When I owned my business, I did everything myself: advertising, marketing, paying bills, balancing the check book, payroll, dealing with EVERY new customer, EVERY established customer, every Facebook post, every newsletter, every event, every email, running every errand, answering every call, making every outbound call, taxes, etc., etc. You name it, and I was running […]
Professionals
The Advantages of Opening Your Own Dental Practice
Training to become a dentist is a long process that requires a lot of hard work. Once you become qualified, you need to find the right job for you. Which practice will you join? How will you prove that you are the right person for the job? These are all challenges that you’ll have to […]
A Beautiful Mind: How New Psychiatrists Can Develop a Successful Practice
The moment you got your M.D. degree in Psychiatry, you probably made a promise to yourself to give every person who walks into your office the best care possible. As a doctor for mental health, it is your duty to help people address their most internal challenges. Seeing your patients flourish because of the care […]
How High-Income Professionals Can Benefit from the Pass-Through Deduction
If you are a high-income professional who is excluded from the new pass-through deduction because you are in a specified service trade or business (SSTB), you may be able to use retirement plan contributions as a work-around so that you can benefit from that new 20% deduction. An SSTB generally includes the following trades or […]
5 Reasons Dentists and Doctors Should Practice SEO
Most business owners understand they need a presence on the Internet to bring in new customers. They keep up on marketing trends and use tips to ensure their audiences are engaging with them. Eventually, this engagement leads to warm referrals and final sales. However, many dentists lag behind other business owners regarding search engine optimization. […]
10 Lessons for Running Your Own Architecture Practice
Architect Craig Applegath, founding principal of DIALOG’s studio in Toronto, Canada, knows how challenging it is to run a practice. With 25 years of experience and overseeing 150 employees, he understands the excitement and anxiety that goes hand-in-hand with starting your own business. “When I first started my own practice, I thought everyone wanted to run their own […]
Service Professionals Join the Entrepreneur Ranks
The era of stable lifetime jobs for business professionals within a single company are gone. Companies are rightsized quickly now as markets change rapidly, and business professionals are quick to jump to new opportunities for growth and survival, with no ties to special benefits or pension plans. Thus smart business professionals are rapidly becoming the new […]
3 Tips for Financing a Law Practice
The time has come. You have your law degree, you passed the bar, and you are ready to hang your own shingle and start your legal practice. You need financing however, because you have to pay for a place to work, insurance, and all those other startup costs that come with starting any business.
Internet Marketing Magic for Lawyers
How are potential clients finding your legal services? Grass roots marketing, local listings, and paper ads are viable options, but digital opportunities await interested lawyers. What are some online options for those offering jurisprudence services?
What Is LetsLunch?
While striving to grow your small business, particularly in the startup phase, you cannot ignore the value of your network. LetsLunch is an online tool that helps you to meet professionals in your area, and it’s very easy to use.
