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Author :: Steve Hanson  |
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| Article Title :: 7 Advantages to Leasing Equipment for Your Cleaning Business |
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| All small businesses need equipment and your cleaning business is no exception. But you don't necessarily have to buy the equipment to run your cleaning business successfully. Depending on your circumstances, leasing may be a better choice than buying every piece of equipment you need for your cleaning business.What is a lease? A lease is an agreement in which you have the use of a piece of equipment, but you do not own it. The user (the lessee) makes payments to the owner of the equipment (the lessor). Leasing has become a common business practice. The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) reports that equipment leasing has risen about 20 percent over the past two years. (read full article) |
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| Category :: Small Business Articles |
Author :: Steve Hanson |
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| Article Title :: Checklist For Starting Your Janitorial Cleaning Business |
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| So you've decided you're ready to take the plunge and start your own janitorial cleaning business. You can succeed and have a profitable cleaning business if you take the time to plan out your business strategy before signing that first client.The first step is to prepare a business plan. This does not have to be a long document, but should be fairly comprehensive and address the following points:*The company name, address, phone number, owners/corporate officers and statement of purpose.*Description of the business, products and services you intend to sell.*The legal structure, business management, employees, support personnel, insurance and financial consid (read full article) |
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| Category :: Small Business Articles |
Author :: Steve Hanson |
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| Article Title :: 10 Secrets to Dusting in an Office Building |
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| Dusting is an essential task your employees need to do in every office building. Visible dust creates an unsightly office building which can translate into an uncaring image. A well dusted building translates into a positive and pleasing appearance to both employees and visitors. A clean working environment also encourages neatness and better work habits.Dusting is also essential as it improves environmental safety. Accumulated dust can be an irritation to eyes, lungs and skin, and plays havoc with individuals who have allergies. If dust is left to accumulate, it can soil hands, clothing and paper items and also cause damage to electronic equipment. Proper dusting is an impor (read full article) |
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| Category :: Small Business Articles |
Author :: Amir Morani |
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| Article Title :: Paperless Office for CPA for Under $1,000 |
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| Considering what CPAs are being asked to pay for pre-packaged paperless solutions for their offices, the title of this article is quite radical. Since the title and what is discussed here is based on actual experience of the author, it is alright for it to get some media attention.Most CPA practices these days have a small office network in place to handle the operations of the business. Rather, it is almost impractical for them to be operating without some kind of a computer network in their offices. Most CPAs and accountants also efile their clients’ tax returns and so they need a reliable internet connection in their office. Unbeknownst to them, CPAs have over 90% of what they (read full article) |
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| Category :: Small Business Articles |
Author :: David Andrew Smith |
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| Article Title :: Commercial Cleaning Companies - Increasing Your Customer Base The Easy Way |
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| As a cleaning company you are presumably always on the look out for increasing your business? This is what we are constantly striving for and I was under the impression that other cleaning companies were doing likewise. However not so long ago I made attempts to contact a number of cleaning companies in different parts of the country. 108 phone calls were made and only 9 were answered.To me this was a staggering amount. It is true that all bar a handful had an answer phone system of some description. Like many customers I required some sort of immediate contact with an individual and not have to wait on somebody picking up a message and contacting me back at their convenience. (read full article) |
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| Category :: Small Business Articles |
Author :: Amir Morani |
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| Article Title :: Paperless Office - With Multiple Monitors |
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| Going paperless in professional offices, such as those of CPAs, sometimes could become inconvenient for the professional to work. When a CPA is working on a client’s tax return and needs to refer to prior year return, it is easy for her to look at the paper printout while working on this year return on the computer. However, if her filing system is paperless it would be very inconvenient for her, sometimes, to switch between screens to take a look at the prior year return and come back to this year return – back and forth. This could even result in use of more paper than before if the CPA ends up printing a copy of the prior year return to refer during the return preparation and then (read full article) |
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| Category :: Small Business Articles |
Author :: Jerry Wilson |
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| Article Title :: Restaurant Profits Soar With Required Beverage Feature |
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| The History of Server Prepared DrinksSince the creation of food service waiters and servers have been pouring coffees, teas and sodas for their customers. A tradition of service that dates back as far as history records serving food.Nothing new for today's restaurant diner except maybe a bit more variety in the choices of drink. And with servers and waiters vying for more and more tip income it only stands to reason that they are pouring more and more free refills.So where is the problem? Your customers are getting better service and your wait staff is getting better compensated. All looks good on the surface.But the question arises, are you ge (read full article) |
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| Category :: Small Business Articles |
Author :: Jerry Wilson |
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| Article Title :: Restaurant 86 Item Countdown Feature - A Point of Sale Solution To An Old Problem |
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| The History of the 86 FeatureThe term, "86" started so many years ago that its origin has long since faded into the memories of all but a few restaurateurs. Suffice it to say, if you "86" an item you are out and you need to stop taking orders immediately.A lot of table service restaurants use a board located near the kitchen to write items that have been 86st for the day. Servers are expected to actually read this board and remember the items that are not available. Some restaurateurs yell out the items as they run out. Problem is, the restaurant sounds more like an old style fast food restaurant with employees yelling at each other.Yelling is not the (read full article) |
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| Category :: Small Business Articles |
Author :: Lance Winslow |
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| Article Title :: Chamber of Commerce Business Directories Online |
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| Most Chambers of Commerce offer online business directories for their members as an added benefit of the membership. Chamber of Commerce membership fees currently average about $200 for smaller cities and $350 for larger ones. Membership to your local Chamber of Commerce is important for so many reasons.Unfortunately I also believe that many Chambers of Commerce’s do a poor job in directories for their members. They are poorly designed and hard to use for the public and they should be easy to use for maximum benefit of the small businesses who pay these membership fees. I believe that someone should build a website to help these Chamber of Commerce Groups do it better. Instead of (read full article) |
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| Category :: Small Business Articles |
Author :: Marco Terry |
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| Article Title :: Invoice Factoring: A Little Known Way to Get Financing For Your Business |
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| Every day many business owners hit a wall. That wall prevents them from growing their business, or at least, severely limits the speed at which they can grow their companies. Sometimes, and especially for small and mid size businesses, the wall appears to be insurmountable. That wall is lack of working capital. Let’s take a look at the most common source of working capital problems: extending payment terms to customers.There are few things that small business owners hate to hear more than a customer utter the words, “We’ll be happy to do business with you. However we pay net 45 days”. As is well known, commercial clients like to pay their invoices in 30 to 45 days. As a bu (read full article) |
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