Comments on: How big does your small business need to look? http://blog.microenterprisejournal.com/2008/11/21/how-big-does-your-small-business-need-to-look/ Musings on Life, the Universe and microbusiness Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:45:12 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: smallbusinessbrief.com http://blog.microenterprisejournal.com/2008/11/21/how-big-does-your-small-business-need-to-look/comment-page-1/#comment-35835 smallbusinessbrief.com Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:05:43 +0000 http://blog.microenterprisejournal.com/?p=1223#comment-35835 <strong>How big does your small business need to look?...</strong> Is it still necessary for small businesses to pretend that they are big businesses? And is it still necessary for home-based businesses to make excuses for being home-based?... How big does your small business need to look?…

Is it still necessary for small businesses to pretend that they are big businesses? And is it still necessary for home-based businesses to make excuses for being home-based?…

]]> By: Deb Kolaras http://blog.microenterprisejournal.com/2008/11/21/how-big-does-your-small-business-need-to-look/comment-page-1/#comment-35833 Deb Kolaras Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:33:53 +0000 http://blog.microenterprisejournal.com/?p=1223#comment-35833 Completely agree and to back in up, last year I worked up a CPA client's year end survey - one question that was nagging her (which I knew would be no issue) was if her clients wished she was "brick and mortar" - A resounding NO...not one of the over 200 respondents said it mattered, they were fine with her SOHO setting and felt it helped her contain costs for them. Nice! It's all what you make of it and being honest shows integrity...that's who people want to work with, small or large. Completely agree and to back in up, last year I worked up a CPA client’s year end survey – one question that was nagging her (which I knew would be no issue) was if her clients wished she was “brick and mortar” – A resounding NO…not one of the over 200 respondents said it mattered, they were fine with her SOHO setting and felt it helped her contain costs for them. Nice!

It’s all what you make of it and being honest shows integrity…that’s who people want to work with, small or large.

]]> By: Lloyd Lemons http://blog.microenterprisejournal.com/2008/11/21/how-big-does-your-small-business-need-to-look/comment-page-1/#comment-35832 Lloyd Lemons Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:22:51 +0000 http://blog.microenterprisejournal.com/?p=1223#comment-35832 Hi Dawn, You are so right. It's so corny to read the websites of people you know are soloists, who have links like: About Us, Our Portfolio, Our Mission Statement. Deliver more than you promise, and I don't believe the client will care where your office is located, or who answers your phone. I just gotta be me! Hi Dawn,

You are so right. It’s so corny to read the websites of people you know are soloists, who have links like: About Us, Our Portfolio, Our Mission Statement.

Deliver more than you promise, and I don’t believe the client will care where your office is located, or who answers your phone.

I just gotta be me!

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