Ultimately, analyzing trends is a vital part of the sustainability of your business. What trends are impacting your business today? One of the toughest challenges for many business owners is to not miss a great opportunity through being caught up in the day-to-day demands of running the business. In times of rapid change it’s more than just useful, it’s vital to sit back and consider how certain trends may impact your business. Think of the way ebooks are impacting on hard print publications for bookstore owners to appreciate what we mean about how important it is to look at trends. Read the rest of this entry »
Recent Articles from Thaney & Associates
Putting Together A Pricing Strategy
For many small businesses pricing products and services is more a matter of guesswork than logic. Mindful of competitor pricing, they make the mistake of simply undercutting to win business rather than carefully working out the price they need to charge – a price that not only covers the cost of doing business, but makes all the hard work worthwhile by returning a reasonable profit. Read the rest of this entry »
Protecting Your Business With Credit Policies And Procedures
If you were in the money lending business would you hand over money to people without arranging a repayment contract with them? It doesn’t sound too smart, but most businesses are in the money lending business in just this way. In effect, by offering credit to your customers, you are providing them with a loan. Companies that lack sound credit policies and procedures take unnecessary risks and can jeopardize their very existence. Read the rest of this entry »
Catch The Video Marketing Wave To Success
In the not too distant past, producing and distributing videos to promote your business was costly and time consuming. However, the exponential growth of video sharing sites on the internet, such as YouTube, has now turned video into a very cost-effective marketing method. Read the rest of this entry »
One-Third of Those Eligible Used COBRA Subsidy
 According to a study by the Treasury’s Office of Economic Policy, about a third of unemployed workers who were eligible took advantage of the COBRA subsidy to help pay for their health insurance. Read the rest of this entry » |
New W-2 Rule Causes Confusion
Starting with W-2s issued for the year 2011, employers will be required to report the value of 
health insurance premiums provided for each employee. Read the rest of this entry »
Con Artists Target the Unemployed
Federal officials have recently warned that employment-related scams are soaring. As the economy struggles and unemployment grows, ads for bogus jobs are on the rise. The ads are popping up everywhere from local newspapers to signs on the corner telephone pole. The Internet makes it easy for con artists to defraud victims with e-mail pitches and online job boards. Read the rest of this entry »
Follow IRA Withdrawal Rules
“You put your money in, and you take your money out.” Unfortunately, the rules for taking withdrawals from your IRA are not as simple as those for performing the classic children’s dance. Read the rest of this entry »
