smbblog.blogspot.com
SMB Blog: Accounting Tips For SMB Owners
http://smbblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/accounting-tips-for-smb-owners.html
Information and Discussion for the Small to Medium Sized Business Community. Thursday, January 08, 2009. Accounting Tips For SMB Owners. 1 Protect your company from check fraud - Ask that your bank never cash a check made out to an individual, with the exception of payroll checks. 4 Keep your business and personal accountants separated - Many business owners keep one account for personal and business finances. This can cause problems when tax time comes. Keep things separated, it will make things...5 Dou...
smbblog.blogspot.com
SMB Blog: Protect Your Small Business Against Fraud
http://smbblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/protect-your-small-business-against.html
Information and Discussion for the Small to Medium Sized Business Community. Thursday, November 18, 2010. Protect Your Small Business Against Fraud. However, there are a few key things small business owners can do to protect themselves against fraud. First, get some type of background screening for your employees. Many small business owners won't spend a lot of money screening a loading dock worker or somebody fresh from college, but they should at least do a criminal check if nothing else. Small busines...
smbblog.blogspot.com
SMB Blog: So What Does Obama Care Mean for Small Business?
http://smbblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/so-what-does-obama-care-mean-for-small_7991.html
Information and Discussion for the Small to Medium Sized Business Community. Wednesday, March 24, 2010. So What Does Obama Care Mean for Small Business? Be careful little hands what you do! Congress last night enacted President Obama’s sweeping healthcare plan, but like many things congress didn’t consider all the details. The idea was to assist small business and individual Americans in purchasing healthcare, what it will end up doing is slow and reduce hiring in the future. Who will get hurt? Lastly, s...
smbblog.blogspot.com
SMB Blog: Give New Hires a Great Start
http://smbblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/give-new-hires-great-start.html
Information and Discussion for the Small to Medium Sized Business Community. Thursday, December 09, 2010. Give New Hires a Great Start. Connect with them personally and early on. By connecting with your new hire personally, you can form a relationship that will cause the hire to want to stay with your company. Get to know your new hires in every aspect of their lives. Ask them about their families, pets, hobbies, past experiences etc. People like to feel special and by making your new hire fe...If you fo...
smbblog.blogspot.com
SMB Blog: Should Small Businesses Utilize Online Advertising?
http://smbblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/should-small-businesses-utilize-online.html
Information and Discussion for the Small to Medium Sized Business Community. Saturday, November 27, 2010. Should Small Businesses Utilize Online Advertising? Sometimes small businesses may not be sure of the best way to advertise and get the word out there about its products or services. Because advertising and marketing strategies are changing constantly to fit society and its needs, it can be difficult to decide which strategies will be most effective for your company. Pete Barlas of Investor’s B...
smbblog.blogspot.com
SMB Blog: Cybercrime Doesn't Really Seem to Worry Small Businesses
http://smbblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/cybercrime-doesnt-really-seem-to-worry.html
Information and Discussion for the Small to Medium Sized Business Community. Sunday, December 05, 2010. Cybercrime Doesn't Really Seem to Worry Small Businesses. It seems as though small businesses do not seem to be very concerned about cybercrime. A recent survey of 1,000 different small business owners conducted by Visa Inc. and National Cyber Security Alliance showed that there was a surprising lack of concern about cybercrime among small businesses. These were not the only results that the survey fou...
smbblog.blogspot.com
SMB Blog: Ways to Improve Your Company's Customer Service
http://smbblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/ways-to-improve-your-companys-customer.html
Information and Discussion for the Small to Medium Sized Business Community. Thursday, October 28, 2010. Ways to Improve Your Company's Customer Service. The problem stems from a few different reasons. One reason is that business owners do not always know what will satisfy their customers the most. Owners may think price will satisfy customers, whereas customers may believe it is personalized service. Another reason is that business owners may not have put in place the systems and processes t...One way t...
smbblog.blogspot.com
SMB Blog: Top 11 SMB Trade Show Do's and 10 Don'ts
http://smbblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/top-10-smb-trade-show-dos-and-donts.html
Information and Discussion for the Small to Medium Sized Business Community. Tuesday, June 30, 2009. Top 11 SMB Trade Show Do's and 10 Don'ts. Trade Shows are a great way to market your product. Trade shows help increase company visibility by putting your audience in a place that you can directly connect with them. You also are able to direct contact your manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers. To help you here is a check list of 11 do’s and 10 don’ts:. You have ab...
smbblog.blogspot.com
SMB Blog: 3 iPhone Apps Every SMB Owner Must Have
http://smbblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/3-iphone-apps-every-smb-owner-must-have.html
Information and Discussion for the Small to Medium Sized Business Community. Saturday, July 17, 2010. 3 iPhone Apps Every SMB Owner Must Have. More and more business-owners are relying on their smartphones to conduct business these days and as you can imagine, there are a million apps for that! But how do you know which ones will actually help you run your business effectively? To get you started, here are three that every small- and medium-sized business. Owner should look into for their iPhone. For les...
SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT