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Episode 8: Profitable Business Growth With Kim Pollard

Mike Michalowicz

Through the use of technology, a team full of talented women, and a foundation of faith, Bookkeeper Girl continues to open new locations & serves small business owners across the nation with bookkeeping and payroll services delivered to their fingertips for pennies on the dollar. Nextiva – VOIP phone providers for small businesses.

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When DIY Is A Terrible Idea

YoungUpstarts

However, DIY is a terrible idea when the task is complicated and failure can bring down your entire business. This is why taxes are the ultimate DIY snare for business owners. Entrepreneurs and small business owners feel that filing tax returns (sales; payroll; franchise, etc.) should be a DIY process.

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Fracking Your Customer Base

crowdSPRING Blog

For instance if your company spent $10,000 on print advertising and acquired 100 new customers as a result, the acquisition cost for each new customer (CPA) would be $100. Photo: The Lucas oil gusher at Spindletop, Texas Wikipedia. Related posts: Small Business and Startups: 3 Essentials for Customer Service.

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‘Dear Abby’ Style Advice to Real Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

We live in East Texas were the education level is low and dropout rates are around 17%. I am retired but formerly have been a marketing director and involved in CPA financial services. Respectfully, WHERE TO START Dear Where-To-Start, The type of business you describe is sorely needed, but sounds like it may really be a non-profit.

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Episode 5: Alex Blumberg, Business Credit, and Cloud-Based Subscription Services

Up and Running

Learn more about business credit: BusinessCreditFacts.com , Dun & Bradstreet. Some of the services for small businesses discussed: LivePlan , Creditera , ZenPayroll , QuickBooks Online , BambooHR , Trello. There’s different kinds of founders and small business owners. You know what I mean?

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Episode 13: How to Solve Problems in Your Business, Human Resources, and #Zappos | The Bcast

Up and Running

In this episode, Peter and Jonathan discuss Kaizen, Kanban, and Scrum methodology and how they can be applied to small businesses. That sounds great, but how does that really apply to a small business who’s not manufacturing cars at a mass volume? Subscribe: Stitcher | TuneIn | Pocket Casts | PlayerFM | Soundcloud.

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5 Critical Tips to Reduce Your Business Taxes This Year [WEBINAR]

Up and Running

Tax season has come and gone, but the main takeaway from our recent webinar on tax planning for small businesses is that the key to saving money on your taxes is to think ahead and plan. It’s never too early to start thinking about how to prepare for your business taxes. I’m really excited to have Ryan Clower from M.

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