This weekend, I took my kids to the Santa Claus Parade. While watching the parade, I exchanged a few comments with a friendly woman. She mentioned that they were there to see someone in the first float. My husband and I said we were there to see someone in the last float. We all chuckled […]
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Setting financial goals for your home business involves a lot more than just picking a number from the air and plunking it in a spreadsheet. And you need to do more than just look at last year’s numbers and add five or ten percent. To set accurate goals, you need a marketing plan or at
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Our weekly Friday 5 covers the top 5 mistakes to avoid in hiring a freelance web designer. Many consultants and small business owners need to hire a freelance web designer to build or overhaul their websites. But it’s not as simple as walking into a retail store and asking for the box on the top
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Cheap Christmas cards — believe it or not, one of the top reasons people visit this site is to find out about cheap Christmas cards. If you’re in the market for holiday cards, I recommend you check out my past posts on cheap Christmas cards. It’s already November 22, so you’ll want to get going
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If you’ve poked around for freelance jobs on the web, you may have run into online bidding sites. Work from Home Momma shares her thoughts about bidding sites. She notes that freelancers on these sites offer their work for hire at extremely low rates. I’ve always steered clear of bidding sites, since I know I
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Subcontracting tends to be common in the world of consulting. Whether you’re the subcontractor or the person hiring others for subcontracting, you’ll run into outsourced outsourcing at some point. But some consultants shy away from working for other consultants. That’s because some consultants seem to think that they need not pay till their client has
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How to find a qualified consultant – that’s a subject many companies struggle to address. But help with determining how to find a qualified consultant may be hard to get. So, here at Consultant Journal, we’ve put together this article to help companies find the help they need. What do you need from a qualified
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Do you think of yourself as a freelancer? There’s almost no difference between a freelancer and a consultant. In either case, you have a variety of clients and projects. It seems that some people prefer the term "freelancer" because it sounds more informal. But make no mistake: you’re still running a business. What’s involved in
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Subcontractor — what is a subcontractor? A subcontractor is an indvidual or organization that assumes all or part of another party’s contractual obligations. The subcontractor signs a contract to take on some of the work for which another company has a contractor. For example, when contruction companies are hired to build houses, they often farm
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Looking at buying a business, instead of starting one from scratch? Check out this week’s Friday 5, a list of the top 5 mistakes made when buying a business (expired link), via Michelle Knudson. She notes the importance of evaluating the potential of the business: We often get so sidetracked by the idea of being
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