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Business Articles : Starting A Business : Running a Business 6 Changes You Can Make to Increase Business Profits I read once that something like 30 percent of all drinkable water gets wasted on the way to the consumer by leaky pipes. Likewise, your business may be letting potential revenue drip away, to be lost forever, all over the place. Use this checklist to make sure you are taking best advantage of all the opportunities for earnings that would be arriving safely if you only plugged up those holes Aug 8, 2005, 23:57 Business Articles : Starting A Business : Running a Business 8 Ways to Earn More Without Working Harder Conventional wisdom has it that there are only three ways to grow your business: find new customers, increase the amount of each sale to existing customers or get customers to buy more frequently. But I've seen business owners go blank when presented with those three options. So here is a more useful list of ways to increase your total revenues without in most cases having to put in more hours at the office ... Aug 8, 2005, 23:56 Business Articles : Starting A Business : Running a Business The Top 10 Priorities That Guard Your Five-Star Reputation Making money doesn’t make your reputation... your reputation makes you money. Gala Gorman. Whether your business is product or service-oriented, the loyalty and dedication of your customers is greatly dependent on your reputation. Your most effective sales force is your existing customer base. Word-of-mouth or the personal recommendation, serves to create an expectation that you must only live up to - rather than one that you must create from scratch. The assets of your business have traditionally included property, plant, equipment, and your customer base. Progressive organizations understand that the concept of business assets should be expanded to include their good reputation. Aug 8, 2005, 23:48 Business Articles : Starting A Business : Running a Business How To Kick Start Your Business And Double Your Profits This will make some people angry as hell, but it's time to debunk the myth of 'Time Management' while sharing the real secret of the super successful. Let's face it, many so called "business gurus" tell us to 'manage time better' or to become 'ruthless with time' if we want to achieve their level of success ... Aug 8, 2005, 23:31 Business Articles : Starting A Business : Running a Business 10 Ways To Make Your Business Unique One way that you can make your product or service stand out is to offer the largest selection of products, services or programs. Example: Home Depot, E-Bay, Staples, Amazon.com Aug 8, 2005, 23:29 Business Articles : Starting A Business : Running a Business Business Problem Solving Is there really anything as a problem? Does chaos or challenge mean you have a problem? I am under the belief that such things as other call problems are indeed the life-blood of opportunity and the louder it knocks the greater the gain. Embrace chaos. In my many years in business I loved a good challenge... Aug 8, 2005, 22:04 Business Articles : Starting A Business : Running a Business Why 9 in 10 Businesses are Overspending on Day-to-day Expenses Experts estimate that 90 percent of Australian businesses are overspending on day-to-day expenses, by as much as 75 percent in some cost categories! Aug 8, 2005, 04:41 Business Articles : Starting A Business : Running a Business Leadership Attributes for Business Success Business success is essentially the result of successful leadership. Contrary to the popular myth, leaders are not just born. Leadership skills can be learnt and developed. A business is a distinct reflection of the leader, who may be the owner or manager. A business is never successful despite the leader, it is always successful or otherwise because of the leader. Aug 1, 2005, 01:12 Business Articles : Starting A Business : Running a Business If It Was Easy Everybody Would Do It Q: I started my business about a year ago and everything is going fine. We're growing and making a profit, but the stress of running the business is really starting to get to me. I spend more time worrying than working. Sometimes the pressure is almost more than I can take. I'm starting to think that I'm not cut out to run my own business. Do you have any advice that might help me decide what to do? -- Steven S. Aug 1, 2005, 00:44 Business Articles : Starting A Business : Running a Business The 7 Major Reasons Businesses Fail This year, over 800,000 of the approximately 2,000,000 start up businesses will fail! Nearly 1,000,000 of those remaining will fail within 3 years. Why do so many businesses fail? Many studies show that approximately 98% of all failures occur because of the owners. The other 2% are a result of acts of God. Here are the key reasons and actions owners can take to avoid and overcome business failure. Aug 1, 2005, 00:20 Business Articles : Starting A Business : Running a Business Why Most CEOs & Entrepreneurs Fail? Times are tough. The economy is in a constant state of upheaval. Is your company doing better than most? Are you placing greater emphasis on pure performance? If you haven’t maybe it’s time for a serious round of intense corporate soul searching. But do you know how? Aug 1, 2005, 00:17 Business Articles : Starting A Business : Running a Business 6 Ways Small Businesses Can Survive In A Crazy Economy Contrary to popular belief, small businesses can survive a crazy economy by taking some proactive steps. Jul 26, 2005, 04:39 Business Articles : Starting A Business : Running a Business Operating Your Small Business – Everything Really Is a Project Do you operate your business as a series of projects, using project management tools and skills to advance your projects from conception to completion? Or perhaps you're new to project management tools and skills and haven't considered applying them to your own business? Most of us fall somewhere in between. Jul 26, 2005, 03:21 Business Articles : Starting A Business : Running a Business How To Make Sure Your Customers Still Trust Your Small Business The stock market is still on a wild roller coaster ride. Trust in business is at an all time low. Do your customers still trust you? Here are seven ways to help you make sure. Jul 26, 2005, 02:48 Business Articles : Starting A Business : Running a Business Administration Of Your Small Business You've been meaning to tend to the administration part of your business, that is, the growing list of things to do that relates to your small business. You've shoved all other appointments aside and starts getting down to working on the nitty gritty details, you're ready to go all out and tick everything on the list off! But where in the world is the list? Jul 26, 2005, 02:40 Business Articles : Starting A Business : Running a Business Create a Win Win for Your Small Business Discover How Specialized Cost Containment Creates A New Win-Win Position For Property Owner’s And You. Property Management: A simple strategy to increase client loyalty Jul 26, 2005, 02:36 Business Articles : Starting A Business : Running a Business Practical Money-Saving Tips For Small Businesses One of the primary concerns all small businesses have is saving money. When it's time to trim the fat, most look for one giant expense to decrease or eliminate in order to stay within budget. More often than not, it doesn't work that way. Jul 26, 2005, 02:34 Business Articles : Starting A Business : Running a Business Where Can I Get Clients From? The following tips have come from a wide variety of sources; some from other successful businesses we know, some from our Home-Based and Small Business Support Group meetings and some we've developed by trial and error. Jul 26, 2005, 02:01 Business Articles : Starting A Business : Running a Business Increase Productivity and Business Success - Take Responsibility Are you responsible for your results? What comes to mind when I say that? When you hear that you're totally responsible for the results you produce in your business and in your life---you might jump to a conclusion. You may think that I'm suggesting that you should take the blame for your results. Jul 26, 2005, 01:52 Business Articles : Starting A Business : Running a Business 3 Ways To Make Certain Your Business Fails Most small businesses incorporated in 2005 will fail by the year 2007. No matter the industry or the economic times in which the company was initially conceived, the fact remains that businesses fail on a daily basis due to general lack of knowledge and know-how. What follows are my opinion on three very common methods to ensure not only mediocrity but failure as a business entity in today’s world ... Jul 26, 2005, 01:49 More Headlines