Friday, July 31, 2009

12-Point Business Tax Checklist

Before filing your business tax return or handing your details over to your tax professional, it is imperative that you organize all your information in such a way that filing returns and paying taxes becomes a whole lot easier.

Read this tax checklist here
http://www.morebusiness.com/12-point-tax

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Work At Home Business Options

Your home business resource site, where you'll find:
* Business Tips
* Business Articles
* Direct Sales Company Profiles
* Direct Sales Articles, Tips & Resources
* Business Advertising For Your Work At Home Business
* Telecommuting Jobs Information
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* Exclusive Articles That Can Only Be Found On The WAH Business Options Website
* Home Life - Home Tips, Recipes, Parenting Articles, Activities For Kids, Health & Fitness and more!

If you are working from home and looking for business tips or ideas...or looking to start working from home, Work At Home Business Options has everything you need in one location!

We invite you to stop by today and while you are there, bookmark the site for future reference. Please feel free to contact us or leave your comments directly on the site.

Shelly and Sophia ~ Owners
Work At Home Business Options
http://www.workathomebusinessoptions.com

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Start Business Credit : Top 10 Reasons Why

Entrepreneurs and small business owners who have a separate legal entity for their business have a unique opportunity that no other individual or sole proprietor has. It’s the opportunity to start business credit by establishing a business credit profile that is completely separate from a personal credit profile.

Read article here
http://www.businesscreditblogger.com/2009/06/30/start-business-credit-top-10-reasons-why

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Spring Cleaning: Simplify Your Business

Posted by Lindsey of the Empowerment Group

Spring is a great time to clean house, but it’s also a perfect time to simplify your business. These days streamlining is especially important, since inefficient business practices and mismanaged time means money lost. Save a few dollars and boost your business with these easy tips:

Read her tips here
http://empowerment-groupdiscussionboard.blogspot.com/2009/03/spring-cleaning-simplify-your-business.html

Monday, July 13, 2009

6 Reasons to Stick with Your Startup....

This post is part of our ReadWriteStart channel, which is dedicated to profiling startups and entrepreneurs. The channel is sponsored by Microsoft BizSpark.

....Survival Stories from the Trenches

by Jolie O'Dell

Starting a new tech company is a labor of love. Particularly in the beginning, when funds are low, expectations are high, and the product is still a twinkle in the developer's eye, stressful situations under external pressures can lead to pull-the-plug moments.

Read article here
http://www.readwriteweb.com/readwritestart/2009/07/reasons-to-stick-with-your-sta.php

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Great Business Plans Tips

provided thru Business KnowHow.com

Make sure that your plan is clear, focused and realistic. Then show them that you have the tools, talent and team to make it happen. Your business plan is like your calling card, it will get you in the door where you'll have to convince investors and loan officers that you can put your plan into action."

Continue reading tips here
http://www.businessknowhow.com/Startup/businessplanning.htm

Thursday, July 9, 2009

10 Deadliest Words and Phrases in Business

by Gary Blake

Take a look at the next four or five letters, e-mails, and memos that cross your desk. Do they sing out with clarity and precision? Or do they sound as if they were written by a lawyer in a Charles Dickens novel? Worse yet: do they sound like they were written by a lawyer in your own company?

Continue reading article here
http://www.businessknowhow.com/marketing/tendeadliestwords.htm

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

20 Productivity Tips WAH With Children....

Posted 1/28/08

Using these general guidelines, we came up with 20 productivity tips for work-at-home Moms of young children:
* identify and create pockets of time when you can work with minimal disturbance
* double-task or piggy-back simple work tasks with household or child care tasks
* maximize your productivity during those times when you are working

Continue reading this post here
http://mylifeshift.org/20-productivity-tips-for-work-at-home-moms-of-young-children

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

What Happens if You Fail?

by Rob Speigel

The battle cry of many an entrepreneur is 'failure is not an option!' But what happens if you do fail? The Small Business Administration (SBA) keeps the stats on business failures and claims that more than half of new businesses will disappear in the first five years. I believe that’s a conservative estimate, since there are surely countless numbers of small companies started in spare bedrooms that launch and fail without ever reaching the radar of the SBA...

Read article here
http://www.businessknowhow.com/startup/failure.htm

Monday, July 6, 2009

Guide to Resources for Starting a Business

by By Daniel Kehrer (Work.com staff)

Want to start a business? Free and low-cost help for starting a business is available online.

Taking your first steps to start a business can be daunting, but take heart. Many excellent websites and organizations offer help to anyone starting a business. And while starting a business requires an investment on your part, the information you need for starting a small business is generally free.

Continue reading this guide here
http://www.work.com/resources-for-starting-a-business-817

Friday, July 3, 2009

7 Essential Startup Steps

By Rich Mintzer

Yes, there are thousands of businesses you could start, with more emerging daily thanks to new technology and good old-fashioned ingenuity. Yet despite the vast universe of possibilities, there are a few essential steps you need to take before starting a business, any business.

Continue reading article here
http://ow.ly/eKqx

Thursday, July 2, 2009

5 Tips Building, Funding, Starting, Running a Business

I have combined the following 5 Tips into one blog post to make it easier to follow. Success to you, Patricia


Tip #1: Find a Recession Proof Business Opportunity
....In this article, we will discuss some recession proof products and service ideas. These are great ideas to consider if you are thinking about starting a business during nationally tough financial times.

Continue reading article here
http://www.morebusiness.com/recession-proof-business


Tip #2: Create a Strong Foundation for Your Small Business
We took a look at some of the specific dangers that potential entrepreneurs need to look out for when they are thinking of starting a business during bust times. In this article, we will take a look at building a firm foundation for your business during the current recession.

Continue reading article here
http://www.morebusiness.com/business-foundation


Tip #3: Business Planning Pitfalls to Avoid in a Recession
Recessions mean less money floating around and that means less employment opportunities, less money to enjoy life, and so on. However, did you know that recessions can be an ideal time to start your own business? Through desperation or opportunity, many of today’s most successful businesses were start during a recession.

Continue reading article here
http://www.morebusiness.com/planning-pitfalls


Tip #4: Get Aggressive About Raising Money
...Even if you pass the stringent credit and background checks, have a sound business plan, and can make a convincing presentation odds are you still won’t get those business startup funds for a couple of months - when it will then be approved at a high interest rate.

Continue reading article here
http://www.morebusiness.com/raising-money


Tip #5: Make Your Business Reliable and Flexible
There’s no better time to start looking at different ways to do business and shed a lot of the business waste that can happen in “fat” times...In this fifth and final article, we will take a look at two important ingredients that will help your business startup grow, even in a recession.

Continue reading article here
http://www.morebusiness.com/reliable-flexible-business