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28Feb

Making Connections Instead of “Handling” People

Posted by Lorraine Cohen in People & Relationships

A few days ago I received a voicemail from a woman saying she wanted to speak with me about coaching. I thought, “Cool”, because I have a few openings for new clients. Normally when people leave toll free numbers as call backs, I might have some suspicion about why they are really calling. I also [...]

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25Feb

Don’t Undercapitalize Your Franchise

Posted by Steven Teo in Franchise

Franchise Genius: What can I do to help avoid undercapitalization? As you already know, a franchise start-up is much more likely to succeed than a non-franchise business start-up. Still, even a franchise isn’t a sure thing. One of the biggest mistakes that people make in opening a business is starting undercapitalized. The good news is [...]

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23Feb

Top 7 Ways To Stay Motivated

Posted by Steven Teo in Planning & Management

YoungEntrepreneur: The results are in from our latest YoungEntrepreneur.com poll! This time we asked you “How Do You Stay Motivated?” and you responded with some great answers. The top seven results are: #1) Read Inspirational Material “Read blogs like TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Mashable, ReadWriteWeb and get myself excited over others success. I would tell myself “I [...]

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20Feb

Can’t Find A Job? Buy A Business!

Posted by Marcel Sim in Entrepreneurs

Article Contributed by Ray Haiber Having a tough time finding a job? Unfortunately that’s not surprising news due to the fact that this current recession has already to near double digit unemployment rates in some regions. Many of the hardest hit industries such as financial services and home construction face the prospect of an extended [...]

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19Feb

3 Lead Generation Myths That Will Clog Your Sales Funnel & Keep You From Closing More Sales

Posted by Marcel Sim in Sales & Marketing

Article Contributed Joanne Black We’ve been told that getting more sales is all about your “activity,” but is it? Our job as salespeople is to move as many qualified prospects through the sales funnel as quickly as possible—leading to more sales, better clients, and more income. The traditional sales funnel to attract new business has [...]

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18Feb

Does Anyone Knows Anything?

Posted by Marcel Sim in Business Trends

Article Contributed Guy Kingston “Reports that say that something hasn’t happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are [...]

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17Feb

Business in the News: Facing Today’s Credit Card Crunch

Posted by Marcel Sim in Recommendations

Article Contributed by Andy Lax If you are a business owner, you have probably felt the pinch – if not a full smack down – from today’s faltering economy. Even more distressing, the situation may become worse before we turn the economic corner. In a recent Washingtonpost.com article Retailers Report a Crisis in All Aisles, [...]

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16Feb

8 Small Business Strategies to Learn From This Economic Recession

Posted by Marcel Sim in Entrepreneurship

I can’t believe we didn’t learn them from the past recessions 1. Have a strategy ready to implement if your sales drop 10%. This is a normal business fluctuation. Too many businesses have grandiose plans for growth but don’t plan for this reality. Have a plan for what you would do if there is a [...]

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13Feb

How to Overcome Writer’s Block With These 3 Tips

Posted by Tracey Lawton in Online Business

Your next newsletter is due out this Friday! You’ve got your newsletter template in front of you; you’re sat at your PC all ready to go, and, horror of horrors… you’ve got blank page syndrome a.k.a. writer’s block. Your mind is a complete blank and you can’t think of a single thing to write about! [...]