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From: Intuit Small Business Blog <blog@intuit.com>
Date: Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 9:02 PM
Subject: 7 Ways to Sort a 'Slow Pay' from a 'No Pay' Client

	Weekly Update 7 Ways to Sort a 'Slow Pay' from a 'No Pay' Client It's an all too common dilemma for small-business owners: How much time do you give customers to pay overdue bills before writing off your losses as bad debt? Deciding when it's … Read more: http://blog.intuit.com/money/7-ways-to-sort-a-slow-pay-from-a-no-pay-client/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=7-ways-to-sort-a-slow-pay-from-a-no-pay-client Cleaning for a Good Cause Made Possible by Intuit After serving eight years in the U.S. Navy, Danielle McCray wanted to start her own business as both a way to give back to her community of Florence, South Carolina, … Read more: http://blog.intuit.com/local/cleaning-for-a-good-cause-made-possible-by-intuit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cleaning-for-a-good-cause-made-possible-by-intuit Do You Have Enough Savings to Retire? The U.S. Small Business Administration warns that too many small-business owners today lack sufficient retirement savings. In fact, wage-earning or hourly employees are more likely to be well-prepared for retirement … Read more: http://blog.intuit.com/money/do-you-have-enough-savings-to-retire/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=do-you-have-enough-savings-to-retire 5 Lessons from Ernst & Young's 2012 Entrepreneurs of the Year Each year, Ernst & Young names a cadre of business owners as Entrepreneurs of the Year in various categories and then picks one overall winner. In 2012, the global accounting … Read more: http://blog.intuit.com/trends/5-lessons-from-ernst-youngs-2012-entrepreneurs-of-the-year/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=5-lessons-from-ernst-youngs-2012-entrepreneurs-of-the-year How to Start Selling at Farmers Markets American consumers love a good farmers market: The succulent fruits and vegetables. The tempting sights, sounds, and smells. The feeling of rubbing shoulders with neighbors and coming home with delicious, … Read more: http://blog.intuit.com/local/how-to-start-selling-at-farmers-markets/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-start-selling-at-farmers-markets How to Kick Up Your Credit Score No matter how large or small your business is, it's important to have a great credit score — both for you and your business. Good credit scores are like money … Read more: http://blog.intuit.com/money/how-to-kick-up-your-credit-score/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-kick-up-your-credit-score Playing the Middleman: Tips for Building a Successful Online Marketplace Etsy, OpenTable, Airbnb, and other successful startups in recent memory have at least one thing in common: They don't sell their own products or services. These online marketplaces facilitate transactions … Read more: http://blog.intuit.com/trends/playing-the-middleman-tips-for-building-a-successful-online-marketplace/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=playing-the-middleman-tips-for-building-a-successful-online-marketplace Finance Expert Coaches Etsy Sellers in New Book When Etsy launched in 2005, the e-commerce site turned thousands of hobbyists into professional craftspeople. Woodworkers, knitters, seamstresses, and others suddenly had a virtual storefront through which they could sell … Read more: http://blog.intuit.com/money/finance-expert-coaches-etsy-sellers-in-new-book/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=finance-expert-coaches-etsy-sellers-in-new-book 7 Tips for Succeeding as a Family Business Nine out of 10 businesses in the United States are family-owned, according to the Small Business Administration. That's an impressive statistic, considering all of the minefields associated with keeping things … Read more: http://blog.intuit.com/employees/7-tips-for-succeeding-as-a-family-business/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=7-tips-for-succeeding-as-a-family-business Use Viddy and Instagram to Engage with Customers Social media and reality TV have quietly changed what we expect from the people with whom we do business. We get a behind-the-scenes glimpse into lives of celebrities, entrepreneurs, and … Read more: http://blog.intuit.com/marketing/use-viddy-and-instagram-to-engage-with-customers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=use-viddy-and-instagram-to-engage-with-customers Kathy Sidell on Living the American Restaurant Dream Kathy Sidell grew up in a family of foodies. In 2005, the producer-turned-restaurateur opened the Metropolitan Club in Chestnut Hill, Mass. Since then, she's expanded the upscale burger bar to … Read more: http://blog.intuit.com/trends/kathy-sidell-on-living-the-american-restaurant-dream/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kathy-sidell-on-living-the-american-restaurant-dream In the Trenches: When Service Offerings Begin to Blur At Cranky Concierge, we have a fairly simple menu of services: flight planning, flight monitoring, and urgent assistance. Although we handle various tasks in each of these three categories, our … Read more: http://blog.intuit.com/marketing/in-the-trenches-when-service-offerings-begin-to-blur/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-the-trenches-when-service-offerings-begin-to-blur How to Revitalize the 'About' Page on Your Website Before customers buy anything from your small business, they may want to know more about it and you — perhaps so they can determine whether or not they think your … Read more: http://blog.intuit.com/marketing/how-to-revitalize-the-about-page-on-your-website/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-revitalize-the-about-page-on-your-website What's Your Small-Business Brand Strategy? Branding is about more than having an eye-catching logo. It's about the promise you make to your customers to provide a product or service, to do so with consistency and … Read more: http://blog.intuit.com/marketing/whats-your-small-business-brand-strategy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whats-your-small-business-brand-strategy Have You Checked Your Online Reputation Lately? Reputation. It's a concept you hear about from a young age but probably give little thought to — until negative words are spoken about you. Then, suddenly, you're all too … Read more: http://blog.intuit.com/marketing/have-you-checked-your-online-reputation-lately/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=have-you-checked-your-online-reputation-lately Shop Intuit: Website Services QuickBooks Payroll GoPayment Point of Sale Get Help: Support Community

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