It’s safe to assume that many business owners do not plan to fail. However, we also know to expect the unexpected. Have you taken steps to help ensure the success of your business? Do you have a plan against failure?

Kira Wampler, Marketing and Community Leader at Jumpup.com, has a few tips for you, provided by a JumpUp.com member, to avoid the pitfalls of business and help ensure your company’s success.

Take a moment to hear them by listening to Kira’s tips by clicking the player below.

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Like many other service providers, you may have trouble structuring your rates and determining how to charge for your time.

Kira Wampler, Marketing and Community Leader at Jumpup.com, provides a tip for how to do this using the sixty five, twenty five, ten rule.

Take a moment to hear the rule by listening to Kira’s tips by clicking the player below.

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When using QuickBooks for your small business, there are many shortcut keys that can be used to further streamline your daily activities.

Kira Wampler, Marketing and Community Leader at Jumpup.com, provides several of them in this brief, 2 minute audio clip. She provides the keys for everything from writing checks to creating invoices, locating transactions and more.

Take a moment to learn the shortcut keys by listening to Kira’s tips by clicking the player below.

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Pay per click advertising is a quick and simple way to drive traffic to your site and is extremely popular.

When running a campaign there are a few things to consider before beginning. Placement considerations and long keyword phrases are just a couple. If you would like a few tips to optimize your PPC campaign, listen to Kira Wampler, Marketing and Community Leader at JumpUp.com. She has a 2-minute tip with suggestions for how to further optimize your ad campaign.

Want to find out how? Then take a moment to listen to Kira’s tips by clicking the player below.

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Everyone is always looking for a few more search engine optimization tips, right? And most of us know that keywords are a critical part of this.

If you are seeking additional SEO tactics and would like to increase your site traffic or win new customers, listen to Kira Wampler, Marketing and Community Leader at Jumpup.com. She has a 2-minute tip with suggestions for how to further optimize your site.

You’d like to find out how, right? Then take a moment to listen to Kira’s tips by clicking the player below.

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If you are experiencing trouble getting your customers to pay you or if you are looking for ways to streamline your invoicing process, listen to Kira Wampler, Marketing and Community Leader at Jumpup.com. It’s a 2-minute Tip by our sponsor of The Small Business Trends Radio Show. Kira has suggestions for how to increase the odds of getting paid in a timely manner.

Would you like to find out how? Take a moment to listen by clicking the player below.

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Would you like to tell the world about your business? Or share a story about how you’ve overcome adversity? Maybe you would like to increase your site’s traffic?

Kira Wampler, Marketing and Community Leader at Jumpup.com, sponsor of Small Business Trends Radio, has a suggestion for how to get visibility for your business in this special JumpUp Tip segment titled “How to Spotlight Your Business.” Take a moment to listen by clicking the player below.

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