Articles, tagged with "billable hours", page 6
08th May 2007
Many small businesses owners are realizing that a business isn't that easy to run by themselves. The main problem is a small business owner has to wear a thousand different hats, whether it be marketing, website design, administrative or customer service....
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Tracy Collins
15th February 2007
Copyright (c) 2007 Nancy D. Solomon, LLC
Fifteen years ago, I made a New Year's resolution to never, ever make another one again. Rather than motivating me to change, inspiring me to action, and embarrassing me into financial, physical, or emotional sh...
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Nancy D. Solomon
13th February 2007
The average legal practice is buried under an avalanche of paper. Documents are crucial elements for the communication, reference and execution of every legal transaction. But the management of these documents can severely impact your law practice's billa...
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Web-odonata
13th December 2006
A 2005 Salary.com and AOL study says the average employee wastes 2.09 hours a day on everything from conducting personal business to running errands, arriving late or leaving early and making personal phone calls.
When you're an owner of a service-orie...
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John Eller
18th November 2006
When a new car rolls off the assembly line, every part on it has been checked, double-checked and checked again to make sure it meets the exact specifications and tolerances established by the automotive engineers who designed it. Car manufacturers know...
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Richard Hall
17th November 2006
Copyright 2006 Sandra P. Martini
Remember the commercial of the woman in a business suit top, pajama bottoms and bunny slippers while on a conference call? Way back when, I used to think that symbolized home office life. Ahhh, the joy of it.
Once ...
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Sandra Martini
03rd October 2006
In college, you majored in accounting. You sweated through the CPA exam and put in countless billable hours as a young practitioner. Now you're well into a successful career. But what happens if you discover making numbers talk no longer carries the thril...
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Neil More
08th September 2006
Lawyers spend thousands of dollars on complex marketing plans.
But then, often, other priorities seize their attention and their marketing plans gather dust. Here's the marketing plan I use for my clients.
STEP #1: Identify the services you want t...
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Trey Ryder
24th July 2006
Time management techniques will be what set you apart from many of your competitors. By employing smart time management techniques you will be more efficient, more effective, and more profitable. Without proper management of time, a lot of hours fall into...
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Computer Consulting Kit Home Study Course
22nd July 2006
Overhead costs are those expenses that do not vary with your production level. A term that is synonymous with overhead cost is sunk cost. The cost of the item or service is sunk regardless of whether you generate any income or not. You need to pay for ele...
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Computer Consulting Kit Home Study Course
17th July 2006
Selling products as part of your computer consulting business is an option you should consider. Products can offer an additional revenue stream but you must determine if the extra expense and overhead associated with selling products are a good fit for yo...
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Computer Consulting Kit Home Study Course
29th June 2006
Sales lead management is a business activity that tends to be cast aside when the going gets good. When the current revenue stream is flowing great, sales lead management is the farthest thing from people's mind. Unfortunately, when marketing activities a...
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Computer Consulting Kit Home Study Course
29th June 2006
Benchmarking and best practice is a way for you to measure your success against others who have made the leap into computer consulting before you. By measuring your own performance against industry benchmarks you get an idea of what you need to work on to...
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Computer Consulting Kit Home Study Course
16th June 2006
Web design and search engine optimisation are two quite different disciplines, and usually people specialise in either one or the other, but rarely in both.
However, there are synergies and consequent opportunities for strategic partnerships and allian...
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Ben Kemp
16th June 2006
Copyright 2006 Sandra P. Martini
One of the worst moments in a business owner's life is that silent moment between when you quote your rate to a potential client and his response. True, that hardly a second goes by, but it can feel like an eternity.
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Author:
Sandra Martini
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