This week’s edition of the Home business Carnival is about Customer Service. Only a few worthy on topic contribution for this edition, but I found them excellent and I hope you do too! First, is Christine, now a Home Business Carnival regular. She has some serious advice for sensitive types and for artists. Number 8 [...]
Customer Service Do’s and Don’ts – Home Business Carnival #16
by Pascal on January 30, 2007 in Business
Upgrade to WordPress 2.1
by Pascal on January 25, 2007 in Hosting, News
Last night, I upgraded to WordPress 2.1. I was expecting the worst, so I very carefully did a database backup (using an export from phpmyadmin), did 2 backups of the files, and followed the instructions carefully. I must admit I did skip the part about disabling the extensions, and that save some time. Instead of [...]
Marketing ideas – Home Business Carnival #15
by Pascal on January 17, 2007 in Business
This week’s edition of the Home business Carnival is about Marketing. For this 15th edition (is that 15 already!), you’ll find a lot of valuable information from contributors all over the blogosphere, so sit back relax and read on… In the Economic of Self Awareness, Brandon coins the term Authentic Marketing that he defines as: [...]
Business Year End Wrap up – Home Business Carnival #14
by Pascal on January 6, 2007 in Business
With the start of the New Year, here’s an edition on wrapping up the past year and starting the new year on a good footing. For a year end review, Frank Ross recommends the following: Analyze what worked well Analyze what did not work Look for what can be improved Explore new opportunities that may [...]
Wrapping up Business at Year End
by Pascal on January 6, 2007 in Business
If you’re a small independent business owner it could serve you well to take a birds eye view of your entire money making process for your business. 1. Looking at this year’s activity and make sure you’ve identified your most profitable customer – profile the characteristics that help you identify similar customers in the marketplace [...]
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