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Category Archives: Small Business
April Financial Literacy Month: April 6, 2010
Carrie Smith from CarefulCents.com gives us 4 things to consider before becoming self-employed:
1) Business name – Could use your name with Social Security number, DBA, Inc or LLC
2) Open separate checking account – This will keep income and expenses separate from personal and make business accounting and tax filing Continue reading
Posted in Small Business, Video Posts
Tagged financial literacy, Small Business, starting a small business
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In business you can not do it alone
In the almost two years since I have started my own business I have learned a lot in that short amount of time. Most of it has been what not to do to have a successful business, but what can … Continue reading
Posted in Career Development, Small Business
Tagged business, entrepreneurship, friends, Small Business
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095 Financial Excellence: Importance of your Personal Brand in Business
Episode 95: Importance of your Personal Brand in Business, Jan 31, 2012. I mentioned back in Episode 93 that my show is black or white. You either love my rambling or you hate it. That’s because of my personality. My audience … Continue reading
Why I Won’t DIY Again: Behind the Scenes
So last week in Episode 092 of the Living in Financial Excellence podcast, I shared the story of my DIY project gone bad. The lesson learned is that when you factor in opportunity cost, it’s often less expensive to pay … Continue reading
Posted in Personal finance, Saving Money, Small Business
Tagged auto repair, car repair, diy, Saving Money
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Taking Time off to Recharge: No More Working on Vacation
With all the technology available to us, it’s so easy to work while on vacation. We can bring laptops, tablets and even our smart phones to keep up on our business tasks. Whether it’s staying current on email or conducting … Continue reading
How to Scare Away Customers in 5 Easy Steps
How NOT to Market Your Business When you’re in business it seems intuitive that you would want to have customers beating down your door to do business with you. It also seems intuitive that you’re not likely to get customers … Continue reading
Re-Branding Your Business: Is it a Good Idea?
The pros and cons of changing your business name After being in business as a financial coach for roughly four years, I came to the realization that I hated my business name. I started doing business in 2007 under the … Continue reading
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Tagged Change your company name, marketing tips, re-brand your company
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076 Financial Excellence: Starting a Business in a Bad Economy
Episode 76: Starting a Business in a Bad Economy: Sept. 6, 2011. Today I welcome Justin and Angela Kannich, owners of Kannich Motorsports to the show to talk about their journey in taking a part time business to full time … Continue reading
075 Financial Excellence: Get Free Media Exposure for your Business
Episode 75: How to get featured on the local and national news Aug 30, 2011. If you’re self employed it’s extremely important to pay attention to branding yourself and positioning yourself as the expert at what you do. Today I … Continue reading
1st Annual Outdoor Fest: Creating your Own Economy Case Study
Over the last few weeks I’ve been talking a lot about creating, stimulating, or otherwise improving your personal economy. We even launched the August Financial Excellence Challenge to encourage our audience to take specific measures toward improving their own personal … Continue reading