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Tracking Software - Small Business Owner Financing Tool
Smart businesses use computer-tracking software for just about everything. Digital tapes show employers the exact sequence of everything their employees are doing on the computer. It records emails, chats, IMs, websites, web searches, programs run, keystrokes typed, files transferred, screen snapshots and more. It offers chat and internet access blocking.

The Effect of Elections on Small Business
Over the years I have closely observed small businesses on the lead-up to an election. There are some very clear business trends that smart small businesses need to know and work within. Elections also provide businesses with a money-can’t-buy education on the latest in marketing trends. Let’s start with the business trends. The most obvious is a business to government slow down – by that I mean in the lead up to an election the incumbent political party goes into caretaker mode and generally will not make any significant decisions or grant major contracts. If your business is one that relies on government contracts – you need to plan for this slow down to kick in at least 6 months before the scheduled election due period.

You Can Have Any Colour As Long As It Is Black
Henry Ford in 1922 was quoted as saying about his Model T Ford “the customer can have any colour as long as it is black”. Today we smile at this, and say of course this doesn’t happen today ... but it does! Smart businesses know that often their product may be substantially the same as in previous years, but they still need to create some sort of difference to encourage buyers to purchase their product. Often this difference is in packaging or colours.

Do You Put Your Customers First?
Customer centricity - being customer centric - seems to be one of the buzz words again in business circles. Being truly customer centric means looking at your business from your customers' perspective. But what does it mean & is it worth it?

Weather Any Economic Climate
Do you hear the word recession and immediately begin to panic? Perhaps you start to move slower and slower when it comes to making purchases, hiring staff and investing in sales and marketing activities. You know that by being tight-fisted with your resources you are only compounding the issue, but how do you stop? Follow these three simple strategies and weather any upcoming economic climate: 1) Get real on who your Top Level Target is 2) Fortify your Existing Client Relationships 3) Balance your Marketing Pie Smart businesses know that the economy ebbs and flows at all times. They prepare themselves for any weather condition by following the three strategies above. Are you prepared?

The Stupid Business: Fifteen Guaranteed Signs that Your Business Will Fail
There are smart businesses and stupid businesses. Smart businesses grow profitably, generate cash flow, increase in value over time, and operate without significant input from the founders. Stupid businesses aren’t set up to do any of these things, and are destined to eventually fail. This article provides fifteen signs that you might have a stupid business.
You don’t have to be a rock star to have a great video!
Smart businesses are seeing the value in producing promotional videos for their public relations needs

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Why Smart Companies Do Dumb Things
Not a day goes by when I don’t ask myself, “Why do smart companies do such dumb things?” We all know companies that cook the books and throw outrageous parties at one end of the spectrum to sell lousy products at the other. A sweeping answer is that companies are run by smart people, and smart people do dumb things as we’ve learned.
Time Off - A Sound Business Investment
To have a successful business you must be smart. That is not stating the obvious because you have to be smart with regards to your personal effectiveness. Put simply you need to take the time off to recharge your self employed batteries!!!

The Stupid Business: Fifteen Guaranteed Signs that Your Business Will Fail
There are smart businesses and stupid businesses. Smart businesses grow profitably, generate cash flow, increase in value over time, and operate without significant input from the founders. Stupid businesses aren’t set up to do any of these things, and are destined to eventually fail. This article provides fifteen signs that you might have a stupid business.
SMART Organizational Goals
This article is designed to provide you with a tried and true approach to organizational goal setting. The best goals are smart goals. SMART is a handy acronym for the five characteristics of well-designed goals. SMART goals make for smart organizations. In our experience, many supervisors and managers neglect to work with their employees to set goals together.
Using Your USP When Writing Job Ads To Attract Great Employees
I have heard many businesses moaning that they haven’t had a single application to an ad – and yet some businesses are snowed under with applications. What’s the difference? The smart business knows that in a candidate poor market you have to sell the benefits of working for your company BEFORE the candidate will consider applying for a job with you. This is where your USP or unique selling proposition comes in.
Smart Objectives for Success - 10 Rules to Achieve Every Smart Goal
Most successful entrepreneurs will tell you that setting smart objectives is imperative for success. Implement these 10 effective tips when creating your smart objectives and be sure you are focusing on achieving your smart goal.
Smart Marketing Ideas
Businesses need marketing in order to be known. Smart marketing ideas involving the internet, like those listed in this article, have proven to be effective in helping businesses succeed.

You don’t have to be a rock star to have a great video!
Smart businesses are seeing the value in producing promotional videos for their public relations needs
2001 --- 2011 Ten Years\' Development of Smart Phone
From the first smart phone's release, smart phone has become a part of our daily life. This article makes a brif review of smart phone's development.
What Does It Mean to Work Smart? - Quiz
Have you ever known someone who just seems to "have it all together?" Maybe that someone is you and maybe you could do even better. "Having it all together," is what many perceive as "working smart." But what does it really mean to "work smart?" Is it a mysterious quality that some of us are born with, and the rest without? Or is it a skill set that can be learned and mastered? Most business and relationship experts support that "working smart" is a skill set that enables one to achieve balance in life and be fruitful.
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