Doing Your Homework

It’s easy to tell yourself that you know more than your competition, and in many cases, that’s probably true. But that doesn’t mean you should ignore the tactics and qualities they have. There’s a reason that you still call them “your competition” and not “the company I left in my dust years ago.”
Watch their practices. [...]

Teleseminar Targeted to Those of You Who Are Considering a VA

This Thursday I’m holding a teleseminar with Meggin McIntosh PhD, the Productivity Professor, and we’re discussing:
“Do *Only* What Only *You* Can Do: Working with Virtual Assistants”
Here’s the scoop:
**You’re busy.
**You’re super busy.
**You sometimes think, ‘I can’t believe I am doing this ______ (task, activity, errand, chore, project).’
**You’ve been heard to say, “If only I had someone [...]

Ali Brown’s Interview with Robert Skrob

Last week Ali Brown (eZine Queen) had an insightful phone interview with Robert Skrob about “The 9 Simple Steps to Building a $$$ Million Dollar Info-Marketing Business…Within 12 Months!”.  Robert took some time to explain opportunities to develop home study courses, coaching seminars and teleseminars.  The emphasis was packaging what you know and marketing that [...]

Webupdates made easier!

If one of your ambitions is to create your own website in 2008 and become more adept at using HTML code, I highly recommend checking out http://www.w3.org/. A great tutorial can be found at http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Guide/. A good Dreamweaver course or two would also be extremely helpful!
Kind regards,
Heather
www.championassistants.com
 

Tax Filing Tips from the IRS

While the IRS isn’t exactly a business owner’s friend, they do have a wealth of information available on the small business portion of their website http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/index.html.   You can easily apply for an EIN if you haven’t done so already, and you can find out what your tax responsibilities are regarding your employees.  In Washington State, [...]

Is it time to use a Shopping Cart on your website?

We’ve helped several clients transition from selling products via PayPal on their website to using a shopping cart. There are a number of shopping carts out there to choose from, such as 1 Shopping Cart or Kick Start Cart.
Shopping carts have monthly fees ranging from $40-$100, or more for sophisticated options. While many [...]

Prepare Your Bookkeeping for 2007 Taxes

It’s January, and tax time is right around the corner. I know there are business owners out there who are hiding from QuickBooks or Excel to track their expenses. We work with all kinds of clients – from those who don’t ever want to open QuickBooks to those who want monthly reports [...]

How to Set and Reach Your 2008 Business Goals

2008 – A brand new year you can use to craft new goals and get your business moving along the path you define.  Right now we are helping a number of clients get back on track or steer in new directions by updating and following through with targeted marketing plans.  In a number of cases [...]


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