Business Beware Blog: Giving Your Business a Voice

Everyone Has an Opinion and You Can’t Please Them All

Have you ever noticed that when you’re a sports game that there are a ton of fans in the stands who constantly make comments about how a player plays, how bad/good they think they are, what they would have done different etc.? Yes, it’s quite annoying but every person has their own thoughts and opinions they sometimes feel they have to share. Usually these are the fans that have never played sports in their life but yet they think they’re an expert after watching a few games… read more

You really thought the customer is always right?

We found these cartoon clips the other day and of course got a giggle out of them. So of course we had to share them with you.

If you find any like this feel free to share them with us. read more

Collecting From Customers Who Won’t Pay

If you don’t know about our “beware letter” you should because it just did the trick for Gloria Rand.

Here’s her testimonial:

“I’d been trying for 5 months to collect payment for services rendered from a client – complete with sending a registered letter threatening legal action! Still no response. I turned to Business Beware, and their letter did the trick. I finally heard from the client, and collected payment. Thank you Business Beware!

Now if that isn’t an awesome response we don’t know what is. There have been handfuls of business owners that have used this and it works so what are you waiting for? Learn more about the beware letter.

7 Ways To Bootstrap Your Startup

Limited on the dollar bills? Be smart.

We have had quite a few people email us and ask about ways they can save money while starting up their business or even saving some pennies here and there with their current business. So here are not 5 but 7 ways you can bootstrap your business start-up:

1. Think big, start small.
   Have a great big idea? Awesome! But before you make the jump remember you have to take baby steps before you can walk or let alone run. read more

How Entrepreneurs Can Get More Out of Twitter and Increase Their Network

Okay if you’re a new business or entrepreneur starting out and you’re looking at Twitter going what in the world is this and how can I benefit from it then check out these tips to get you started. Twitter is a great tool if you use it the right way and actually “get social” when using it. (article is from Mashable)

Here are some great tips on how to increase your network as you start out. Never underestimate simplicity my friends. Entrepreneur Council gives you tips on how you can increase your network via Huffington Post and NeverGetARealJob.com

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Top 10 Dumbest Questions Asked by Cruise Ship Passengers

We like to mix it up here at Business Beware and bring you some humor (actually that is our absolute favorite thing to do). So we have put together a list of the best or “dumbest” shall we say, questions that passengers ask on cruise ships. We have asked people and searched the internet for these and let’s just say that we literally busted out laughing at a few of these. So enjoy friends. read more

Tips on Adjusting Your Marketing Budget

Fall and winter are often categorized as the down season for construction and home improvement industries. In order to prepare for this upcoming season, you need to adjust your marketing budget.

Part of the adjusting process is looking at historical information from the year prior, if you have it, and to understand how much your job activities decrease by as well as how much will your operating expenses will decrease by, if at all? read more

3 Ways to Reward Your Good Customers

Thank goodness for the good customers and 97% are truly good customers. When you  have good customers that are repeats and spread a good word about you then you definitely should let them know how much you appreciate it.

Think about it this way…put yourself in your shoes and what would you as the customer appreciate from a business that cares about you? And we’re not talking about a coupon that is worthless we’re thinking bigger. read more

The Ultimate Way to Communicate with Your Customers

What is the most important thing when doing business with customers?

COMMUNICATION is definitely the key.

If you are upfront with your customers from the start that’s great! Keep the communication going throughout the time you work with them so there (hopefully) won’t be any miscommunication. Now here’s where it gets tricky…What if you have a customer who you were up front with the entire time but when it came down to collecting money from the recent job you did they won’t get back with you at all? read more

3 Things to Tell Your Unhappy Customer or “CustoMonster”

On occasions when you have a customer call your business or walk into your office/store they might end up being one of those you want to runaway from immediately.

They seem to be the ones that are unhappy about how you run your business, want money taken off their bill, don’t agree with the way your service tech worked on their house, the coffee is not hot enough and the list goes on and on. These are the customers we refer to as “CustoMonsters” if you didn’t already pick up on that. read more