Small Business Management Made Easy

Running a small business is extremely different from having a job, and small business management is even harder.  When you have a job you have external forces that keep you in line and doing what you have to do to achieve goals that will make the company successful.  When you run a business, you don’t [...]

Small Business Funding in Tough Times

Small business funding sources have been scarce since the economic downturn, and start-up capital is all but nonexistent. Even if you have had a proven ability to generate profits and just need a little extra cash to grow your business, the current economic uncertainty has made banks and investors skittish. Despite having received trillions of [...]

Putting a Value on Good B2B relationships

Companies that are part of the supply chain such as manufacturers and wholesalers can often benefit enormously by conducting their own b2b customer satisfaction survey. Improving the relationship between wholesalers and their suppliers and also between wholesalers and retailers brings potential benefits that will help improve the product in terms of: Quality, range and design [...]

Achieving Employee Satisfaction

I am not happy. My chair has just broken and the printer has still not been fixed. The problem with the company is that it is going to the dogs. The boss is okay but really doesn’t seem to have a clue as to what is really going on. That new guy that started last [...]

Value of a “Self Service” Customer Web Portal for your Service Business

Customer portals are a great tool to increase customer satisfaction, grow your business, reduce costs, and increase profits. Sound too good to be true…? Well, it’s not! With today’s user friendly Web-based technology, creating Customer portals has become a necessity for businesses big and small. Bella Field Service Software provides east-to-use Web-based Customer portal access. [...]