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September 2006
FEATURE: The Three P's of Successful Marketing
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORNER:
How to Catch and Keep Your Clients
Six Primary Obstacles to Marketing Measurement
Which Accounting Software is Best for You?
File Your DBA
TAX BRACKET: Energy Efficiency Tax Breaks for Businesses
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2006
FEATURE: Inventive Ways to Use Place-Based Media
In Your Face! 10 Crazy Marketing Stunts
9 Tools for Building Customer Loyalty
Hit the Sweet Spot
Top 12 Advertising Mistakes to Avoid
TAX BRACKET: Welfare-to-Work and Work Opportunity Tax Credit
FEATURE: The Money Market
How to Set Up a Firewall
Using Technology to Your Advantage
Seven Keys to Growing Your Business
Create a Continuity Strategy
TAX BRACKET: Bankruptcy Protection for Retirement Accounts
FEATURE: Get Financially Fit
Don't Waste Time With Bad Customers
6 Tips for Easy Retirement
Little Known Funding Faux Pas
The Trick to Old School Advertising
TAX BRACKET: Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005
FEATURE: Improve Your Website's Performance
Total Recall
How to Cut Tech Costs
Fantastic Plastic
How to Raise and Lower Prices
TAX BRACKET: Franchise Tax Reform Legislation
FEATURE: Does Your Company Suffer From Short-Visit Syndrome?
Five Ways to Attract (and Hold!) More Qualified Leads
The New Rules of Press Releases
Get a Grip on Global Sales
The Do's and Don'ts of Search Engine Optimization
TAX BRACKET: Designated Roth Accounts: Roth 401(k) & Roth 403(b)
FEATURE: 30 Ways to Show Your Customers They're Always Right
Unleash the Innovator Within
Is Your Website Annoying?
5 Inexpensive Ways to Market Your Business
Landing Your First Customers
TAX BRACKET: HRAS, HSAS, and FSAS: Sorting Them Out
FEATURE: Know Your Numbers
5 Common Budgeting Mistakes
The Pros and Cons of Outsourcing
Hiring a Virtual Assistant
Essential Computer Backup Strategies
TAX BRACKET: Common Recordkeeping Requirements for Business Income
2005
FEATURE: Complete a SWOT Analysis
Starting a Tutoring Service
Why You Need a Global Website
How to Value Your Inventory
How to Get Yourself Paid
TAX BRACKET: Responsible Persons
FEATURE: How to Write a Killer Proposal
How to Perform a Breakeven Analysis
What Creditors Want to "C"
Make Sure Your Product or Service Succeeds
Can You Capitalize on Your Vendors?
TAX BRACKET: Year-End Tax Planning for Small Businesses
FEATURE: Developing a Technology Vision for Your Business
Systemize Your Business
Making a Credit Policy
Is Your Marketing Plan Diversified?
What Cost/Volume/Profit (CVP) Analysis Can Do for Your Business
TAX BRACKET: Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act of 2005
FEATURE: 13 Part-Time Business Niches to Investigate
Before You Invest in Hiring Someone...
Motivate Your Employees
Protecting Your Wireless Network
7 Steps to a Healthy PC
TAX BRACKET: Energy Conscious Taxpayers Can Have Significant Tax Savings
FEATURE: Protecting Yourself from Fraud
How to Recruit Top Talent
10 Direct Mail Secrets
Knowing When to Quit
Buying a Restaurant Franchise
TAX BRACKET: Hobby Loss Rule
FEATURE: You Want to Go into Business?
Business Planning-Your Blueprint for Business Success
What's Your Mission?
What You Should Know Before You Request Financing
Competitive Positioning
TAX BRACKET: Home Office Deduction
FEATURE: 25 Part-Time Businesses to Start Today!
Answers to Your Start-Up Legal Questions
How to Collect Payments
21 Ways to Promote Your Website - Online and Off
Home Front
TAX BRACKET: Summertime Tax Tips for Teens and Parents
FEATURE: The Basics of Branding
Top 10 Things Customers Look for on Your Website
How to Protect Your Business's Trade Secrets
Juggling Multiple Tasks
TAX BRACKET: Alternative Minimum Tax
FEATURE: Is it The Right Time to Launch Your Business?
Starting a Creativity Consultant Business
Build Sales With E-Mail Marketing
The Ins and Outs of Joint Ventures
What to Consider Before Purchasing a Business
TAX BRACKET: Section 179 Expensing Extended
FEATURE: How to Become a Better Entrepreneur
Money-Saving Startup Deductions
Classify Your Employees Correctly
Advantages of a Business Opportunity
Disadvantages of a Business Opportunity
TAX BRACKET: Is Your Business a Manufacturer?
FEATURE: Drafting Your Budget
20 Ways to Save Money in Your Business
20 Factors to Consider Before Going Global
How to Impress Your Banker
Fishing for Trouble
TAX BRACKET: Reduced Recovery Period for Qualified Leasehold and Restaurant Improvements
FEATURE: Top 5 Homebased Businesses for 2005
Top 9 Senior Businesses to Start
Hottest Teen Businesses for 2005
What's the Story?
Motivate Your Employees & Uplift Your Bottom Line
TAX BRACKET: Expensing Limitations on Business Automobiles & the SUV Tax Loophole
2004
FEATURE: Determining if Your Website is a Good Sales Tool
Conducting Low-Cost Market Research
A Compensation Plan to Keep Employees Happy Without Bankruptcy
Creating a Positioning Message
Creating Rules to Make Your Business & Team Succeed
TAX BRACKET: To Shift or Not to Shift
FEATURE: Ideas Are the Lifeblood of Your Business
Defining Your Company's Vision
Time For a Change...And Quickly
Managing Debt
Financial Statements
TAX BRACKET: Determining Gain or Loss on Sale of an Item
FEATURE: Managing Excellence to Achieve Stability
Negotiating How-To's
Making a Credit Policy and Sticking to It
Affordable Ways to Measure Success
Core Values...A Compass By Which You Lead
TAX BRACKET: IRA's - Some Similarities and Differences
FEATURE: Making Your Business YOU-nique - Your Key to Marketing
Checking the Pulse on Your Business - Are Its Vital Signs Healthy?
Before You Downsize, Consider This...
How to Prepare for the Unexpected
TAX BRACKET: Do You Have a "PAL"?
FEATURE: Before You Invest in Hiring Someone, Consider This...
Finding the Right Person to Join Your Team
The Ins and Outs of Hiring a Consultant
Do You Have What it Takes to be an Effective Manager?
Finding the Right Business Partner
TAX BRACKET: Tuning Up Your Taxes
FEATURE: How to Prepare a Budget Your Business Can Grow By
Cost-Containing Strategies for Keeping Your Business Afloat
Some Measures For Preventing Fraud
Avoiding Headaches When Hiring Family
Low-Cost Marketing Methods
TAX BRACKET: Do You Have a Child in College?
FEATURE: How to Institute Rules that Will Make Your Business and Your Team Succeed
Controlling Expenses to Control Cash Flow
Treating your Staff and Your Business to a Retreat
3 Types of Competitors
Know Your Business So You Can Bust the Competition
TAX BRACKET:
Recordkeeping
FEATURE: 5 Steps to Walking Down the Aisle of Customer Loyalty
On a Mission to Stay in Business
Some Questions When Writing a Mission Statement
Myth Busters: A Sales Myth
Are Your Rules Too Rigid or Just Right?
FEATURE: Let Your Customers Know You Care
Avoiding Policy-Making Pitfalls
Before You Go E-Crazy Consider This
Make Yourself THE One-Stop-Shop to Shop
Buy Out the Competition?
It's Not Too Late for 2003 Deductions
FEATURE: Does a Small Business Need Leadership or Management?
A Checklist for Writing Your Vision Statement
6 Questions for Improving Your Power on the Web
Romancing Your Customers
Strategic Partnerships that Bring Better Business
TAX BRACKET: Overlooked Tax Items
2003
FEATURE: Putting the Heat in Your Cold Calling Processes
Make the Most of Indirect Customer Feedback
Some Basics for Quarterly Record Keeping
Are You Really Running as a Team?
A Tip for Improving Team Work
TAX BRACKET: Year-End Tax Planning
FEATURE: Effective Delegation
Taking Care of Your People Business
The Power of Public Relations
C-ing Yourself As An Industry Leader
Building Community Relations & Bolstering Your Visibility
TAX BRACKET: Selling A Portion of Your Land
FEATURE: The 4 Ps of Positioning
Creating Differences to Create Great Business
The Sales Force Motivators
Managing Your Inventory Successfully
Check to See How Well You're Managing
TAX BRACKET: Nominee Income and IRS Tax Forms
FEATURE: A Logo - Why Does It Matter?
Brainteaser
A Purchasing Plan for Successful Inventory Management
What About Conflict?
Some Basics for Monthly Record Keeping
TAX BRACKET: Vehicle Leases
FEATURE: Succession Planning Doesn't Have to be a Disaster
4 Elements of a Strong Sales Letter
Some Basics for Keeping the Books
Is It Time to Hire Some Help?
Closing a Sale
TAX BRACKET: Legal Settlement or Court Award
FEATURE: In Search of Fresh Cheese
Reward the Right Results
When Should I Begin Collecting on Overdue Accounts?
Do You Need Help Generating Publicity?
The 5 Commitments to Customer and Employee Loyalty
Important Information - Gather the Data
TAX BRACKET: Disasters
FEATURE: How Long Since You Tested Your Prices
Give People a Clear and Detailed Action Plan
Beginning a Successful Planning Session
Some Tips for Helping Your Team Accept Change
Customer Service Roadblocks
TAX BRACKET: Advance Child Tax Credit
FEATURE: Organizing Your Collections Processes
Play to Win-Win-Win
Be Picky When It Comes To Your Customers
