Jim Flowers of VT KnowledgeWorks has a favorite old Doonesbury cartoon framed and conspicuously posted on a prominent wall of his business. The strip is so good that I’ve done the same, and you might want to, too! Mike asks Bernie, the business mogul, what he is working on. Bernie replies that he had previously […]
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Inventors Digest: When Rick Foreman earned his flying wings some 13 years ago, he didn’t realize his journey would lead him to take flight as an inventor. Pilots are required to carry fresh batteries to power hand-held devices such as GPS, flashlights, transceivers, headsets and intercoms. Typically, Foreman would keep batteries in a small baggie
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The Associated Press: As the recession forces small businesses across the country to cut expenses, some are making a dramatic shift — they’re laying off employees and using independent contractors instead. Back in 2006, Ron Gold had only full-time employees in his advertising agency, but business began to slip and he began using freelancers. Last
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photo credit: Libertinus No matter what your business, however, excess inventory is something to be avoided. It costs you money in extra overhead, debt service on loans to purchase the excess inventory, additional personal property tax on unsold inventory and increased insurance costs. Controlling your inventory is one of the easiest ways to increase profits.
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SeattlePI: Carol Lavinthal, who sews children’s clothes in her home, faced an unhappy choice. She could spend thousands of dollars to comply with a sweeping new federal law — or she could become an outlaw. She was braced for a Feb. 10 law that would have required her Just Kidd’n business to stringently test for
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Nation’s Restaurant News: A mid the deepest economic slowdown since the Great Depression, restaurant franchisors are enhancing or developing programs to broaden their franchisee bases as a means to grow business. Franchisors as diverse as KFC, Pizza Hut, Domino’s Pizza and Little Caesars Pizza all aim programs at minorities, women and veterans. Domino’s, for example,
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photo credit: Manchester Library One of the easiest ways to stay in front of your customers is to provide an email newsletter. Try telling a story of success about your business. Share your expertise, because you are an expert in your field, so show that you know what your talking about and doing. Feature and
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The New York Times: CafePress, a Web site that lets users create and sell custom goods, announced a partnership with Sellit to help online retailers peddle their wares in multiple places around the Web. The tool, called the Sellit ShopBot, allows CafePress’s 6.5 million Web merchants to build a bite-size version of their CafePress shop
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Franchising: Ecowash mobile has grabbed a top three placing in the BRW Fast Franchises list for 2009. The list ranks 100 different franchise models in Australia. The car washing company, which began in 2004, met this year’s criteria of a recorded turnover of more than $500,000 in 2004-05. “If we are not the lowest investment
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photo credit: kevindooley One very effective mode of advertising is in the business sign. These can be big, small or in between, and they pack a lot of power! But having the wrong business sign will also pack a lot of the wrong power. You don’t want the wrong message 10 feet tall on the
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