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Fire Your Boss and Hire Yourself?

By Charlene Finerty Plans and Profits  Can’t stand your job? Hate the boss? Fix the problem. Hire yourself. That’s right. Start your own business. Give yourself a job. Sounds simple. Not so. Lots of hoops to jump through. The lists are endless. Take time to learn and plan. It may take months, even a few years. [...]

Growing Your Business With Blogs

A Blog is short for Web Log. A Blog allows you to communicate with the world by simply typing your thoughts on a Blog board just as if you were typing into your favorite word processing program. When typing within a Blog, you don’t need to know any type of programming, and you don’t need [...]

Reduce Your Phone Bill by 99.9%

By Edison Guzman A&E Advertising and Web Design  Can you imagine getting a new phone service that charges one low fee (Less than $40) and only costs less than $20 per year?  You don’t have to imagine. There is a company named Magic Jack that offers clear phone service with no monthly fees, or any [...]

How to Find the Right Financing for Your Business

For a business startup, loans may be difficult to obtain. For example, if your bank has loaned you money in the past but now considers you overextended. Perhaps the solution is an equity partner or investor. For a profitable business, finding investors is seldom difficult. Whether you’re in the startup phase or are already showing [...]

How Satisfied Are Your Customers?

So much lip service has been paid to customer service that it’s sounding like a tired cliché these days. In today’s business world it is not enough to simply say that the customer comes first. Customers know the difference between mediocre service, good service and exceptional service. Without question, they will make their decisions about [...]