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		<title>How Social Media Can Help Your Small Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa Sumugat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business owners]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people feel that they don&#8217;t know how to use the social web for marketing and don&#8217;t understand the know-how on stuff like Facebook, Twitter, Youtube etc. yet creating an online presence doesn&#8217;t need to be complicated or difficult. The social web connects people in a global scale and can make your small business a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.small-victories.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/How-Social-Media-Can-Help-Your-Small-Business-2145.jpg" border="0" alt="How Social Media Can Help Your Small Business" width="317" height="239" align="left" />Many people feel that they don&#8217;t know how to use the social web for marketing and don&#8217;t understand the know-how on stuff like Facebook, Twitter, Youtube etc. yet creating an online presence doesn&#8217;t need to be complicated or difficult. The social web connects people in a global scale and can make your small business a success, generating apt exposure to different people and elevating your site traffic and ranking. Truth is, social media marketing is not a passing fad. It allows leveling on all types of business and allows sharing of information among clients on niches associated with your business. Also, it simply means having a tool that you can employ that is low-cost and most accessible.</p>
<p>Each business owner needs to know that using social media attracts potential clients and raises sales. For instance, small business owners can use an online account like Twitter every day to share something new about a project. As a result, visits to sites may increase and followers sharing views and news about the business can give owners free promotion. When you&#8217;re comfortable with a certain platform and manages it well, you may opt for other available choices. You may share some updates on other social networking sites, forums, blogs etc. and organize your complete accounts in one convenient network. A rule to note is to tackle social media as a dialogue between people. Anything a person does must stem from creating a connection with the customers, discovering what they&#8217;re involved in, asking about their day and telling them yours and so on. Don&#8217;t ever load the feeds with a number of products and service links because that might lead to spam alert and can affect their interest. Generally, relationship building needs time, but it tends to collect terrific benefits in the future.</p>
<p>All in all, social media is about getting results for your business. The greater time and effort you spend updating your accounts, the higher the returns will be for your small enterprise.</p>
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		<title>Going back to Small Business Essentials and Finding Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 01:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Seacreature</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business owners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[initiatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[market sectors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[satisfaction]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Small business ownership isn&#8217;t as tough as it seems or as terrifying. Getting into your own business may involve loans, establishing the shop, employing suitable staff, test out different ideas etc. All these, though seemingly exciting, hold some risks. Nonetheless, experts believe that small business owners ought to return to the basics of running a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-144" title="small business essentials" src="http://www.small-victories.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/small-business-essentials.jpg" alt="small business essentials" width="300" height="200" />Small business ownership isn&#8217;t as tough as it seems or as terrifying. Getting into your own business may involve loans, establishing the shop, employing suitable staff, test out different ideas etc. All these, though seemingly exciting, hold some risks. Nonetheless, experts believe that small business owners ought to return to the basics of running a small-prospect venture, not letting lousy decision making impact their long-term success. Several small enterprises, clearly, choose to spend less by implementing marketing cutbacks as well as on the support service and bookkeeping cost, thus, influencing potential outcomes of their small business over time.</p>
<p>For marketing,  business owners are easily convinced that it&#8217;s practical to lower marketing resources when funds are limited. This, however, must be given second thought since the time is ripe to make use of initiatives to take in more clients through various and innovative means. If you&#8217;re bringing in not so many clients than usual, broaden your target to other market sectors or a bigger geographical aim. You probably have been intensely promoting to potential customers in just a couple of industries, yet consider other sectors that may gain from your products or services as well. It&#8217;s equally possible to quickly grow to an even bigger market through the use of online marketing. In the aspect of customer service, entrepreneurs need to remember that it is one of the significant elements in the business trade. The essential thing is to be well-mannered and as friendly to old and new clients. It helps to build trust and fulfill satisfaction in the variety of goods and services that you provide. In the event that something goes wrong and the merchandise or the service isn&#8217;t  producing the expected outcome, let the individual know and offer an alternative. As for bookkeeping, which small-scale businesses are known to overlook, employing a qualified accountant, tax attorney or a bookkeeper isn&#8217;t asking much. It&#8217;s a smart option to stay current on all new tax laws, monitor business&#8217; transactions  and generate periodic financial reports. It generally helps avert any dilemma with the state IRS or any other tax agencies.</p>
<p>Overall, cutting down your marketing and bookkeeping finances may save cash, yet it will leave you in a fix if you&#8217;re not careful. As a business owner, keeping your options wide and open is key and applying the basics is advisable.</p>
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		<title>Recognizing the Productive Traits of a Small Business Manager</title>
		<link>http://www.small-victories.com/blog/recognizing-the-productive-traits-of-a-small-business-manager-06142011</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa Sumugat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Ethics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[effective time management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[To determine if you possess the right stuff to owning a private business, it may require needed reflection and great passion about what you are about to get into. In essence, a small business entrepreneur is someone who carries the responsibility of the company&#8217;s dealings, the 50 or more employees, and both the business suppliers [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.small-victories.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Recognizing-the-Productive-Traits-of-a-Small-Business-Manager-1818.jpg" border="0" alt="Recognizing the Productive Traits of a Small Business Manager " width="316" height="211" align="left" />To determine if you possess the right stuff to owning a private business, it may require needed reflection and great passion about what you are about to get into. In essence, a small business entrepreneur is someone who carries the responsibility of the company&#8217;s dealings, the 50 or more employees, and both the business suppliers and customers, regardless of the type and know-how of the enterprise. If you are about to take this route, it may be sensibly to ask yourself questions such as, Am I a decent aspirant to run a small venture? or Do I have what it requires to own a small-scale business?</p>
<p>Although any individual can start up a small business, it may take a particular type of individual to create and maintain a prosperous one and then there are numerous elements to running it. Opening a private business can certainly offer quite different challenges, even an organized owner can be bogged down at times when confronted with all the issues associated with setting up and operating a brand new company while managing both business and personal life therefore it requires a skillful entrepreneur to do the job.</p>
<p>Effective time management is likewise an invaluable skill and the flexibility to generate a schedule and stay with it on time helps to make managing a small company efficiently and with success much simpler.</p>
<p>Additionally, acknowledging your worker&#8217;s hard work and dedication can go a long way and it may mean a whole lot to your personnel, elevating their morale along the way. There are occasions, however, when you have to ruffle someone&#8217;s feathers and set things right so it may entail giving warnings and lending a firm hand on the issue. Often, this may also suggest taking a stand against your clientele if they are becoming abusive to anyone of your respective staff. Overall, demonstrate to them the reason why you are the boss. You&#8217;ll be surely moved with the commitment and determination your employees will give you once they realize that they are able to rely on you to have them successfully employed in the end.</p>
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		<title>What is Corporate Whistle-Blowing?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Seacreature</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Corporate whistle blowing is a phenomenon where a person thinking and believing that the public interest supersedes the interest of the organization he works for, openly “blows the whistle” if the organization is implicated in dishonest, unlawful, deceitful, or damaging action or activity. Whistle blowers challenge organizational heads who appear to be engaged in illegal, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Corporate whistle blowing is a phenomenon where a person thinking and believing that the public interest supersedes the interest of the organization he works for, openly “blows the whistle” if the organization is implicated in dishonest, unlawful, deceitful, or damaging action or activity.  Whistle blowers challenge organizational heads who appear to be engaged in illegal, immoral or irresponsible activity.  Whether the conduct takes the form of overcharging for goods or services, ignoring safety hazards that could endanger employees or the public, distributing defective parts or products, or violating fair employment laws, such allegations of misconduct are usually serious enough to embarrass the employer, endanger its reputation, or subject it to liability for damages or fines. The whistle blower believes that he can best rectify the unethical behavior in business or government by making his charges and identity public.  He then acts on that belief by informing legal authorities or others outside the organization.  Whistle blowers, whether existing or former employees of corporate organizations, put their duty to the public above their loyalty to the organization.  Whistle blowing is an indication that the rules and guidelines for resolving disputes and failures within an organization have been insufficient and that the situation is so serious, it demands public attention.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.small-victories.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/corporate-whistle-blowing.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5" title="corporate whistle blowing" src="http://www.small-victories.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/corporate-whistle-blowing.png" alt="corporate whistle blowing" width="357" height="292" /></a></p>
<p>Whistle blowers can be perceived as either heroes or contemptible informers depending on the circumstances of the situation.  For a whistle blower to be considered a public hero, the gravity of the situation that the whistle blower reports to authorities must be of such magnitude and quality as to be perceived as abhorrent by others.  In contrast, the whistle blower is considered a saboteur or turncoat if others see the act of whistle blowing as more offensive than the situation that he or she reports to authorities.  Whistle blowing is thus both a constructive and a destructive act.  It is constructive because whistle blowers often reveal unethical practices or defect which could cause danger to the public, and it is destructive because whistle blowers often suffer personal and professional harm and / or create suspicion within organizations.  As a result, the public may begin to distrust the motives of all complex organizations.  Understanding whistle blowing may make it possible to reduce its destructive effects while at the same time protecting public safety and encouraging ethical behavior in organizations.</p>
<p>Organizations can manage whistle blowing by communicating the conditions that are appropriate for the disclosure of wrongdoing.  Clearly delineating wrongful behavior and the appropriate ways to respond are important organizational actions.  If whistle blowing is to work well as a means of corporate disclosure, a more constructive orientation is needed.  The task of an ethical organization and its management is to anticipate the pressures which would give rise to the concealed and harmful practice, and to help create open lines of communication within the organization so that whistle blowing would not be a necessary option.  Once perceived, a sound strategy for whistle blowing requires communication channels capable of bubbling up bad news and adequately resolving the issue which surfaces.  This is not to imply that whistle blowing should be kept in-house or that constructive internal resolution will always be possible.  External whistle blowing, and the right to blow the whistle, remain vital backstops, but sentencing and self-regulation should try to ensure that management receives and heeds complains about suspected illegality.  Ultimately, to prevent whistle blowing to happen, the organization must promote individual code of ethics, professional oaths and organizational credos which must all be anchored in a moral and ethical framework.  These are always open to question and continuous improvement using ethical theories as a tool for reexamining the soundness of the current standard are needed.  Although a universal right and wrong may exist, it would be hard to argue that there is only one rule of thumb.  Adaptability and flexibility to the existing trends in both management and workforce should thus be studied, learned and digested.</p>
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