If you are considering the idea of creating a courier service, you are likely asking yourself whether your town truly needs the service.  There may not be a large number of businesses that come to mind when you consider a small town, or you may find that your city already has a number of courier [...]

Websites, “pay per click ads”, SEO articles, printed advertisements, press releases, and many other things go into the development of a comprehensive marketing plan. If you are in any kind of business that relies on the retention of existing, and the addition of new, customers then you probably need to develop a thorough marketing plan [...]

Let’s start a discussion about advertising with a very significant bit of advice – plan it all out in advance! A successful business professional will tell you that the only way to use your advertising dollars is to have a detailed plan well in advance. Why is planning so crucial?  Any successful advertising campaign involves [...]

Owning your own business is a dream for many people today.  As unemployment rates rise and corporations start reducing pay and benefits and even outsourcing jobs, people are starting to wonder what it would be like to work only for themselves and to create their own jobs. Running a home based business offers many advantages, [...]

Learning the many pitfalls of spending your life as an employee is easy these days.  Layoffs, outsourcing, and rampant paycuts have created a sense of fear and anxiety for a large portion of the modern workforce. With that said, however, there is also a sense of fear for people considering the notion of starting their [...]

Most courier services rely heavily on a vehicle to keep their business operating. This is the reason that anyone in this line of work should know exactly how to maximize their business vehicle deductions. Obviously, the first and most significant deduction to be enjoyed by a courier is the mileage put on their vehicle during [...]

If you are setting up your courier service you should not forget that you are actually running an HBB (home based business). This usually means that you can use an empty or spare room in your home as a business office, and if you set it up properly you could also enjoy a home office [...]

As a courier you can be absolutely sure of one massive tax deduction, and that is the mileage you put on the business’ vehicle(s). This, however, demands accurate record keeping and it will be up to you to ensure that you create a flawless system for tracking the number of miles used strictly in the [...]

Continued from Inexpensive Marketing Methods for Startups, Part 1 Having already discussed the benefits of using a well-written press release to introduce a courier business to the area, we can now turn to a second approach to inexpensive marketing methods for startups, and that is through the creation of articles, blogs, and materials that will [...]

A local delivery service is a startup business that you can easily build with only a car, a cell phone, a GPS system, and a strong work ethic. You will be responsible for picking up letters, packages, and other items from different businesses and organizations and delivering them to a local destination.