Starting a Personal Training Business - more details
If look in your phone book you will see small display ads under drywall or plaster repair that say ?We Love Small Jobs? or ?No Job Too Small?. Sure they like small jobs - this is where the easy money is. Small, 7 ? 10 hour jobs that command $30 - $70 p...

U-Turn Vending Review - more details
We're finishing our discussion on the three essentials to building a great salon business, and getting to the very rewarding aspect of making your customers into a solid loyal client. We've already discussed getting new customers (part 1) and t...

How to Market Your Salon Business Part 3 - more details
OK, were on our salon business building expedition and today we'll explore something that is absolutely a lost ingredient of most businesses today. In part 1 of this series I talked about bringing in new customers, and now we need to keep them. I&#...

How to Market Your Salon Business - Part 2 - more details
All businesses have potential, but a salon business has that unique quality of developing repeating patrons giving a salon business owner a great advantage over many other business models. Do all salons take advantage of this magical power of bringing ...

What Freelance Pricing Model Works Best? - more details
Don't you hate it when a prospect calls with a (supposedly) urgent need for your services. You drop everything to do an estimate, you begin to clear your schedule to make room for this new project, you submit the quote, and then you wait. And you w...

What They Say, What You Hear, What They Mean - more details
Turning down work is easier when business is booming and you've got more than you can handle. But when things are slow, it's tempting to go after jobs, customers and markets you'd be better off without. Here are 10 good reasons to turn down...

What You Should Consider When Hiring a Consultant - more details
I get asked a lot about the best way to price services. Hourly? Retainer? Fixed price? I have done all three, and I definitely have a preference.

10 Good Reasons to Turn Down a Project - more details
If you are a true jewelry lover, starting a home based jewelry business is something you may or may not have considered. Here are 3 reasons why you definitely should!

Starting a Mary Kay Business - more details
Following are three reasons freelance writing is the perfect career that practically assures job security. You can work from anywhere, get started with little or no money and build a successful business -- practically overnight. If you're looking f...

Setting Up a Home Office on a Budget - more details
Perhaps you started out singing in the shower, then you found yourself singing to songs on the radio, then you found yourself singing a few tunes at the local bar. It doesn't matter which really, anyone of these shows you enjoy music. Most likely y...