Getting a nice tax refund back is one of the best feelings in the world for small business owners. The big question is: how to spend that dough? We have a couple of suggestions on how to spend that money so that you can rejuvenate your business in the process.
Spend it on marketing (in the right...
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Ask any entrepreneur the secret to her success and she’ll say a variety of things: a specific sales approach, believing in the product she’s selling, or customer service. But the secret to every small business owner’s success is largely due to the team of people she has working with her. Your...
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We entrepreneurs are great at burning ourselves out. We are uniquely prone to economic fluctuation, and are directly responsible for our staff, partners, and customers. It’s enough to drive someone mad, which explains why 45% of start-up owners report being stressed; around five percent above the...
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We have a lot to celebrate right now! With Halloween just behind us we have Thanksgiving to look forward to, as well as all of the wonderful winter holidays and New Year’s! Between costume sewing for the winter play, party hosting, and light-hanging, we can’t forget to celebrate our businesses!...
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In a perfect world, with an unlimited budget and an unlimited amount of time, each small business would get its own marketing team dedicated to creating relevant, informative, and entertaining content and keeping up each of their social outlets a couple times a day. Creating content from the...
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Did you make any New Year’s resolutions? Have you stuck to them? We’re about midway through January, and it seems that around now even the most resolute start avoiding their list. One of the biggest problems with New Year’s Resolutions, in my opinion, is that they are kind of boring. Go to the...
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With 2015 just on the horizon, I have been thinking a lot about what sorts of resolutions I want to make as a business owner. December is the perfect month to reflect upon what we’ve learned the past year to make even better choices in the coming year. Amidst all the parties, elementary school...
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We’ve officially entered the holiday season, and with it comes a glut of temporary employment opportunities. But a lot of companies still aren’t sure how to treat their seasonal employees. Every year we hear horror stories of long hours, broken promises, and a general mistreatment of temporary...
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Entrepreneurs sacrifice a lot for their businesses. Money, time, social life—all of these tend to go out the window. What I didn’t expect to lose, however, were my weekends.
Business owners don’t procrastinate; we are constantly firing on all cylinders. I thought I’d get my work done during...
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