Monthly Archives: April 2010

Problem Employees

Posted on April 30, 2010 by randyalletag

Hiring and firing are probably two of the most difficult areas facing most small business owners and we've done many posts on it in the past. Effective hiring is crucial to the ongoing success of any small business and getting … Continue reading →

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Customers as Lifetime Investments

Posted on April 27, 2010 by randyalletag

While it finally appears that the economy is improving for many of us, last year was extremely difficult for most small businesses. We ran across this article Treat Your Customers Like Lifetime Investments that describes how one bicycle retailer increased … Continue reading →

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Friday Afternoon Quiz

Posted on April 23, 2010 by randyalletag

I've never watched a whole episode of Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader but I must admit i have watched enough to know the basic idea behind it. This posting is about an interesting seven question quiz on Customer … Continue reading →

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More on Business and the CARD Act

Posted on April 21, 2010 by randyalletag

We did a posting on March 11th on some new legislation that had recently passed, the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act. The posting described how the act had important new protections for individuals but did not apply to … Continue reading →

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Goldilocks vs. Oscar-the-Grouch

Posted on April 15, 2010 by randyalletag

This isn't a posting about a fight between Goldilocks and Oscar-the-Grouch (although that might be entertaining), instead it is about an article in the Washington Post about two different sentiments based on the economy. The article goes on to describe … Continue reading →

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Don’t Prejudge Potential Customers

Posted on April 13, 2010 by randyalletag

This posting is about how treating your customers based on their appearance can cause problems in your small business. There was an article in USA Today about how some business owners let the appearance or grammar of a customer impact … Continue reading →

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Another Sports Metaphor

Posted on April 7, 2010 by randyalletag

We posted a piece yesterday on an article that used the baseball metaphor in describing how businesses can cope with unexpected bad news. The posting today is about article in USA Today that uses another sport (ping-pong) to describe the … Continue reading →

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Baseball and Bad News

Posted on April 6, 2010 by randyalletag

This posting is especially appropriate because it is about an article in Business Week that uses the baseball metaphor in describing how businesses can cope with unexpected bad news and baseball season is finally beginning. For many of us "it's … Continue reading →

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Wage Law Warning

Posted on April 1, 2010 by randyalletag

We recently ran across an article that raises a warning flag for small businesses. It seems the United States Department of Labor got a 28% increase in its 2010 budget in order to ramp up enforcement of federal wage and … Continue reading →

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