employees out there who feel that all they have to do is show up to earn their paycheck. But that’s another story altogether – and one I’ll cover in an upcoming issue!!
Get Nose-y!!!
Yep – get nose-y. But not the Mrs. Kravitz-spying on the neighbors type of nosy that you might think I’m talking about.
Damashi Peer Review – Give Visitors An Incentive to Buy
It’s a brave soul that puts their site up for a review and a smart one. In no particular order, I believe there are three main parts to a web site:
Appearance
Design
Content
Strength In Numbers
Doing administrative tasks from a home office has been around for many years but the term VA seems to be becoming more prominent and recognized by those who would need our services the most.