10 little tips and ideas for the small business guy/gal (Page 2 of 2)
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Originally Posted By BozemanMT:
Cash is king, take care of your cash. You can profitable and run out of cash. Originally Posted By BozemanMT:
Cash is king, take care of your cash. You can profitable and run out of cash. Charge enough. Too many business's don't charge enough for their time and effort and slowly go out of business. Also many people invest capital in equipment, but don't charge enough to buy new equipment when that equipment wears out. |
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Let's see how I'm doing. In the process of starting up a business.
Originally Posted By tax_monster:
Just a few thoughts to share for those of you who own a small business or are thinking of starting one, based on my [redacted] years of experience as a tax accountant: 1. Buy some decent business cards. 2. Get your own internet domain name. 3. Don't ask me for a deposit for a $400 job. 4. Don't use your home phone number for a regular business number. 5. Get a business number - either land line or cell phone. 5. Don't tell me you don't have a fax machine. 6. Depending on your business, write up a price list. 7. Don't be afraid to make a collections call. 8. Don't worry about telling a customer to take a hike. 9. If you have employees, don't get behind on payroll taxes. 10. Don't use your personal bank account for business. . 2) This is absolutely going to happen and will be vital to my business- after the corporation is formed 3) N/A 4) I will probably use Google voice for this 5) Hmm, will I need one? I'd rather not bother. It feels like everything is e-mail now. 6) N/A 7) N/A 8) N/A - at least for now- may happen later 9) Noted 10) This will absolutely happen as soon as my corporation formation is complete |
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1. Know when to raise your prices. If you run a particular gun Smith service for example and your return time is 8 months it means you need to raise your prices or train an apprentice to work under you. 2. Bank somewhere you are a big deal but will have room to grow |
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I'm very late to this thread. I just started a small LLC 1. is GoDaddy still the best for a domain name? 2. Vista Print for business cards? 3. What's a decent and simple way to take payments online. I'd like to avoid paypal if possible. |
Don't be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
General education should not be mere job training, but training in how to be fully human.
https://www.memoriapress.com/articles/the-four-causes-of-classical-education/
General education should not be mere job training, but training in how to be fully human.
https://www.memoriapress.com/articles/the-four-causes-of-classical-education/
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I have no experience registering/buying/owning etc a domain name. I've heard grumbling about godaddy on /sysadmin though https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/search/?q=godaddy&restrict_sr=1&sr_nsfw=&sort=new |
Vote for freedom, not political parties
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Originally Posted By KiloBravo: My wife is a CPA and the IRS still requires a fax.  Been in business 10yrs and never had a fax machine. The IRS communicates with us through their web portal or snail mail. Never once been asked to receive a fax from them. |
Why do you own a fire extinguisher when you have the fire department to protect you?
Politicians should wear uniforms like NASCAR drivers so we could see their corporate sponsors.
Politicians should wear uniforms like NASCAR drivers so we could see their corporate sponsors.
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Originally Posted By GrasshopperNOmore: What is a good, preferably inexpensive way to get another phone number linked or relayed to a cell. I tried Google voice, but it prompts the caller for their name. Not very professional. It's the perforated business card of phone communications. I don't want to deal with another cell phone just for the business. I have a hard enough time remembering to charge my personal cell.  Also, anyone use FB targeted ads? ETA- I poked around the google voice settings this weekend. I can toggle off the call screening thankfully. So it's been a few years, but now Gvoice is pretty well integrated. In fact I had several calls today I answered and wasn't sure if they were calling my (non local) number or the google voice number I'd put on an ad today. Turns out the problem I'm having now is I can't tell if a call is coming from my normal number or the Gvoice number. It's so integrated they all show up in my call log. I had my wife call it later in the day to test, it comes through just like a normal number. I'd like to change that so I can answer as "haveTwo" or "business" depending on how it shows on the screen.  @GrasshopperNOmore |
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Originally Posted By FE2O3_2Al: Fax machine? Are you kidding? We haven’t sent or received a fax in years. Should we stock up on carbon paper too? 50% of my clients (DVM's) still require their results by fax. |
Somewhere in the middle of hardcore Conservative and Libertarian.