Is A Small Business Marketing Coach Required?

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If you are a small business owner and are consistently finding yourself short of leads and revenue you might need a marketing coach. Just like a sports coach, a small business marketing coach holds you accountable to get your marketing done.

Do any of these sounds like you:

  • Your marketing efforts are sporadic and inconsistent.
  • You have typically relied on referrals for your business, but find them hard to come by anymore.
  • You find yourself focusing on tactics and don’t have a plan.
  • You find you have other business systems but not a marketing system to provide you with consistent leads for your business every month.

If you can relate to any of the above, you are in need of a marketing system. By engaging with a small business marketing consultant you will have a step by step proven process to help you build a marketing system.

The biggest key difference between a marketing coach and a consultant is that a marketing coach helps you with the strategy and you do the leg work. This holds you accountable in taking action and getting results for your small business.

This could be the greatest decision and investment you could make for your small business in the next year. Do you have other systems  in your business like HR systems and Accounting systems? Do you have a marketing sytstem? If not, you should in this or any economy.

If you are looking for a small business marketing coach in Seattle, WA visit http://www.marketfin.com

 

Comments (0) Dec 08 2009

Small Business Income Tax Deductions for 2009, 2010

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Owning a small business can offer many tax breaks and deductions at the end of the year. Most of these breaks and deductions will come directly from business related expenses.

Examples of these expenses would be:

 

 

Rent

 

 

Business Travel Expenses

 

 

Payroll

 

 

Insurance

 

 

Taxes

 

 

Interest

 

 

You can also receive tax deductions for capital expenses.

Examples of these expenses would be:

 

 

Equipment Purchases

 

 

Property Purchase

 

 

Repairs to Equipment or Property

 

 

Depreciation of Equipment

 

 

Home Business

If you are a new small business owner, chances are you may have a home office. You are able to claim a percentage of your home operating expenses that are used for operating your business. You would just divide up the amount of the home used for the business and take that percentage to take advantage of business operating deductions.

Travel Expenses

You may deduct all expenses for your travel as long as the trip was devoted entirely to the business. So if you incorporate personal travel with your business travel, you must divide up the amount spent for the business travel.

You may also take mileage deductions for the use of your vehicle for business purposes. You can either deduct mileage or deduct the operating expense of the vehicle during business travel.

In order to take these small business deductions they must either be a necessary deduction or an ordinary deduction. This means that an ordinary expense will some how relate to your business and a necessary expense is an expense that will be helpful to your business.

To learn more about deducting small business expenses, visit TurboTax online.

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Comments (0) Jul 16 2009

Should You Hire a Web Marketing Expert?

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Owning a small business in this economy will require you to obtain a professional web marketing expert consultant. You cannot survive in this economy if you fail to exercise the opportunities available to you via the Internet. You could have a potentially successful business but when few are aware of it’s existence you will not get the results you desire. You will be destined to fail.

Finding a web marketing consultant isn’t all that difficult. You could actually become educated about web marketing in a short period on your own but I’d leave the future of your business in the hands of a professional web marketing expert who can give you the tools you need to succeed in the long run. It is important that a search engine picks up what the concentration is for your business, your articles and your web page so that when people search that concentration, your information is provided to them as an option. There are a number of ways that a web marketing expert can do this, almost all of which they can show you how to do yourself.

If you don’t have a website then this will be the first step that a web marketing expert takes. You need a domain. You need a place where customers, clients and potentially interested browsers can find you, your services or products along with contact information. The web page will come in handy with other marketing methods as well as aid in your income generation.

As a small business owner you might be better off hiring a web marketing expert for these technical but beneficial services. You can focus on the elements of the business you are taking care of currently while a professional establishes you on the Internet. Learn at your own pace and prepare yourself for your future goals.

The next step of your web marketing expert will be to make your web page compatible with Search Engine Optimization (SEO). This comes in forms of articles related to your concentration using key words that the search engines will relate to your business at the highest relevancy. This can also include hiring affiliate marketers who will bring traffic and conversions to your website for a small commission or fee. A consultant can help turn you into your own web marketing expert.

Comments (0) May 04 2009