Infographic: The Financial Impact of Regulations on Small Business
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Owning a small business often means wearing every possible hat available, from marketer to sales clerk and inventory manager to HR professional. Learn from the experiences of the small business owners who are NFIB members as well as the best experts for each industry. Below you will find small business tips for everything from taxes and regulation to promotion and networking.
How To: Generate Revenue During Downtime
If your small business experiences peaks and dips in productivity, you’re not alone. Seasonal businesses will naturally see a busy period followed by a slower one. For example, a restaurant in a university town may experience a busy fall and winter but a slow summer, while the same restaurant in an area with a lot of tourism will see the...
Video: Small Biz Marketing at a Glance
For more marketing tips, visit: – Small business marketing infographic: what does and doesn’t work– Low-cost marketing strategies for small businesses– Social media marketing guide– 5 marketing tools that help small businesses find the right customers ...
How to Choose the Right Business Structure for Your Small Business
Before you choose a location, hire a staff or put the word out about your new venture, you have a bigger decision make: What type of business structure should you establish? The most common types of business structures are sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, S corporation and limited liability company (LLC). When selecting a business structure, it’s important to weigh the legal...
Small Business Book Club: Start With Why
The book and lecture series Start With Why by Simon Sinek encourages business owners to think about and understand the “why” of their business: the purpose, cause or belief system behind what they do every day. If they start with why, the what and how will fall into place, he says. Does the “why” mindset impact day-to-day business? These small business...
The Importance of Strategic Partnerships in Business
Strategic business partnerships allow small businesses the opportunity to grow their customer base and improve their business. Small business owner Scott Schnurr, of Plainfield, Ill.-based DRF Total Property Solutions, a professional property solutions business, has seen the benefits of business partnerships firsthand. He’s been working with big-name companies like Sears, Home Depot and RainSoft Water Treatment Systems to better serve...
Small Business Book Club: The Art of Profitability
The Book The Art of Profitability by Adrian Slywotzky In a fable-like format focusing on a wise, older business pro and a young mentee learning from him, Adrian Slywotzky’s The Art of Profitability is a simple and powerful description of 23 models of profitability. He covers the different ways companies create value for their customers and capture their share of the market. The...
Does Your Small Business Need a CFO?
For more information on the topic, visit: Would You Outsource Your CFO? Why Every Small Business Owner Should Have Job Descriptions ...
Small Business Book Club: Book Yourself Solid
The Small Business Owner: Melissa Preston, Owner of Melissa Preston Counseling in Denver, Colorado The Book: “Book Yourself Solid: The Fastest, Easiest, and Most Reliable System for Getting More Clients Than You Can Handle Even if You Hate Marketing and Selling,” by Michael Port Why I Read It I’m a member of a few different Facebook private practice groups. There was a thread...
5 Tips for Expanding Your Business Into New Markets
Use these tips to branch out of your market and into new ones, without getting stuck on a limb. Most businesses will try to grow upward, by seeking more customers and more volume. But a business can also grow out, branching into related markets, and initiating new product lines that might appeal to existing customers. Here are five tips for growing your small...
