Business owners who sell online, how did you get your first customer? Just as the question says, I want to hear about the marketing efforts you implemented to get your first client/customer. View On WordPress from Fanning Plumbers http://ift.tt/2g6lQyF via http://ift.tt/19pTFXB

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Tradesman in Western Australia, wanting to reach the next level I started a small concrete finishing company last year after my boss moved on. He gave me his trailer and tools and access to his bobcat and anything else I wanted till I could afford to pay for it all. I live in a small town […]

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What vehicles are available to small businesses for holding cash besides checking and savings accounts? I have a “high interest savings account” for myself personally, but was curious if higher return options were available for small businesses, and if so which are the most advantageous. View On WordPress from Fanning Plumbers http://ift.tt/2gEugks via http://ift.tt/19pTFXB

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converting a started idea to a full business Hello All, I started off with a working idea and built up a website and with some minor expenses and have since decided to turn it into a legitimate business. I was working on figuring out the transition to an LLC, and want to know how to avoid […]

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Me and my cousin are starting a taco stand. We don’t have any special business bank account. Could I just use my regular checking account? Keep track of all income and expenses on excel? Also would I have to pay quarterly taxes? No text found View On WordPress from Fanning Plumbers http://ift.tt/2gvBtjE via http://ift.tt/19pTFXB

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Sales Tax & Drop Shipping My client from another state (CA) buys a product from me. Say I order it from an online seller in CA and dropship it directly to my client. I would pay the seller for the product and invoice the client at a markup. I would be charged sales tax from that […]

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Small business with only 2 hourly employees needs punch in, punch out solution One hourly ee shows up well before anyone else (7 a.m.) and the other keeps regular 9-5ish hours. We’ve been having them do a sign-in, sign-out sheet. To the surprise of no one, I’ve been noticing that for the latter employee the sign-in […]

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Business owners: best book you’ve ever read? Specifically, one that pertains to running a business in some aspect, although I’ll accept any kind of nonfiction including history and biographies. For me, it’s got to be the E-Myth Revisited. This book is incredible if you’ve never considered basic concepts of how to delegate and automate systems: http://ift.tt/2g2f9O6 […]

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Starting an Affiliate Marketer/Sales business that is not e-commerce. Are there any good reads out there for affiliate marketing that is NOT e-commerce. The products I represent are in Convenience Store technologies (monitoring fuel, prices, POS, etc). Some are known brands some are up and coming. I’m just not sure where to start on the digital […]

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Buying competitors and selling shares Hi, my business partner and I own an LLC that brings in about $2 million annually in revenue. I have two questions about strategy for our business: First, why and how (if at all) should we buy out competitors? We are the biggest company in the industry but have a bunch […]

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