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Dress the Part: How to Use Employee Dress to Market Your Business
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on
Last week, I went to a restaurant where the servers didn’t wear uniforms. In addition, there was no consistency in the street clothes they wore.
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Six Ways to Prepare for a Successful Holiday Season
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on
Guess what people are doing right now? They’re starting their holiday shopping.
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Tax Results for Giving Up on Company Property
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Sometimes you just want or need to walk away from your business assets…they aren’t productive anymore, you can’t sell them, or you can’t continue making payments on loans used to finance their purchase. What does this mean from a tax perspective?
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Top five steps to your Hurricane Harvey recovery
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on
Over the past week, as the people of the Gulf Coast deal with the unprecedented effects of Hurricane Harvey, we have seen heartbreaking moments of tragedy, of lives lost, homes destroyed and neighborhoods left in ruin.
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Take Action to Protect Your Business Ahead of the Storm
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There’s a big storm bearing down on the Gulf Coast.
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What I Learned About Business From a Girl Scout Cookie Entrepreneur
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When I was a Girl Scout, selling cookies meant dragging a wagon full of boxes door to door in my North Carolina neighborhood. I didn’t have online tools or a marketing plan or even a real strategy.
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Business Owners: Avoid the Crystal Ball and Chain
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on
Have you noticed how sometimes people don’t want to plan because they don’t want to put future numbers on record? I call this the “crystal ball and chain” problem.
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10 Things Savvy Online Marketers Do To Get Web Traffic
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on
Today there are 1.2 billion websites — or one website for every seven people in the world! That’s a lot of competition. If you want to get traffic to your website, you’re going to have to take the right steps.
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How To Complain To Your Franchisor To Get An Issue Resolved
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Occasionally, franchise owners run into problems running their businesses. If you decide to become a franchise owner, who should you communicate with to get an issue you’re experiencing resolved?
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5 Key Financial Tips When Starting a Business from Home
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Did you know more than 52% of all small businesses in the U.S. are home based? According to the Small Business Administration, there are more than 28 million small businesses in the United States, making up 99.7 percent of all U.S. businesses.