Archive for September, 2011
Tips for Bolstering Your Small Business
Are you maximizing efficiencies, or spending too much time on the small things? Are you doing the right things to grow your business?
Five Ways Not Having a Mission Statement Can Hurt Your Business
Mission statements are used to communicate the company’s vision to external entities such as customers and society. As a result, it is used by the external entities to form a public image about the company.
How to Build a Following Before You Even Open Your Doors
In order to have a successful business launch these days, businesses must turn to the web. Your Facebook and Twitter efforts should focus on three key tasks.
Managed Services Can Benefit Your Business
Here’s a question asked repeatedly by small-business owners: “Where do I spend the money to improve my business?”
A challenge many small and middle market-business (SMB) owners face is that they recognize the need to grow—whether it’s products or services—yet their funds are in short supply.
Managed Services
One option that owners can consider is managed services, where [...]
Avoid Falling Prey to Work-at-Home Scams
Unfortunately, many work-at-home job offers are scams and the con artists peddling them may try to get you to pay for starter kits or certifications that are useless.
Polling Your Social Connections for Advice
Effectively engaging with your network on social media allows you to get more insights and input from those that you already trust.
Conducting a Business Tune-Up
Just as you’d change the plugs and filters to increase fuel efficiency and have your car run at peak performance, you can tune up your business to run better in any economy.
The Lean Startup Movement
A rising movement is sweeping the business world with what might be called the world’s first startup philosophy. And people are paying attention.
The Sky’s The Limit for Aerospace
The contribution that the aerospace industry makes to U.S. national security, civil and space infrastructure and the economy is out of this world.
That’s the word from experts who say the U.S. industry accounts for $216.5 billion in revenue. A positive trade balance of $53.3 billion is the highest of any U.S. manufacturing sector.
The aerospace and [...]
Before You Claim, Know the Facts
One of the most important retirement-related decisions a person will make is when to claim Social Security benefits.
New Jobs & Reducing Foreign Oil Reliance
If the country had a way to reduce reliance on foreign oil and create well-paid production jobs that could not be exported, it might seem like a natural commodity to invest in.
Detecting and Avoiding Identity Theft
More than 9 million Americans are affected by identity theft each year and nearly 40 percent of all Americans are more concerned about identity theft after hearing of the recent breaches of information within major corporations.
