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7 Ways to Control Chaos in Your Small Business from About.com

SmartBizDiva — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:46:44 +0000

“I know it’s here somewhere.” “I’ll have to get back to you about that.” “Where’s that _____?”

Sound familiar? If so, chaos has crept into your small business – and is probably busy spreading throughout your organization like a virus. Disorganization and confusion are irritating, but they’re also just plain bad for business. Think of it as a formula, if you like: chaos increasing equals profits decreasing. What to do? Control chaos by applying these basic office management principles:

Twitter for Small Business

SmartBizDiva — Sun, 30 May 2010 14:21:46 +0000

One of the easiest ways to get intimate with your target market is to engage via social media, and Twitter is the ideal tool to help you do so.

Be honest, provocative, engaging and open. Start conversations. Post tips and hints that apply to your niche. Engage with others via retweeting and replying. Don’t be afraid to be bold. Speak your truth.

Don’t be the wonk who only posts, posts, posts with a series of affiliate links and not a single retweet. The SOCIAL part of social media is essential to building a following. Merely posting affiliate links will not get you followers who are genuinely interested in your business/services/products.

Be bold small business owner, this form of marketing is FREE – and we love free

Make a Referral – jump start the economy

SmartBizDiva — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:41:50 +0000

Cost Cutting Measure #3: Reuse paper

SmartBizDiva — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:00:46 +0000

If your office does a lot of single-sided printing, make use of papers that are destined for recycling.

Our family uses leftover paper for kid’s drawings, I use it for Sudoku and printing maps from Google and we use it for draft documents for school projects.

Reduce, reuse, recycle

Tax Info for Canucks!

SmartBizDiva — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:35:05 +0000

If you are filing by NETFILE, you have an extension for filing your income tax return to midnight local time. The CRA site has apparently been having issues – it’s slow as molasses!

Go to the CRA site for more info on small business filing rules << Be aware that the site is SUPER SLOW today!

And yes, I’ve already filed and paid

Are you Referring to Me?

SmartBizDiva — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:08:25 +0000

There is an on-going debate in the Virtual Assistant community about potential clients asking for references. Some are offended; some don