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April 2010
Dear Client,
Welcome to INNOVATE!, an administrative resource for small business owners. INNOVATE! is a product of Cybertary, a professional Virtual Assisting company. In these monthly emails we will be giving you numerous resources and tips you can use in your business, your home, your office and your life.
April is here and Spring is in the air, but don't be an April fool in your business. Use these tips and tricks we share with you this month to keep your business thriving. Cybertary is sharing a few ideas that will help your business not be the brunt of this month's April Fool's joke.
Enjoy!
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 If you use email (and who doesn't these days?) there are three things you probably deal with on a daily basis: jokes, rumors and spam. Just as in real life where you endure your Uncle Milton's bad jokes, your neighbor's incessant gossiping (he swears it's all true!) and the junk mail in your mailbox, there are similar minor annoyances that come along with life online. Of course, in real life, you're getting pretty good at making a beeline past Uncle Milton when he's in "have you heard the one about" mode. And wiser now, you walk the slightly longer route to avoid that certain neighbor, and you read your mailbox contents over the recycle bin.In this article, we aim to help you take charge and avoid these little nuisances in your life online as well. |
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| The Down Low on Managing Your Small Business's Cash Flow | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Effectively managing your cash flow is one of the fundamentals of keeping your small business thriving. Some business people claim that a healthy cash flow is even more important than your business's ability to deliver its goods or services! That may be placing a bit too much importance on your cash flow, but consider this - if you fail to satisfy a customer and lose that customer's business, you can always work harder to please the next customer. But if you fail to have enough cash to pay your vendors, creditors, or your employees, you're out of business!
Every business can expect shortfalls now and again, and that's why it's vital that you always anticipate losses and have a competent plan in place for meeting your business's cash needs.
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Don't Be Afraid to Negotiate
 By Sharon Holbrook, Owner Cybertary Elk Grove
As a professional negotiator for many, many years, I made mistakes using tactics that didn’t work. But I also discovered many more that did. I was very pleased to discover that Dr. Karrass, the expert in negotiations, happens to agree with me!
Negotiations can be terrifying, intense, intimidating – or they can be simplified. Whether you are negotiating for a personal item, time, a raise, an automobile, a house…… or a large contract with an intimidating vendor, all of these scenarios have a similar thread: both sides have something to win… and to lose. Obviously, both sides want to come out winners, so how do you do that? |
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 Always forgetting your passwords or where you wrote it down? With 1Password strong, unique passwords can be created, remembered and restored for you, all directly in your web browser! Selecting one of your saved logins from 1Password's Go & Fill menu takes you to the site, securely fills your username and password, and logs you in, all with a single click or a few keystrokes. Once you've created your identities, select one in your web browser to quickly fill out a contact form. Store multiple credit cards to simplify and speed up your online shopping, thereby filling checkout forms with ease. And now you can take your information with you so that it's always on hand. Mobile versions of 1Password are available for iPhone OS and Palm OS and more data portability options are coming. Your data never leaves your computer and strong encryption keeps your data safe. |
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THEME - Planting the Seeds for Business Growth
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