Setting Achievable Goals by Marco Richter
... Here is a first draft of the plan, I have made so far: Setup an online business Work on that business and make it profitable Set the business on auto-pilot Go back to step one Step one is already in progress as your are reading this article on my website. This site will be my new online business. Ok, this one was easy to take, step two will be much harder to achieve. I am already working on an article covering the topic of making a website profitable.

Are You Where You Want To Be? 5 Steps To Help You Get There by Sandra Martini
... Bring all those scraps of paper or notebook in which you wrote down ideas for your business and things that you want to do. Record them in one central place; I call mine my “Dream Notebook” – it’s actually a sketching notebook with a gorgeous picture of the beach on the front cover. If you have a laptop, bring a notebook and calculator will do just fine. Use this list as the starting point of where you want to go, what you want to do and, equally important, what you don’t want to do in the ...

Could Your Area Support Another Local Newspaper? by Jim Sutton
... How well are the small and medium sized businesses in your area publicized? The second step in your research is to go out and visit with local business people. Visit briefly with barbershops, pet stores, cafes, repair shops, appliance stores, tax services, attorneys, clothing stores — all kinds of businesses. Stop in and ask business owners and managers about their advertising methods, their needs for new sales and new customers. Ask them how a publication might better serve the community ...

New Year's Resolutions, The "Word" and a Small Business Retreat by Sandra Martini
... Bring all those scraps of paper or notebook in which you wrote down ideas for your business and things that you want to do. Record them in one central place; I call mine my “Dream Notebook” – it’s actually a sketching notebook with a gorgeous picture of the beach on the front cover. If you have a laptop, bring it. . .otherwise a notebook and calculator will do just fine. Use this list as the starting point of where you want to go, what you want to do and, equally important, what you don’t ...

Fast Food Calorie Tips: Eat A Healthy Meal At Chain Restaurants by Richard Doble
... Get detailed nutrition information from the restaurant. The business may have handouts, for example, to help you make intelligent choices. Also most major chain restaurants have nutrition facts and calculators online. Most web addresses will be quite simple such as the company name dot com; for example, the address for the Wendy's chain is Most also have printer friendly pages on the web that you can print out and take with you the next time you go.

Telecommuting Idea – Bookkeeping by Nell Taliercio
... If you are approaching a new business owner, offer to work in house for a few weeks to train and get acquainted with everyone in the office. Once you start working for two or three small business in the area (and of course are doing an excellent job), it will become easier to gain additional clients / employers. As long as you are not maxed out and are turning in assignments in time, your current employers will recommend you to other business owners in the area.

Finding Your Niche - Your First Step to an Online Business by Chad Curl
... Now, let's branch off those ideas into more ideas. By now you should know what interests you have, even if you haven't thought of a product yet. And please, don't think you have to come up with the perfect product. Remember, your goal is to help just a few people out there, not everybody. Now that you have some ideas written down, you can use these to create more ideas with a handy little software tool. This free tool can be used for various things, but for now, we are going to use it to ...

Craft Show Organizing 101 by Lauren Sorgaard
... Some other items you will want to bring are: tissue paper to wrap your items in (even if they aren’t fragile, some people prefer to have their stuff wrapped); bags to put sold items in; shims (you never want a wobbly table); scissor, tape, extra pens; markers; sales pads; tape measure; string; glue; first aid kit; extra price tags; rubber bands; paper clips; mints; copy of your inventory; small stapler; screwdriver; small hammer; business cards; business card holder; extension cords; extra ...