What does it take to start your own business? To many, the thought of starting your own business may be too daunting that you give up before you even start. Let’s analyze what a typical start-up needs:
It’s Not Brain Surgery, It’s Just An Online Home Based Business
Back when I first started my online home business I didn’t have a clue concerning how to go about it. I had never done any Internet marketing, and didn’t know anything about websites or search engines or any of that other online business stuff…in short, I was a complete rookie. In retrospect, the two major things that really helped me was that I refused to be intimidated and I kept a realistic perspective (both in terms of initial financial results and the time frame necessary to become successful).
How to Build a Business Ethics Program
Recent corporate financial scandals have highlighted the importance of business ethics and legal compliance. Yet a recent National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) survey of 280 corporate CEOs and directors found that “only one of three directors felt that they were highly effective in ensuring legal compliance”.
Home Business Misconceptions
In my home business coaching sessions, I have found that many people start their home businesses based on misconceptions, myths, and half truths.
Which Type of Fear Might Be Holding You Back from Success in Business
Good ideas are literally “a dime a dozen”. Individuals conceptualize revolutionary new products and new services with each passing minute of each day. Although there is such a steady stream of ideas that can be marketed successfully and developed into a lucrative business, there are actually few new businesses that make it past the “initial stages” into actual existence.
Hot Small Business Ideas and Trends for 2005
By far my favorite issue of Entrepreneur magazine is their annual “hot list” of best businesses, markets, trends, and ideas. The list is too long to summarize in a single article so instead I’ve featured a few of the more interesting ideas. I’ve also added my own two cents here and there including some additional business ideas to help jumpstart your imagination.
Microsoft Business Solutions: ERP, CRM, RMS for small and mid-size company – overview for Consultant
Microsoft Business Solutions has good combination of ERP, CRM, Retail Management applications to cover all the needs for small, mid-size and even large company.
Working Your Way Out Of A Home-Based Business Slump
When something is new it’s always easy to be motivated. It’s new. It’s exciting. But what happens when your business becomes hum drum” to you? It happens to the best of us. A slump. A rut. Downtime. Low productivity. We all experience these low periods where our energy wanes and our motivation weakens. We look at the work before us and think, “Why bother? What’s the point?” We can’t get moving. We procrastinate. Days, weeks, and perhaps even months go by, and we seem to accomplish very little.
The Purpose Driven Business
I’d like to start this article off with a question. What’s the purpose of a business? Or, perhaps more specifically, what’s the purpose of your business? Do you ever think about that throughout the course of the day? Or, does it only haunt you at night or when you are trying to clear a jam in the copier?
How to Create a Multi-Functional Newsletter to Promote Your Freelance Business and Secure More Work
A marketing strategy is worthless if all it does is promote your freelance business and plea to prospects to hire you. Such is the case with many print and e-mail business newsletters. Few freelancers understand how to use a business newsletter to secure clients in the long term. Instead they use their newsletters to pitch their freelance services and advertise their qualifications. This method does not work effectively. It’s why freelancers don’t bother publishing a second issue – because prospects tossed out or deleted their first issue.