10 Ways to Get Back in Touch with Past Customers

Customers who have already purchased a product or a service from you are valuable: you’ve confirmed their viability as buyers in the best way possible. But unless you’ve got a clear process to make sure that your customers can keep … read full post

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10 Great Blog Topics for Marketing Your Company

This post was brought to you be Timesheets.com – the simplest way to track attendance and project time. If you’re like most entrepreneurs, freelancers, or contractors, writing probably isn’t your specialty. Your trade is your specialty. But these days, you’ve got … read full post

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How to Find Freelancers for your Small Business

Today’s guest post is brought to you by Shoeboxed, the fastest way to turn a pile of paper receipts into digital data for effortless expense reporting and bookkeeping. As your small business grows, you’ll have to find freelancers and per-project … read full post

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Business Plans for Beginners: The 7 Basics You Need To Know About

So you’ve decided to follow your dream of someday starting up your own business and decided that someday is, in fact, today. The best way to get the ball rolling on day one in terms of manifesting your small business … read full post

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Outright Weekly Small Business Forecast: Week of May 13th

Time for another business week! To help you get it started right, we’ve put together lots of news, tips, links and user questions what you need to know for this week – and beyond! Lets get started. Outright To-Do Tip: … read full post

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Easy and Effective Ways to Safeguard Your Business’ Online Reputation

If you run a relatively small business online you may not have too much trouble maintaining your reputation, especially if you offer superior goods or services and strive to provide excellent customer service. But as you grow you may find … read full post

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Should Online Sellers Accept BitCoins?

The bitcoin is a digital currency: it can be used to purchase products online, through sites that accept it, often anonymously. While bitcoins have been in use since 2009, they’ve only started to appear in mainstream media in the past … read full post

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First Hand Findings From a Business Owner

Vintage clothing and accessories have always been a passion of mine. For the last few years I have made some extra money selling items on Etsy and Ebay. Then I decided to take a big step and open my own … read full post

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1099-What? A Guide to the Various 1099s Small Business Owners Receive

As a new business owner, you may feel like you’ve stepped through the wardrobe into Narnia.  When you were an employee, you had a group of people in your office that would take care of all the paperwork and tax … read full post

Posted in Taxes |

Outright Weekly Small Business Forecast

Welcome to the brand new Outright Weekly Small Business Forecast! Instead of looking to the past in our Weekly Round-Up, the Forecast comes out on Mondays to let you know what to expect in the future. Let us know what … read full post

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