One of the dangers of business is collection – getting paid, especially with small business that do not have that large a capital to sustain operations. One way to curb this danger is to ask for a deposit or down payment for the service or product.
While it can be a turn-off to customers if handled [...]

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Working online has now become a trend for some IT professionals and creative people (writers and artists). And why not? So far there are a lot of potential business to be made online. You can operate as a business or as a professional. Web Worker Daily pinpoints top 5 mistakes that online workers commit:

Forget that [...]

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According to Jaclyn Kostner’s doctoral dissertation on geographically dispersed work teams, the prime issue of remote workers is career implosion that is caused by lack of communication. Until now, it is still viewed as an issue despite all the improvements in remote worker management technologies.
Kostner then formulated the CARE model for communicating between remote personnel [...]

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This might come in real handy for those who do a lot of traveling or dealing with clients and personnel abroad. With the different time zones and daylight saving time in effect, scheduling can be a real problem.
I’ve already featured some world clocks here before but here’s another tool for your arsenal. The World Clock [...]

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One of the worst things happened to me today. As a problogger who does all of one’s work on his computer, I met the ultimate grief when my computer just died. I suspect a fried motherboard so that’s the end of that PC. Replacing it means that I’ll be building a new computer and just [...]

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Problogger Yuga reminded me of the importance of SWOT analysis when he used it on blogging. Here’s his post on SWOT-analyzing your blog.
For those unfamiliar with the term SWOT, it stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. It’s a business/project planning technique that helps you get the low-down of thing to aid you in strategies [...]

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Some businessmen tend to keep it old school and store albums and albums of business cards. Why not? They’re little calls to business waiting to happen. The fact that someone gave you a business card means that they’re open to business (though some people may think it’s just common courtesy, but a “business” card is [...]

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This has been a debate that has raged in the workplace for so long. From experience, many workplaces today are shifting toward a results-oriented approach to working. The I-don’t-care-how-you-do-it-just-do-it mentality is amazingly (alarmingly?) becoming the fad. It’s supposed to support worker creativity.
While I, myself, enjoy such an approach to working as a worker, I try [...]

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Yesterday, I put up my list of papers to send to the shredder. I’m supplementing that with this list on the papers that you need to keep and file. This includes papers that are hard-to-replace.

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I’ve been involved with sales and marketing before and one thing that really counts is to always get to the highest levels of the corporate echelon as possible. While it is important to talk to middle managers and gain their support, it’s always best to focus on decision makers.
If you’re a small business targeting potential [...]

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Here’s a common scenario – file cabinets and work desk drawers are filled with all sorts of papers. Productivity can be hampered by such clutter. Besides, it’s a total waste of storage space. Here’s a list of paper stuff that you can shred and throw away.

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Working at home is really nice. As I’ve written before, there’s a lot of perks in working at home. It’s becoming more and more attractive nowadays since there’s a lot of telecommute jobs that you can do over the Internet. Plus small and starting out businesses can start at home. But before you embark on [...]

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Paying taxes suck most of the time. That is, unless you live somewhere your tax is wisely used on social services. Then at least you get the most of what you pay your state. But in general, no one really wants to pay taxes. Especially small business owners. Doing the numbers can be a real [...]

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This tip’s for small business owners. Possibly for freelancers or home office type businesspeople. Not having a space in your home office to meet clients is a limitation on having a work-at-home arrangement. But does this mean that it’s time to scope out some office spaces? Nope. It may not be worthwhile to up your [...]

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Hobby turned to a business? Why not. Hit to birds with one. Make money with something you love. And your wife can’t blame you for spending too much time and money on your hobby. So read on for some tips on turning your little hobby into your own business.

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