Figuring out whether you should found an LLC, a C-Corporation, an S-Corp, a Sole Proprietorship, or a Partnership can be difficult – there are a lot of choices, and your decision will have huge ramifications for your business. In this article, I demistify the process by providing you with a great, free resource and a quick description of each entity. This decision shouldn’t be hard – don’t let it be!
I’ve been obsessed with HubSpot for some time now, and I’ve personally used them to more than quintupple my leads through one of my small businesses. Now, thanks to my pestering, HubSpot is offering an exclusive discount and a one-month free trial to anyone who signs up as a lead through TakeCareOf.Biz. I love my readers, and I love Hubspot – who knows…maybe one day, they’ll love each other, too. Call me the Emma of online marketing.
When you’re starting a business, you need to do two things: make more money, and make more money. You do that by focusing almost all of your attention on your marketing and sales efforts. “Business development” is for the big boys, but it’s NOT for you. Try to break $2,000,000 a year in revenue. When you’ve done that, then you can spend your time on fancy entrepreneur stuff. Until that point, you’re a salesperson whether you like it or not.
Six Sigma is one of the most powerful tools that you can use to improve your business. It’s also one of the most widely misunderstood. As a newly certified Six Sigma Black Belt, I’m constantly asked: “what is a Six Sigma?” It’s a great question, and this series is meant to teach you the basics of the philosophy and how to put it to use TODAY to start improving your small business and delighting your customers.
PPC advertising is one of the best ways possible to get your business in front of prospective customers as quickly and effectively a possible – but you have to do it right. My recent article on Technorati gives readers 5 quick tips to improve their performance and make sure they’re getting the most possible from each dollar they spend on the medium.
Small business owners have incredibly strong bonds with their employees, so there’s nothing worse than having to let them go; you feel like you’ve failed them, and like you’re hurting someone close to you. But if you see things slowing down, you need to get rid of your excess employees as quickly as possibly if you’re going to survive. Part 8 of the Biztakes discusses the need for fast fires, and how they end up being fairer to your company AND to your employees.
I don’t know a soul who isn’t interested in running his or her own business – everyone wants to do it, and there’s damn good reason for that: I believe that running a business is the most personally and financially rewarding thing that you can possibly do with your life. So why don’t more people do it? “Because they don’t know how.” Well, in today’s article, I’m going to show you how you can start your own business in one quick, easy step. Read on to find out more.
