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100 Small Business Ideas To Get You Started

Business Consulting Agency

These days, it is easier than ever to start a small business. Working from home, just about anybody can operate a small business with an Internet connection and computer. Simple as that and enough to start a small business. To help, here is a small business idea list. Instagram Marketing.

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The Corona Virus for Small Businesses

Consultant Journal

How should small business owners manage the corona virus, aka COVID-19 ? It’s a question on the minds of many entrepreneurs, as Fortune 500 companies announce new protocols for travel, meetings and even use of coffee cups. Think about what’s actually needed for your sales and marketing : Wave or nod instead of shaking hands.

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Fraud or Just Marketing

Martinka Consulting

In my world of small business buy-sell there are almost as many ways to inflate a business’s income as there are on Wall Street. What this means is the owner’s salary, medical insurance, cell phone, car, travel, and more are added to profit because these items are “discretionary” not necessary. Bob Marley.

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How I Became a Millionaire as an Independent Consultant

Successful Independent Consulting

(A Simplified Employee Pension is a type of IRA for self-employed individuals or small business owners. For me it’s time with family and friends and traveling. Admittedly, I was lucky to have invested early in one of the longest bull markets in history, but I wasn’t a particularly savvy investor. Live within your means.

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15 Best Business Podcasts for Independent Consultants

Tsavo Neal

Podcasts make amazing listening material for commutes, travel, and listening for when you don’t feel like taking out a book. We discuss what actually works in generating business, from writing books to organizing events to old-fashioned relationship building. To listen and subscribe, visit forecast.fm/itunes.

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Restoring Derelict Spaces to Lease-Ready Condition

Tom Spencer

These are great for: Trial marketing a new brand, product, or testing out a new region. Adding a bricks-and-mortar location to an existing online business. Advertising and Marketing. It only takes a little imagination to realize that an empty shop window makes for a great spot to place advertising and marketing.

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Research = Opportunity! 8 Lessons From the Some of the World’s Biggest Sports Brands…

Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

In the last 18 months working with some of the world’s biggest sports brands, I’ve done research that has taught me the importance of market research to build strong brands and grow sales. Research is one of the biggest challenges marketers face. Wide means talking to as many different people in the market as possible.

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