Small Business - All Comments

FindStoreNearYou.com — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:46:55 GMT

Starting a business during an economic slowdown requires the business owner :

to assess which price range the consumer can afford. For instance if you own a small restaurant where most of the menu items are under $10, you won't commit the mistake of raising prices. Keeping prices low allows you to maintain your customer base and beat your competitors.
reduce maintenance costs to the minimum. For instance, if you are a cook , consider cooking yourself instead of hiring someone. Do the dish washing, floor and windows cleaning. You'll have to work hard but save on costs.
shop smart: check for places where prices are lowest like local farm markets
keep your advertising costs low. The way to do that is finding media where you can advertise for free like free classifieds sites.
list your business in free local directories like yellow pages, google maps and http://www.FindStoreNearU.com
consider having an online presence with a free website that is highly optimized.
use the Internet to locate sites that provide advice on do-it-yourself things, that help compare equipment and inventory prices etc.

LexingtonLaptop — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:35:12 GMT

Today's technology is great, we can all reduce energy usage and still upgrade computers at the same time.

Pretty much a win-win situation!

JackieHandunge — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:16:59 GMT

Thanks for the posting, would like to share this franchise opportunity which I came across -

http://www.bizymoms.com/franchises/opportunities/gourmet-dessert-shops.html

should be a great business opportunity as they have over 23 years experience in franchising, offers support without all the usual franchise fees.

Just another red laptop?

Direct2Dell — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:56:55 GMT

Since laptop color was offered to small business customers last year , just adding a color to a current

sugarbear18 — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:27:44 GMT

After finishing the survey and submitting, I get an error 404 message.

Dell ProManaged - Managed Services for Small and Medium Businesses

Direct2Dell — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:30:59 GMT

Last week, Dell began discussing its plans to continue improving services for customers, especially when

ScaleMP Test Drives Dell PowerEdge M610 Blade Server

Inside Enterprise IT — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:39:02 GMT

My colleagues in Global Small Business recently published a post on ScaleMP , a leading provider of virtualization

Spork Marketing — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:10:05 GMT

It's more popular than ever, and a lot of people find it can be valuable. Still, there's no substitute for in-person interaction, and I find I generate more revenue in the long term by meeting one-on-one rather than video conferencing.

Finding the right financing for your business

Small Business — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:31:56 GMT

There is little doubt that cash flow and access to capital remain big issues for businesses of all sizes

all the good names were taken — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:40:29 GMT

Congradulations on the launch! That's great to hear the small business success stories that Dell has helped facilitate. Hopefully other small businesses can learn from these and the list of heroes will continue to grow!

Its gratifying to see some original ideas in the market as well, rather than the same old boring promotions... :-)