Recent Posts Tagged With 'financial management'

• When Your Small Business Grows, Should You Move it Out of Your Home? Millions of Biz Owners Say No

  Posted on Thursday December 24th, 2009 at 14:42 in home based business, small businesses, financial management

  According to the SBA, there are over 15 million home-based businesses in the U.S.  And based on analysis of data from the Network Solutions Small Business Success Index (SBSI) and the SBA, around 6.6 million of these are serious home businesses prov...

• Hiring May Be Down, But These Small Businesses Are Optimistic

  Posted on Friday December 18th, 2009 at 22:50 in small business hiring, financial management, small business economy, small business long term

  If you could sum up what’s most important to economic recovery right now, it would be jobs.  National Retail Federation (NRF) research partner BIGresearch asked consumers this September: “What sign do you believe will best demonstrate to you tha...

• How to Get Paid on International Transactions

  Posted on Sunday December 13th, 2009 at 22:31 in small business, international finance, financial management, medium business, letter of credit

  Whether you are collecting payment on a business transaction from a customer across the street or a client who is 12,000 miles away, learning how to collect payment on an overseas sales transaction is the single most critical yet insanely overlooked ...

• Sponsored Post – Benefits for Your Bottom Line: The Plum Card from American Express OPEN

  Posted on Tuesday December 1st, 2009 at 20:29 in american express, financial management, plum card

  Editor’s Note:  We offer long term sponsors like American Express the opportunity to speak to you in their own voice. Any such post is clearly marked as sponsored, like this one.  We hope you find this information useful. Managing cash flow ...

• Proper Credit Policies and Procedures Can Help Minimize Your Cash Flow Risk

  Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 00:01 in financial management, small business credit, small business lending, denise o'berry, minimize cash flow risk

  Along with slowing sales, many small businesses are encountering difficulty collecting on money that is owed to their business. A recent Intuit Payroll Survey of over 1000 small businesses indicated about 50% are having this problem. Is your business...

• How to Avoid the ‘Bah Humbug’ Spirit from Consumers this Holiday Season

  Posted on Thursday November 12th, 2009 at 01:09 in financial management, holiday season, small retail, online ecommerce

  A new study from Shop.org shows that not only are consumers looking to save money this Christmas, but retailers are starting marketing efforts early. Most are offering free shipping along with getting an early start by promoting their products on soc...

• Is the Economy Really Improving for Small Business? You Decide

  Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 10:20 in financial management, recession recovery, recovering from recession

  As the economists declare we are coming out of the recession, I bet your bottom line tells a different story. After all, they declared the recession months after you had already been knee deep in the throes of the struggle to keep your head above wat...

• How Strong Are Your Business Finances? Can You Pass the 3 to 6 Test?

  Posted on Monday October 26th, 2009 at 20:27 in financial management

  The “3 to 6 test” is simple. Set aside 3-to-6 months’ fixed costs as a cash cushion for your business. That’s the amount recommended by Mark L. Mayoka, a CPA who advises small businesses on how NOT to go out of business. The “3 to 6 test”...

• Startup Financial Tips From Mark Cuban and 4 Other Entrepreneurs

  Posted on Sunday September 27th, 2009 at 16:14 in startups, startup, start up, financial management, expense management, cost reduction, small business cost saving

  “You’re not spending enough money.” That is what the corporate honchos told me in my previous startup, which was an intrapreneurial startup inside a large corporation.  That was in the midst of the Dotcom era, when everything online was about ...

• 8 Tips and Resources for Managing Your Business Finances

  Posted on Thursday September 10th, 2009 at 19:34 in financial management

  One area many business owners struggle with is keeping track of their finances, but it is one of the most important areas given that cash flow is the lifeblood of the business. Small mistakes and a lack of knowledge and resources can be costly and pr...

• 20 Tips to Save Time and Money in Your Small Business and At Home

  Posted on Friday September 4th, 2009 at 22:03 in save money, save time, financial management

  These are difficult times and every small business (and large one) needs to find ways to save money and time without delivering less value to their customers.  Service to customers must be maintained, and product or service value is the key to conti...

• Five Ways to Get Paid by Small Business Customers

  Posted on Friday August 14th, 2009 at 12:07 in financial management, customers not paying, get customers to pay you, small business accounts receivable, small business getting paid

  When it comes to getting paid, all customers are not created equal.  It pays to focus on the high risk customers in your credit policies and in your collections process. That includes when you have small businesses as customers. Many B2B small busin...