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24 Nov I own a landscaping business which has been declining. The majority of my business comes from residential customers and a small portion from commercial contracts. Our prices are competitive, no recent increases, but customers started to decline our services. What can I do to find out the true reason behind it?

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For one, talk to your customers. Being in business means building a relationship with your customers, and if they have a problem with your business that you don't know about, ask yourself if you have been listening to them. Talk to the customers that haven't...

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24 Nov I’m considering offering teleclasses to my employees so they can learn new things. Is there an advantage to doing it this way rather than holding a company retreat or similar and doing it in person?

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There are several advantages to a teleclass if your company is large enough to support it. You can reach a wider audience for less cost. It's more environmentally sound to not have people traveling all over the place. People can review later if they want....

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24 Nov I have a small fashion boutique store and after being at my current location for 3 years, my landlord has raised my rent and I simply cannot afford to stay here any longer. I have looked around for a new home for my store but the asked rent is too high for me. I would love to be able to negotiate with my existing landlord but need help with the strategy. What can I say to him so he will agree to reduce the rent?

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First of all, keep in mind that real estate works in cycles. By agreeing to a longer-term lease with your landlord, you might put yourself at a slight disadvantage in the future, let that idea alone for now. Remind him that it won't be easy...

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24 Nov My wife and I have a well-established dry cleaning business. Due to increasing operating costs we are in a real need to raise our prices but are concerned that a lot of people will complain and that potentially we can lose some of our customers. Anything we can do to make this a smoother transition?

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Honestly, you may be worrying too much about this. A common problem that small business owners have is that they underestimate their own product and its worth. A reasonable price increase is unlikely to drive away most of your key customers and might even draw...

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