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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. 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Jaguar and Lincoln dealership now sells EV (Made in China) in California

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Ramon Alvarez, through Alvarez Electric started selling EV (electric vehicles ) in California.  The vehicles are from China manufactured by Luzhou Wuling.  They sell Eco Truck, Eco Van, and Eco Commuter and price range from $10,000 to 18,000.  (There is another Alvarez in PHL who sells cars and buses;  and even runs bus company)

Alvarez runs the Jaguar and Lincoln dealership in California and changing conditions (competition, green innovation/consciousness, high gas prices) saw their sales drop from l00 units to only 60 a month.   While his employees responded for call to work harder, he had to innovate to arrest the declining sales. He has been selling cars for the last 30 years. (In California, you need car.) He has to develop new strategies to serve the changing car market.

It took him three years to prepare:   line up financing, establish the infrastructure, meet the stringent regulations.  Wuling, their supplier, has been in business for 52 years and has quite an experience in manufacturing, efficient, low speed EVs

Survey shows that 57% of the new car buyer will consider buying an electric vehicle and that represents a growing big opportunity for Alvarez Electric/electric vehicles

Alvarez plans to open new outlets in Glendale and Riverside.

Customer Service apps for android phones

Ateneo Innovation and Entrepreneurship "New ideas create more and better new products and services; create more wealth."

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There is no more excuse for managing well customer service programs. With android phones and several apps for customer service, this looks easier to execute and do.  Prices range from $l5.00 per month up to $50.00 (a little bit pricey)

Some of the apps name:   Zendesk, kayako (kaya ko - can do?), Idea Scale,  help scout, and tello

4 Mobile Apps for Better Brainstorming

From: Intuit Small Business Blog <blog@intuit.com>
Date: Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 9:08 PM
Subject: 4 Mobile Apps for Better Brainstorming

	Weekly Update 4 Mobile Apps for Better Brainstorming Innovate or perish. In any fast-changing industry, idea generation isn't a luxury; it's a survival skill. Done right, brainstorming sessions help get concepts flowing and bring team members together for … Read more: http://blog.intuit.com/trends/4-mobile-apps-for-better-brainstorming/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=4-mobile-apps-for-better-brainstorming What Every Small-Business Owner Should Do Before the Year Ends Although your mood of late may be moving from motivated to merry, there is much that you — and every small-business owner — should do before the year ends to … Read more: http://blog.intuit.com/money/what-every-small-business-owner-should-do-before-the-year-ends/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-every-small-business-owner-should-do-before-the-year-ends Intuit Wish Helps Young Entrepreneur Remain a 'Cut' Above the Rest While a majority of his peers were toiling with video games and other common childhood pursuits, eight-year-old Ryan Stadel was becoming the youngest businessman on his block. "When I was … Read more: http://blog.intuit.com/local/intuit-wish-helps-young-entrepreneur-remain-a-cut-above-the-rest/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=intuit-wish-helps-young-entrepreneur-remain-a-cut-above-the-rest 5 Ways to Prevent Smartphone "Showrooming" Smartphones and price-comparison apps have given rise to "showrooming," whereby shoppers browse products in a retail store, check prices via web-enabled mobile device, and then leave empty-handed to buy the … Read more: http://blog.intuit.com/trends/5-ways-to-prevent-smartphone-showrooming/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=5-ways-to-prevent-smartphone-showrooming 7 Digital Signing Apps for Contracts and Other Agreements Leaving a paper trail is so 20th century. Using an electronic John Hancock to sign digital documents can save you time, money, and the environment. Digital signatures got their legitimate … Read more: http://blog.intuit.com/money/7-digital-signing-apps-for-contracts-and-other-agreements/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=7-digital-signing-apps-for-contracts-and-other-agreements 4 Ways to Recruit Millennial Workers The Millennial generation can be a bit baffling to small-business owners. After all, why would you want to hire a bunch of overconfident job-hoppers who are addicted to social media? … Read more: http://blog.intuit.com/employees/4-ways-to-recruit-millennial-workers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=4-ways-to-recruit-millennial-workers 5 Tips for Influencing Shoppers with Fragrance Despite the holiday rush, is your retail shop struggling to stay in the black? It may be time to implement an "olfactory marketing" strategy. That's right: How your store smells … Read more: http://blog.intuit.com/marketing/5-tips-for-influencing-shoppers-with-fragrance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=5-tips-for-influencing-shoppers-with-fragrance 4 Ways a "Buddha Mentality" Can Build Your Business Regardless of your religious affiliation or spiritual beliefs, there are benefits to bringing a kind of Zen to the way you approach business. Here are four ways to integrate a … Read more: http://blog.intuit.com/trends/4-ways-a-buddha-mentality-can-build-your-business/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=4-ways-a-buddha-mentality-can-build-your-business 7 Tips for Creating an Employee Handbook Is your small business growing? If so, it may be time to codify some workplace rules. Creating an employee handbook doesn't ensure compliance, of course, but it can help to … Read more: http://blog.intuit.com/employees/7-tips-for-creating-an-employee-handbook/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=7-tips-for-creating-an-employee-handbook 5 Tips for Military Veterans Starting a Business About 200,000 U.S. military personnel return to civilian life each year. Rather than retire or take corporate jobs, some of them would like to start small businesses. You see, a … Read more: http://blog.intuit.com/trends/5-tips-for-military-veterans-starting-a-business/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=5-tips-for-military-veterans-starting-a-business In the Trenches: Business Hours Revisited Back in April, I wrote about establishing fixed business hours, and I implemented some soon afterward. The move not only has helped to preserve my sanity, but also hasn't hurt … Read more: http://blog.intuit.com/marketing/in-the-trenches-business-hours-revisited/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-the-trenches-business-hours-revisited Baker's Wish is a Piece of Cake for Intuit For a little more than three years now, Shantal Derboghosian has led a double life. By day, she is an accomplished chemist who holds a master's degree in environmental engineering … Read more: http://blog.intuit.com/local/bakers-wish-is-a-piece-of-cake-for-intuit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bakers-wish-is-a-piece-of-cake-for-intuit Colleges Begin to Focus on Creating Entrepreneurs America's universities are filled with the business leaders of tomorrow. In the past, these future executives typically obtained a degree and then headed out into the world to begin a … Read more: http://blog.intuit.com/trends/colleges-begin-to-focus-on-creating-entrepreneurs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=colleges-begin-to-focus-on-creating-entrepreneurs Forget Paper Paychecks: Direct Deposit Can Save You Time and Money Are you still cutting paper checks for employees? Although it may seem easier to stick with procedures you've always followed, automating your payroll system can save you hours per week … Read more: http://blog.intuit.com/employees/forget-paper-paychecks-direct-deposit-can-save-you-time-and-money/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=forget-paper-paychecks-direct-deposit-can-save-you-time-and-money How to Turn Your Soon-to-Be Ex-Employer Into Your Startup's Biggest Customer Does your small business meet a need of your soon-to-be ex-employer? Don't ignore this obvious opportunity. Most people want to do business with people they already know, which makes your … Read more: http://blog.intuit.com/marketing/how-to-turn-your-soon-to-be-ex-employer-into-your-startups-biggest-customer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-turn-your-soon-to-be-ex-employer-into-your-startups-biggest-customer A 'Sign' of Good Things to Come for In the RA Fitness If there's anything hotter than the weather in Phoenix, it's one of the hottest new group fitness studios in the West. But for Serina Kappes, co-founder of In the RA … Read more: http://blog.intuit.com/local/a-sign-of-good-things-to-come-for-in-the-ra-fitness/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-sign-of-good-things-to-come-for-in-the-ra-fitness 4 Mistakes Small Businesses Make with Online Video Marketing When starting any new venture, it's a good idea to learn from the mistakes of others. In the world of online video marketing, there are plenty of mistakes to learn … Read more: http://blog.intuit.com/marketing/4-mistakes-small-businesses-make-with-online-video-marketing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=4-mistakes-small-businesses-make-with-online-video-marketing Shop Intuit: Website Services QuickBooks Payroll GoPayment Point of Sale Get Help: Support Community

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