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Entries from June 2007

Keeping Everyone Happy

June 25th, 2007 · No Comments

It’s not unusual today to find that many employees answer to two bosses.  If not handled well, it can create a very stressful atmosphere for the employee.  After all, they have to deal with two different sets of expectations, two different personalities, and two different understandings of what qualifies as “urgent” or “priority”.
For the two bosses, […]

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To Deduct or Not to Deduct?

June 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

Travel expenses as they relate to business expenses are often a tough beast to master when it comes to understanding what the IRS considers to be tax deductible.  Obviously, your commute to and from work is not a deductible expense, but what does qualify?
For your travel to qualify as a deductible business expense per IRS […]

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Reducing Stress Levels

June 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

Today, employee productivity is high on most employer agendas.  Unfortunately, high productivity can often lead to employees that are overworked and stressed, which in turn can lead to burnout - another, more serious issues, in and of itself. 
What can you do to keep your employee productivity levels high without sacrificing the well-being of your employees?  […]

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Phone answering in Las Vegas

June 18th, 2007 · No Comments

We are getting very close to start a new phone answering service in Las Vegas. This will be very inexpensive alternative to phone answering service. Just check our virtual voice mail (702 Las Vegas number) and you will see that we charge only $45 per month.
Our phone answering will be also very reasonable. If you […]

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It’s Not Rocket Science

June 18th, 2007 · No Comments

Choices. Choices.  Choices.  It’s always nice to have choices in life, but can you have too many?  As a business, is it possible to offer a customer so many choices that they simply can’t choose?  That’s the gist of a old direct marketing axiom which says too many choices paralyzes your prospect into complete non-action. When […]

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New Online Business Training Site

June 18th, 2007 · No Comments

Verizon and SCORE have created a new free online training site for small-business owners.  The site offers training in the use of technology for marketing, e-commerce and business efficiency through a series of workshops.
The two new online courses at www.SCORE.org provide entrepreneurs with instruction for using technology and proven practices that will lead to business growth. There […]

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