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    US Tax Time: 10 Tips Plus IRS Resource

    March 30, 2006August 27, 2014

    Yes, tax time is rushing upon us here in the USA. Inc.com has a slideshow of 10 Tips for Your Business about taxes. You’ll find it with the other great slideshows at Inc.com. Also, you may think the Internal Revenue Service is the last place you would turn for help, but you ought to check…

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    Delegate More Work to Your Computer

    March 30, 2006August 27, 2014

    Want to delegate more work to your computer? Here are two thoughts for today. First, templates are a great way to delegate work to someone else. I guess you could call it pre-delegation, because someone already did the work before you even asked. PigPog has a whole post of useful templates this week. Don’t forget…

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    Protect Your Work with Creative Commons Licenses

    March 28, 2006August 27, 2014

    The Creative Commons license protects creative works with more flexibility than a standard US copyright. “Creative Commons helps you publish your work online while letting others know exactly what they can and can’t do with your work. When you choose a license, we provide you with tools and tutorials that let you add license information…

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    Need more small biz blogs in your diet?

    March 27, 2006August 27, 2014

    Blogs: Small Business is a directory of blogs focused on small business. “Its purpose is for small business owners to find what they need without having to search all over the place and dig through oodles of categories to get to just the right nugget of information.” Each blog submitted is reviewed before being posted,…

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    4 Ingredient Formula For Building A Successful Business

    March 27, 2006August 27, 2014

    By JSLogan There are only four things you really need to do [to] build a successful business – and here they are: Tell Me Why I Should Do Business With You. If I’m not clear on what you do and I benefit from what you do, I have little chance of being your customer. Tell…

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    Focus on Your IPA’s: Income Producing Activities

    March 26, 2006September 28, 2016

    When our days are devoured by a million things to get done, we lose focus on the activities that produce our income. Lots of time management tools will help you cope with the million things, but here are two tools to help you do more of the Income Producing Activities. These tools reward you with…

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    What’s the Best Way to Budget?

    March 25, 2006August 27, 2014

    Firevalt Blog has a new definition of budgeting. What does the word “budget” mean? I think for most people it means pre-determining how much money can be spent on each expense category per month… Another way to budget – the way I prefer – is to compare all your monthly expenses (out-goes) to your monthly…

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  • Best of | economic development

    10 Ways to Delegate Without Hiring Staff

    March 24, 2006August 27, 2014

    By Becky McCray If you are “it” in the business, who can you delegate to? Family. This is where we all seem to start. Let the kids do age-appropriate tasks. Recruit extra family members to contribute. With family, it is especially important to match the person to the task, give extra support, and check back…

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