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		<title>The New Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2011 18:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a guest post by Arden Wallace. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. Considering starting my own business was scary, especially since this was the second time around! When I was in college my father and I started a house flipping business that did great for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Starting Your Own Business- A Tick Box Approach</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a guest post by Neil Jones. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. It is not everyone’s cup of tea to work in an organization or company as one of the hundreds employed, with superiors to take instructions from, and having to take responsibility for actions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What issues might small businesses face while buying and selling wholesale?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a guest post by William King. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. People think that small businesses face less complicated issues in wholesale but this is not true. Small businesses face greater issues as compared to the large businesses. Let’s take a look on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Its Time to Start your Online Business!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GBell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you thought about starting an online business or are on the fence about starting one?  Do you think that you have a great idea for a new website that can possibly make you money and your visitors happy?  If so, then it is time to start up your business.  As each day goes by, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small Business Checklist Summary</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GBell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have a list of 10 checklist items that every Small Business needs to think about.  While we did create a more detailed version of each, we are going to put them all in this post for easy access and readability.  This is for anyone looking to start a business in the new year or for anyone that has just started a business and wants more information on how to keep it going.  Below is our Small Business Checklist.  Click each item for the full article.]]></description>
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		<title>Small Business Checklist Item # 10 – Social Media</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GBell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the internet ages and online marketing gets harder, companies need to now think about using social media as a marketing medium.  If your company is not using social media as a way to attract new customers, then you really need to think about starting.  Social Media outlets include blogs, twitter, facebook, you tube, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small Business Checklist Item # 9 – Employees</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GBell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If your company is at the stage where it needs to hire employees, you better take this stage very seriously.  You are going to be trusting people with the company that you build from the ground up, so you need to make sure that you take the proper steps in hiring the right individuals. First, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small Business Checklist Item # 8 – Proper Profit Margins</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GBell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[business checklist]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[net margin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[profit margin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a simple task to accomplish, but we have spoken to many people that have started a business that never really looked into creating prices for their products or services that gave them a positive net margin.  We are sure that many of you have probably done this as your started your business, so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small Business Checklist Item # 7 – Insurance</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GBell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[insurance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[To insure or Not to Insure?  This is a good question, but the answer is simple&#8230;&#8230;Get insurance!  There are many of you out there that have not taken the time to look into good business insurance for whatever company you run.  This is a very important part of business to protect your investment.  We will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small Business Checklist Item # 6 – Take Inventory or Dropship</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GBell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are asked about this more times than we can count.  Please note that this tip is really only dealing with companies that sell online, not really traditional retailers with brick and mortar stores.  This is an important discussion because it lays the foundation to how success you can be either online.  We will go [...]]]></description>
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