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Checklist: 5 Things You’ll Need When You Move Into Your First Office
Moving out of a home office and into an office building can be both exciting and stressful for entrepreneurs. That’s because, as a small-business owner, you’ll want to make sure that you’re bringing in...
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Running Your Business on the Go
Thanks to mobile technologies like smartphones and tablet PCs, it’s becoming easier for modern small-business owners to run their companies without an official office. Skipping this formality saves...
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Hire Smart (or How Not to Spend Your Holiday Weekend Reading 175 Resumes)
When most small-business owners decide that it’s time to hire an employee or two, their work is typically piled up and their to-do list is often a mile long. The Intuit Small Business Blog recently...
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Hire Smart: Increase Your Income by Hiring an Employee
Some entrepreneurs — such as restaurateurs — start out with a team of employees in place, but many others launch their companies as sole proprietors. These independent small-business owners often...
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Turn Challenging Employee Personality Traits Into Business Assets
Working with employees to grow your company can be one of the most rewarding aspects of owning a small business. At the same time, managing people with different personalities can also be a real...
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A Retiree’s Second Act as a Small-Business Owner
The word “entrepreneur” typically conjures images of professionals in their 20s and 30s. But that stereotype often misses the mark, because baby boomers engage in more entrepreneurial activity than...
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Should You Jump on the Responsive Design Bandwagon?
You’ve heard the buzz about “responsive web design.” But you’re not sure exactly what it is — or why you should pay attention. Here’s a bit of background, so that you can decide whether you ought to...
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4 Bookkeeping Tips for Reluctant Accountants
Does the mere thought of managing your own books fill you with dread? You’re not alone. Many entrepreneurs do not particularly enjoy accounting. But as a small-business owner, it’s your job to make...
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Should You Outsource Your Social Media Efforts?
With new social media networks sprouting like weeds, it can be tough to tend your own garden. In a 2012 survey of 500 small businesses, Vertical Response Marketing found that a third of owners,...
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Does Car Sharing Make Sense for Your Business?
Do you have a company car that rarely gets used? Do you pay a hefty sum to reimburse employees for mileage when they use their own cars for business? Perhaps it’s time to consider using a car-sharing...
View ArticleShould You Outsource Jobs Overseas?
“Outsourcing” seems like a dirty word these days. In general, Americans don’t like sending jobs overseas, as demonstrated by everything from merchants proudly displaying “Made in the U.S.A.” labels on...
View Article5 Ways to Help Employees Affected by Disaster
Small businesses were hit hard by Hurricane Sandy, but for many people the commercial damage pales in comparison to the personal losses incurred as the result of the storm. If any of your employees...
View ArticleWhat to Do If Your Vendors Are Impacted by a Disaster
Even if you are thousands of miles from the devastation on the East Coast, you may still find your small business affected by the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Many vendors and suppliers continue to...
View Article5 Tips for Handling Holiday Vacation Requests
It’s inevitable: Your employees will want time off between Thanksgiving and New Year’s. They may even request the same vacation days. You’d like to accommodate everyone, but you also need to take care...
View Article4 Steps to Quickly Create a Cyber Monday Marketing Campaign
Cyber Monday can be as much of a boon to online merchants as Black Friday is to traditional ones. Small businesses that sell goods and services via the web can boost their sales and exposure by...
View ArticleEntrepreneur Cleans Up in a Dirty Business
When Eliza Kendall was a child, people often asked her what she wanted to be when she grew up. She gave lots of replies over the years, but never once did she say that she wanted to own a portable...
View Article5 Steps to Creating an Effective Wellness Incentive Program
Most of us know the importance of healthy lifestyle habits, but sometimes we need a nudge to get us off the couch. If your employees take frequent smoke breaks, struggle to make fitness a priority, or...
View ArticleShould Your Give New Hires a Trial Run?
Each time an employee leaves your business, it costs you money. You have to recruit a replacement, train the new hire, and maybe even pay severance (if the previous employee was fired). One way to...
View Article4 Steps for Holding a Contest on Pinterest
Want to increase your exposure on Pinterest? Encourage the site’s users to create their own content related to your products and brand. You can do so by leveraging people’s universal love of contests:...
View ArticleFlower Service Cultivates Managers and Revenue Growth with SEED
Just three years ago, Bryan Burkhart knew nothing about flowers. But now Burkhart (pictured) spends his days as CEO of H.Bloom, a floral service that sends fresh-cut bouquets to more than 500 corporate...
View ArticleGet the Most from Your iPad for Your Small Business
Do you use your iPad primarily to check email or surf the web? Or perhaps you use it mostly to entertain yourself with books and movies while traveling for business? The iPad is indeed a great tool for...
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