Copyright 2004-2006 UncleMaxSays.com UncleMaxSays Content Updates http://www.unclemaxsays.com/ The Latest Small Business Management Advice, News and Business Maxims Added to UncleMaxSays.com en-us http://www.unclemaxsays.com/rss.xml Printed Small Business Books Now Available Hot off the press! Order your copy of Business Plan Writing 101 or Time Management for Entrepreneurs in printed soft cover and we will ship them directly to you! http://www.unclemaxsays.com/smallbusinessbooks.php Business Plan Writing 101 Now Available Business Plan Writing 101 by Gerry McRae is now available for download. Get your copy today! http://www.unclemaxsays.com/businessplanwriting101.php Shopping for a Supportive Banker (Finance) A supportive banker is a person who, (a) has the authority and the attitude to help small business owners with obtaining loans, and (b) representing a bank with funds available for small business loans. http://www.unclemaxsays.com/business/BM_Fin_supportivebanker.php Reduce Stress with a Dumb-Dumb Box (Happiness) One method for "formalizing" a change of activity to reduce stress is the installation of a "Dumb-Dumb Box" in your workplace. http://www.unclemaxsays.com/self/SM_MH_dumbdumbbox.php NEW Small Business Resources New resources for small business managers and owners. http://www.unclemaxsays.com/resources.php Unique Selling Position is a Better Phrase Than Product Differential (Marketing) Instead of the old phrase "Product Differential", the technique for creating your niche in the marketplace is now called a Unique Selling Position. http://www.unclemaxsays.com/business/BM_Mkt_uniquesellingposition.php Examine Each Operation for Positive Revenue Flow (Operations) Routinely examine each operation for its contribution to revenue. Challenge the operation's contribution to positive revenue. http://www.unclemaxsays.com/business/BM_Ops_examineeachoperation.php Avoid Filling a New Position With a New Employee (HRM) Before you hire a new employee to fill a newly created position consider the risks. Why combine two sets of problems? http://www.unclemaxsays.com/business/BM_Hrm_newposition.php Find Out Why Your Customer Left (Marketing) Exit Interviews are a standard (albeit seldom practiced) procedure when an employee voluntarily resigns, why not apply the same concept to your customers? http://www.unclemaxsays.com/business/BM_Mkt_exitinterviews.php Question and Answer Business Plan Units Now Available as PDF Downloads All 9 of the Standard QnA Business Plan Units are available as free pdf downloads. http://www.unclemaxsays.com/tools/TL_std_qnabusinessplan.php Business Plan Coaching Service Launched! Need help with your business plan? For a FREE consultation with NO obligations send your brief request to BPCoach@UncleMaxSays.com http://www.unclemaxsays.com/businessplancoaching/bpcoaching.php Time Management for Entrepreneurs - Includes Free Business Plan Ebook Doing more with your time, doing it wisely and having the time to actually get it done with greater ease is what Time Management for Entrepreneurs does for the action-oriented individual. Numerous practical tools, techniques and tips written in a simple, crisp and entertaining manner encourage even the casual reader to be a better manager of time. http://www.unclemaxsays.com/timemanagement.php Penny Here, Penny There Equals Two Pennies (Finance) Before we could nix an idea, I blurted out very old lame joke, "You save a penny here, a penny there and the first thing you know you have two pennies." http://www.unclemaxsays.com/business/BM_Fin_pennyherepennythere.php Think of Time as Analog and Actions as Digital Despite our time-keeping devices ticking the seconds away, we tend to think of the passing of time in analog terms... http://www.unclemaxsays.com/self/SM_GD_actionsasdigital.php Since Time is Money, You Have to Earn It (Time Management) Instead of assuming the right to say, "No," to the demands on your time, earn that right by having the reputation of saying, "Yes." http://www.unclemaxsays.com/self/SM_TM_earntime.php