In some ways, now is a great time for those of us with microbusinesses because the recession is giving us opportunities we didn’t have before! The key is to keep your eyes open and look for the deals so you don’t miss them. Of course as I find them, I’ll pass them on [...]

Posted on January 21st, 2009 by DazzlinDonna
Filed under: Cutting Business Costs | 7 Comments »

Thanks to SmallBizTrends who tweeted about this yesterday, I can alert all of you to this deal. Any time we run a small business, or in most cases, a microbusiness, we need to cut every single penny we can, and still be able to take as much workload off ourselves as possible. And [...]

Posted on December 22nd, 2008 by DazzlinDonna
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I just gave myself a raise, and you should too. But here’s the thing – all I did was cut some costs. See, the way I look at things, money saved is the same thing as money earned. Both means more money in my pocket. Sure, we could get all technical [...]

Posted on October 7th, 2008 by DazzlinDonna
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I logged into my E-junkie account today and noticed something very cool that I wanted to pass along to each of you. These are rough times, economically, and many people are facing job losses. If you’ve been laid off, fired, or terminated for any reason, E-junkie wants to help you out. Here’s [...]

Posted on October 2nd, 2008 by DazzlinDonna
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Download and install OpenOffice (free) if you haven’t already. If you already use OpenOffice, you can skip this step.
Download a free OpenOffice book template from Lulu.com.
Import the Template you downloaded into OpenOffice Writer’s My Templates by doing the following:

From the main menu, choose File > Templates > Organize.
In the box on the left, double-click [...]

Posted on September 19th, 2007 by DazzlinDonna
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I briefly mentioned bartering when I discussed keeping home office business costs down, but I wanted to expand on the topic just a bit.
When you work from home, you no longer have an entire company filled with people with varying skills. Instead, you generally only have yourself. While some of us may be [...]

Posted on September 7th, 2007 by DazzlinDonna
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