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Kimberly Stansell


Recent Articles about Kimberly Stansell

Maximize Freebie Online Tools

By Kimberly Stansell |  Mar 13, 2000

Implementation of the right technology tools can empower you to save time, make money, and work smarter. Whether you're starting a new business or trying ...  Read more

Befriend Your Community

By Kimberly Stansell |  May 5, 2000

When you lend support through goods, services, or time, you're strengthening your community -- making it a better place to live and do business. In turn, ...  Read more

Maximize Freebie Online Tools

By Kimberly Stansell |  Mar 1, 2000

Implementation of the right technology tools can empower you to save time, make money, and work smarter. Whether you're starting a new business or trying ...  Read more

Work on Being "Just in time"

By Kimberly Stansell |  Jan 7, 2000

"Just-in-time management" is an industry phrase that means manufacturing products as you need them. In lieu of stocking huge inventories of raw materials,...  Read more

Operate with Financial Fitness

By Kimberly Stansell |  Jun 13, 2000

Just as becoming physically fit accrues tremendous benefits, so does making your business financially fit. Whether your business is in a start-up, growth,...  Read more

Inspire People to Talk about You

By Kimberly Stansell |  Jan 4, 2000

Referrals from satisfied customers are fuel to your business's engine. Yet statistics show that the average satisfied customer tells only five other peopl...  Read more

Turn "Free" into the Passageway for "Fee"

By Kimberly Stansell |  Mar 13, 2000

Freebies can be an effective or expensive proposition. E-zine subscribers of The Marketing Minute recently chimed in on the subject. The survey r...  Read more

Cut Travel Expenses without Compromising Quality

By Kimberly Stansell |  Apr 18, 2000

Travel can be a big-budget expense for small businesses. Yet it is one of the largest controllable expenses for many firms. You can save money by picking ...  Read more

Get Your Inventory under Control

By Kimberly Stansell |  May 5, 2000

If you're like the average entrepreneur, you're trying to juggle 25 balls at once. The result, all too frequently, is that you may mismanage your inventor...  Read more

Turn Up the Heat

By Kimberly Stansell |  Jul 3, 2000

Summer gets a bad rap in business circles. Many businesses turn off their marketing engines -- marketing directors ignore summertime promotions, advertise...  Read more

Develop a Smart Shopper's Mentality

By Kimberly Stansell |  Dec 15, 1999

Did you know that less is more? It's a smart shopper's cornerstone: The less money you waste, the more you haveto build your business, to make investments...  Read more

Handle Complaints with Finesse

By Kimberly Stansell |  Jan 31, 2000

Most business owners deal with one to five complaints a week. More than 64% of owners cite that the biggest complaints are about billing and pricing, foll...  Read more

Tend to the Business of Collecting Your Money

By Kimberly Stansell |  Mar 2, 2000

When you're running your business on a shoestring budget, you may find yourself operating in two cycles: one of elation or despair. Project deposits and p...  Read more

Exhibit at a Specialized Event

By Kimberly Stansell |  Mar 20, 2000

Specialized trade shows allow small-business owners to promote, sell, network, and check out the competition in one location. Recent growth in the trade s...  Read more

Beef Up Your Disaster Preparedness Plan

By Kimberly Stansell |  Jan 7, 2000

If your office were affected by flood, fire, earthquake, or another natural disaster, could you bounce back? Your recovery from a disaster begins with hav...  Read more

Beef Up Your Disaster Preparedness Plan

By Kimberly Stansell |  Jan 1, 2000

If your office were affected by flood, fire, earthquake, or another natural disaster, could you bounce back? Your recovery from a disaster begins with hav...  Read more

Attract Angels of Support

By Kimberly Stansell |  Jan 24, 2000

A growing number of universities are willing to "preseed," or invest in companies in their most infant stages. Here's an example of someone who was touche...  Read more

Power of Poverty

By Robert A. Mamis |  Aug 1, 1997

A group of vignettes that examine various successful companies that were started with $10,000 or less.  Read more

Resources

By Inc. staff |  Aug 1, 1997

A comprehensive guide to subjects covered in the August issue, including start-up information.  Read more

Create an Ergonomic-Friendly Workplace

By Kimberly Stansell |  Jun 19, 2000

This commonsense advice will help you take the pain out of your work space.  Read more

Tap the Untapped Billion-Dollar Co-Op Fund

By Kimberly Stansell |  Jan 18, 2000

Co-op advertising is a cost-sharing arrangement between a manufacturer and a retailer for customers' advertising programs. Collectively, manufacturers ear...  Read more

Employ a Virtual Helper

By Kimberly Stansell |  Jul 31, 2000

A tight labor market and work style choices have forced small-office professionals to seek other ways to grow with few or no workers. Some opt to simply d...  Read more