[PINNED] Promote your business, week of October 7, 2019 small business |
- [PINNED] Promote your business, week of October 7, 2019
- [PINNED] In this post, share your small business experience, successes, failures, AMAs, and lessons learned. Week of October 7, 2019
- Want to check out the effectiveness of your brand icon?
- Another version of “should I close?”
- Temporarily Self-Employed and Not Sure How to Handle it?
- VoIP solution that can record inbound / bound
- New Graduate Looking to Take on Tech Work - $100 Website
- Who here is on Shopify and uses email marketing?
- If you offer in-house delivery, how do you pay your drivers?
- growing the business model to adjacent markets, and larger markets?
- Offering Free Startup Coaching
- Looking for advice for my business and website.
- how to prepare to handle large scale operation?
- Looking for a solution to track jobs.
- I’m planning to start a Pharma company. Which type of company should I start ? S Corp Inc or C Corp LLC. I won’t be drawing any salary for the first year as I’m trying to build team & client connections. Please suggest any ideas.
- Credit Card Processor Recommendations?
- Best inventory and sales tracker for small retail business?
- Wanted to drop this off with you guys as well...
- New Vendor I Purchased From Didn't Send Full Order - What Are My Options?
- HR and payroll software recommendations
- taking a new product to market
- Is it a good idea to start with 3D printing and diverse slowly in other fields in a developing country like Nepal? Where competitor are less and demand is secured? Any suggestions? Sorry English is not my first language.
- Software to manage sales team and sending quotations
- Why would you hire an agency over a freelancer as an SME?
- How do i start my own investing consultation llc?
| [PINNED] Promote your business, week of October 7, 2019 Posted: 06 Oct 2019 07:49 PM PDT Post business promotion messages here including special offers especially if you cater to small business. Note: To prevent your messages from being flagged by the autofilter, don't use shortened URLs. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 06 Oct 2019 07:52 PM PDT This post welcomes and is dedicated to:
/r/smallbusiness is one of a very few subs where people can ask questions about operating their small business. To let that happen the main sub is dedicated to answering questions about subscriber's own small businesses. Many people also want to talk about things which are not specific questions about their own business. We don't want to disappoint those subscribers and provide this post as a place to share that content without overwhelming specific and often less popular simple questions. This isn't a license to spam the thread. Business promotion and free giveaways are welcome only in the Promote Your Business thread. Thinly-veiled website or video promoting posts will be removed as blogspam. Discussion of this policy and the purpose of the sub is welcome at https://www.reddit.com/r/smallbusiness/comments/ana6hg/psa_welcome_to_rsmallbusiness_we_are_dedicated_to/ [link] [comments]  |
| Want to check out the effectiveness of your brand icon? Posted: 07 Oct 2019 03:29 AM PDT Here is a simple test you can perform without leaving your office-- The Swap Test Swap part of your icon--the name or the visual element-- with that of a competing brand, or even a brand from another category. If the resulting icon is better, or no worse than it was, your existing icon has room for improvement. By the same token, no other company should be able to improve its icon by using part of yours. A good brand icon is like a tailored suit--it should only look good on you. A variation on the swap test is the hand test. This quick and dirty proof lets you check the effectiveness of ads, brochures, web pages, and other brand communications. Take any piece of visual communication and cover up your trademark with your hand. Can you tell whose piece it is? If the communication in question looks as if it could have come from any other company or brand, then it is less than it could be. Because even without a trademark, those familiar with your brand should be able to tell who is talking just by its voice, or the look and feel of the materials. [link] [comments]  |
| Another version of “should I close?” Posted: 06 Oct 2019 06:00 PM PDT Phrased this way because I'd be willing to bet this is the most FAQ on this community, but I've looked through and of course no ones situation is the same. A year and a half ago my fiancé and I bought the interior design/installation store we were both working for. It seemed like a great idea since we were so familiar with it. The existing owner had a hard time but she was a TERRIBLE money manager so we thought we could do better. Fast forward. He almost never does any of the labor and as a result we're in more debt than I can find money for, since nearly all the money goes to pay labor. He can't give me an explanation for why he won't work. Many days he comes in and watches YouTube or plays internet checkers nearly all day. But he uses the company bank account for his nonessential spending. I work my freaking tail off, have even learned to do some of the manual labor to try and help us out. I'm getting resentful and it's just plain unsustainable. I'm tired of not having any money and if I go back to my original field I can make plenty. I'm worried if I tell him I'm out it will hurt our relationship, but idk how much longer I can do this. Literally any advice is so welcome, I'm completely stuck. [link] [comments]  |
| Temporarily Self-Employed and Not Sure How to Handle it? Posted: 06 Oct 2019 11:55 AM PDT I couldn't find a good (active) sub Reddit for this question, and it's very timely - this sub Reddit makes the most sense, but I would certainly understand if it's not technically on-topic enough and is removed :) TL;DR: Job offer starts as 30-day contract work and I need to know what to do regarding taxes and the ~640-800 gross I'll receive for it. Here's the deal: I received a job offer yesterday, and it comes with a 30 day trial period. This period is done as contract work instead of employment at 10/hour for 4-5 days/week. It should be 640-800 gross, and if I remember right, the government starts caring at $600 for the year, right? Expenses that will happen in this time: Daycare at probably 351, so the net will be 449 at most for that period. I want to make my life come tax time as easy as possible. I don't need to work, so the money during this time isn't a big deal - I can probably increase my childcare expense some more if needed, for example, or find some other reasonable legal expenses. Or I can take that net 449 and just set it aside entirely because I have no idea what amount to take out of it, etc. What thoughts do you wise folk have on how best to handle this situation from a tax perspective? Thank you!!! [link] [comments]  |
| VoIP solution that can record inbound / bound Posted: 06 Oct 2019 08:00 PM PDT Might be tall order, but im looking for a google voice- like solution that can do following - SMS / phone call - recording inbound / outbound calls - ability to forward multiple numbers to one account - apps on both android / windows - ideally, has API Any such solution? [link] [comments]  |
| New Graduate Looking to Take on Tech Work - $100 Website Posted: 06 Oct 2019 09:57 PM PDT I am a university student awaiting graduation this winter with a degree in computer science with a keen eye for design. I would like to explore and get my foot in the door in terms of working with clients and gaining exposure to commercial development. I would love to own my own business one day as computer science and technology is my passion. I know the best way to do that is to get myself out there (I'm usually on the quieter side and keep to myself) and build a portfolio or work for the big man and gain enough experience before doing that. I am located in the states (Maryland) and willing to set up and create a static website for you starting at $100. Website that will require a high level of customization, we can discuss a price we can settle on. I also have experience in building websites with a shop using Woocommerce. I can also work on mobile apps, automation or custom software to help with your business. Let me know if I can be of assistance :) [link] [comments]  |
| Who here is on Shopify and uses email marketing? Posted: 07 Oct 2019 03:44 AM PDT Currently searching for ESP options. I used Klaviyo and Mailchimp but need need more personalization options. [link] [comments]  |
| If you offer in-house delivery, how do you pay your drivers? Posted: 06 Oct 2019 07:15 AM PDT Background: we're the top ranked restaurant on two of the four third-party delivery apps available in our market. The sales volume is increasing our gross revenue by 50-100% daily against our in-store sales. With demonstrated success with our product and process to quickly process order fulfillment for the delivery sector and obvious demand, we're considering adding in-house delivery to pocket some of 30% commission savings. Our own online ordering platform is already capable of this function, so the technical side is ready it's just the employee side. Therefore, my question is how have others who added this service or already offer it go about paying the drivers? I want something that will make it attractive for the good employees we have to want to take on this role for more hours with us. I've also personally driven for Doordash recently for about 100 drops so I could experience the driver-side role and understand the benefits and weaknesses of food delivery. Lowest cost option is not my concern as I prefer to pay higher wages to fewer quality staff than deal with the constant turmoil and self-manufactured crisis that defines the average pink-collar worker. The ideas I've floated in my head are as follows:
These are just thoughts based on my experience with Doordash and dealing with employees already at my business, so I'm open to anyone else's experience! Or, is it just too much of a nightmare and I should leave it to the third-party apps? [link] [comments]  |
| growing the business model to adjacent markets, and larger markets? Posted: 06 Oct 2019 10:01 PM PDT If I was to resell used motorcycle locally and ship them nation wide, strip damaged bikes for parts to sell online, and hire a mechanic to repair bikes to sell, to do installations and maintenance, how can I set my self up to become the 'bigger' player in the local and online scene? Is it mostly being consistent, having good products and being well recommended? How can I also grow to add on and to create custom leather seats, custom metal/fiberglass/carbon fiber parts for bikes, then become possibly a manufacturer of a custom bikes(adding mods to existing bikes)? [link] [comments]  |
| Offering Free Startup Coaching Posted: 06 Oct 2019 09:05 PM PDT Hi Everyone, As part of an upcoming venture, I'd like to offer free business consulting for any small businesses/startups who have a product but are looking to break down the foundations of their product offering and scale it into the future. I'm building a three month coaching curriculum and would love the opportunity to use real-life case studies and get feedback on refining my coaching. Ideally, your business should have:
With this information, I'll put together a baseline strategy report and give you some simple customer numbers to show if your business is on track to hit your targets (and if not, how you can refine it to achieve this!) Next, we will prioritise your constraints and remove the waste to boost ROI. Finally, we look at growth experiments to see you succeed in the future. So much more awaits but at this point, please comment or DM my account here and I'll put together some documentation to begin the validation of my own idea and help you see success in yours! [link] [comments]  |
| Looking for advice for my business and website. Posted: 06 Oct 2019 09:28 AM PDT Hi Everyone I just Launched a new store, its been about 2 months now had some buyers, and a bit of site traffic, but very low conversion now and no sales. Would really appreciate some help and Feedback. I have been running a lot of Fb and Ig adds to drive traffic to my site however I have began to notice that all the people that visit my site; 1 - spend under 20 seconds and 2 - only visit the home page and don't go past. The issue I'm having is that I believe the content on my site is really good quality as well as I have been partnering with influencer to get the word out which can be seen on my Ig page however I still have not seen an increase in traffic or engagement. All frames are designed by me and my partner, we have also professionally shot all the product photos to ensure the site looks professional however there is definitely something im missing as its not converting customer or even getting customer to view the product page. Would really appreciate any help and ideas. Regards Website - www.zuitra.com Instagram - @zuitraco [link] [comments]  |
| how to prepare to handle large scale operation? Posted: 06 Oct 2019 08:12 PM PDT should the idea be to standardize hiring and core processes so that it existing work can be expanded by workers? And also development and consulting to get better effectiveness? [link] [comments]  |
| Looking for a solution to track jobs. Posted: 06 Oct 2019 03:37 PM PDT We have a small office with a few technicians, what we are trying to do is in the office have a main screen with the jobs listed and whether the dead or not. we would like each of the technicians to be able to view and mark the job is done from their smartphone. Does anybody have a suggestion of a solution that we could use? [link] [comments]  |
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| Credit Card Processor Recommendations? Posted: 06 Oct 2019 04:44 PM PDT I ran a small family owned restaurant and we've been using Square as a processor for a few years now but their rates are changing. I've been thinking about switching to Payment Depot. Does anyone have any recommendations? Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| Best inventory and sales tracker for small retail business? Posted: 06 Oct 2019 02:51 PM PDT I'm taking over a small grocery store (first business) and they have no cash register or inventory system set up. What are my options in terms a system that I can put my products into, and it automatically updates when someone buy's anything? It would be awesome if it had a cash register system built in or I could integrate them together. [link] [comments]  |
| Wanted to drop this off with you guys as well... Posted: 06 Oct 2019 02:47 PM PDT |
| New Vendor I Purchased From Didn't Send Full Order - What Are My Options? Posted: 06 Oct 2019 01:44 PM PDT I purchased a wholesale order from a vendor, but they only sent me half the inventory I purchased from them. They won't respond to my calls/emails asking them to send the other half. I called my bank to dispute the charges and they said they can't dispute them on my behalf. I made a small order to test them out, and it was fine, but when I placed the large order, they screwed me. What other options do I have? It was a lot of money that I am now out of and I feel as though they are most likely doing this to other people. They are located in the state of Pennsylvania and I am located in Ohio if that helps. Any advice is appreciated! [link] [comments]  |
| HR and payroll software recommendations Posted: 06 Oct 2019 01:34 PM PDT I'm just wondering if there are some good HR (leave entitlements, sick leave, holidays) and payroll software out there? Is there a single solution or would one need a combo of products? [link] [comments]  |
| taking a new product to market Posted: 06 Oct 2019 01:19 PM PDT I have an idea for a new hand tool, an improvement on an old design. I'm not certain if any aspect of it is patentable but I do know that one design feature was previously patented but the patent is expired and the previous patent owner failed to capitalize on the patent. I know that I need to find some way to prototype and manufacture but am really not sure of first steps. any guidance is appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
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| Software to manage sales team and sending quotations Posted: 06 Oct 2019 12:47 PM PDT Hi, can you guys recommend a good software where i can manage a small sales team who sells for me? I dont need a software that manages the accounting side. Here are some things i want the software would handle
Thank you guys! [link] [comments]  |
| Why would you hire an agency over a freelancer as an SME? Posted: 06 Oct 2019 12:45 PM PDT What would you look for in an agency if you were to hire one over a freelancer? [link] [comments]  |
| How do i start my own investing consultation llc? Posted: 06 Oct 2019 12:44 PM PDT |
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