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Awakening The Entrepreneur Within You
There is a commonly held belief that one becomes an entrepreneur by going into business, or going out on one’s own. I don’t subscribe to that belief.

Teachings of the Wii Generation
Nice post from DailyTech on the democratization of technology, and what we can learn from the surprising success of the Wii game system. It is easy to forget how many people thought the wildly successful Wii was set to fail.
Top 10 Secrets of the Marketing Process
If my previous post confused you, it's because of the difference between tactics and innovation. Try these 10 ideas to get you started down the path of scientific marketing tactics:
Don't make a bad deal
Here's what entrepreneurs and bizdev folks ought to remember before they do a deal:
Recommendation: Get A Gmail Account
Every day I get emails from people working on new startups. I'm continually amazed at how many of them come from their existing corporate email address.

The Importance of a Good Handshake
For the first time ever, researchers have studied the importance of a good handshake.
Oh My Where did my day go?
Beware of being so busy that you don't get anything done.
Twitter Tips For Online Business Entrepeneurs
Twitter is a social networking site that has become a favorite of online business owners to promote and sell their products. There are some things that we should be aware of when using twitter for our online business promotion.
Get More Visitors in 48hrs Without Spending a Dime
If you have a website and are looking for FREE ways to drive more unique traffic to your website, I will show you in 5 steps how you increase your website's traffic within 48hrs. I've tried it and it really works.
Top 20 Reasons to Write a Press Release
Any marketer will tell you that publicity is more effective than advertising for creating visibility for your business. And dollar for dollar, publicity is usually the least expensive way to get your name in the paper.
Navigation, Navigation, Navigation
No matter how successful your marketing program might be, it is important to keep your visitors on your site once they arrive. If they find it difficult to navigate and leave out of frustration, you have just sabotaged all of your marketing efforts.
Customer preception of waiting
This article shares the results of a study conducted at The School of Business and Economics at North Caroline AT&T University. The report focused on the customer's perception of delay before receiving services. A small group activity is included for the purpose of discussion of what your site/department/business can do to affect customer satisfaction.
The True Cost of Free Marketing, and How to Choose the Right Marketing Tactics for Your Business
No matter what anyone tells you, there is no such thing as “free advertising”, and even cheap advertising usually isn’t. At the very least you have to count your own time costs to create your promotion. Plus you may need to hire a graphic designer, copywriter or even a marketing consultant to get the results you need. So don’t base your marketing and advertising decisions solely on initial cost. Instead you want to consider your goals, the true costs and the potential gains or ROI.

How changing an email subject line added 56% in sales.
We subscribe to a results company for its marketing research results. We get to see data we can trust on issues of real importance to our clients—like this investigation into how to make the subject line of an email work best. It’s common sense to say that emails reaching out to clients and prospects won’t work if they don’t get opened, but this experiment demonstrates that there are other things you can and should be measuring if you don’t want to leave money on the table.

Avoiding The Activity Trap: Effective Problem Solving
Great HR professionals solve problems. They size up situations, identify solutions and then take action. But sometimes we need to slow the process down. We need to first understand what the REAL problem is before we do anything. There are times when taking no action is the best route. We aren't paid for activity.

How Not To Network
Networking is a learned skill. It may not come naturally to some people. It requires that you understand human nature, a skill that is woefully neglected in this world of fast friends and instant communication.
Minimize The Effects of The Recession
You have your greatest asset at your fingertips Š Your Employees! Explore ways to stabilize your company, and then grow it into a powerhouse!
Home Staging Offers Job Security
The Staging Diva®, explains why operating a home staging business offers more job security than being employed by someone else.
Home Staging Marketing Tactics That Will Put You Out of Business – Pt. 3
The Staging Diva®, shares why offering a guaranteed sale is one of the worst marketing tactics she has seen carried out by home stagers.
Keys To Success: Four Step Plan To Move From Employee To Business Owner
A lot of people start out as employees and hope that one day they would be able to gain financial success and control of their lives by owning there own business. But unfortunately, they never do. I'm sharing with you in this article success keys that will enable you to transcend from an employee to a successful business owner.

Promotional Marketing Coach
I often get asked maybe it is because of my 24 Years of experience or maybe it is simply people reaching out who require help/answers. I am always available to offer FREE advice with NO strings attached. If I cannot help you .....I will try to help guide you. I believe this is what a COACH does best. A coach instills teamwork and leadership in his team.
Small Business Financing And Why This Is The Time For Low Cost Franchises
There are many financing options for an entrepreneur interested in taking advantage of a small business opportunity, but this is probably not the time to pursue them. If financing is not available to you, consider choosing a cheaper franchise.
Why Most People Fail to Make Money Online
Internet is, in my opinion, the best tool ever invented. I just love it. It has made starting companies a lot easier. However, most Internet companies fail to make any money. Why is that? Is starting an online business different from starting any other business? Yes and no. Yes, the technologies change. And no, most basic principles still apply. You still need to understand your target market, learn what they want, and provide them with it in a cost-effective way. You still need to learn what their buttons are and how to push them. You still need to know about finances, leadership, management, marketing, and sales.
Work At Home Parents--Managing A Home Based Business And A Family
Manage a family is hard work, and managing a business is hard work, but managing a family and a business simultaneously can feel downright impossible. Here are some quick tips to help you navigate that difficulty as well as possible.
Want to Boost Technology Sales? Incent Your Support Staff
Clues for sales are everywhere, and many times they fall in the lap of someone who is not part of your company's sales team. While most of these leads are passed along to a sales professional, it's not a bad idea to provide incentives to the support team to continue to look for clues.

Could You Use Persuasive Selling?
There’s a stark difference between persuasion and manipulation. No one has to tell you when you’re being manipulated. You don’t like it, and it’s a dangerous tactic to use.

Avoid Using Free Services For Your Business
With everything costing so much in this day in age, free is attractive to anyone, including business owners. There are a wide variety of free services available on the internet today.
Sales Recruitment and Hiring Process
Find who you want, don't just take who you get. There are plenty of great people out their looking for a place to contribute. Good people are interviewing you, so you need to be prepared, organized and professional in your approach. You can attract top quality people if your company can support them and your hiring process is attractive to them.
Stage Yourself to Sell: Image is Everything
One of the easiest ways to catapult your business to success is to act as though you are already successful. Do you play the part of a very successful home stager?
Nurturing Creativity at Work
Good managers know that creativity is essential for the health and prosperity of the companies they work for. And therefore, good managers also know that their single most important job is to nurture creativity in those who report to them.

Home Staging Helps Real Estate Investors and Builders Maximize Profits
When selling your investment property, are you tempted to leave a room or the entire house empty? Don't decide to save money when it comes to furnishings and accessories. Taking the time to do these final details will ultimately translate into a higher return on your investment.

5 Steps to Exceeding Customer Expectations
Every industry has an imaginary “bar” set for it either by an established leader or by the collective efforts of that industry over time. If your company can somehow raise that bar to new heights, you can take over control of the industry. Following the five steps outlined in this article can help improve your chances of discovering a game changing nuance to accomplishing just that.
SEO Success - Website Navigation
Everyone has been annoyed by a website that loses you as you look for information. In the end, it is a test of your patience and the value of the content. However, with time being such a precious commodity, patience runs thin, especially when there are lots of competitors out there who might let your viewer dance through their site more easily. Consider how your navigation looks to your viewer and make sure you make it easy and logical.
Reasons Why YOU Should be Traveling More
Travel more and you’ll probably be a happier person and live a better quality of life. You may even live longer too. And the memories, oh the memories.

Why Mass Link Submissions are Dangerous to Your SEO Efforts
Those mass directory submission offers are tempting. But they could be leading you down a dangerous path. Learn how mass directory submissions can actually hurt your SEO. And what you should do instead to keep building long term business success online.
Two spectacular sales ideas©
Field Sales Prospecting is an art that everyone can learn, but few ever really try. Yet it must be the most important of the sales skills since it gets the sales professional in a position to actually use all their other sales skills! Here are two ways to assure that your Prospecting System actually sees the light of day, so you can reap the rewards of your efforts.

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Protecting Your Ideas
It's not easy to think about ideas as property, but for some businesses it's vital. Most of us have had an idea for a new product or service only to dismiss, postpone, or neglect it. Sometimes we later find that others had the same idea, but took it to market before we did. By that time, it is too late for us to take advantage of the idea.
Ideas and Inventions What To Do When You Are Inspired
Your idea could be valuable. If you don't do something with it, there's a good chance that someone else will at some point. The expression, "Information is power," especially applies to anyone who wants to profit from an invention or idea. This information will help you as you explore the potential of your invention or idea.
Turning a Business Idea into Real Business
Everyone at one time or another has had an idea for what they thought would make a great business, however only a very small few ever end up turning this idea into reality. So what then are the most important bits of turning your idea into a viable business?
How Good Is Your Big Idea
Every business idea, no matter how good it sounds while bouncing around inside your head, should be put to the test before you invest time and money into its execution. Success lies not in what you think of your idea, but what the buying public will think. Many entrepreneurs find out too late that the public’s opinion of their idea differs greatly from their own.
Creating and Using a Victory Journal
During an interview with Sandi Givens the discussion lead to how women sometimes have a difficult time disassociating themselves from the things that they do. In other words, when a woman presents an idea to someone, and the idea is rejected or she's told it's not a very good idea; many women find it difficult to remember that it was the idea itself that was rejected and not the "woman".

Should You Share Your Business Idea With Others?
Protecting your idea from unscrupulous people can be put you in a precarious position. On one hand you would like to get the benefits of sharing your idea with others. These benefits can be invaluable as you venture into a new business. A new pair of eyes with a fresh view point can help you identify; problems with your assumptions, new opportunities that haven’t been explored, and/or just provide constructive criticism. But the idea of someone stealing your business idea and starting it themselves can be a very real and paralyzing fear. This article discusses the pros and cons of sharing your idea and how to protect yourself.
Lesson #3: “The will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success.”
In 1915, Sarnoff came up with an idea that he believed would revolutionize the world as he knew it. The idea came after some 15 years in the business, with modest success. Still, the idea was no match for his risk-averse superiors.

Testing Your Book Idea
Your book is your best calling card. It can define your business for you. Test your book idea: Who is your audience? How original is your idea? Can you write it? Is the time right? How important the idea? MUST you write it?
How To Achieve Your Desires With A Goal Achievement System - Part 1
Have you ever gotten really excited about that million dollar idea only to end up going nowhere? Often times, the idea itself was not what had resulted in failure, but a lack of a systematic process to take that idea and turn it into a reality. This is like driving your car across the country, and never filling up your tank with gas. You will only make it a certain distance, and you will never reach your final destination. What I am about to teach you is a way to create "mental gas stations," with the Goal Achievement System (GAS). The GAS will allow you to refuel your motivation and allow you to achieve extraordinary results that you did not know were possible.
A cure for the "If this is such a great idea, why am I not doing it?" blues
Have you ever had a great idea--or two--that you were eager to act on, but you couldn't seem to get moving? It could have been an art project, a blog, a book. Whatever it was, the initial inspiration seemed so clear, and then? Mush. There are two big--and curable--reasons this happens, and neither of them has anything to do with the quality of the idea itself. That is, you don't usually get stuck because your idea is bad. You get stuck because you haven't made a decision or you don't have conditions of satisfaction.
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