We’ve talked about many ways to get your business in shape. Here are ten of the most important and immediately effective ones:
Ask Customers for Testimonials—Testimonials are critical in building credibility for your business.
Perform a Breakeven Analysis—Unless you do it, you won’t know if you’re really making money.
Get Help When You Need It—You can’t do it [...]
Entries Tagged 'Your Tools' ↓
11 Ways to Improve Your Business
November 26th, 2007 — Quick Links, Your Tools
Get the Scoop on Your Friends
November 14th, 2007 — Blogroll, Your Tools
One of the things that really bugs me about social networks is how I need to go hunting down each one of my friends and acquaintances to see if they’re registered.
Free Business Tools You Need
October 20th, 2007 — Blogroll, Your Tools
Sometimes you just need a low-tech set of free business tools to get something done. Usually, these turn out to be in the area of business management, bookkeeping, cash flow management or some other financial aspect of the business that many of us find tedious and bothersome. Still, the right tool, especially a simple tool, can help.
Free Budget Worksheet
September 25th, 2007 — Blogroll, Your Tools
Here’s a free budget worksheet (Excel) you can use to count down how much money you need to earn to make your monthly budget. It occurred to me that it’s sometimes overkill to use an accounting program when all you’re doing is picking up a few jobs a month.
Bad Patterns Stifling Your Creativity?
July 25th, 2007 — Quick Links, Your Tools
What patterns are you following that are stifling your creativity? Some patterns of activity or behavior are useful. Habits aren’t all bad. Habits allow us to perform regular, routine tasks without wasting valuable mental energy on those tasks. But of course, there are good habits and bad habits. Bad patterns and good patterns.





