365 Answers about Human Resources for the Small Business Owner


Book Description

This guide will serve as a reference for experienced small business owners and as a crash course for those who find themselves in a tough situation.




How to Get the Financing for Your New Small Business


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While poor management is cited most frequently as the reason small businesses fail, inadequate or ill-timed financing is a close second. Whether you're starting a business or expanding one, sufficient, ready capital is essential. This new book will provide you with a road map to secure the financing. The book goes into traditional financing methods and assists the reader in setting up proper financial statements and a proper business plan. It details the differences between debt and equity financing and how and why to use each. Valuation techniques are explained for determining what your business is truly worth. However, the book's real strength is in explaining alternative and creative methods of financing, such as SBA financing, angel investors, IPOs, limited public offerings, and venture capital. Numerous real-world examples are given for structuring a deal to benefit both the financier and the entrepreneur. Essential resources for finding the detailed information you need are included throughout.




Online Marketing Success Stories


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Online Marketing Success Stories Insider Secrets, from the Experts who are Making Millions on the Internet Today, will give you real life examples of how successful businesses market their products online. The information is so useful you can read a page and put the idea into action today! Standing out in the turmoil of today's internet marketplace is a major challenge. There are many books and courses on internet marketing; this is the only book that will provide you with insider secrets. The reason we asked the marketing experts who make their living on the internet every day and they talked! With e-commerce reaching over $40 billion and online businesses anticipated to increase by 500 percent, your business needs guidance from today's successful internet marketing veterans. Learn the most efficient ways to bring consumers to your site, get visitors to purchase, how to up sell, oversights to stay away from, and how to steer clear of years of disappointment. We spent thousands of hours interviewing, e-mailing, and communicating with hundreds of today's most successful e-commerce marketers. This book is a compilation of their secrets, and proven successful ideas. If you are interested in learning hundreds of hints, tricks and secrets on how to make money or more money with your Web site than this book is for you. Instruction is great, but advice from experts is something else, and the experts chronicled in this book are earning millions. This new exhaustively researched book will provide you with a jam-packed assortment of innovative ideas you can put to use today. This book gives you the proven strategies, innovative ideas, and actual case studies to help you sell more with less time and effort. Atlantic Publishing is a small, independent publishing company based in Ocala, Florida. Founded over twenty years ago in the company presidentâe(tm)s garage, Atlantic Publishing has grown to become a renowned resource for non-fiction books. Today, over 450 titles are in print covering subjects such as small business, healthy living, management, finance, careers, and real estate. Atlantic Publishing prides itself on producing award winning, high-quality manuals that give readers up-to-date, pertinent information, real-world examples, and case studies with expert advice. Every book has resources, contact information, and web sites of the products or companies discussed.




Successful Meetings


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A study by MCI found that most professionals believe that over 50 percent of meeting time is wasted. More than 90 percent admit to daydreaming in meetings, 73 percent have brought other work, and 39 percent have fallen asleep. You might think that there would be fewer meetings. However, in the survey 46 percent said they attended more meetings than a year ago. Meetings cost time and money. Many meetings end with no results or outcome. How can you be sure you are using your time and money effectively? The answer: with proper training. Even MBA graduates have never had a course in how to plan, organize, and present an effective meeting. That is the subject of this new book which will teach the proper skills and training to get great results with every meeting, every time! You will learn the checklists for planning your meeting, setting the agenda, strategic planning, how the physical setting can be improved, how to properly open a meeting, handling difficult people and maintaining control, how to assess and evaluate your meetings, and the correct method to end a meeting. Good meetings don't just happen, they are planned and created. Atlantic Publishing is a small, independent publishing company based in Ocala, Florida. Founded over twenty years ago in the company presidentâe(tm)s garage, Atlantic Publishing has grown to become a renowned resource for non-fiction books. Today, over 450 titles are in print covering subjects such as small business, healthy living, management, finance, careers, and real estate. Atlantic Publishing prides itself on producing award winning, high-quality manuals that give readers up-to-date, pertinent information, real-world examples, and case studies with expert advice. Every book has resources, contact information, and web sites of the products or companies discussed.




How to Creatively Finance Your Real Estate Investments and Build Your Personal Fortune


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In this book you will learn: how to negotiate with sellers, proven effective valuation techniques, how to use other people's money, use other people's credit, sell it before you buy it or pay for it, create positive cash flow, subject-to deals, over twenty nothing down scenarios, profiting from foreclosures, dealing with over-financed properties, working with judgements and liens, quit claim deeds, discounting mortgages and liens, lease options, wraparound financing and wrap notes, using trusts, self-directed IRA's, 1031 exchanges, create assumable loans, VA loans, options, and futures.




The Complete Guide to Personal Finance


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In this new book, you will learn how to get and manage credit, make and stick to a budget, save for college, determine your needs versus your wants, pay for a car, finance college, manage risk, open a bank account, write a check, balance a checkbook, avoid the pressures of consumerism, and how to avoid financial mistakes. You will also learn about investment options, taxes, checks, debit cards, credit cards, and basic budget tips. This book is filled with suggestions from financial and family counselors, and you will discover creative ways to get a jumpstart on your financial future and use money responsibly. Even if you have had a few missteps along the way, you will be able to learn from your mistakes and get on the path to financial well-being.




Organization and Administration of Adult Education Programs


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Administrators of adult education programs work in dynamic and ever-changing environments. They are continually challenged with a myriad of issues related to programming, budgeting, marketing, strategic planning, funding, human resource management, and other topics. With decades of real-world experience in the field, Steven Schmidt and Susan Yelich Biniecki have developed a second edition of their practical guide for those who are involved in the organization and administration of educational programs for adults. Whether you work in the human resource department of a corporation, a grass-roots community organization, a higher education unit, a consulting company, or any other type of organization that provides adult education, this book is for you. In a no-nonsense approach, Organization and Administration of Adult Education Programs: A Guide for Practitioners, 2nd Edition “talks” to you as an administrator about topics that are important to you. Guidelines, processes, and procedures discussed in the book can help to make you a more effective practitioner. This second edition includes a new chapter on the future of the field, new scenarios and activities, and significant new content to reflect the changing nature of topics discussed in the book.




Down to Business


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A bulletproof, step-by-step plan for turning your business brainstorm into a money-making reality At age fifty-two , after years of working her way up the corporate ladder, Clara Villarosa found herself out of a job. But she didn't let that get her down. Instead, she put her gifts to the test and started her own business, which became one of the country's best-known independent specialty bookstores-The Hue- Man Bookstore. Now, twenty years and two successful stores later, Clara is a highly sought-after business coach and expert in the industry. Down to Business expands on Villarosa's proven "First 10 Steps to Entrepreneurship for Women" to offer women everywhere a targeted plan to help them launch the small business of their dreams. This book includes advice on: ?How to develop realistic business ideas by researching the industry ?Analyzing a competitor's marketing approach and attracting your ideal customer ? Accumulating the start-up funds you need, from recruiting investors to using loans wisely ?Scouting the ideal location ? Creating a sound business plan-and beyond-with a simple, step-by-step strategy Packed with stories of businesswomen at all stages of the game-from a beer connoisseur-turned-brewer to an avid reader-turned-literary agent-Villarosa brings together inspiring, real-life stories with her award-winning business savvy. Encouraging and empowering, Down to Business will get you motivated to dust off your dream and get your plan into action.




How to Buy And/or Sell a Small Business for Maximum Profit


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This book provides a road map of suggestions, insights and techniques for both buyers and sellers. It covers the entire selling process step-by-step




The Professional Bar & Beverage Manager's Handbook


Book Description

CD-ROM contains: forms in PDF and a business plan in MS Word.