(Add to Favorites | View All Articles | Resource Directory)
|
|
|
Your company is too small for a business plan - and other mythsSmall Business Planning -- Three MythsAre you -- like 70 percent of small business owners -- working without a plan? Here are three myths that need to be dispelled about strategic planning for small business. 1. It has to be formal -- Not so. The value of a strategic plan for your small business is in putting the ideas on paper, creating action steps that will get you where you want to go and implementing those action steps. 2. I'm too small -- Not so. Even a one-person business can benefit from a strategic plan. A strategic plan can help you make decisions about time management and budget. You can use your strategic plan to help you determine whether to attend an event or advertise in a publication. It's a check and balance tool. 3. A strategic plan is like a ball and chain -- Not so. It's your plan. Too many small business owners feel like once it's on paper, it can't be changed. Wrong! Your plan should be an active document that gets reviewed and updated at least monthly, if not weekly. You're the business owner, you wrote it, you know what's happening in your market -- adjust as necessary. Denise O'Berry helps small business owners take action to grow their business. Find out more at http://www.smallbiz-bootcamp.com
MORE RESOURCES: News provided by Yahoo! News and Google News Chamber to host several events for Small Business Week (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer) Free forum prepares small biz for growth - Queensland Business Review Small biz ready to hire with increased risk appetite: study - Toronto Sun Turn Windows Home Server into a Small Business Server (Small Business Computing) Earth2o's Emery Oregon's 'Small Biz Person of Year' - KTVZ Small Business Administration loan seminar in Monroe (Everett Herald) Small Business Development Center at Raritan Valley Community College offers free business seminar (MyCentralJersey.com) PCAOB Offers Small Business Auditing Forums (WebCPA) Kagen Holds Roundtable To Hear From Small Biz Owners - Sheboygan News (blog) |
|
|
|
RELATED ARTICLES
Buying a Franchise Buying a franchise is not for everyone. This guide will help you evaluate whether buying a franchise is right for you. Mobile Car Washes and Shoe Policies Mobile carwashing is hard work, it is tough on the your body and it pays to have athletic type shoes that do not get wet easily. Sometimes rapid pace car washing in parking lots can be a lot like playing basketball, except you are on a slippery and uneven surface. How To Start a Small Business Not sure how to start a small business? This guide will offer you some useful tips on the basic requirements of starting a small business.Initially, there are two types of businesses available to you, Sole Trader or Partnership. How to Compete with the Big Guns?! Many small business startups fail within the first 2 years of existence. There are several different factors reason for the failure. 1 Overlooked Key to Small Business Success Is this you?You dreamed of owning your own business, doing what you love and enjoying unlimited earning potential. You researched. Designing a Franchise Training Program If you intend to franchise your company you will need to design a bullet proof training company for your new franchisees. This is above and beyond the training program you will design for them to administer to their new employees. Creative Marketing Tips: Simple Things You Can Use In Your Business To Attract More Clients The single most important activity you can do in your small business is create a unique marketing strategy and plan. When was the last time you saw a company marketing themselves in an outrageous way? In this day and age it looks like everyone has read the same book on marketing - and sorry to say - that book doesn't work!What does work - is a little creativity, a little personality and a lot of effort to make yourself so different from your competition - that there is no real competition. Small Business Vendors; Getting the Best Service If you are a small business you know that you must rely on your vendors to make sure you have everything your customers need. Lack of vendor support can lead to upset customers or even loss of your business. How to Protect Yourself & Your Business As a business owner, you already know how important it is for your customers to feel safe about doing business with you. After all, if a customer even suspects he may not receive everything he was promised, then chances are he's taking his business elsewhere. To Buy A Fat Pig What does buying a fat pig have to do with your business? Stick with me and all will be revealed.Does your business have a tactical and a strategic way to go to market? Let's go down to Mr. Getting Grant Funding For Your Nonprofit Organization Do you need grant funding for your nonprofit organization? If you do you are most certainly not alone in your needs. This combined with the fact that because of regular government budget cuts there's not as many federal dollars available as there once was. The Virtual Assistant As a small business owner, outsourcing work to Virtual Assistants is fast becoming a popular and intelligent decision. The business owner saves enormous amounts of money by cutting the costs of offices and equipment overhead as well as expensive benefits packages. Making a Donation to Bring MORE Business How a donation is different from a sponsorship and what is the advantage to you?Donations are different from sponsorships, as a sponsorship is more likely to headline you for an event whereas a donation will let you be listed as one of the many donors. You do not need to headline every event to get business attention; you can simply donate an amount of funds and be listed. Direct Mail - For Small Businesses We hear a lot of talk about junk mail nowadays. Many people will tell you that they dump it straight in the trash. Government Does Not Pay Its Bills on Time Many small companies work very hard to get new accounts. Occasionally they try to get government contracts to supply products or services. Franchise Territories for Mobile Businesses; Why Limitations In franchising an individual desirous of their own business will sign on with a franchising company and use their brand name, know how and expertise to make a living. The franchisor will generally assign an exclusive territory with limitations. Work fascintes me - I can watch it for hours I love work, I can watch it all day.I am not scared of work, I have been known to approach within arm's length of it on a number of occasions. A Business Tail: Veterinarian Foams at Mouth, Chases Tail, Learns New Tricks--Case Study Many self employed professionals find themselves overwhelmed, frustrated, and confused when it comes to running their businesses. The deep skills they have in their professional field do little to prepare them for the dog-eat-dog world of running a business. Due Dilegence 101 Or What You Do Not Know Can Kill You! - Part 1 Introduction: This article is written as a general discussion on the subject of "Due Diligence". It is for informational purposes and not intended to be a definitive guideline for your exact situation. What Your Small Business Can Learn From The Doctor Most doctors never distinguish the difference between customers and patients. That's why they have waiting rooms instead of reception areas.
|
| home | site map | articles |
| © 2006 |