Small businesses can help one another

Submitted by hoover on August 18, 2006 - 6:49am.

Small businesses have an opportunity to help one another? Why do this? Aside from being nice to help fellow self employed and small business owners, you can also increase your business.

Just a short example. Perhaps you are a web hosting provider but do not have the time to provide design services. You know a good web designer. He designs websites but does not host sites. People who need hosting somtimes need a website designed for them as well. And often when a customer is having a website prepared they are also looking for a host. The host and designer can work together to have an affiliate or a referral system sending customers to the other for the services they do not offer