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Economic Challenges Haven’t Shaken the Fitness Industry: Personal Training Franchise Offers Prospective Business Owners an Upscale, Proven Business Model
During a rough period in our country’s economy, it’s hard to find a business that hasn’t been affected by the consumer trend of spending less, but one brand in the massive fitness and wellness industry has seen positive growth and brand loyalty. One2One BodyScapes, a Massachusetts-based personal training franchise has seen an increase in personal training sales for the first quarter of 2009, up 9% over the fourth quarter of last year. In April 2009, the franchise measured an even larger, 17% cumulative increase in sales over the month before.

Protecting Your Small Business in Today's Economy
As a small business owner, keeping your business prospering in today's economy is probably one of your biggest concerns. With a business cash advance, you can get funds to maintain and/or promote business growth.

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A Telemarketer Called Me Recently
I had a telemarketer call me recently. Here’s a rough transcript of the conversation.

Tis the Season To Prosper
Why develop a marketing campaign just for the Thanksgiving to New Year period? It’s simple. Many businesses make as much as 50% of their revenues during this period . Read this article and learn my top 5 holiday marketing strategies ... which you can implement right NOW ... to multiply your business revenues. Happy holidays!

The Commission clarifies when a qualifying period ends
In the recent decision of Tania Maree Kabel-Pluck v Visy Pulp and Paper Pty Ltd, the Commission found that an employee was not prevented from making an unfair dismissal claim because the date of termination took place after the expiration of the probationary period and the qualifying period.

7 Reasons for Failed Employee Probations
When a new employee starts with your company, the first few months are like a honeymoon period. You and the employee are getting to know each other, working out what makes each other tick and the employee is learning about your business. During this period, both sides work out if they are a "fit" and if the employee is not working out, then their probation is not confirmed (read - sacked). Generally probation lasts for 3 months, but in Australia under Work Choices (and where you notify the person before they commence), this probationary period can be up to 6 months.

Economic Challenges Haven’t Shaken the Fitness Industry: Personal Training Franchise Offers Prospective Business Owners an Upscale, Proven Business Model
During a rough period in our country’s economy, it’s hard to find a business that hasn’t been affected by the consumer trend of spending less, but one brand in the massive fitness and wellness industry has seen positive growth and brand loyalty. One2One BodyScapes, a Massachusetts-based personal training franchise has seen an increase in personal training sales for the first quarter of 2009, up 9% over the fourth quarter of last year. In April 2009, the franchise measured an even larger, 17% cumulative increase in sales over the month before.

Small Business Employee Policies Series: Probationary Period
The probationary period, also called an orientation and review period is essentially a trial period for both you and your new employee to determine whether the job match is a good one. It is essential that you have an employee policy in place that will support the need to terminate your employee if job related issues do occur during the early stages of your new staff members’ employment.

Is Outsourcing The Right Strategy For Small Businesses During Slow Economy?
“When things get tough the tough gets going.” Here the latter word “tough” implies people who equip themselves with the best practices and some added innovation to see through the rough, in this context, the slow economy. Let’s pick outsourcing, as a strategy to counter this rough time and understand whether it is a sensible move to make or not.

Acres of Diamonds
Your greatest opportunities lie under your own feet. They lie in your intellect, your talent and abilities, your education and experience, as well as with your family members, friends and business contacts. The challenge is that in the rough, a diamond does not look like a diamond that we are familiar with. It looks like a black, rough piece of rock and must be cut, shaped and polished repeatedly before it glistens like the valuable stone that it is.

Are You A Winner?
Do you know exactly what a winner is? Do you take responsibility for your actions? When the going gets rough? Do you get going?

The Holiday Season: A Marketing Opportunity & A PR Necessity
The holiday season offers a unique marketing opportunity; one that you can’t afford to miss. Even during rough times, people and businesses spend money during the holidays. The forth quarter offers you a unique opportunity to get the word out about your business, service or product. The holiday season is also a period when the media is looking to run articles and segments on gift giving stories. Consumers spent $407 million on Thanksgiving Day 2010, a 28% increase compared to Thanksgiving Day in 2009, according to ComScore, - and that was just Thanksgiving!

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