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Monthly Buzz #43
Transform Your Business
November 2005


FEATURE:
How to Write a Killer Proposal

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORNER:

TAX BRACKET:
Year-End Tax Planning for Small Businesses


Feature:

How to Write a Killer Proposal

A great proposal can be decisive in winning a project; a poor one can cause you to lose a project, even if everything else in the sales process has gone flawlessly. Use these guidelines to a write a killer proposal every time.


Business Development Corner:

How to Perform a Breakeven Analysis

Finding out what sales volume you need to achieve to at least breakeven is critical to managing your business. Once you know what your variable costs and fixed costs are, finding your breakeven point is easy.

What Creditors Want to "C"

Keeping your and your business’s credit rating in good standing is important for operations, growth and development.

Make Sure Your Product or Service Succeeds

There is no guarantee for success but the best place to start is by testing your packaging and pricing strategies. 

Can You Capitalize on Your Vendors?

If your vendors do not have enough capital to stay in business, your business cannot capitalize on them.


The Tax Bracket:

Year-End Tax Planning for Small Businesses

- Pam Stenger

With provisions enacted in earlier tax laws set to expire, new measures effective for 2005 only, and other recent additions, it is more likely than ever that business clients can benefit from year-end tax planning. 


Memorable Quotes:

"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it's a matter of choice; it's not a thing to be waited for, but a thing to be achieved."
- William Jennings Bryan - U.S. congressman, Secretary of State & Presidential Nominee (1860-1925)

"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on."
- Robert Frost - American Writer and Poet (1874-1963)

"You don't do things right once in a while. You do them right all the time."
-
Vince Lombardi - Hall of Fame Football Coach (1913-1970)


DISCLAIMER
Information provided in this publication is intended as general information only and should be considered carefully for your own business situation before use. This firm and any associated companies accept no responsibility or any form of liability from reliance upon or use of its contents.
 

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