Windows 7 has much better window management than previous versions of Windows. This allows you to easily maximize, minimize, and dock windows. You can drag windows to the top to maximize or the right or left to dock, but these keyboard shortcuts will allow you to work even faster: Win+Left Arrow and Win+Right Arrow dock [...]
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Creating a realistic budget is one of the most difficult things to do when you are working on getting your financial life in order. It is also one of the most important things! A budget will help you understand where your money is going and help control your spending so you can pay all of [...]
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If you’re looking for an inexpensive and portable option for your business phone line, consider Skype. Skype allows you to have a phone number, an outgoing line to call any normal phone number, perform video calls, have voicemail, and more. There are dozens of handsets available for you to have a “real” office phone – [...]
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Stress is a part of life. How you handle it is as important as the situation you are in. Here’s 21 tips for dealing with stress in your life: Look at problems as challenges Get up 15 minutes early Avoid negative people Prepare for your morning the night before Use time wisely Don’t worry about [...]
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You can add folders to the right side of your Dock to save time and allow you quick access to commonly used folders and files. Instead of adding the entire Applications folder link to your Dock, you can create a new folder and place shortcuts in it to your commonly used applications. This allows you [...]
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To delete files on the Mac, you can simply drag them to the Trash icon in the Dock (or select them and press COMMAND-DELETE). The files aren’t deleted yet, you need to choose Empty Trash in the Finder menu or press COMMAND-SHIFT-DELETE. The files have not really been deleted, the space on your hard drive [...]
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There are several different ways you can differentiate as a business: differentiation on price, quality, or other factors. Sometimes, your clients are looking for a premium product, a high quality version of the product or service. Competing on price is not the correct business decision – offer a premium version at a premium price if [...]
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If you’re looking to stretch dollars in your next marketing campaign, try reducing the size of the ads you purchase. You will be able to run more ads for the same money and you may find that different sized ads produce better results!
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One tip for small businesses looking to stretch their marketing dollars: find some non-competing businesses with the same target market to run joint promotions with. Offer to publicize their small business offerings to your customers if they promote your offerings. For example, if you bake wedding cakes, offer to work with a wedding photographer to [...]
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In any industry, there are often only a handful of success factors. Successful business people specialize in finding those success factors, narrowing on them with laser-like focus, and perfecting them. What are the success factors in your business? Do you do a good job in those areas? What can you do better?