Category Archives: business tips

Thank You Notes and Dollar Stores

business tips
One of the things I've been striving to do is to send thank you notes to Mr. A's customers.  I try to watch for them on clearance at the store, and as long as they are blank inside I'll buy just about any design.  Well, within reason. I can't buy anything too feminine looking for a man to send out as a thank you to customers. 🙂 I haven't found any on clearance lately, and set out looking on the… Read the rest

Business Ethics – Cash Under The Table?

Business, business tips
How do you feel about cash sales?  If you were a self-proprietor, would you find it easy to “cheat” just a little (or a lot) and not report the cash collected from your customers? I have strong personal feelings about doing that sort of thing. Not only is it not ethical, but there is no such thing as cheating just a little bit. It's like saying, “I'm a little bit pregnant.” You're pregnant, period. You're cheating, period. I had a… Read the rest

Go For It, Collette!

business tips
Collette submitted a question to my Q&A post, wondering how I made the decision to not be self-employed. I responded to that part of the question here, but I felt the other part of her question was going to be too long for the Q&A post and I promised I'd continue it in a new post in the next few days. I did encourage her to GO FOR IT!! To refresh your memory, here is Collette's question/comments from that post:… Read the rest

One Way to Lose Business

Business, business tips, My Two Cents
I'll be preaching to the choir since anyone reading my blog is online and knows the scoop. But you might let your not-so-Internet-savvy friends and relatives know that if they are going to have a business website then they need to get back with folks that contact them via their website. I'm looking for an accountant.  One of my readers suggested that I needed one, and to be honest I have been thinking that I need someone to be able… Read the rest