Category: Small Business Resources
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How to Calculate ROI Before Buying a Business
Founding a startup company can lead to excitement and rewards. On the other hand, if you want a way to own a small business with all of the rewards and a little less excitement, you might consider buying an existing business. If you buy the right company, you should already have a customer base, revenues,…
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How to Evolve with Your Customers
Your business’s health depends on keeping customers and attracting new ones. But as new technology hits the market, the economy changes (hello, global pandemic), or your customers’ expectations change, how do you ensure that your business stays current? At Neat, we’ve faced the challenge of evolving with our customers more than once. And luckily, we’ve…
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7 Tips to Improve Your Small Business Communication in 2020 and Beyond
Internal communication is a key success factor for nearly 79% of organizations, and yet 29% of employees believe their current internal communication tools aren’t working. If you’re not focused on improving communication in your small business, you need to read this. Why? Well, for starters, a report by The Economist Intelligence Unit revealed that poor…
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5 Lessons on Going Digital (From a Brand That Has Done It)
Small-business processes are colliding with digital tools at breakneck speed — and with good reason. It doesn’t matter what your small business is, implementing digital tools in your processes can improve multiple areas of your business — from how you operate to how you provide value to customers. But despite it being necessary to stay…
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Small Business Tax Deductions Worksheet (Part 2)
We’re back with more small business tax deductions! You might remember that in the first part of the series, we talked about how business tax deductions work — and what the IRS considers deductible. We spent a lot of time on what business expenses are deductible (which was fair enough, since you want to pay…
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Small Business Tax Preparation Checklist (2020)
If you’re like most small business owners, you’re looking for ways to save money and avoid potential problems with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Whether this is your first time filing taxes for your small business or you’re a seasoned business owner interested in maximizing business deductions, we’ve got you covered. In fact, if you’ve…
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WTH is WFH? 5 Tips for Remote Work
If you’re a small business owner working from home during Covid, you may be feeling pulled in different directions. After all, as we’ve been reminded recently there are plenty of ways for working from home (WFH) to go wrong like: Although working from home looks a bit different for everyone, it doesn’t have to be…
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COVID-19 Resources Available for Small Businesses. Your Questions, Answered
If you’re running a small business, the last few weeks have likely been intense and stressful. COVID-19 has had a major impact. In March, the majority of the top 10 most shared articles on LinkedIn were about the coronavirus. More than a month since the first stay-at-home orders it’s still the main topic of discussion.…
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7 Ways to Grow Your Business During Social Distancing
Small business owners have always faced big challenges, but they pale in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. A survey found nearly 7.5 million small businesses may be in danger of closing permanently over the next five months, and 3.5 million are at risk of closure in the next two months 80% of small employers…
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Living With Less Stress During COVID-19: The Busy Business Owner’s Guide
The Problems That Are Stressing Us Out Everything You Need to Know About Stress: A Short Guide More Money, More Problems: An Inside Look at the Struggles of a Small Business Owner How To Reduce Stress Like A Boss Final Thoughts With issues like COVID-19, healthcare, and business taxes, all weighing heavily on the mind…