Heather Villa

In this eleventh post of the TweetsIn10 series, I’m going to talk about hashtags. Hashtags are those things you see in tweets with a number sign in front of them: #coffee #bookkeeping #TigerWoods #BusinessLunchClub #dogs #NYC #NASCAR #WSJ #Apple (etc., etc.) These tags are ways for people to label their tweets to give them some [...]

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Did you like that title? Every business owner wants to run a more efficient, profitable business. But I confess that I wasn’t entirely honest with you: The original subject line of this Tips In Ten article was going to be “Manage Your Expenses in 10 Minutes a Day”. Unfortunately, I don’t know many people who [...]

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Running a business requires a combination of your own talents and skills and the talents and skills of other people. I can’t think of a single person in the history of ever who could do it all with excellence. Almost all businesses do some form of outsourcing or subcontracting. In some cases (depending on budget [...]

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Bookkeeping is one of those topics that few people love to talk about. For most business owners, bookkeeping is like a visit to the dentist: Unpleasant but necessary. (Not everyone is like that, of course… and we’ve all become bookkeepers or accountants). In this issue of Tips In Ten, I’m going to show you how [...]

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I’m not a big believer in the “magic bullet” theory of business. I’ve never believed that a particular business model or the perfect product will turn a business from a mediocre business into a super-success. I’ve always subscribed to the notion that if you work hard and provide value and do good in the world, [...]

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Have you ever wondered what separates a headlining “superstar” of an industry from the rest of the pack? What makes Seth Godin or Tony Robbins or Jeffrey Gitomer a thousand times more successful than the rest of us? There are plenty of potential answers (and certainly, I believe it’s a combination of factors), but there [...]

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Many people still associate outsourcing with manufacturing or global workforces, but it is much more. Outsourcing is an efficient way to manage special projects or overflow, expand staffing resources, and grow your business without the related increase in overhead and vacation pay. Many businesses outsource critical business tasks that require specialized knowledge such as bookkeeping, [...]

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