Small Business

How to evaluate online suppliers for competency, reliability and quality before selecting them to supply general business products and services for your small business.

Sep 6, 2005 - Bert Markgraf

How to grow your business when demand in your area is shrinking.

May 25, 2005 - Bert Markgraf

How to manage risk in a small business so that the company is protected and the best opportunities are chosen and brought to a successful conclusion.

Apr 6, 2005 - Bert Markgraf

How to make objective decisions rather than decisions based on personal feelings.

Feb 25, 2005 - Bert Markgraf

How to recognize when your decisions based on emotions are damaging your business and when they help bring success.

Feb 1, 2005 - Bert Markgraf

When sales decrease, many small business owners will react incorrectly. What not to do and what actions to take to get through a period of declining sales.

Jan 2, 2005 - Bert Markgraf

The best small businesses have owners who know where they're going and why. Having a plan is important but it doesn't mean you can't deviate. When major change happens, your plan will let you change goals in a structured way.

Nov 29, 2004 - Bert Markgraf

Clarify your business concept and goals by arranging your business activities into useful groups and discarding the rest.

Oct 23, 2004 - Bert Markgraf

How to manage efficiently and effectively to reach your goals.

Sep 23, 2004 - Bert Markgraf

Computer Hints and Tips to help small businesses maintain and improve their computer systems at a reasonable price.

Aug 23, 2004 - Bert Markgraf

What is the function of an image for a business and how can a clear image help a business be successful?

Jun 12, 2004 - Bert Markgraf

How to choose actions based on a critical analysis of the situation.

Apr 18, 2004 - Bert Markgraf

Keep focused on activities which are profitable for your business.

Feb 14, 2004 - Bert Markgraf

How to change your way of doing business now that the economy is growing again.

Jan 12, 2004 - Bert Markgraf

Four strategies to make your small business grow.

Nov 16, 2003 - Bert Markgraf

In today's business environment, unexpected change is becoming the norm. This article tell you how to make sure your business can survive unexpected changes in your market.

Sep 3, 2003 - Bert Markgraf

A Business Strategy is the key to reaching your goals as a small business.

Jul 3, 2003 - Bert Markgraf

How to promote your small business web site and optimize it for search engines.

May 20, 2003 - Bert Markgraf

Small Businesses offering products on their web sites should compete on convenience rather than on price.

Apr 7, 2003 - Bert Markgraf

Small business owners often get bogged down showing their new employees how they want things done. Instead, they should hire people with the right qualifications and let them work towards the common goals of the company.

Feb 13, 2003 - Bert Markgraf

How to position your business to survive in the current climate.

Dec 27, 2002 - Bert Markgraf

Why it's usually a bad strategy for a small business to lower its prices when there's a lack of work.

Nov 15, 2002 - Bert Markgraf

How to find out how your customers see your business.

Oct 6, 2002 - Bert Markgraf

How to limit damage to your business from customers who don't pay.

Aug 20, 2002 - Bert Markgraf

How proving you're a professional will get you orders.

Jul 9, 2002 - Bert Markgraf

Dealing with exceptions is a major and often ignored factor in evaluating the viability of implementing systems for your small business.

Jun 9, 2002 - Bert Markgraf

How to make sure that your product or service matches the expectations of your customers.

May 2, 2002 - Bert Markgraf

Identifying your Critical Success Factors allows you to be more successful with less effort and to put your energies where they will result in the best growth and profitablity of your small business.

Mar 29, 2002 - Bert Markgraf

How to develop and send out a promotional flyer which will help your small business grow.

Feb 20, 2002 - Bert Markgraf

How to avoid cutting costs at home by figuring out how to cut costs for your customers.

Jan 15, 2002 - Bert Markgraf

How to establish and achieve goals to help you develop your small business.

Dec 26, 2001 - Bert Markgraf

How to apply a systematic approach to customer needs on projects.

Dec 17, 2001 - Bert Markgraf

How to achieve your goals by careful planning.

Dec 10, 2001 - Bert Markgraf

How to set up a start-up home communications system and expand it at low cost.

Nov 26, 2001 - Bert Markgraf

How to focus your marketing efforts where it will do the most good.

Nov 19, 2001 - Bert Markgraf

How to start selling on the Internet

Nov 8, 2001 - Bert Markgraf

How to save time and money by practising basic safe computing.

Oct 23, 2001 - Bert Markgraf

Why Good Customer Service Saves Money in the long Run

Oct 16, 2001 - Bert Markgraf

How to increase the value you add to your products and turn it into a competitive advantage.

Oct 9, 2001 - Bert Markgraf

How to close major business deals.

Oct 3, 2001 - Bert Markgraf

How to take advantage of the opportunity resulting from the loss of a job.

Sep 25, 2001 - Bert Markgraf

How to make your small business look professional.

Sep 18, 2001 - Bert Markgraf

Put in place a disaster recovery plan for your company to make sure it survives when your main office doesn't.

Sep 11, 2001 - Bert Markgraf

How to develop a marketing pan to increase the likelihood that the goals you set for your business will be met.

Sep 4, 2001 - Bert Markgraf

How to put in place basic customer relationship management in your small business.

Aug 28, 2001 - Bert Markgraf

How to take advantage of being a small business.

Aug 23, 2001 - Bert Markgraf

How to get your business going again quickly after a slow summer. Five easy things you can do.

Aug 14, 2001 - Bert Markgraf

Taking vacations while running a small business

Aug 11, 2001 - Bert Markgraf

How the concept of value added is a key to your success.

Jul 10, 2001 - Bert Markgraf

Choose existing business models and imitate them or do something new and different.

Jun 19, 2001 - Bert Markgraf

Five things that will help make your small business a success.

Jun 12, 2001 - Bert Markgraf

How to come up with a privacy policy for your small business and how to implement it as a competitive advantage.

Jun 5, 2001 - Bert Markgraf

How to better use time through planning

May 29, 2001 - Bert Markgraf

How to build your business by regularly spending about fifteen minutes per day, every day, generating new business.

May 15, 2001 - Bert Markgraf

How to use viral marketing to spread the word about your business.

Apr 24, 2001 - Bert Markgraf

Some strategies to make sure your small business makes it through the coming recession.

Apr 17, 2001 - Bert Markgraf

The importance of branding and how to develop a brand

Apr 3, 2001 - Bert Markgraf

How market-based pricing leads to increased profitability.

Mar 20, 2001 - Bert Markgraf

How to find the niche market best for your small bsuiness.

Mar 13, 2001 - Bert Markgraf

How to work ON your business to grow and make it successful.

Mar 6, 2001 - Bert Markgraf

How to manage people effectively to benefit your small business.

Feb 26, 2001 - Bert Markgraf

How to manage small, internal projects in your company

Feb 6, 2001 - Bert Markgraf

The characteristics of good business meetings.

Jan 30, 2001 - Bert Markgraf

Why you should know about accounting principles and what you should know.

Jan 23, 2001 - Bert Markgraf

How to generate traffic for your small business web site

Jan 9, 2001 - Bert Markgraf

New Year's Resolutions for Small Business

Jan 2, 2001 - Bert Markgraf

How to use strategic planning to set goals, meet targets and measure your efforts.

Dec 19, 2000 - Bert Markgraf

When to choose ontinuous change or manage for break-away change in your small business

Dec 12, 2000 - Bert Markgraf

Thoughts on sending Christmas gifts and cards to your customers and suppliers.

Dec 5, 2000 - Bert Markgraf

Your small business can interact quickly with your customers. You have to turn this into a competitive advantage.

Nov 21, 2000 - Bert Markgraf

What to check out before starting your own small business.

Nov 14, 2000 - Bert Markgraf

A powerful tool for troubleshooting problems with businesses.

Nov 7, 2000 - Bert Markgraf

How to plan to take your small business to the next level.

Oct 24, 2000 - Bert Markgraf

Why high levels of service can be a competitive advantage for small businesses.

Oct 10, 2000 - Bert Markgraf

How to Develop a Vision for your Small Business and what its charateristics should be.

Oct 3, 2000 - Bert Markgraf

Factors affecting whether to run your business from home or not.

Sep 26, 2000 - Bert Markgraf

How to implement innovative projects in small businesses.

Sep 12, 2000 - Bert Markgraf

How to use perceived and actual value to grow and consolidate your small business

Sep 5, 2000 - Bert Markgraf

How to use promotional products.

Aug 29, 2000 - Bert Markgraf

How to implement basic marketing concepts on your web site.

Aug 15, 2000 - Bert Markgraf

How to build and use a network of contacts to build your small business

Aug 8, 2000 - Bert Markgraf

How to use the fast rate ohange in business as a competitive advantage.

Aug 1, 2000 - Bert Markgraf

How to keep valuable and key employees in a competitive labour market.

Jul 18, 2000 - Bert Markgraf

A description of some of the new, pre-programmed database structures in MS Access 2000

Jul 11, 2000 - Bert Markgraf

An example of how to promote you business on the web.

Jul 4, 2000 - Bert Markgraf

How changes in the value chain affect your small business.

Jun 28, 2000 - Bert Markgraf

How to deal with the lack of imposed structure in self-employment and turn it to your advantage.

Jun 21, 2000 - Bert Markgraf

How to run a small business without a lot of contractual paperwork

Jun 6, 2000 - Bert Markgraf

How to put your small business on the web.

May 23, 2000 - Bert Markgraf

What is e-commerce and how can it benefit your small business

May 16, 2000 - Bert Markgraf

How to optimize your business processes using non-mathematical, intuitive methods.

May 9, 2000 - Bert Markgraf

How to use the formal concept of a "learning curve" to predict performance in small businesses.

May 2, 2000 - Bert Markgraf

How to manage information to become more efficient.

Apr 18, 2000 - Bert Markgraf

In large companies you have to watch carefully for bad performers but in small businesses, you just have to avoid becoming a pointy-haired boss.

Apr 4, 2000 - Bert Markgraf

How to evaluate businesses that want to partner with you

Mar 28, 2000 - Bert Markgraf

How to avoid the "stickiness" trap.

Mar 14, 2000 - Bert Markgraf

Why you should try to avoid having employees and what to do if your business needs them.

Feb 29, 2000 - Bert Markgraf

How a small business should concentrate on niche markets.

Feb 22, 2000 - Bert Markgraf

Using databases to carry out targeted marketing

Feb 15, 2000 - Bert Markgraf

How to promote your small business web site.

Jan 25, 2000 - Bert Markgraf

How to differentiate your small business from others

Jan 11, 2000 - Bert Markgraf

Why your small business should be looking at business-to-business e-commerce.

Jan 4, 2000 - Bert Markgraf

How to benefit from small business advantages in customer service

Dec 28, 1999 - Bert Markgraf

A discussion of what marketing is not and a link to a good definition.

Dec 14, 1999 - Bert Markgraf

How to market small business products on the Internet

Nov 30, 1999 - Bert Markgraf

How to use creativity in a chaotic way to increase sales and customer satisfaction

Nov 23, 1999 - Bert Markgraf

What the Small Office of the new Millenium will be like

Nov 16, 1999 - Bert Markgraf

Quality - ensuring the customer get what he expects.

Nov 2, 1999 - Bert Markgraf

How to sell services using modern marketing techniques

Oct 26, 1999 - Bert Markgraf

Is the customer always right?

Oct 19, 1999 - Bert Markgraf

Determining Purpose, Focus and Target for advertising

Oct 5, 1999 - Bert Markgraf

The hows and whys of teamwork in small businesses.

Sep 28, 1999 - Bert Markgraf

How to improve business performance by measuring key factors.

Sep 14, 1999 - Bert Markgraf

The basic principles of marketing

Sep 7, 1999 - Bert Markgraf

How small businesses should approach e-commerce.

Aug 24, 1999 - Bert Markgraf

Challenges possibly leading to the obsolescence of large corporations

Aug 10, 1999 - Bert Markgraf

How to avoid small business failure by sticking to some basic principles.

Jul 27, 1999 - Bert Markgraf

The nature of web site traffic and how to increase it.

Jul 20, 1999 - Bert Markgraf

How to make calling prospects more efficient.

Jul 13, 1999 - Bert Markgraf

How to manage projects for your business.

Jun 29, 1999 - Bert Markgraf

Small Business approaches to e-commerce

Jun 15, 1999 - Bert Markgraf

How to close a deal or recognize that there will not be a sale.

Jun 8, 1999 - Bert Markgraf

How to integrate your marketing material to get better quality at a lower cost

Jun 1, 1999 - Bert Markgraf

How to turn customer service into a competitive advantage.

May 18, 1999 - Bert Markgraf

How to collect and use information on your industry

May 10, 1999 - Bert Markgraf

The advantages of remote work

Apr 27, 1999 - Bert Markgraf

How to put together an effective brochure

Apr 20, 1999 - Bert Markgraf

A discussion of the virtual corporation

Apr 13, 1999 - Bert Markgraf

What "Corrective Action" is and how to apply it.

Apr 6, 1999 - Bert Markgraf

How to buy a computer for your small business

Mar 23, 1999 - Bert Markgraf

How Quality for small businesses is like talent in the entertainment industry.

Mar 16, 1999 - Bert Markgraf

What you need to publish your own means of communicating with your customers.

Mar 9, 1999 - Bert Markgraf

How to become a consultant and what to watch for.

Feb 23, 1999 - Bert Markgraf

How to set up an on-line store

Feb 16, 1999 - Bert Markgraf

How to reduce your tax load as a small business owner

Feb 9, 1999 - Bert Markgraf

An easy way to get a good web site.

Feb 2, 1999 - Bert Markgraf

Starting up a high tech business

Jan 19, 1999 - Bert Markgraf

Computer humour as it relates to small business

Jan 12, 1999 - Bert Markgraf

Grow your business by analyzing your competitors

Dec 22, 1998 - Bert Markgraf

Evaluating the performance of your small business.

Dec 14, 1998 - Bert Markgraf

How to use market surveys for your small business

Dec 8, 1998 - Bert Markgraf

Marketing on the basis of perceived value and value added

Nov 24, 1998 - Bert Markgraf

Acounts receivable for small business

Nov 17, 1998 - Bert Markgraf

Accounts Receivable for Small Business

Nov 10, 1998 - Bert Markgraf

Using benchmarking to incease efficiency

Nov 3, 1998 - Bert Markgraf

Performance reviews as a competitive advantage

Oct 19, 1998 - Bert Markgraf

Basics for starting a small business

Oct 13, 1998 - Bert Markgraf

Setting up customer support to keep customers.

Oct 6, 1998 - Bert Markgraf

Getting answers for your small business questions

Sep 29, 1998 - Bert Markgraf

How to create and promote a small business web site

Sep 15, 1998 - Bert Markgraf

Continuing Education as a tool for successful small businesses

Sep 8, 1998 - Bert Markgraf

Innovation in small business

Aug 25, 1998 - Bert Markgraf

Stories of disgruntled employees

Aug 18, 1998 - Bert Markgraf

Financing for small business

Aug 11, 1998 - Bert Markgraf

Small business and simplicity

Jul 28, 1998 - Bert Markgraf

Examples of focusing on your customers

Jul 21, 1998 - Bert Markgraf

Taking care of business while on vacation.

Jul 14, 1998 - Bert Markgraf

How to increase sales by turning more propects into customers.

Jul 7, 1998 - Bert Markgraf

The best ways of backing up business data.

Jun 30, 1998 - Bert Markgraf

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Selling products on-line from a web site.

Jun 9, 1998 - Bert Markgraf

Problems with Banner Advertising

May 26, 1998 - Bert Markgraf

Customer Service as a competitive advantage for small businesses

May 19, 1998 - Bert Markgraf

How to choose a name for your small Business

May 12, 1998 - Bert Markgraf

Basic Marketing Principles for Small Business

May 5, 1998 - Bert Markgraf

Generation of revenue with virtual communities

Apr 28, 1998 - Bert Markgraf

A discussion of the competitive viability of Suite101.com as a virtual community.

Apr 21, 1998 - Bert Markgraf

How to increase business volume for your small business by regular contact with customers and prospects.

Apr 7, 1998 - Bert Markgraf

Computer viruses and how to deal with them.

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How to Start a Home Business

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Why Start a Small Business

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