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- How Many of You Are Female Business Owners?
- I have a business idea, but I’m a little lost...
- Withdraw inventory for personal use if “donating” (Sole Proprietor)?
- How do you want technology to help your business?
- Anyone here retail? How did you estimate your revenue in the planning phase?
- How to make clients love your tech product (For Tech Entrepreneurs)
- I am a kiwi living in NZ but I have an idea for an eCommerce business that's target audience would be Americans, has anyone ever come across this sort of situation before? [x/post /r/NewZealand]
- How do you find cross-promotions with other small businesses?
- Anyone using Gusto to run payroll quarterly?
- New WebApp for Small Businesses, Need One to Give it a test Run
- Tips for Starting a Photography Business?
- Small Instagram level business
- Best way to enter and report 2 brands within one company in Quickbooks? We have a Kitchen & Bath brand and a full home renovation brand.
- How do I get my successful retail business online in a competitive fashion?
- Looking to sell my online business
- Normal Payroll services suck for as needed day rate employees
- Donuts business advice
- Trademark Question
- Hey guys, so I made an app that lets you save any content on your phone to one place. Feel free to check it out. How to I market this app to get more downloads?
- Reddit, please help. Tear me apart, give me advice, anything please.
- We just launch Free Social Customer Service Tool
- C Corp in DE, located in CA. Where to file state taxes?
- Do I need to tell the IRS I bought a small business?
- Taxes
| How Many of You Are Female Business Owners? Posted: 02 Mar 2019 09:18 AM PST Just like the title says. I'm always curious to see who among us is a female- if that's you, what do you do? I love hearing from fellow female entrepreneurs and what their journey has been about (especially when it went from side biz to full time). Let 'er rip, m'ladies!! EDIT: I freaking love reading about what you're up to and will be responding and checking in later tonight. Really looking forward to hearing more voices, please keep them coming! And if its allowed, link up your stores/ biz/ services!! [link] [comments]  | ||
| I have a business idea, but I’m a little lost... Posted: 02 Mar 2019 09:52 PM PST I've wanted to start my own business for awhile, but I have no idea how to go about such a thing. Essentially, I would like to sell stationary. I have already created some minimalist designs and I'm really happy with how they look. My main problem is figuring out how to turn the designs into products. Obviously, I can't create the notebooks and planners and things on my own, so who do I contact to get that done? I would eventually like sell the products in my community and donate part of the profits. Thank you for hearing my issue and please let me know if you have any suggestions! :) [link] [comments]  | ||
| Withdraw inventory for personal use if “donating” (Sole Proprietor)? Posted: 02 Mar 2019 10:46 PM PST Given the large increase in the standard deduction, the incentive to itemize charitable donations is mostly gone. In my situation, I am a sole proprietor, I will be taking the standard deduction, and I have some stale/unsellable inventory which I would like to write off. It seems that donating inventory to a registered organization would provide better documentation/proof (in case of an audit) for the write off than simply throwing inventory away. So, I would like to donate and solely reduce my ending inventory. I've been reading that whenever a S.P. donates inventory, its purchase cost should be removed as "withdrawn for personal use" (Line 36) since the donation goes on the personal Schedule A.However, if I plan to take the standard deduction but still donate the inventory just to get rid of it (no itemized deduction tax advantage), would I still have to withdraw it from my purchases for personal use? [link] [comments]  | ||
| How do you want technology to help your business? Posted: 02 Mar 2019 03:21 PM PST Hi all, I am currently starting up an IT services and support company for small/medium businesses and want to get a better idea of what kind of services I should be suggesting. Could you please post the kind of business you have and what kind of services you are looking for as far as IT goes? I would also love to hear some of your experiences in the past with IT if you have any. [link] [comments]  | ||
| Anyone here retail? How did you estimate your revenue in the planning phase? Posted: 02 Mar 2019 09:15 PM PST | ||
| How to make clients love your tech product (For Tech Entrepreneurs) Posted: 02 Mar 2019 10:00 PM PST Hello everyone, I have been a silent reader for a while. I would like to contribute my knowledge to this group based on my experience and hence this post. Do read it and let me know your thoughts as I would love to hear from you! How to make clients love your tech product The people that will use your tech product in the client's business, are also those that have little involvement in the decision to use your product. They are used to older systems that are suddenly not available to them, but they need to get their job done anyway. What does this mean for you? It could be hard to get all of the client's team members to adopt your product quickly. It is so easy to be compared with other products, typically the older systems that you replaced, or those of competitors. However, what if some simple actions you take could lead to a happy client, who is delighted to use your product and reverts for additional business? It could save you weeks, or even years and thousands of $$ spent in other efforts such as product support and even marketing. If you know how to get clients to use your products with ease, and quickly, then you will have a huge competitive advantage over everyone else in the space. Today, I will show you a few actions you could take and illustrate what works well and what may not.
It is obvious that any product should be accompanied by training on how it needs to be used. Below I will share 2 examples of trainings I encountered after a tech product was rolled out at my company. Let's dissect what worked and what did not. a. The Generic Training Company X rolled out a tech product and provided training. They provided training videos on how to initiate workflows, receive approvals and achieve tasks using their product. On the surface, this seems like good exhaustive training. Company X clearly displayed enthusiasm and hard work in creating and providing such training. But let me tell you what is missing in this training. This type of training does not make enough impression. It is not memorable, because it is not specific to the unique needs of different teams within the client's organization. Furthermore, while I may take the trainings and learn about the product, I may not feel fully trained to use the product. Why?
So don't make the client do the work. Don't ask them to spend time figuring out how the product works for their needs. Instead, be the person that proactively comes up with ways to show them how the product will make their life easier. b. The Customized Training Company Y rolled out another tech product for and provided customized trainings to different teams such as finance and HR. They provided illustrations of their product features to each of these teams using scenarios applicable for that team. The teams responded really well, and started using the product enthusiastically. Why?
Company Y stood out by leading with empathy. So how can you stand out to your clients by being a superior training provider? The way to establish a relationship with your client's members is to listen to their unique needs and daily problems. Your product may use the same features across the client organization, but demonstrating how the product fits the needs to each team will compel the client organization to buy in to the decision of using your product. 2. Job aids Here are some more examples of how you can ensure your clients ease into using your product. a. Provide job aids that work really well for users on a daily basis. You can do this by talking to the different teams in your client's organization and identify the tasks for which they will use your product. Incorporate their inputs into the job aids. You could also include screen shots, with explanations provided in comment bubbles whenever possible. Once you give them the job aid, follow up with them to find out about its effectiveness and make modifications as necessary. b. Provide job aids to the client organization's helpdesk. Train other ancillary teams within the client organization that will support your client teams with the product. For example, it may be valuable to train the helpdesk on regular technical problems such as logins and access privileges. Feel free to leave me a comment, as I would love to hear from you! [link] [comments]  | ||
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| How do you find cross-promotions with other small businesses? Posted: 02 Mar 2019 08:46 PM PST Hey people, have you ever teamed up for cross-promotions with other small businesses to save money on advertising? Something like joint online ad, or sale promo? Any thoughts? [link] [comments]  | ||
| Anyone using Gusto to run payroll quarterly? Posted: 02 Mar 2019 08:04 PM PST I am a single member S-Corp owner/employer, and don't see value in running payroll every month. I am looking for payroll providers, and Gusto is in play. Anyone in the community using Gusto to run payroll on a non-monthly basis? If so, can you share if this is possible/easy with Gusto? Thanks! [link] [comments]  | ||
| New WebApp for Small Businesses, Need One to Give it a test Run Posted: 02 Mar 2019 07:13 PM PST Hello everyone! I have recently made a new web app to simplify the ordering process that customers go through. I originally got the idea when I played high school football and my parents didn't want to go and get concessions because they were scared that they would miss a big play that I would do. Anyways below I will attach a demo video of the web app in action! 100% free for trial and test run, fully customized page just for your business. Please share this, really need a business to test it out! Thank You! [link] [comments]  | ||
| Tips for Starting a Photography Business? Posted: 02 Mar 2019 03:14 PM PST So I wish to be a Editorial Portrait Photographer, starting small of course, I will start by working with amateur models and actors and work on my portfolio. I plan on getting started this year, I spent all last year practicing and I still am, I have also read about business and still learning, I've written out a business plan as well as having a back up; Web Developer, though I find coding boring and I' dreading going to college for Computer Science if I have to, I've also considered Video Editing as a back up career. I know it's a very very crowded market (worth mentioning I live in the UK, specifically Norfolk which is close to London) but I really want to do it as there's not many other careers I'm interested in aside from Film-making and there's no discouraging me, yes there are times where I give up but I immediately change my mind like a hour later. I do plan on going to London eventually, where it's even more crowded but f--- it. Going to University is out of the question for me as I can't afford it and I had a hard time during College (UK high school) where I developed social anxiety (slightly better now but it might come back) I've also applied to be a assistant to working photographers but their not hiring right now. [link] [comments]  | ||
| Small Instagram level business Posted: 02 Mar 2019 06:33 PM PST I really like antiques and love finding vintage home items like glass, vases, nick nacks, etc. I'd love to start a small online business preferably on Instagram because I'm sure that would be the best place to reach a wider market. I'm just kind of clueless as to where to begin or how to get things in motion or if it's even a good idea. Any thoughts, ideas, advice, suggestions? [link] [comments]  | ||
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| How do I get my successful retail business online in a competitive fashion? Posted: 02 Mar 2019 04:19 PM PST
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| Looking to sell my online business Posted: 02 Mar 2019 09:18 AM PST I run a beard balm e-commerce store and lately have struggled with doing that and my full time job. I have an entire website, photo shoots, logo and inventory that I'd like to sell as a whole package for someone to take it over. What's the best place to advertise this? [link] [comments]  | ||
| Normal Payroll services suck for as needed day rate employees Posted: 02 Mar 2019 03:06 PM PST I'd really like to use a payroll service, but their pricing seems completely geared towards traditional/predictable payroll. I might have one or two gigs a month for various people, and oftentimes they are different people. In my industry we usually pay a dayrate notated as $500/10 or something like that. So adding each employee for $4/mo when I might only send them a couple checks a year each gets expensive fast, notating hourly when I pay daily is difficult. I wish quickbooks had a pricing scheme where they just charge $3 per deposit or check. Anybody have and good solutions for me? I'm pretty new at this. Thanks [link] [comments]  | ||
| Posted: 02 Mar 2019 11:13 AM PST Hi Reddit, So I'm thinking about opening up a higher end, small batch, specialty donut shop in my city which has only big chains like Dunkin Donuts and Krispy Kreme and another brand from Asia. The specialty coffee business is booming here and I expect the donuts and specialty pastries to do as well. However I don't have experience in baking and my budget is not enough for a western franchise. I spent sometime researching and visited many donuts shops (while traveling) and I know the basic equipment needed to run a donut place ". What is the best strategy to start this ? do I have to buy a fryer and a mixer and experiment for like 3-4 months or is it better to invest (maybe partner) with in the right baker who can get me started? Also if you're in the donuts business I appreciate your advice for the right donuts equipment for a small scale business. Thank You [link] [comments]  | ||
| Posted: 02 Mar 2019 12:57 PM PST I own a business that has a name which is pretty similar to many others throughout the states (I'm in Colorado. There are no others with the same exact name in my state). For this post, I'll say my name is "Mark's Awesome Carpet Cleanerz". I have posted many pictures to my Instagram page and recently another business with the name "Mark's Carpet Cleaning" from another state commented on a post saying "I own the legal rights to this name" as a threat. Neither businesses are trademarked. Should I trademark my business name to protect me legally? Is there anything that I should do at all? If I did trademark my business name, would Mark's Carpet Cleaning have to change their name? Any help would be greatly appreciated. [link] [comments]  | ||
| Posted: 02 Mar 2019 12:22 PM PST So title says it all. I made an app that lets you save photos, videos, gifs, websites, articles, social media posts, notes, music, dropbox files, etc. Where and how should I spend my marketing dollars? [link] [comments]  | ||
| Reddit, please help. Tear me apart, give me advice, anything please. Posted: 02 Mar 2019 12:21 PM PST Hi Reddit. So, I dont know where to start so Ill just introduce myself. My name is Danielle, 25 years old, and Im a microblading artist living and working in Toronto, ON. Im obssesed with full, fluffy, messy brows. My work differs from msot because I can do those "out of bounds" brows and my work looks very realistic. I studied fine arts for my bachelor and Ive always been artistic. I KNOW Im good, and I KNOW my work is worth money. But I need your help. I got certified in 2016, but didnt start working util late 2017 because I was scared. It was really scary tattooing someone. Come late 2017 and I started working for free, and then I started making some sales in 2018. I worked for free a lot throughout the entirety of 2018- doing girls's eyebrows to continue to build my portfolio and get content to edit and eventually post on instagram. While I was also doing work for free, I would get word of mouth referrals from these girls and would also get paid bookings. SO I was juggling both free and paid work. Last year was really hard and I hustled with no real plan or strategy, but I managed to pull through and did 43k of sales, netting about 32k of that. But I cant do another year of that, with no real plan or strategy. It was probably the most stressful, anxiety inducing year of my life. I started to get into a real funk in around October- I suffer from SAD and working was... more than I could manage. I stopped posting on instagram and slowly things started petering off. Its now February and Ive been sitting on my couch all day staring at my calendar- I have no more appointments. I was never fully booked but I could at least manage about 1k a week in sales, which is about 2 appointments. Im so lost. Ive just started posting on Instagram again, and I know I shouldnt have stopped and as a result, my business has suffered. Out of sight, out of mind, right? Lesson learned. I feel lost even writing this. This is some of the things Ive tried: - Mini/medium Influencers, I give them brows and their photos and videos and they never post, and then ignore my messages. We never had a contract, which I know is stupid, but I also dont have the money to secure a lawyer and take them to court in the event that they dont abide by the contract. I thought that they would be decent people. - Reaching out to girls on Instagram for free or discounted: The free ones said thanks, came in, and never came back. The paid ones were really hit or miss, a lot of people said that microblading wasnt for them, or they were a broke college student and couldnt afford it but thanks anyways. I think I secured one or 2 for $300. - Promos: I fucking hate promos. I did 2 promotions, one in may for summer at $400, and one on Black Friday for $450+tax. The May one was an absolute hit, I think I booked like 30 people for that, but, it's February and Im still getting messages from people asking me to honour they May promotion. Its almost been a YEAR! Then they ask when my next promo will be. The black friday one I booked 1 person. I really really dont want promotions to be a part of my business model. Others get by without it, so I want to as well. I dont want the type of clientelle who is looking for a deal, I want the type of clientelle who are looking to spend for quality. - Flyers: I made some beautiful, edgy flyers with hand made scratch offs with discounts. Order 5k of them, and tried to hand them out by hand downtown over every weekend of the summer. We handed out 4 or 5, people just dont like handouts. - Refferals program: Set up 20 poeple with refferal codes, and I think the knowledge of the code put potential clients off, knowing that the person they were being reffered by was getting a reward. The codes never once got used in the past year. - Currently doing google ads: Im averaging about $10 a day, anywhere from 10-20 clicks, but still no sales. Now, those are what I can remember on the top of my head. So, lets talk momentarily about what I want for my brand. I want a good, large client base of people who live and breathe fluffy eyebrows like I do. I want LOYAL clients who love me and my work and who will scream my name of a building. I am the ONLY person in Ontario who offers this style fluffy, messy brow style, and I KNOW there are people out there that want it. I just... dont know how to reach them. I want to be booked at least 1 month in advance, preferably 2. I want to be known as a leader in the microblading world of Toronto, an educator, the go-to girl. I need a lot of exposure. I want to be known as the top quality, top tier brow. I want to be KNOWN. I want a large instagram following, 20-30k at least. I want to be fun, and edgy, and just a bit different. I want to be known for being different. Colourful, pink, out there. I watched the movie about Queen last night, and thats what I want. I want to be known and loved for being different. The biggest issue for me is that I suffer from horrible anxiety. I can do my appointments- I can rock the ever living shit out of them. I can walk up to a cashier and pay for my order and maybe even flirt with them if Im feeling confident, but I absolute struggle when it comes to selling my business. As such, Ive found it immensely hard to try and get business in person. I also look incredibly youthful, we'll say. My customer service skills during the appointments are fantastic though. Im lost. I dont knwo what to do. I dont have a strategy, and living in Toronto means I have limited funds. How do I get exposure? How do I get client acquisition? How do I everything? Can you also critique my website? I also recently added google analytics, so Ive included some screenshots for additional info from that and the ads. https://imgur.com/a/p7AUcdf My website: www.nutatu.com My instagram: instgram.com/nu_tatu My google business listing for reviews: https://www.google.com/search?q=nu+tatu+microblading&oq=nu+tat&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j69i61j69i60l2j69i59j69i57.1690j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 My biggest competitors in the area: @browbeaute, @minibrow_ , @cristanicolebrows, @thobrows Thank you in advance for the time you put into reading this, and anything you might say to help me. [link] [comments]  | ||
| We just launch Free Social Customer Service Tool Posted: 02 Mar 2019 06:12 AM PST Hello everyone, I'm happy to announce that the first release of our product (Juphy) id ready to try today! I's the very first version. It's kind of MVP. We have 20+ active users right now. We need more users/testers/lovers in order to build and provide better user experience. Shortly, we need your feedback :) Let's build an amazing product together... [link] [comments]  | ||
| C Corp in DE, located in CA. Where to file state taxes? Posted: 02 Mar 2019 11:13 AM PST The C Corp is incorporated in Delaware, and registered in California (via Foreign Qualification), where everything is. Time to file taxes: there's federal & state... but which states? Both CA and DE? Thanks! [link] [comments]  | ||
| Do I need to tell the IRS I bought a small business? Posted: 02 Mar 2019 10:43 AM PST I purchased a 20% equity position in a small business (LLC) for $145k, in April of 2018. Am I required to provide any sort of documentation to the previous equity holder or the IRS? [link] [comments]  | ||
| Posted: 02 Mar 2019 10:34 AM PST Sorry in advance if I am all over the place. So to begin, my company filed its trade name certificate (DBA) in 2016 (We also have an EIN). We started making sales but quickly increased spending and lost money for about a year. Then, college consumed most of our time and we hardly paid any mind to the business until January of this year, 2019. We closed our bank account which was getting feed endlessly and are basically starting at square 0. Essentially what I am trying to ask is do I have to file taxes for previous years despite minor sales and a loss of money? I have the numbers on unorganized spreadsheets but have no idea where to start (besides starting fresh). Any and all information is appreciated! 💞 [link] [comments]  |
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