Advertising Tips For a Small Cleaning Business
Posted on February 2, 2012 - Filed Under small business | Leave a Comment
A cleaning business is a service business and can therefore acquire some new clients for free through referrals. But to build up and maintain a solid customer base advertising is an essential part of the overall marketing effort. This article sets out six tips for advertising a small cleaning company.
1) Realize that getting a website up is only the first step. The hard part is attracting prospects to your site. Look into online methods of advertising and promotion or hire an SEO expert who will make sure that people in your area who are search for a cleaning service will find your company on the first page of their search results.
How to Start a Handbag Business
Posted on January 25, 2012 - Filed Under small business | Leave a Comment
I'm often asked how I got into the handbag design business. Did I study design in school? How did I have the courage to start the business? Is it as glamorous as it seems? The answers to all of these questions are yes, just did it and sometimes. As glamorous as the fashion industry can be, the bottom line is that it's a business just like any other and the "bottom line" is what will undoubtedly make or break you.
How to Promote Your Catering Business Services
Posted on January 11, 2012 - Filed Under small business | Leave a Comment
The catering business, like any other is extremely competitive. To stand out from the crown and win new clients you need to be better than your competitors at promoting or marketing your catering business services. Here are a few tried and tested marketing tactics that you can consider to promote your catering business.
Advertising goes a long way towards spreading your message across the markets that you are targeting. Also consider dispatching press releases to local newspapers to grab attention. You can also tap into TV networks and radio shows when they, from time to time need people to interview for their food-related programs. Put time into understanding all the advertising options that are available, budget for some methods that you feel will work and then test methods against each other to find the winners that produce results to justify the expense.
Understanding Economic Cycles (Business Cycles)
Posted on January 10, 2012 - Filed Under Economic | Leave a Comment
Definition from Wikipedia.org.:The business cycle or economic cycle refers to the fluctuations of economic activity about its long term growth trend. The cycle involves shifts over time between periods of relatively rapid growth of output (recovery and prosperity), and periods of relative stagnation or decline (contraction or recession). These fluctuations are often measured using the real gross domestic product. Despite being named cycles, these fluctuations in economic growth and decline do not follow a purely mechanical or predictable periodic pattern.
How to Start A House Cleaning Business In 7 Simple Steps
Posted on January 6, 2012 - Filed Under small business | Leave a Comment
One of the main reasons people start businesses is to make money. For some it's a blessing to make money doing something they love. I'm not saying that you have to love house cleaning in order to have a successful house cleaning business; however it would be a good idea if you didn't hate it.
How much money you make depends on how big you want your business to be. It could be a one person operation where you set up at home and service areas close to home, or you could set up a commercial office and hire people to work for you.
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Here are 7 simple steps to get you started on your own house cleaning business.
Select the Right Business Cards to Create a Good Impression About Your Company
Posted on January 3, 2012 - Filed Under Business | Leave a Comment
Business cards might be small in size but they have a very important role to play in a corporate or commercial environment. In fact, it is unthinkable for a business person to not have a proper card because it serves as a connection between people in the work environment. When you hand them out to others you have the opportunity to tell them more about you and your business than merely names and contact information.
Small Business Credit Cards – 3 Good Practices to Follow
Posted on December 30, 2011 - Filed Under small business | Leave a Comment
Small business credit cards are a great way to build credit, because you are responsible for making payments on a regular basis. They are equally as great in the terms on convenience. This means that if you are at a store and you do not have enough money, you do not have to put all of the supplies back.
You can simply place a portion (or the entire) bill on your small business credit cards. However, if they are not handled properly, they could be the ruin of your business. You want to stay away from debt as much as you can.
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Here are some good practices to follow when you have small business credit cards:
Screen Printing Business-How To Start A Small Home Business Printing T-Shirts
Posted on December 29, 2011 - Filed Under small business | Leave a Comment
Have you thought about starting a screen printing business? It costs almost nothing to start a t-shirt printing business at home. I read about one guy who started a screen printing business with almost nothing. He made the frames with used lumber, and used fabric from an old wedding dress for the screens. He printed and sold signs. He also printed magnets (like what you see on car doors advertising a company), shirts, and baseball caps. He actually designed and built his own 4 color screen printing press. I bought the plans for his 4 color screen printing press on eBay. The plans were hard to follow, but I managed to build my own modified version of his press.
How to Define a Business
Posted on December 22, 2011 - Filed Under Business | Leave a Comment
Businesses are everywhere. They are the units that perform most of the economic activity in our economy. Most businesses exist to generate a profit. There are some businesses that exist to perform a function other than profit, such as cooperatives and non-profit organisations. The traditional definition of a business is an entity that brings together time, effort and capital in order to produce a profit.
There are many different ways of classifying businesses but here are the main types:
Three Ways to Get Funding For Your Small Business
Posted on December 15, 2011 - Filed Under small business | Leave a Comment
For new start-ups, as well as small businesses that have already been in operation for months or years, finding sources of funding is one of the greatest challenges that small business owners will inevitably face. Many potential entrepreneurs avoid starting businesses all together because of the daunting task of finding sufficient funding. Here are three of the most reliable sources of small business funding that you can rely on even when economic times are tough:
1. Do it yourself - or with the help of a business partner
11 Small Business Trends for 2012
Posted on December 13, 2011 - Filed Under small business | Leave a Comment
Each year I write an article focused on trend for the coming year. I am writing this one a little earlier this year, September vs. December, so we as small business owners have some time to adapt these trends into your strategic planning for next year.
#1 Trend - Value Proposition Must Be Bigger Than Ever.
Consumers are much smarter, better informed and more discerning than ever before. The internet has given them the inside edge. You now have to be able to quantify your value to them. If you don't, your competitors will. One example of a way to add value instantly is to sit down together prior to the sale. This personal touch creates the opportunity to add value.
Business To Business Marketing: An Introduction
Posted on September 30, 2011 - Filed Under Marketing | Leave a Comment
Business To Business Marketing: An Introduction
Many people often use the term 'business to business (B2B) marketing,' but most of them do not know exactly what it refers to. B2B activity, both online and offline, involves the marketing of services and goods that help other companies operate. Manufacturers, resellers, the government and non-profit institutions are the most common examples of B2B markets.
Business to business marketing associates with five distinct concepts - the exchange concept of marketing, the turn of production concept, the product concept, the phenomenon of marketing myopia and the sales concept.
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