Posts Tagged ‘small business’

More Sales Online?

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Every business wants to sell online, because its a channel with a wide reach.  The benefits compared to opening a brick and mortar shop are countless.  For starters you don’t have to pay rent!  Then there are details like not having to go through the pains of setting up a credit card processor.  These days [...]

Add OM to Your Business Plan

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Without doubt there has been a few times during your entrepreneurial adventure someone has told you the importance of a business plan. Even if you did jot one down, it doesn’t mean it hasn’t collected it’s fair share of dust over the years. I get it, the idea for your business may have evolved over [...]

My Advice: Skip Groupon

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Let’s say you and I were able to align our schedules and sit down for an hour. Let’s say even in person, sipping coffee, tea or my current favorite hot chocolate. I am there to be totally focused on you, let’s talk marketing. I get it; you are mentally stretched from running your business and [...]

Popular Pitfall When Pricing Services

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Despite the size of people’s bank accounts, everyone is sensitive to price because we all want a fair exchange of values.  The price point of a service such as a yoga or personal training session, or a dance class is the first indicator of value.  As a business owner who has members you’re probably wondering [...]

What I’ve learned from Small Businesses in 2011

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In 2011 the recession has taken a toll on many jobs, and layoffs continue to plague millions of Americans.  Fortunately Americans are optimistic and despite the troubled times worldwide, many individuals have decided to take matters into their own hands and start their own business this year.  It has been very enlightening for me to [...]

Inexpensive Ideas to Help You Launch a Dream

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You have a startup idea? Then you may feel as though a lot of work must take place to get your baby off the ground. You may feel overwhelmed, short on cash, replete of resources and completely unsure of where to start. Fortunately for you, thousands of wonderful tools and resources are just waiting for [...]

Your students checkin, do you?

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I’m a bit of a yogadork, I practice at a few studios around town, at home, compete, and even build software to help manage studios!  I understand most styles of yoga, postures and their healing benefits.  I was introduced to yoga through a friend of mine while we were in college, and I’ve had a [...]

Good Groupon Has Done for Small Businesses

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The daily deal leader Groupon and its many clones have received a lot of flack for supposedly “screwing-over-merchants”.  Most folks are taking a strong stance against them because of the way in which they take revenue from local merchants and inundate them with leads.  However, what most fail to realize is that since the advent [...]

3 Basics of Small Business

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Any type of business whether its a studio or private instruction should fundamentally be concerned with money.  I don’t mean the owner needs to be obsessed with trying to get-rich-quick, but it is what makes a business run everyday and helps a business owner achieve their goals.  Too often I meet owners who get caught [...]

What I’ve learned from Small Businesses in 2010

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A little over a year ago I was driving home from Trader Joe’s, eating dark chocolate truffle at the time, and thinking of product ideas.  I started to think about the things I was passionate about outside of engineering, which are food and yoga.  I thought about product ideas for food and it seemed overdone [...]