With the New Year comes new opportunities to grow both personally and financially. If you’ve been thinking about buying a business for some time, 2019 is the perfect year to finally set a plan in motion. However, between deciding on the right business type, screening sellers, and negotiating on a price, the timeline to becoming […]
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Guard Your Business’ Tax Information With the continued adoption of going “digital,” small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) they have become increasingly vulnerable to cybercrime. This transformation, combined with fewer checks and balances inherent with a smaller team, is one of the primary reasons why SMBs are ideal targets for data thieves every tax season. By […]
Read More »If you’re like 54% of people who wish to become their own boss at some point in their career, you might have had an idea or two about what you want to do as a business. The main barrier to starting any type of business in the risk of losing your investment. Nobody wants to […]
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Starting a business isn’t easy, especially if you’re doing it all on your own. As a small business owner you have to wear many different hats; the salesperson hat, the accounting hat, the marketing hat and so on and so on. And you can’t be perfect at everything. There are so many things to think […]
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cuncon / Pixabay Previously in our Simple Tech for Small Business Owners series, we talked about PPC (pay per click) advertising. This is a great method for small businesses to get ads out there since they only need to pay for ads that generate actual clicks to their website, not just duration of ad time. […]
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Businesses have to stay ahead of the curve to stand out. Adapting to the times and developing new strategies is essential to business growth in an economy where consumers have an ever-increasing variety of choice. This is even more the case for startups and small businesses, who are more likely to be negatively affected by […]
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stux / Pixabay You may be side hustling for a while thinking you have everything under control, but taking your hustle full-time is a different ballgame. You’re the captain of the ship. Self-employment can be a lot of pressure since the primary source of income is coming from your business. Here are a few tips […]
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Free markets and startups have always been associated with competition – often fierce competition. However, cooperation can also be an important element of success and I think current trends are making cooperation between businesses and organizations an even more powerful tool for “competitive” success. See if any of these four cooperative strategies can work for […]
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lukasbieri / Pixabay As the economy changes rapidly, an increasing number of Americans are leaving behind the security of traditional employment and turning to freelance. The number of freelance workers in the United States economy increased by 3.7 million to 56.7 million in the last 5 years, according to a 2018 survey conducted by the […]
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Wow, where did this year go? This one, I swear, went faster than the last! A couple of years back, I started writing about my yearly learnings from starting and running a business. At my company, EffectUX, this year was filled with highs and lows, as is often the way. While there were some disappointments […]
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