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Three Ways to Prepare Your Business for the Summer

Seasonal small businesses ramping up for the summer, and businesses with seasonal needs have quite a bit to think about when it comes to preparing for the summer months. If you fall into either category, you’ll need to start thinking…

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The Top 5 Mistakes Small Business Owners Make with Sales

Many small business owners are also one-person bands. Sole proprietorships are the most common form of businesses in the United States, representing 73 percent of businesses and more than 23 million people. If you’re a small business owner who falls…

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Your Ultimate Checklist for Small Business Operations

As a small business owner or entrepreneur, you are probably an expert in the actual product or service provided by your company. However, you may not be as well versed in the procedures and processes that are necessary to keep…

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10 Top Articles on Small Business Efficiency

On a scale of 1-10 how would you rate your small business efficiency? Time is a small business owners most precious commodity. In our resource center, we often talk about what you can do to increase your productivity. In the…

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Math & Honey: Collections from Customers Made Easy…ish

Article Summary: Many small businesses rely on invoicing and extending payment terms to sell to their customers. Sometimes customers don't always pay on time and you've fronted the money which creates a mess for your cash flow. In the article…

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Using The Big Picture When Getting Your Business Organized

At the beginning of the year, while consumers are pursuing New Year’s resolutions, business owners and entrepreneurs are busy making plans as well. Typical goals include improving marketing outreach, making more sales, increasing efficiency, adopting technology, cutting expenses, and generating…

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5 Ways Organization Improves Employee Satisfaction and Performance

Article Summary: Organization does a lot of good things for a business. There are five ways organization improves employee satisfaction and business performance—so you aren't going into the ring like a blindfolded boxer in a heavyweight fight.It makes your employees…

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Are You Good at Multi-Tasking? Probably Not.

Article Summary: Multi-tasking seems to a highly-valued and prized skill in business today. Unfortunately, our brains aren't wired to multi-task and the research suggests that the ability to multi-task is a myth—so you might want to take it off your…

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Keeping it Simple: How Staying Organized Will Save You Time

You are probably familiar with the saying “time is money,” but you may not really understand how true it is. Studies show that the average executive wastes an hour of work time each day looking for missing information. The Small…

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