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Big Money in your own Small Business – by Jeffrey J. Fox

How to Make Big Money in your own Small Business

Carpe diem. Seize the day.

In this book, How to make Big Money in your own Small Business, Jeffrey J. Fox suggests all small business owners learn some Latin. The book is filled with short chapters, each giving you an entertaining piece of advice and or encouragement.  Carpe diem. You can’t change yesterday, you have today and tomorrow to improve your business.

Starting and running a business is not easy, you will have one problem after another and there will be plenty of people telling you why your idea won’t work or the business will fail. Fox doesn’t deny this, but says “Aspirando et perseverando” (Aspire and persevere).

Some advice is very straight forward – don’t kid yourself into thinking you will have the self discipline to work out of your home. He says we can’t compete with the distractions of the refrigerator, the door bell and taking our pet ferrat for a walk. Any tax deduction we receive will be negated by a reduction of productivity which comes with the home office.

It’s ok to Strike out often. No wait,  Fox said not to worry about the failures,   keep trying.   It is the successes that matter and if you don’t keep trying,  the successes will not arrive.

The 60-30-10 rule is offered as a powerful allocation tool.  Where should you spend your time.   Treat your time like you would your money,  invest carefully.   This rule can be applied at a high level to running your business with the recommendation to spend 60% of your time on marketing and selling.

Another great chapter in this book is the one with the Small Business Owner’s Success Blueprint.   Fox defines a step  by step blueprint for your business,  ending in “You must start selling and never stop”.

I enjoyed the book and found myself looking to see what other books he has written.

Books by Jeffrey J. Fox:

How to make Big Money in your own Small Business
How to Be a Fierce Competitor: What Winning Companies and Great Managers Do in Tough Times
How to Become a Rainmaker: The Rules for Getting and Keeping Customers and Clients
Secrets of Great Rainmakers: The Keys to Success and Wealth

101 Best Businesses for Pet Lovers — Joseph Nigro

Interested in starting a business?   Do you love pets?  Great business ideas may be different for different people.   101 Best Businesses for Pet Lovers  may trigger the business idea and passion combination required for success.  

Pet sitting,  dog walker, dog trainer:  do any of these business ideas sound like a great idea for a pet business?  This book walks through a 101 ideas at a high level.    The book spends time identifying background information on the idea, discussing how much money it will take,   what qualifications would be required,   resources available and how to find customers.  

The chapters in the book discuss:

Great Business Ideas for Pet Lovers

  • Services for pets
  • Part time and full time pet careers
  • Pet product manufacturing and inventions, including pet food and pet toys.
  • Using your talents – designing clothes, writing a book,  making furniture or photographing pets.
  • Pet owners merchandise.   T-shirts, bumper stickers or license plates.
  • Brick and Mortar retailing and franchises.  
  • Unusual items:   Holiday clothing,   Cat nip farm or a doggie summer camp
  • Online pet business:  Sell pet thngs on eBay, create a pet website or newsletter

The sky is the limit with these ideas.  

If pets are your passion and you are working in the idea phase, this book is for you. 

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Top Tips for Cleaning a Window

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Find some music you enjoy, to keep you motivated
Use two buckets, one with clean water
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SBA New Site: Six Steps to Exporting Success

News Release

SBA PRESS OFFICE

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Commerce, SBA Launch New Online Tool

To Help Small Businesses Begin Exporting

New Site: Six Steps to Exporting Success

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Release Date:  November 19, 2010   

Contact:  David Hall  (202) 205-6697

Release Number: 10-66  

Internet Address: http://www.sba.gov/news

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WASHINGTON – Small businesses interested in exporting now have a new online tool to help them tap into the global marketplace to grow their business.

Developed . . . → Read More: SBA New Site: Six Steps to Exporting Success

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The business idea.

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