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The Entrepreneur’s Banking Crisis

June 22nd, 2009 - 05:24 pm

Banking has always been tough before for Entrepreneurs, but in this economy you need to be alert and take extra precautions. Here are some new rules to follow to help your business keep flowing.
1. Get more credit cards. Yes, I know some people are advising against this because it could have an adverse affect on […]

Check Your Credit Report For Free

June 21st, 2009 - 08:23 am

Just a reminder that all of us are allowed to check our credit report for free once every 12 months, from each of the three major credit bureaus: Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion.
It is a good idea because there are frequently mistakes in them that lower your credit score and as we all know, credit […]

Beware of Bad Laws and Bad Names for Laws.

June 10th, 2009 - 02:12 pm

Congress is notorious for giving wonderful sounding names to new bills they want to pass just to fool the public who don’t read them. They are about to do it again.
Senator Kennedy and Rep. Rosa DeLauro are pushing the “Healthy Families Act”. Who could object to a wonderful name like that?
The bill requires […]

Price Can Have an Appeal

June 03rd, 2009 - 03:43 pm

Cheap is not my favorite word when selling, but it is a marketing position and should always be considered for a loss leader or name capture if nothing else.
During this recession and economic pullback, price can have an appeal and if you can compete on that level than you should point it out loudly and […]

Take a Pic…Send to Amazon…15 sec. order info

April 10th, 2009 - 10:49 am

You have got to be kidding me. BlackBerry and probably every other phone now has an app that literally lets you take a picture of something, send it to Amazon and back comes a picture and order information about how you can get the product rushed to your door. If you happen to be an […]

What’s Working Now!

March 31st, 2009 - 03:45 pm

Old is new again!
Back in the “old days” most things were bought on cash but if you didn’t have the cash to buy, retailers came up with a system called a lay-a-way plan. The retailer held the goods and you made payment to them. When you were done paying the full price you got […]

Super Bowl Ads Blow Past The Recession!

February 01st, 2009 - 11:44 am

Looks like some businesses have money to spend these days…and they are spending it. The Super Bowl sold out all 69 of their 30 second spots for a price ranging from $2.4 million to $3,000,000 per spot. The total was a record $206,000,000 haul for one day.
What this record shows is that people will […]

What Do You Have That Is Underused?

January 31st, 2009 - 02:22 pm

As we watch the fallout of layoffs and cutbacks in business, I am looking for other profit centers in my clients business and my own that can be capitalized on. In the search for these hidden nuggets I found the results of a survey conducted by the management-consulting firm of Bain & Company. The […]

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Prepared?

January 20th, 2009 - 07:01 pm

I am not going to be critical of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court except to use the fact that he decided not to use notes in the swearing in of the President of the United States as an example of what happens if you are not prepared. He wasn’t and messed up the […]

Ford, General Motors and Chrysler Forgot The Big Idea

January 19th, 2009 - 06:42 pm

Flying in your own jet to a Congressional Hearing to ask for money was a stupid idea but it wasn’t the worst blunder the car companies made. The worst mistake they made was forgetting the two reasons we are in business. Serve your customer and make a profit. They weren’t doing either.
Clearly the big 3 […]