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- How do you guys pick up new clients? (B2b Service business)
- If the economy slides into a recession, what will you do to keep your business afloat?
- Does anyone have experience with a dog boarding business? Where would I begin?
- [California] is it legal for my boss to take 30% away from my Tip?
- Complete overhaul
- Opening a bar?
- I want to open a tea bar. Where to officially start?
- How do you currently market your business online?
- How to handle large dollar orders
- Do I have to do everything myself?
- Pro Bono PPC for Small Aussie Businesses
- Should you outsource Payroll?
- Need help with google reviews.
- Any freelance fire sprinkler designers in this sub?
- Seeking business checking account for multiple card holders with monthly limits
- Small Businesses
- Online Apparel Business
- Feed back for potential clothing line?
- Renaming a Business - Anyone Done It?
- Student Entrepreneurship competition help please
- How to incentivize employees by offering vacation pay?
- check available business names
- Need feedback about working for a small business owner
| How do you guys pick up new clients? (B2b Service business) Posted: 04 Jan 2019 11:07 PM PST My main methods over the recent years have been email marketing and LinkedIn outreach but I've noticed my results over the last 12 months have significantly decreased. Wondering what your preferred methods of picking up new clients are? [link] [comments]  |
| If the economy slides into a recession, what will you do to keep your business afloat? Posted: 04 Jan 2019 06:53 AM PST If the economy starts to slide into a recession, small businesses will be hit hard. According to the Huffington Post, more than 170,000 closed between 2008-2010. To that end, I think it would be very helpful if the folks here at /r/smallbusiness discussed what strategies they might use to stay afloat and profitable if the economy starts to slide into another recession. CNN posted a good article that outlined some of the signs that could indicate a recession is on the horizon. Being ready and understanding the stakes could be the difference in keeping your small business alive. Full disclosure: My organization (Small Business Majority) helped put Clifton Broumand in contact with CNN to be interviewed for this article. [link] [comments]  |
| Does anyone have experience with a dog boarding business? Where would I begin? Posted: 04 Jan 2019 09:48 PM PST People always joke I should start such a business and I would actually really enjoy it. My husband is well paid in a stable job while I've been unemployed a while now. Lots and lots of retail space in my area is empty, but my area also has a ton of dogs. I know such a business would need insurance to protect me and for the dogs. And employees. And there's probably a way to study the area and see if this business would actually float and if there's a demand for dog boarding. And somewhere in there is probably the need for a business loan. But where to begin? [link] [comments]  |
| [California] is it legal for my boss to take 30% away from my Tip? Posted: 04 Jan 2019 09:36 PM PST My boss has suggested that she wants to Implement a rule in regards to whenever a client pays the bill with a credit card, and add a tip on the credit card, she will keep 30% of the tip for herself. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 Jan 2019 10:56 PM PST I am the sales manager for a small frieght brokerage specializing in heavy equipment/travel trailer/boat transport. We are a small buinsess, very small team consisting of a few sales agents, a couple admins, and the owner. The company owner recently approached me regarding the current issues our company faces. Specifically our CRM, record keeping, and the overall process for the sales team. We need an overhaul on our Lead management, Data entry,Quote sending and storage, and so many other critical systems we use. The company has been running off hand writen "hotsheets" and stickynotes/notebooks. Id love to hear how you recommend making the digital transition, or can recommend and resources or guides to the overhaul we need to make. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 Jan 2019 03:15 PM PST My hubs works for Comcast. I am a therapist for a major hospital system. We are both tired of working for other people, however are secure and comfy in our jobs. We are thinking of opening a bar together, yet realize how risky this is. We dont have any down payment for a small business loan or really anything. Is this thought a pipe dream, or realistic? Anybody open a bar? [link] [comments]  |
| I want to open a tea bar. Where to officially start? Posted: 04 Jan 2019 09:59 PM PST My best friend and I have written a business proposal for a tea bar about half a year ago and forgot about it due to our jobs. Now that I've gotten let go from my job of three years, I need to find another small source of income. The money to start up has been saved a long while back and the skills to make the kind of tea that we wish to serve have been acquired even further back. The plan is to serve special teas, the kinds that folks on r/tea rave about, at farmer's markets and hopefully expand into an all-encompassing tea shop. We are huge nerds for tea and it's arguable a passion of mine to share it. We're still working on selecting sources, but our biggest hurdle is understanding where to start in making this official. I suppose I can google how to start a small business in California but it always turns into a rabbit hole of legal jargon. That is why I ask here how to do it. I'm very lost of how to tackle this first step. Any advice will be profoundly appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| How do you currently market your business online? Posted: 04 Jan 2019 09:30 PM PST Just exploring the possibilities of marketing a new small business online. Of course the possibilities are endless. But as a business owner, what have been your go-to methods? Have you considered building your website? If so, do you do it on your own? Or do you just focus on social media platforms? [link] [comments]  |
| How to handle large dollar orders Posted: 04 Jan 2019 07:40 AM PST I'm still pretty new to this owning my own business thing hence the question(s). I have a garden supply store that I just opened back in September. I've been preparing quotes like crazy for the big commercial people around here. My question is...If someone accepts my quote, what happens next? Most of these quote are in the 30 to 50k dollar range and I don't have that kind of credit space or cash to buy the equipment. Do I get a prepayment, work out terms, borrow some money from family temporarily? I've been confused on this part of it. Most of my sales have been between 50 and 350 bucks so far and just inventory off the shelf. Just don't know how to handle the BIG orders if someone accepts one of the quotes. [link] [comments]  |
| Do I have to do everything myself? Posted: 04 Jan 2019 11:12 AM PST My brother and I have been developing a company for the past two years. We have product warehoused in the US and Canada. Along the way, we've paid professionals to design our product, brand, website, take and edit photos... the list goes on. Only, in the end we've felt like our own work is of a higher caliber and do everything ourselves. Currently, we are rebuilding our website with basic templates. (Lots of youtube university involved) Is this common? I feel like most "professionals" we've hired have been people with a minimum set of viable skills, but because the market is so saturated they get by creating shit. At this point its cost us a lot of money and time, and now sales because our website is still not finished. TL;DR Regardless of who we hire for what, we end up completing the projects ourselves. Is this the normal progression for others? [link] [comments]  |
| Pro Bono PPC for Small Aussie Businesses Posted: 04 Jan 2019 07:57 PM PST Hi, I have been doing Search PPC Campaigns for small businesses for friends and family with some good success thus far. I am looking for one or two more clients that are situated in Australia I am Happy to do this for free.. not sure if this is the right place for this post mod. WHY you may ask? I am looking to expand my portfolio and willing to offer google ad words for free. Hit me up! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 Jan 2019 10:23 PM PST Is it better to outsource payroll or use an in-house method to pay employees?Every business does not have to outsource their payroll. Sometimes it makes good business sense not to make any changes and keep payroll in-house. I often advise small businesses to stay put with their current in-house method. I usually make this recommendation when businesses have less than twenty employees. Some companies allow their office manager, staff accountant or comptroller to handle payroll processing as a function of their job description. If little time is spent on payroll and it does not compete with other job duties, it makes sense to have an employee or owner take care of payroll using an in-house method. Perhaps you are debating between outsourcing payroll to the third party or using an in-house method to process payroll in the near future. Before making a decision, you probably want to consider the responsibilities the employee or owner has in addition to payroll processing. If the owner or employee of a company is simultaneously placed in a role which generates revenue for a business, it may not be the best ideal to commingle with payroll. If you manage multiple projects simultaneously or oversee employees who generate revenue for the company, it wouldn't be the greatest idea to allocate time to tasks that interfere with the achieving company objectives either. In fact, you should never ask revenue-generating members of a company to focus on administrative tasks. Time is money, and money is what keeps you in business. Therefore, all hours on the clock should be focused on generating revenue, agreed? Allocating time to administrative tasks such as payroll limits the amount of revenue your company earns. When you are in the early years of running a business, you might have to do a little bit of everything. Sales, accounting, marketing and customer service may all be handled by one person until you hire some employees to help. At some point, you will find yourself swamped with more work thank you can handle in a given day. When you get to the point of maximum work capacity, it's time to offload the responsibility to a 3rd party so that you can free up time for more important matters. Focusing on revenue-generating activities is exceptionally more important than spending time with on payroll processing since it does not make your company any money. The Benefits of Outsourcing PayrollWhen you outsource payroll processing you are paying someone else to handle employee direct deposits for each pay period, complete quarterly tax forms and remit tax dollars to the state, Federal and local government. When you pass on payroll processing onto a payroll company, the third party bills you for their services and the company pays sales tax associated with the service costs. This leaves you with more time to promote your business, acquire more clients, spend more time managing your operations and invest more time into training and developing your employees. The benefit of outsourcing payroll is the opportunity cost. It is better to focus on growing revenue than to focus reducing expenses. If you are unsure about making the leap from processing payroll in-house to outsourcing to an outside company, feel free to contact us with your questions. Choosing a payroll provider may be difficult, so make sure you do your due diligence making the change. Check out our article titled, 11 Reasons Why Businesses Change Payroll Services as a guideline to selecting the right provider for your business. [link] [comments]  |
| Need help with google reviews. Posted: 04 Jan 2019 08:29 AM PST Google is by far the best way for people in my area to find my business and I do have good reviews, but I noticed I havent gotten many in the last few months, even though ny customers seem very satisfied with my service. I've noticed sometimes I'll visit a business and a day later I'll get a notification on my phone about my expereince at that business and ask for a review. Is that something I could set up with google to try and generate more reviews? [link] [comments]  |
| Any freelance fire sprinkler designers in this sub? Posted: 04 Jan 2019 06:05 PM PST I just wanted to ask a couple of questions. I just started a small business and could use some advice. Thank you. [link] [comments]  |
| Seeking business checking account for multiple card holders with monthly limits Posted: 04 Jan 2019 05:52 PM PST I want a checking account where one account can have multiple debit cards, each card can have a monthly spending limit, and transactions can be traced back to the card that made them. Does such exist? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 05 Jan 2019 12:34 AM PST Follow @_theunexplored on IG if you love nature and t-shirts help spread the word! Just trying to help small businesses! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 Jan 2019 04:33 PM PST I run an online 'alternative' clothing line, at the minute it is purely online but we would like to get into doing more shows etc to showcase our products so people can see them etc. I'm based in the UK, what kind of events would fit a small niche business like ours? [link] [comments]  |
| Feed back for potential clothing line? Posted: 04 Jan 2019 04:22 PM PST Smart up in its infancy. Looking for some feed back. Starting a t shirt/hoodies business (printed shirt/custom/cups, hats etc. You get the idea. I've been looking into different type of equipment on the smaller home based scale. Printing paper, printers etc. Any can give me some solid feed back or recommendations would be much appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| Renaming a Business - Anyone Done It? Posted: 04 Jan 2019 12:30 PM PST I hate my business' name. I bought a business 3 years ago with an even worse name, then in an effort to maintain a relationship to that business in the eyes of customers, took its extremely long and boring name, then shortened it to its initials, followed by the service I provide suck that it now is more or less "XYZ Service". Boring, soulless, non-attention grabbing and more than anything, not memorable to customers. We've grown a lot and have developed a decent web presence and following where people are now searching for us by name. We're on the front page for some solid secondary keywords and we're middle of second page for the big dog keywords. So, I want to change my name, and also change my domain. I know this is going to be an SEO headache and general headache, but as I'm focusing more and more on branding, I'm realizing I'm going down the wrong path by keeping this bad name. Before I wrap my trucks and invest more in the old name, I'm thinking I should fully rebrand and get it right. Anyone done this? How much did it hurt your business? How long did it take to recover? Did google screw you around at all with moving over reviews etc. from one google my business page to another? Any other gotchas that I may not be thinking through (I haven't listed them all here)? I'd love to hear from those that have fully rebranded / renamed their business. [link] [comments]  |
| Student Entrepreneurship competition help please Posted: 04 Jan 2019 05:48 AM PST My university has a Student Entrepreneurship competition and I would like to collect some feedback about the business idea I am going to present. What do you think about a coffee shop with organic food that has been sourced from local farmers and where local artists can display their artwork - walls used as a gallery - for a small fee. Also would like to run a few art classes in the afternoon for children and adults as well? I can not find a similar idea in UK and I personally would be a regular customer in a coffee shop like this, strengthening the community and promoting local artists. Please if you can help me with your idea of how successful you think a business like this could be. thank you very much! [link] [comments]  |
| How to incentivize employees by offering vacation pay? Posted: 04 Jan 2019 07:50 AM PST My business has an average of 16 employees. We want to start offering benefits such as vacation, but we cannot afford to give everyone a set number of vacation days per year. We don't want to offer vacation based on how long an employee has worked for us. We would prefer to offer vacation time based on an individual employee's performance as an incentive. Has anyone else done something like this and what is the best practice for a program like this? [link] [comments]  |
| check available business names Posted: 04 Jan 2019 01:10 PM PST How do I check to see if my business name is already used by someone else or if it is still available? [link] [comments]  |
| Need feedback about working for a small business owner Posted: 04 Jan 2019 12:12 PM PST I'm hoping this is the right sub, and I apologize if not. I'm 10 weeks in as the assistant to a business owner who's not had any direct employees in several years. He outsources most of his managerial stuff, but he hired me to be his "Pepper Potts," if you will. I do not have (directly) relevant experience, and some of his habits are disconcerting to me. I've always had bosses who...had bosses, who kept them accountable for their conduct. But now I'm working for someone who's generally disorganized and inconsiderate of others' time and obligations, and apparently it's my job to address that? I feel lost and overwhelmed. Any feedback- or just pointing me in the right direction- would be appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
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