How to run a business successfully

Expert commentary, rules and regulations, tips, and general information for starting, running, and growing a business.

• Choosing a business structure
   
• Starting your own business in 30 days
   
• Thinking about a home office?
   
• Tax reminders for businesses with home offices
   
• IRS publishes fact sheet on for-profit hobby deduction rules
   
• New IRS analysis shows only half of Schedule C income is reported
   
• Has the IRS overreached in audits of small businesses?
   
• SBA offers free online training course in franchising
   
• IRS launches campaign to help new small businesses
   
• IRS shifting audit focus to small corporations from largest corporations
   
• Home office deduction makes Top Ten list for government reform
   
• Tax pitfalls you could face as a small business owner
   
• New employer ID numbers now available instantly online
   
• Issues spouse-owned businesses should consider
   
• 5 Start-up mistakes entrepreneurs should avoid

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  Employees

   

• Hiring essentials: Conducting background checks
   
• Effective rules for successful mentoring
   
• Marketing core services and niche practices after Sarbanes-Oxley
   
• The risks in hiring new employees
   
• Is the perfect employee really out there?
   
• Measuring employee engagement
   
• 10 steps to maximizing ROI in employee pay
   
• Setting up payroll in a small business
   
• Offering benefits reduces employee turnover in small businesses
   
• Top five hiring mistakes small businesses make
   
• 7 Reasons why managers find it difficult to throw out bad apples

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  Sales and Marketing

   

• Staying top of mind (without being a pain in the neck)
   
• Is it time for your company to add a sales team?
   
• Ramp up your brand - sledgehammers and service brand preference
   
• Creating customer loyalty: Keep them coming back
   
• New book offers tips to help small retailers compete
   
• Giving your business clients things they need
   
• Entrepreneurial positive thinking: Six ways to give yourself the greatest chance for success
   
• Using online press releases to get prospects
   
• Allen Boress: How to measure your firm's marketing performance

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  Technology

   

• Business intelligence on the rise among small businesses
   
• E-mail newsletters grow in popularity & help small businesses gain visibility
   
• How to increase your online visibility using Work.com
   
• Why Intuit helps you with more than just your books
   
• Disaster recovery, backup, and restore: Big challenges for small businesses

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  Management

   

• Lean & not mean: Simple management most effective
   
• Tips on how to conduct an effective meeting
   
• Growing your small business with project management

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  Business growth

   

• 12 tips to help small retailers thrive in a recession

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  Keeping the Books

   

• Reducing float for fun and profit
   
• Budgeting trends help SMBs and SMEs thwart headaches
   
• Eight cash flow secrets of entrepreneurs
   
• For small businesses, cash flow is king
   
• Record keeping for small businesses

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  Retirement and Succession

   

• Solo 401(k) plans - great benefit for the sole proprietor
   
• Succession planning for solo business owners

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