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Showing posts with label Business. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Business. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Great Directory Site!

I was just browsing around in the Internet and found an interesting website called clicksmart.com where they pre-screen local home & office service providers to help you find the best. They have a directory for chicago investment property where they provide an awesome directory of properties and help connect consumers with small businesses. By certifying small businesses who are experts in their field, they take the guessing out of choosing the right real estate agent, insurance broker, or other professional. They pre-screen each of the Clicksmart Certified Experts on their site for quality and experience. Of course if you are looking for a property that is going to be your business' location it has to be one of the best, when I say the best I meant best location where it will draw high traffic so when people see it while driving by it will let them know that you are there, they will remember you when they come to a point that they might need something that happened to be what your business is there offering for.

Saturday, August 30, 2008

All for nothing?

We worked really late last night because we are planning of having a garage sale today. We started our day early (which I hate because I have to wake up early but hey when it comes to business we have to do what we don't like to do) to set it all up. The weather seems to be fine so we have everything set and 2 hours later here comes a shower. So we have to cover it all up. Then thirty minutes later we have to uncover the whole thing since the sun shows up. Then a little bit later it started to shower again. Is it got to do with the crazy weather in Florida or the two storms in the Caribbean right now. No matter what it is, it just made the effort worthless. What a day!

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Time to get a merchant account

As our experience in running a small business, I can share a lot of experiences that might be helpful for those who wants to start a business. I know when you have your own business is a dream come true. Owning one is like a bird flying freely across the sky. You don't have to worry about your boss not liking your performance or being late from your work or worst being fired. When you have your own business, you are the boss, you will run it according to your style and rules. Sounds really good right? But having a business is not as simple as it looks, it can be complicated when you don't do the right thing. Before you start a business be sure to know all the factors that might get more complicated in the long run. You have to know the process with your business especially when it comes to your financial aspects. When everything is set up right at the beginning it will be much easier at the later time just like when you have merchant services, it will make ACH processing, Credit Card Processing and alternative small business financing more convenient. I found Merchant Advisors where their payment processing solutions are designed to meet the requirements of both medium and enterprise level companies so it will be affordable for new businesses searching for a scalable solution.


Wednesday, August 27, 2008

capital for your business

In a business world it is not easy money all the time. We have to deal with the high and the low. Not all month is profitable and not all month is slow either. If you run a business, you have to fully understand the whole process of the business. In our store, it a little bit challenging since also have the online deals. It is like the backbone of our retail store, without the online deals our store is nothing. Online deals is where our profitable deals are coming from and we are talking about serious working capital. My husband always want to be ready all the time because big deals that needs a whole lot of capital don't come often and when it finally come, it is unpredictable and we need to be always ready and have the money to make the deal. We have to have somebody that can lend us a helping hand for situation like this to come. A company that will give us a business loans yet it will not kill us with the fees and interest. We want a company that will provide innovative and specialized solutions to us. Solutions that have helped us reduce processing costs, streamline operations, and increase sales through the use of additional payment options because sometimes we can sell the stuff quickly and sometimes it takes months before we are able to get rid of the stuff.

Saturday, August 2, 2008

Why me?

The today is the actual auction that ray and I was going to go for viewing yesterday. I wanted to go so bad but I can't I need to be at the store since we just fired the employee that used to work for Saturdays (he is not working for us). He is actually a good employee yet he got other stuff going on. He got his own website that actually take in people that needs computer service just like what we do and we actually recommend our customer to him but when it comes to the store on Saturdays, we need someone that can be there all the the time because that's one of our main reason to hire someone to be there when we are not. We always like to take off on the weekends and having someone that will not give us 5 hour notice that he can't come in is not feasible. it is impossible to find someone to replace him for just a day! So now I can't go to the auction even though I want to go o bad and I am here stuck at the store because ray want some of the items they are auctioning off. I just hope he won't go crazy bidding so high because sometimes he just keep bidding it up and he forgot he is way too high! I'll just cross my fingers on that!

Friday, June 13, 2008

Business Going Green

We are all aware that most stars are like going green. A lot of people that can have money drive a hybrid car because they want to help conserve. Individual can make a difference as long we all going to do it. In business we can also support and help conserve. Even electronics like Printed wooden usb can help especially that nowadays it's commonly used. Total Merchandise Ltd is trying to help the environment. Like selling this "Eco-friendly printed usb".They are one of the leading companies in the UK for supplying printed promotional business gifts to large blue chip companies and locally run businesses and charities. They have over 15000 products available to you from UK and European stock on fast turnaround times, especially on plain stock orders. They also have existing relationships with factories in the Far East to meet your completely bespoke or bulk order requirements.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

June 10 CUL location keywords

Driving is a privilege. I have seen so many car accidents almost everyday. I know that there's so many reasons why we can get into a wreck. The bottom line is are we prepared for all the consequences. Hospital bills can bury you into debt and of course what if you car can't be used anymore without fixing it? We have to be prepared in anything and stockton car insurance offers cheap rates. Cost-U-Less has been in the insurance business since 1980, theu have been growing ever since. While many of their stores are located in Northern California, they are expanding all over the State, and they are pleased to have over ten locations in Southern California, serving cities in and around Anaheim, Palmdale, Long Beach, Whittier, Pomona, Torrance, Santa Ana, San Bernardino, Victorville, Tarzana and Lancaster. So be prepared because anything can happen in just the blink of an eye.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Training for a New Employee

It's been almost 2 months now we are in the mode of trial and error for the right employee. It's actually just for the eBay listing for our Collector's Stamp Covers. It supposed to be my job but when you are talking about putting on six thousand covers, I am like uh uh, it's too much. I have been working hard enough and I have lost track of my other important stuff to do. I have trained three already, First was a disaster, she made a lot of mistake and I talked Ray to fire her because I just don't like her talking in the phone while she was on training. The second guy was kinda okay yet he made mistakes but he has to leave for another job anyway so we don't have to fire him. The third one was great but he can only work part time and it has to be at home and we can always work around it but the only problem with him is the communication. He didn't leave his phone number and he doesn't check his emails and communication is a big PART in anything we do! Now I am training another guy. He actually been working for us for few weeks now but he never do the inputing of stamp covers that's why I have to train him. I guess at the end of the day we'll find out if he's going to work out for that job or he'll be back to his original assignment.