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Good marketing or highway robbery? How far will gas stations go to try to benefit from the current high price of gasoline? One gas station on Long Island has lowered its price on regular gas to $3.59, but only for cash customers.. Look at the unbelievably large surcharge credit card customers have to pay.... Continue reading "Good marketing or highway robbery?" Posted by Janet Attard on April 19, 2012 at 11:18 AM | Comments (0)Resolutions That Will Never See the Light of Day Resolutions are nothing more than a wish list (or maybe a laundry list) of bad habits and shortcomings we'd like to change. But everyone knows that most resolutions are forgotten faster than they are made. So, instead of making resolutions of our own, here are a few resolutions we'd like to see others make. Continue reading "Resolutions That Will Never See the Light of Day" Posted by Janet Attard on December 22, 2011 at 12:27 PM | Comments (3)Changing Site Design We're changing the look of the BusinessKnowHow.com website. We're doing it little by little, so you'll find some pages look different. See which pages have the new design. Continue reading "Changing Site Design" Posted by Janet Attard on November 1, 2011 at 11:10 AM | Comments (0)Why Hurricane Cleanup Takes So Long Days after the hurricane, crews are still working to restore power and fix dangerous fallen wires along main roadways on Long Island. Continue reading "Why Hurricane Cleanup Takes So Long" Posted by Janet Attard on August 31, 2011 at 10:08 AM | Comments (2)Hurricane Irene Preparations on Long Island Long Islanders are preparing for the worst (and hoping for the best) with the approach of Hurricane Irene. Here's what Long Island is doing two days before the storm is supposed to hit. Continue reading "Hurricane Irene Preparations on Long Island" Posted by Janet Attard on August 26, 2011 at 4:10 PM | Comments (0)Long Island Snow Storm How bad was the snow on Long Island yesterday (Jan 12)? Business Know-How is in an area on Long Island that got clobbered.... Continue reading "Long Island Snow Storm" Posted by Janet Attard on January 13, 2011 at 10:51 AM | Comments (0)Contest for business travelers Marriott's Fairfield Inn & Suites has launched a $20,000 Small Business Challenge for business travelers. The contest is targetted at small business owners who travel frequently for business. Entries must be submitted by Aug. 20, 2010. Continue reading "Contest for business travelers" Posted by Janet Attard on August 6, 2010 at 4:56 PM | Comments (1)Buzz Worthy: Our Top 10 Retweeted Articles of 2009 What were the top articles published by Business Know-How this year? To get the answer, we looked to Twitter. The articles on the list below are the ones that, based on the number of tweets and retweets, were the most buzz worthy.... Continue reading "Buzz Worthy: Our Top 10 Retweeted Articles of 2009" Posted by Janet Attard on December 30, 2009 at 12:25 PM | Comments (1)Snowed in Thanks to the snow storm that hit the East Coast this weekend, it looks like Santa will have plenty of snow for his sleigh ride this year. Business Know-How is in Suffolk County, Long Island, NY, and at my home, which is just a couple of miles from our office, we had between 18 inches and 24 inches of snow. We had one drift in the backyard that was probably 3 1/2 feet high. For our readers who are in areas that don't see much snow, here's the view from my driveway today.... Continue reading "Snowed in" Posted by Janet Attard on December 20, 2009 at 10:22 PM | Comments (1)National Small Business Week 2009 Kick-off Top entrepreneurs from around the country will come together to be recognized for their accomplishments during the National Small Business Week celebration, May 17-23, 2009, in Washington, D.C. Find out about the events here. Continue reading "National Small Business Week 2009 Kick-off " Posted by Janet Attard on May 12, 2009 at 9:23 PM | Comments (0)Discover Small Business Watch Index Shows Signs Of Warmth Posted by Gayle Kesten Attitude is everything, right? An optimistic one certainly can't hurt, even when things are far from perfect. In my little part of the country, the sky is blue and it looks like spring, but one step out my front door, and I'm back in the house grabbing my gloves. Still, I know the cold days are dwindling, and maybe, just maybe, small-business owners' confidence in the economy is starting to thaw, as well. Continue reading "Discover Small Business Watch Index Shows Signs Of Warmth" Posted by Gayle Kesten on April 9, 2009 at 10:45 AM | Comments (0)Is Bad News Becoming Background Noise? Posted by by Gayle Kesten Every day there's not just one, but usually several news stories of just how bad the economy is. What do you do when you hear the latest doom and gloom report? Continue reading "Is Bad News Becoming Background Noise?" Posted by Gayle Kesten on March 12, 2009 at 9:09 AM | Comments (2)Small Businesses Weigh In On Stimulus Package posted by Gayle Kesten What do microbusinesses really think about President Obama's stimulus package? Find out here. Snow and Business Don't Mix Snow days on Long Island are great for kids, but not so hot for local businesess, as the top photo shows. That's a view of the street outside the building where Business Know-How has its office. It's usually a busy road - it runs down one side of a busy shopping mall. But, today, as you can see from the photo,... Continue reading "Snow and Business Don't Mix" Posted by Janet Attard on March 2, 2009 at 12:51 PM | Comments (0)The Delicate Art Of Giving Constructive Criticism posted by Gayle Kesten Perhaps I hang with a sensitive bunch, but constructive criticism is a real toughie for most of my working women sisters. Because no matter how you spin it, constructive criticism is still criticism. Best Small Workplaces In the US? Which are the best small businesses to work for in the US? WinningWorkplaces.org and the Wall Street Journal are collaborating to identify outstanding small organizations in North America for their third annual ranking of Top Small Workplaces. In making their selection, they'll be looking for employers who foster teamwork, flexibility, high productivyt and innovation and also help their employees grow personally and professionally. To be considered, small employers must be independent (ie, not part of a bigger corporation), have 500 or fewer employees, have $200 million or less in annual sales, and have been in business for at least 5... Continue reading "Best Small Workplaces In the US?" Posted by Janet Attard on January 9, 2009 at 12:43 PM | Comments (1)Go Ahead And Have Your Office Holiday Party Posted by Gayle Kesten A day after widespread layoffs, my former company went ahead with its preplanned summer BBQ. Biting into my burger that hot day several years ago, I couldn't help but wonder if cancelling the event could have saved someone's job. So here we are less than three weeks away from the holidays. Anyone in the mood to party with co-workers? Continue reading "Go Ahead And Have Your Office Holiday Party" Posted by Gayle Kesten on December 10, 2008 at 4:03 PM | Comments (0)We Hold These Truths To Be Self-Evident... posted by Gayle Kesten I'm not trying to be rhetorical, but how well do microbusinesses think Congress has done this year to represent their interests? Continue reading "We Hold These Truths To Be Self-Evident..." Posted by Gayle Kesten on October 22, 2008 at 11:44 AM | Comments (5)Sarah Palin -- The Ultimate Working Mother? posted by Gayle Kesten While VP potential Sarah Palin could very well become the ultimate example of what working mothers can accomplish, I'd say the following no matter which party she represented: Given what's on her family plate, it's debatable whether even Wonder Woman would be up to the monumental demands of helping to run the country. Continue reading "Sarah Palin -- The Ultimate Working Mother?" Posted by Gayle Kesten on September 10, 2008 at 10:46 AM | Comments (16)Business Know-How is 19 years old! Business Know-How celebrates 19 years online! How could that be? Well, we started on the old dialup services when there was no such thing as a web browser. Read more and find a link to our online museum. Continue reading "Business Know-How is 19 years old!" Posted by Janet Attard on August 8, 2007 at 10:04 PM | Comments (3)Here's One Dingy Protest Does your new washing machine leave clothes looking dingy? Here's how some people are protesting. Continue reading "Here's One Dingy Protest" Posted by Janet Attard on May 16, 2007 at 3:37 PM | Comments (0)US Flag Photo Are you looking for a US flag image to display on your website? Here's a photo I shot at at a rest stop on a highway that runs from Colorado down into New Mexico. You may use this image or any of these variations on your own personal website. (You may not sell or redistribute the image in anyway, however. If you want others to know about it, just point them to this page.)... Continue reading "US Flag Photo" Posted by Janet Attard on June 29, 2006 at 10:54 AM | Comments (0)Own A Car Wash? Please Read This Own a car wash? Here's a service some customers might pay you NOT to perform.... Continue reading "Own A Car Wash? Please Read This" Posted by Janet Attard on March 18, 2006 at 11:37 PM | Comments (18)Quick Way To Lose Business What's the quickest way to alienate your sales prospects before you get a chance to make a serious pitch? Misspell important words when you send email (or spam) to potential customers. Here's the headline from an email I just got: "Freelance writing for you and your bussiness." The same email was also being used, apparently to solicit writers to work for the company. Ironically, the bottom of the email included an image of a gold seal with the words, "World's Best Writing Service." Below that was the slogan: "Clients and Writers pay the Lowest fees at [sitename.com]"... Continue reading "Quick Way To Lose Business" Posted by Janet Attard on February 23, 2006 at 10:48 PM | Comments (1)How true is your valentine? Is your valentine always true to you? Are those business trips always just for business? And for that matter, are you always true to your significant other? We're running a survey from our main Business Know-How site. There's some interesting trends emerging. Take the Office Romance Survey and when you're done you'll see a graph of responses.... Continue reading "How true is your valentine?" Posted by Janet Attard on February 13, 2006 at 6:33 PM | Comments (0)Photo Tips for Greeting Cards How to get great family photos for holiday greeting cards Continue reading "Photo Tips for Greeting Cards" Posted by Janet Attard on September 24, 2005 at 12:26 PM | Comments (0) |
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