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Daily Tips To Help Your Business Grow

In my last post I talked about how you need to nurture your business in order to see it grow.  In other words, you have to work at it.  A successful business does not just happen.  It takes work - a lot of hard work.  But there are things you can do on a daily basis to help it along.  Here are a few suggestions on how you can nurture your business. - Start by keeping up with emails.  Don't ...

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Nurture Your Business

When we moved into our home two years ago I inherited a garden full of plants I had never seen or heard of before.  I had no clue what to do with these new plants.  So I chopped and pruned.  I re-potted and move around. I fertilized, weeded and watered.  I worked hard.  As you can see from the picture, I had success. It wasn't until my plants started to flower that I realized a correlation ...

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Tech Skills You Still Need To Know

by:  Amy Beekley I was impressed the day my kindergartener came home and showed me the Power Point presentation he had created at school.  It contained mostly school bus clip art, rainbow stars, and WordArt, but he still had a sound understanding of how the program worked and was proud of what he had created. Two years later I was appalled when I realized that my same son had no idea how to ty ...

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Welcome To Our Newest Team Member

It is with much pleasure that I introduce the newest member of the Admin Etcetera team.  Amy Beekley joins us as our business grows. With a background in HR and in-home health care, Amy brings 10 years of administrative experience to the table.  She is an avid blogger with a very easy going writing style, active on all social media sites, and is very knowledgeable and comfortable with most co ...

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If You Don’t Ask…….

There are a thousand questions you could ask as a business owner...... Ask a prospective client if they need help on a project. Ask your Chamber of Commerce when the next networking event is. Ask yourself if your Marketing Plan is working. Ask your accountant if you have enough money to purchase a new piece of equipment that will take your business to new levels. Ask yourself if your Social M ...

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2012 is going to be a great year!

Are you starting this year just like you start every year?  You have made your New Year's Resolutions and probably have already broken them.  Maybe this is the year you do things differently. Don't beat yourself up about it.  Life is very hectic these days and running a business just adds to the stress.  Sit down with a cup of hot tea, a glass of red wine or a close friend. Take a deep breat ...

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Final Act

I went to the funeral of a client this past weekend - a client with a very successful business.  It got me thinking about what happens to a business when the owner dies.  Of course if it is a large business with a lot of employees, there are steps in place for when something like this happens.  But what happens to a small business?  The family could take over.  New Management could come in.  ...

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Networking How-To

Networking is not just about handing out your business card and hoping someone will call you.  It is somewhat of an art to get it right. If you have an outgoing personality, you will probably be fine.  But if you are a bit nervous about attending your first networking event, here are a few suggestions. Arrive on time. You can be fashionably late to a friend's dinner party, but you should be on ...

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Check Your Links

If you are like the rest of us, you have probably posted a link on a social media site.  Everyone does it.  No big deal.  But what do you do after you post?  That is where the problem comes in. Recently I clicked on a link that was posted by a business associate.  It was a link to an article that I had a real interest in.  After I clicked I got a message saying the link was no longer availa ...

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Client Follow-Up

My husband and I recently bought a new house.  It was built in 1985 and needs a  bit of work.  Our latest project was replacing the two large sliding glass doors in the living room.  One of them is twelve feet wide, so we are talking large. We went on the internet and picked out a company that we thought would give us the product we wanted.  The salesman came to our house and gave us his pit ...

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