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    What Marketing tools are you utilizing?

    Here is my list: G suite - very versatile on many office staples and you can link a lot of you information together Slack - a great way to communicate with your team Adobe Suite - All my editing needs GeoFli - Geo marketing software that also utilizes website personalization and makes it AB...
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    Looking for advice as a video business

    Hey everyone. I am looking for some advice. So when I started out freelancing I did a decent amount of commercial work (low budget). About a year into freelancing I started doing wedding. The weddings started to take off so I really started to focus on that. I built a brand for that and set up...
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    Feedback for my platform K-Stash: A search engine for your personal links. A knowledge factory. Meant for devs, researchers and students

    K-Stash is a platform (currently in closed beta) meant to gather all your useful links in one single place and create a sort of knowledge stash, accessible any time. As myself a developer, in 5+ years I have stashed hundreds of web pages in the bookmarks, but even though they are saved there, I...
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    Philippine E-commerce Survey

    Hey guys! We are conducting a brand incubation survey and would like to understand the e-commerce shopping habits of local Filipinos. We would appreciate it if you could help us by filling out this survey questionnaire: [https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GJLM7MZ]()
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    Update for SBA Advance 4/6 applied 3/30

    Called today to SBA hotline 1-800-695-2955 to get a status update on my application that I applied to on 3/30. Rep said: 1) SBA tech team has not built out system to check on application portals 2) do not expect your money in 3 day turnaround time 3) if I haven’t heard anything within 10...
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    (USA) I am a small business LLC owner, I forgot to file my form 1065, how do I file this after the fact and is there any way to not get a giant fine?

    Any info about best ways to file my 1065 and add it to the taxes I already submitted (used Turbotax but printed and sent by mail to the IRS) would be super helpful. It's me and one other partner but I am the majority owner of the business. I had no idea a 1065 existed as this is my first year...
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    The NYT does a deep dive on Jack Welch and Sigma Six

    Good morning. We look at why economic inequality began soaring in the U.S. four decades ago. 📷Jack Welch before his retirement in 2001.Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times Net losses If you look at historical data on the U.S. economy, you often notice that something changed in the late...
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    What would you do in my boat?

    Need some advice on a business dealing I spoke to a silent partner of a company im an employee of that is worth around 10m and will do 3m in profit this year. I bring in around 40% of the gross revenue. The main owner wants to sell me at a 10m evaluation. But I spoke to one of the silent...
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    Booking laying off 25% of it's work force

    One of the most damaged sectors of the effect of COVID-19 is Travelling. The surprise that shocked the world is the fact that Booking.com the greatest in the industry is laying off 25% of its employees almost 4000 employees. CEO Glenn Fogel mentioned that he wished this would not happen.
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    Update on the buyout of my business.

    A month ago I posted about how I sold my 18 month old business for over 100k but the buyer stopped making payments. Update. We gave him a 30 day demand letter and he didn’t respond. We are serving him papers and he has 21 days to respond or it goes to default judgement. I found out via an...
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    [Giveaway] 10 Must-Read Books for Starting, Scaling, or Selling Your Business

    Done-for-you business summer reading giveaway - https://trainual.com/giveaways/10-business-books/ 1) Mastering the Rockefeller Habits: What You Must Do to Increase the Value of Your Growing Firm by Verne Harnish 2) Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It... and Why the Rest Don't by Verne...
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    Started a small business flushing Tankless Water Heaters and made a few $1,000 in the first month. Here’s how I did it

    It started when I was over at my friend’s house that he bought a few years ago. It is in one of those new fancy schmancy townhome developments that have tripled their home value in the past few years... His house came with all the best home appliances like smart wifi systems, kitchen sink that...
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    I am burnout. I dont know how should i tackle these problems?

    Firstly we are short of bakery or storekeeper. It's not that I don't want to hire bakery or storekeeper or logistics. There's just limited number of people available to hire. We don't have quota. We need locals to hire foreigners.Marketing is purely because inventory, is not getting done. I am...
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    14+ top sales promotion examples for Shopify stores in this BFCM💕

    Free shipping & free return Flash Sale Free sample/Free trial/Free demo Free Gift Gift with purchase Coupon BOGO: Buy one get one Volume discount/Bundled products Social media contests & giveaways Referral discount Donate a portion of the purchase Subscription/Recurring sale Discount for the...
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    How many organisational tiers are there between CEO's and those at the "bottom" in giant franchise based corporations like McDonald's?

    I work in an organisation with over 20,000 employees, though only a third of us are at corporate. I'm at "tier two", and there are six or seven tiers total. With 40,000 locations worldwide it's hard for me to conceptualise an organisational hierarchy from franchise owners/managers upwards...
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    USPS losing checks in the mail like crazy it seems

    Is USPS driving anyone else crazy? They are losing outbound checks from my business at an increasing pace, and it's getting really annoying. I am just curious if a) anyone else is seeing this same issue, and b) what, if anything, you are doing about it. A little background... I run a small...
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    Pretty shameful on Waste Management and their response

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    Took over a Kitchen & Bath showroom, struggling to make payroll, rent, etc. Help

    Hello. If you can make it through the long read, I appreciate it. I am 31 and have been self employed in the remodeling industry since 2015. Most of that time I was physically on the tools and self performing most if not all work, specializing in Kitchen & Bath remodeling, finish carpentry such...
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    Small business owner - How can I get a PCAB License?

    Hi! Are there contractors here? I’m running a small business on the side with my mom and gusto ko sana PCAB Licensed din sya. I think we can get more clients this way. Our Business supplies glass, iron works, locks and other fixtures to businesses and houses. I’ve been doing some research...
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    AMA: I don't know who needs to hear this, but you made the right decision to go on your own!

    Today I officially hit a personal goal... $1MM in revenue . Peanuts compared to our largest competitor, but man is it a long way from where we started. Still a one man "side hustle," still dreaming of one day "quitting my day job," that I still work 8-5 every day hah! Today marks a 200% y/y...
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