| What's New? March 6 , 2001 Selling Your Business?
A final column on things to remember if your business will be sold soon, in The Ultimate Sale - Your Business. March 2, 2001 How Much Would Your Company Sell For?
In this interview with expert Shannonn P. Pratt, learn how small business owners should begin the process of selling their business. The standard "rules of thumb" approaches to valuing a business are not very reliable. Article includes checklist for valuation of business. See: The Valuation Process. Features
Is your email out of control? Learn about Email Filtering in our latest Tip of the Week.
Also, two new feature articles are online: Handling Bank Loan Rejection and a new Q&A related to the valuation interview—What's My Business Worth. February 23, 2001 accommodation in BrusselsEmployee Performance Problems, Solved
The final part of this week's Personnel series takes a look at interventional steps that may help salvage a problem employee in Six Steps to Solving Employee Performance Problems. February 22, 2001 Problem Employees/Employee Retention
Explore the reasons why employees don't perform well in Why Don't My Employees Do What They Should? Also, next in our Q&A Series: How Can I Retain Good Employees? February 20, 2001 Help Wanted
The next article on Human Resources & Personnel will help guide you in your search for new employees. See How to Write a Help Wanted Ad. February 19, 2001 Employees/HR
In response to many requests for more articles on employee/employer issues, we're rolling out several new columns this week ... starting with Finding Employees in a Tight Market. February 18, 2001 e-Commerce Continued ...
As a follow-up to last week's articles are two additions to the e-Commerce section of our Business Library. Learn what it takes to get visitors to return to your web site in Web Marketing: Getting Them and Keeping Them. And discover how to utilize auctions to help determine customer interest in Online Auctions are an Excellent Way to Test Products. February 16, 2001 e-Commerce
The next series of articles authored by our SBDC consultants focus on web site development. Learn what you need to know in order to Choose a Webmaster. A somewhat different perspective is offered in An E-Team is the Key Behind Any Successful E-Business. Look for two additional articles in the e-Commerce section of our Business Library next week. February 13, 2001 Virus Alert!
Don't miss our Tip of the Week covering yet another virus that is likely to land in your inbox this week. Learn how to deal with it before it's a problem. Features
Two new feature articles are online: Netiquette (if you don't know what it is, you need to read this!) and a new Q&A—Where Can I Get Money? This is probably the #1 question small business owners ask. Read on to get going in the right direction. February 9, 2001 Managing Accounts Payable
The final part of the three-part cash cycle management series is now available. If you missed the first two parts, start with Managing Collections without Giving Away the Store (part 1) or jump directly to Managing Accounts Payable (part 3). February 7, 2001 Managing Inventory
Haapsalu Hoteles motel baratosThe second installment of this in-depth, three-part series on cash cycle management is now online. Start with Managing Collections without Giving Away the Store (part 1) or move directly to Managing Inventory (part 2). February 1, 2001 Speed Up Collections
Learn how to implement three cost effective strategies to speed up collections in part one of a three part series on cash cycle management. Start with Managing Collections without Giving Away the Store. January 31, 2001 Evaluating Your Business Idea - updated document!
Just added to the Starting a Business section of our Business Library is an updated version of Evaluating Your Business Idea. This PDF document is designed to help the potential small businessperson work with a business advisor to determine potential for success. This new version can be filled out online and printed (requires Adobe Reader 4). Instructions can be found here.
January 30, 2001 Marketing Plan
The last two parts of this five-part series on putting together a marketing plan were added today—start with Identifying Your Market (part 1) or jump to Determining Your Market Share (part 4). January 28, 2001 Professional Marketing
The next article in our SBDC Perspectives covers the ten basic marketing moves essential to taking an organized approach to small business success. Find Professional Marketing: It's not Just for the Big Guys in the Marketing Plans section of our growing Business Library. January 25, 2001 Marketing Plan
Learn how to pull together a marketing plan for your business in this five-part series. The first three parts are online now—start with Identifying Your Market ... January 21, 2001 Relationship Marketing
The next article authored by our SBDC consultants is now online. This week's column focuses on relationship (or target) marketing. Learn how large corporations use it and how you can too, using information you already have available about your customers. Find Relationship Marketing: Add the Personal Touch in the Customer Service section of our Business Library. January 16, 2001 Customer Service
Learn strategies to retain current customers, increase repeat sales and benefit from referrals from satisfied customers in this new feature article: Customers Are For Keeps. Other resources are available in our new Customer Service section just added to the resources in the growing Business Library. This is the first article in a series of columns authored by SBDC consultants. A new column will be featured weekly. January 2, 2001 e-Commerce
With the internet playing a larger role in daily life, doing business online is a necessity. Previously, people "let their fingers do the walking" and looked up business contact information in the Yellow Pages. Now, if your business cannot be found on the internet, it could easily be overlooked. It's a new year -- if you haven't already put your business on the net, take a look at the newly updated e-Commerce section in our Business Library to learn more. Even if you currently have a web site, you will find terrific materials and marketing tools. And keep an eye to the Learning Center ... e-Commerce courses are coming soon! If you don't have a web site, we have the perfect solution: ASBDCNOW.com. This service is an easy-to-use solution and requires no knowledge of HTML, programming or graphics. This free tool not only builds your site, but stores it and tracks your visitors' activities. What's New - 2000 | 
