You can further your not-so-big entrepreneurial venture in myriad ways – from changing the way you look, to dealing with customers, to handling paperwork, and to reducing expenses.  Here are a few small business tips to heed if you want to increase your efficiency and stay successful:
 
1. Be professional.  This refers not only to one’s physical appearance but encompasses all transactions and forms of communication.
2. Know exactly who your intended clients are.  This way marketing efforts and expenses are not wasted.
3. Learn to prioritize.  Deal with your customers first or with more pressing work-related concerns before answering personal calls or emails that could use up precious time.
4. Set goals and corresponding strategies to achieve them.
5. Be accessible.  Make sure clients and potential customers can reach you by phone, fax, and email or via any other means provided.
6. Implement a good filing system.  Doing so lessens the paperwork and prevents unnecessary and time-consuming pile-ups.
7. Outsource to save money.  Instead of a full-time secretary for instance, you can opt for the services of a VA or virtual assistant.  A VA can handle multiple tasks like writing letters, sending fax, and recording data as competently as any trained secretary but at a much lower cost.
8. Get a knowledgeable accountant – one who understands a lot more than just taxes and can offer you sound financial advice.  A good start would be to ask for referrals from family, friends and colleagues.

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