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One of the most frequent activities a prospective or existing small business owner takes is to ask a few friends or business associates about their reactions to a new product and then produce the product or start a new business based on those opinions. This informal "market research" can be very costly because it often incorrectly estimates your prospective market. But if you know how to systematically and effectively collect and analyze information from prospective customers, you can save time and a great deal of money.
Know Your Market takes the guesswork out of understanding your customers and their needs. Demonstrating step-by-step how to construct a typical research project, this streamlined guide explores all aspects of market analysis in language free of jargon and confusing abstraction. Beyond the nuts and bolts of collecting, classifying and storing data, Know Your Market explains how to set up information systems, and how to gather, analyze, and present information on products, markets, market segments, and market shares.
Complete with worksheets, charts, tables and
checklists, this practical guide will show you how to:
David Frigstad is co-founder of Market Intelligence Research Corporation (now Frost and Sullivan). Mr. Frigstad has been involved in international marketing challenges for the last 15 years. His clients include IBM, Sony, and TRW.
Mr. Frigstad has lectured extensively on market research principles throughout the world and has knowledge of the unique marketing challenges that face many businesses. He is also the author of Market Engineering, and Market Research in High Technology.
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Retail in Detail is a hands-on guide in practical, down-to-earth language. Even someone who has never been in business before can use it to great advantage. Written with warmth and humor, the book is aimed at anyone seeking a satisfying career in a retail business.
Retail in Detail addresses
such fundamental issues as:
Each chapter ends with successful strategies that
are full of advice, useful tips and ideas to reflect upon. Retail
in Detail also provides worksheets and samples, including:
In addition, you will find a glossary of terms, an extensive publications list, and a list of locations of major wholesale market centers, exhibition companies, and trade associations.
Ronald L. Bond has more than 13 years experience as a CEO and manager and now operates, with his wife Susie, two thriving retail gift stores called Homespun Cottage in Austin, Texas.
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Each year, more than 400,000 new businesses are started in the United States. Of those 400,000 new business owners, many probably wondered if they had taken care of all the legal requirements and done all the preplanning necessary to getting their business off on the right foot.
So how do you ensure you complete all the necessary preplanning for your new business? Well, you can spend a lot of time on the telephone or in the library, or you can read Start Your Business and get an all-in-one resource for learning about general start-up requirements and preplanning activities!
This newly revised, user-friendly workbook is uniquely designed to help beginning business owners realize what needs to be done and what should be done before opening their doors. With its checklist format and easy-to-read text, you can easily check off the activities you feel you need to complete and it encourages you to consider optional activities that will only strengthen your position in the marketplace.
Inc. magazine's April 1994 cover story, "In Search of the Small Business Bible," selected three Oasis Press® books among its Top 40 of start-up guides and business books. Start Your Business: A Beginner's Guide was judged to be one of the best.
One of the book's main benefits is its Plan of
Action worksheets that will help you organize and track all the
activities necessary for a strong start up. In addition, Start Your
Business will help you:
The book's numerous checklists are complemented by:
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| The books we select for our HomeBiz Book Store are considered empowerment books, after you have purchased a book. You can call the NAHBB for answers about your business venture, and talk to a professional consultant or a business developer. | |
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| The books we select for our HomeBiz Book Store are considered empowerment books, after you have purchased a book. You can call the NAHBB for answers about your business venture, and talk to a professional consultant or a business developer. | |
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| The books we select for our HomeBiz Book Store are considered empowerment books, after you have purchased a book. You can call the NAHBB for answers about your business venture, and talk to a professional consultant or a business developer. | |
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| The books we select for our HomeBiz Book Store are considered empowerment books, after you have purchased a book. You can call the NAHBB for answers about your business venture, and talk to a professional consultant or a business developer. | |
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The leaders of tomorrow must be whole people, able to deal with conceptual and abstract ideas in order to cultivate their reason, judgment, aesthetics and ethics. While most business books will teach you practical means of honing professional, technical, and vocational skills, Renaissance 2000 will show you why being a whole leader is the key to success.
In an age when most businesses are international or have the potential to become international, communications must break through the barriers of language, culture, customs, and values. Only when we are in touch with each other in these ways will our relationships become meaningful. Tomorrow's leaders must create a link that will counteract the damage caused by separation and specialization.
A resurgence of small companies in the United States has brought with it a new breed of thinkers with initiative, energy, and speed. In direct parallel with the Renaissance movement of the 15th-17th centuries, humanistic principles are flourishing, and business people need to be equipped with philosophical wisdom. Renaissance 2000 will show you how to be a better communicator, performer, and producer by using humanistic knowledge and experience.
Each chapter of Renaissance 2000 features recommended reading and viewing to complement the text and help you broaden your perspectives. The chapters also feature exercises to improve your skills and inspire creative thinking.
"The human mind becomes dull, bored, and flat with exactitude and the perfection of skills; however, it becomes excited, alive, and three-dimensional through the discovery and generation of new ideas," says Salvaneschi.
Luigi Salvaneschi has been an executive for McDonald's and Kentucky Fried Chicken, and was president of Blockbuster Entertainment Corp. Under his leadership, McDonald's opened 5,000 new stores, KFC opened 1,200, and Blockbuster opened 1,700. He lives in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and teaches at Barry University.
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Managing People: A Practical Guide is a roadmap to managerial
success. Emphasizing the importance of people skills, this book's
action-oriented approach addresses issues and concerns all business
people must deal with, whether they have a staff of two or 200.
This workbook will help you improve your skills in
working with people. Chapter topics range from collaborating to
delegating. In addition, two new chapters discuss the growing
cultural diversity in the workforce and global aspects of business
management. Each chapter is divided into three sections to help you
understand and apply the topics more effectively. The sections are
as follows:
Byron Lane is a successful entrepreneur turned organizational psychologist, consultant, and professor. He teaches at Pepperdine University's School of Business and Management and is a consultant to American corporations abroad.
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Today, as federal, state, and local governments
focus more on the rights of employees, every employer needs to be
aware of the laws affecting selection, hiring, and dismissal. This
book provides up-to-date information and step-by-step processes to
help you hire and keep the right person for each job. Tells what
employers must know about:
Answers questions on how to:
Also includes examples of many personnel forms and their use.
E.R. Worthington has served as a Small Business Development Center director, has owned two businesses, and has more than 30 years experience as a senior manager with the U.S. government. Now he is a Small Business Institute adviser through the College of Business Administration and Economics at New Mexico State University, where he is an associate professor of journalism. An award-winning author, he has contributed to more than 600 publications in the areas of business, aviation, media, management, and travel.
Anita E. Worthington is the administration manager of the Southern New Mexico District Census Bureau Office, and president of Worthington and Worthington Consultants. She has more than 18 years experience in personnel management and business administration. She is also a writer and an editor in the areas of psychology, human relations, aviation, and business.
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Proposal Development is a complete guide to developing a winning proposal. Learn everything from how to prepare proposal strategies, preliminary planning and in-house evaluation, printing, submission, how to make your presentation, plus the crucial stage of post-proposal follow-up to clinch the deal.
With Proposal Development, you will learn the techniques to determine what the prospect really wants to see and how to avoid last-minute rush and error. You will be able to create illustrations, tables, exhibits, appendices, and boilerplates to explain your ideas. The book will also teach you how to format your proposal using desktop publishing. You will even learn how to construct federal government-style proposals.
This book is ideal for sales representatives and marketing departments, grant writers, small business owners and managers, educators, libraries, business consultants, secretaries, and word processing operators. It is geared toward both novice and senior proposal writers, and contains tips and strategies to help you save time and increase your success rate at winning the bid.
Bud Porter-Roth has been recognized internationally for proposal writing and management that has resulted in many multi-million dollar contracts. He is the founder of Porter-Roth, Inc., where he consults with government, commercial, and international clients on large-scale technology projects. He has worked on many large proposals for companies like Hewlett-Packard, Grumman Data Systems, Hughes Network Systems, and Martin-Marietta.
He has also served as a proposal manager for Plexus Computers, Tandem Computers, TRW, and Ford Aerospace. A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, Porter-Roth also writes and teaches seminars on organizing proposals and requests for proposals to sales representatives, systems analysts, and management teams.
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Write Your Own Business Contracts: What Your Attorney Won't Tell You is an easy-to-read guide that helps you lower your legal costs by explaining the "dos" and "don'ts" of contract writing. The book gives you useful cost-saving tips on how to work with your attorney and get the most value for the least amount of billable time.
The book features examples of actual agreements (both good and bad) with detailed, point-by-point discussions about what makes a given agreement worthwhile or dangerous. You'll also learn techniques (and actual wording) for making a written contract consistent and presenting a well-structured deal.
The book also helps you:
Ideal for:
E. Thorpe Barrett has several decades of professional experience as both an attorney and an entrepreneur. He has been an engineer, an inventor, and owner and publisher of a weekly newspaper, and has advised both small and large corporate clients in a wide range of legal matters pertaining to business.
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Learn how to estimate the value, productivity, and potential of small
business while receiving solid advice on the risks, financing, and
protection of small business investments. Owners and future owners of
the over 20 million small businesses in the U.S. cannot afford to be
without this book.
Sellers - whether you are retiring or moving on to your next business
adventure - learn how to:
Buyers - whether you are a first-time business owner, a long-time
employee wanting to be your own boss, or a successful business
operator seeking to expand your chain of stores - learn how to:
Professionals, Consultants, Advisers - learn how to best serve the needs of your client and protect your client and yourself from post-sale trauma. Plus, a special section on how to value and sell a professional practice.
Ira N. Nottonson is a law review graduate of Boston College Law School. He has served the corporate business community in such diverse areas as sales, marketing, operations, legal, and general management. He has owned his own businesses and acted for both public and private corporations in many capacities, including general counsel and chief executive officer. He currently assists with start-up businesses and helps entrepreneurs buy, sell, value, franchise, and restructure existing businesses.
Just some of the 23 worksheets contained in this book:
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SmartStart is the all-in-one resource tool which will give a jump start on planning for your business. Each state-specific book includes the following information:
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The Buyer's Guide to Business Insurance is full of step-by-step guidance, ideas, and tips on how to improve your business insurance costs, coverage, and service from both insurance agencies and companies. The authors bring more than 38 years of industry experience to this helpful, nontechnical reference guide -- showing you how to get the best property and casualty insurance coverage at the lowest prices.
Reduce Your Premium PaymentsOne of the simplest ways business owners can save money is by re-examining their policy assumptions - an immediate refund may be yours for the asking. Most business insurance policies and rates are based on payrolls, inventories, or sales volumes. Too often, premiums on current policies are based on high values from pre-recession days. Your premium payments can be reduced simply by furnishing your agent or broker with the current real numbers.
The Buyer's Guide to Business Insurance will:
The Authors Encourage You to Shop Your Insurance
You will learn:
Checklists, comparison charts, prepared letters, and forms make this book especially easy to use. If you want to save time and money through a streamlined process, and gain an unbiased viewpoint of your business insurance situation, read The Buyer's Guide to Business Insurance.
About the Authors
Don Bury has 20 years of experience as an active broker-agent. Mr. Bury is a partner in the consulting firm Imhaus & Bury -- Insurance Optimizers, which is dedicated to helping business owners reduce costs while increasing coverage.
Larry Heischman has 18 years of experience in the insurance industry. He is a certified instructor for California Broker-Agent pre-licensing training and continuing education. Mr. Heischman also develops and teaches insurance seminars for businesses and individuals.
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