Business tips are all over the web and I doubt highly that my largest fan base is made up of people that visit the Extreme John blog for small business tips, that doesn’t mean that I think no small business owners come through here at all. Before I have a chance to work on my blog or do any of this fun blogging related stuff, I spend time in my real life working on my two small business’s that are located in Pinellas County Florida. Over the course of the last 10 years I have owned and operated five different business’s which all managed to maintain a tremendous level of success, our indoor tanning salon business has served over 750,000 indoor tanners in the Tampa Bay area over the last five years alone.
Thanks to the many roads I have traveled in business and the many challenges that I have faced in business I have a fair amount of experience that I like to share here on my blog from time to time. Those small business owners that are finding the Extreme John blog for the first time this will give you a good idea of some of the business related articles I post here from time to time.
5 Best Small Business Tips of 2009
1. 9 Tips for Employee Counseling
Anytime you are working with employees either from a small business owner stand point or even a manager stand point you need to keep a few things in mind when doing employee counseling, hopefully these employee counseling tips will help out.
2. Do’s and Don’ts to Remember in Business Blogging
This was actually a guest post written by the blogger behind Smart Bloggerz that offers some excellent tips for any small business owner or small business blogger to follow and consider in their promotion and business blogging.
3. 10 Tips to Hiring Employees That Don’t Suck
Having an excellent business with your morals and belief starts with the hiring process and hiring the right people, here’s a list of 10 tips to hiring employees that don’t suck.
4. 3 Phase Employee Counseling Process
Most employees go to work with the thought that they would like to do good in their head, not every employee that has issues or performance issues on the job has those issues because they want to be terrible on purpose. Having the proper employee counseling process in place will make a big difference.
5. Return Policy Example and How To
Nothing too crazy here, if your a retail small business owner or deal with the public and sell products then your going to need some kind of a return policy, here is an example of a return policy and how to that might help you out.
If you are a small business owner or have a business blog you might want to consider taking a moment to subscribe to my rss feed or connect with me on my Facebook Fan Page, feel free to leave a comment with any questions or suggestions for business related posts you would like to see in 2010.
P.s. Don’t forget to check out my Best Blogging Tips, Best Rants, Best Pictures and Best Twitter Articles of 2009.
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LOve the # 3 article the best.
Its always a struggle finding employees that don’t suck.
@safaridave, that’s one of my favorites too
Thanks Dave.
LOL I like the “10 Tips to Hiring Employees that Don’t Suck”. This is the hardest part in starting a business. It’s so hard to find employees that can really help you in the success of your business. Moreover, though more employees have the skills, but not all of them have the right attitude towards work.
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How about a post about finding a boss that is too generous? That will appeal to more people.
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I have owned several businesses and finding employees that don’t suck is probably one of the biggest hurdles I ever had to jump (other than finding funding) and is why I decided that the rest of my ventures will be one man operations and if they get big enough to need employees, I sell out and start something new….problem solved!
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I think #3 and #4 were the first post I ever read here and I have come along for the ride ever since. You do offer useful down to earth and in your face business advice and ideas. Not to mention the other extreme stuff your serve up daily.
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Louise and I are thinking of adding some members to our team and I will definitely be referring back to this post before we start that process.
Excellent articles John, I’ll be able to use each in one way or another in the future…not to mention backlinks from time to time. ;)
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wow extreme john really good post i like 3rd point “10 Tips to Hiring Employees That Don’t Suck ” there are many freelancer who really sucks
Good luck
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Way too many small business do not practice these. It’s just like throwing money away when you don’t run your business smartly.
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There are some good points made in these articles on employee management. From a small business owner perspective, internal goals and policies are also critical. The number 1 goal I emphasize, and create employee policy around, is “No Leakage!” Wasting away leads and client base is equally as bad, if not worse, than failing to attract new leads and clients. Every phone call and email should be answered, every voicemail returned, and every loose-end tied. If you’re not in the office, forward your business calls to your cell. If you don’t like listening to voicemail, use a voicemail transcription service (google voice offers free transcription). Follow “no leakage” and your ROI on all expenses (whether they be related to employees, marketing, advertising, infrastructure) will increase dramatically!
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My favorite list here is the how to hire employees that don´t suck! Especially in any type of service business, your employees are the business and to find ones that ¨don´t suck¨ is INSANELY important.
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Thank you for sharing this great tips … But too many business are not doing this. Your tips is very excellent.
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Great tips! In reference to hiring employees that don’t suck, while preparing for the interview, you should think of difficult situations that happen in your business, and find a way to ask an interviewee how they would handle a very similar situation. Because anyone interviewing for a customer service position is going to say that they handle difficult customers with absolute patience and respect, but if you were to ask them how they would treat a waiter that brought out the wrong order, you may get a totally different reaction.
Where is the blog on keeping the entrepreneur motivated? I’ve seen a lot of people with great ideas give up because it doesn’t come with the snap of a finger. As far as sucky employees… well ha, this is always a given. However, I read a book called The E-Myth Revisited and it gave me a few ideas to try out. Great great book.