Introduction
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My goal is to provide you, the entrepreneur with a useful one stop source for business information. This monthly publication will allow you to focus on your business and still get a quick nuts & bolts glimpse on our changing business environment.
The "Business" section gives you current thinking, at a grass roots level, on business topics such as; accounting, customer service, finance, human relations, leadership, and marketing. The "News" section will focus on business news, gathered from a rich variety of sources. The "Views" section provides an entrepreneur's editorial opinion on a variety of current business and economic issues.
BNV provides useful business information from one entrepreneur to another. You can email me questions or suggest topics that may be of concern to your business. Coming soon at www.waconsult.com will be my weekly business blog. All of this information is intended to provide you with one-on-one information that will promote the success of your business.
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David Weatherholt, Editor
The Value of a Customer
What does it cost?
You may not think of customer service as a cost but it can have a significant impact on the cost of your product or service. Increasing costs are a fact of life for all businesses. The price of oil has had a significant impact on costs; add to this the cost of credit, the cost of insurance, labor, shipping, travel, and now the cost of customer service, wow!...
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6 Steps to Improve Customer Website Loyalty Visitors
Improve e-commerce
Online shopping has quickly outstretched high street shopping for popularity and overall spending. One of the big advantages that consumers gain is the ability to comparison shop for a better deal.
However, for the e-store owner or service provider, this can make it difficult to survive without offering the lowest prices and the greatest deals. Lowering prices has an obvious effect on your revenue and profit so it is vital that you aim for the right target market and attempt to build customer loyalty...
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Recessions Can Be Boon Times for Smart Businesses
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Don't cut back sales staff or marketing efforts; look for deals on rent and supplies.
There's no question that recession is a forbidding word for most Americans -- let alone entrepreneurs who live and die by the economy's health. This fear has become palpable in the business community in recent weeks, with grim talk of imminent layoffs, declining profits, and plummeting stock prices reaching a fever pitch...
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Capitalism or Socialism?
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This week the American voters will be casting their vote on what could be justifiably called the most important presidential election in our history. The stark realities are either to continue with the most successful economic system in the world, or change to a model that is truly inferior. My guess, reality is finally sinking in and that this country is not ready to embrace change as radical as socialism...
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Business/News & Views® / by David. W. Weatherholt
ISBN: 978-0-9823041-1-2 (electronic format)
Published in the United States of America through www.waconsult.com
Published in an electronic format by Weatherholt & Associates, LLC
First Trade Publishing: October 2008
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