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Free Small Business Manufacturing Ideas – Adorn the World With Jewelry

Okay, there are some free small business manufacturing ideas that just make a lot of sense. You have to look at the items that are high in demand, such as jewelry. What is great about manufacturing jewelry is that all you need are the pieces and you can assemble it. You can use your imagination,…

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Speed Profit – Can You Make Money Faster?

Can you make money faster? Can you double your income in less time? Can you explode your profits in the next few months? The answer is YES! In today’s market business success is highly dependent on your speed – How fast you can implement your ideas and create results. This means that you can easily…

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Secrets of Bonding 160: No More Performance Bonds

This is the Bonding Company’s worst nightmare. In this 160th article of our surety series, we will cover the situations in which no Performance or Payment Bond is needed! Some of the projects are big and federal, some are private, ALL are unbonded. Here we go! As a point of reference, you may expect that…

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1,500 Puzzle Pieces… Minus One!

Vincent bought a 1,500-piece jigsaw puzzle from Robinson’s Department Store for his wife. He writes: ‘After spending two months on the puzzle, she was upset to find a last piece missing. We searched the house but the piece eluded us. At our wits’ end, we went to Robinson’s for help. ‘To our great surprise, the…

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Payment Strategy to Reduce Interest Costs of IRS Settlements

Synopsis Corporations frequently settle examination cycles with the IRS in which some included years are found to have overpayments and others to have tax deficiencies. When the tax deficiencies arise in the later years included in the examination, tax executives are usually content to allow the IRS to apply the earlier years’ overpayments to the…

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Press Kit Recipe

Public Relations experts say that creating a good press kit is as essential as creating a good website. Both items reflect your brand and are important marketing tools for your business. Make your press kit one-stop shopping for a busy journalist, prospective customer, or potential referral sources who would like information about you and the…

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Information Security – It’s About Integrity

How your company addresses security is often seen as a simple cost-value equation. You may not be aware that your customers may see it very differently, and how you approach information security today often influences how the public views your overall integrity whether you like it or not. Back in the early 90’s, the US…

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Business Travel – Drive Your Own Luxury Car or Rent One

I have a good friend who has a very nice Maserati which he leases, as he uses it for business. Of course, he also travels to nearby states each year to speak with his distributors, but he doesn’t take his luxury car because he doesn’t want to put all those miles on it, or subject…

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How Customer Fear Can Undermine the Marketing of a Small Business and Cost You Sales

A key driver of a lot of people’s buying decisions is a fear of making the wrong choice. This leads to what’s known as “risk reduction” by the customer. You may have heard the term, “buyer remorse”; this is related. For small business marketing in particular this fear can create a major obstacle to selling….

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Up-Selling For Car Wash Owners

There are dangers in up selling too much at a local car wash. Many times customers wish to simply get a quick car wash and leave and if you try to sell them too much extra services they will not be able to meet their time constraints. If you up sell your customers every single…

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