Getting Started One of the first things we do with our Partnering For Your Success students is to have them plan out how many hours they can spend on lease purchasing. We know that many of you are working and want ...... Similar Editorial : by John Colanzi. | Source : International Business
How To Realistically Set Your Fees - Part 5 How To Raise Your Fees There comes a time when it is inevitable that you must raise your fees in order to maintain both your profit margin and income level. You will find that the greatest resistance...... Similar Editorial : by imfh05. | Source : Business Administration
How To Realistically Set Your Fees - Part 4 Effect Of Bad Debts So far, we have covered the major factors involved in setting your fee structure. We have set a realistic number of billable hours, calculated the effect of expenses and taken int...... Similar Editorial : by imfh05. | Source : Business Administration
How To Realistically Set Your Fees - Part 3 Effect of Benefits We have previously examined realistic billable hours and the effect of business expenses on your hourly rate. Now we'll look at the effect of benefits. Once upon at time, when we w...... Similar Editorial : by imfh05. | Source : Business Administration
How To Realistically Set Your Fees - Part 2 Effect of Expenses The last article examined how to calculate your realistic billable hours. If you remember, we arrived at approximately 1100 hours in a year. To earn our mythical $46,000 per year, ...... Similar Editorial : by imfh05. | Source : Business Administration
How To Realistically Set Your Fees - Part 1 We all know there are 52 weeks in a year and 40 working hours in a week. Therefore, we can bill 2080 hours per year, right. Wrong. Too often this is the trap that many new service businesses fall int...... Similar Editorial : by imfh05. | Source : Business Administration
Ethics In Business... A Lost Art While watching Face the Nation one Sunday earlier this year, Bob Schiffer discussed the airline industry, his mother and ethics in business. Like Bob, I think it is a sad commentary today, that we ha...... Similar Editorial : by Richard Johnson. | Source : Business Administration
Does Your Business Need An Attitude Adjustment First you need to: Change your attitude. I know you feel you have a good reason for feeling bad. However, instead of moaning and groaning about why me, ask yourself how you can turn the situation a...... Similar Editorial : by Susan Young. | Source : Sales Techniques
Do You Have A Press Package? How do you make a friend of the media? A press package can go a long way in helping you deal with the media. It allows you to have everything you need handy. Many individuals in the media will ask y...... Similar Editorial : by Emma okafor. | Source : Sales Techniques
How Do I Define My Market? Your market is who you want to reach. Your customer. Who is your average customer? What is your estimate of total market size? What territory do you intend to serve? Will you offer a variety of produ...... Similar Editorial : by Edward B. Toupin. | Source : Sales Techniques
Defining Your Goals Probably one of the most important things we do with our Partnering For Your Success students is to help them define their goals. We discuss their need for both short and long term goals. This might ...... Similar Editorial : by Charles M. O'Melia. | Source : Increase Profit
Take It To The Customer In the past, purchasing ad space was the solution to every entrepreneur's marketing challenge. Then it was direct mail, followed by telemarketing. But with advertising and postage costs on the rise, ...... Similar Editorial : by Peggie Arvidson Dailey. | Source : Increase Profit
Becoming A Solution To Your Customers Problems Those of us in home based and small businesses are in effect selling our product. So becoming an effective salesperson is very important. Remember, however, that selling is not the only thing you do....... Similar Editorial : by Bryan Brandenburg. | Source : Increase Profit
