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Growing Your Business Intuitively
We ended up in the worst recession since the Great Depression because we all collectively listened to the “experts.” Can we really do much worse than that on our own? I doubt it. So why not try a different approach? Try listening to your intuition when it comes to making business choices. Some of the most successful businesses have been built by those who listened to their gut and took the road less traveled...

Home Based Business Getting Started the Right Way
Getting off on the right foot and getting started with a proven system that give you the training and support necessary to become successful online with your business.

Buying An Existing Business Part VI of IX
This is the VI Part of a IX Part series of articles discussing the buying of an existing, small business. In this article we offer suggestions and sources the buyer might employ in finding and purchasing a small, existing business.

There Are No Dumb Business Questions Not
I've gotten a few head-scratchers in response to this column. You know who you are, but don't worry, your secret is safe with me. I have a confession to make. Writing an advice column, whether it be advice for love or money or business, is often hard to do with a straight face. Occasionally a question comes over the digital transom that just makes me go, "Huh?"

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“Your Strategic Thinking Coach’s Ten Questions To Diagnose Fear Of Marketing”
Whenever I hear complaints about not attracting enough new business, I start asking many questions. As a strategic thinking business coach I need to ask those who complain many questions to find out if there is a fear of marketing that is preventing the growth of their business. In order to determine if this fear exists, I developed ten (10) questions to ask them. The ten questions are:
Are You Asking Provocative Questions
In selling, your ability to ask great questions is highly correlated with sales success. Great questions demonstrate your expertise and enhance your credibility. And, the best questions you can ask are highly provocative – ones your prospects can't possibly answer without seriously considering their business situation. So how do you come up with provocative questions? That's what you'll discover in this article.
Professional Business Coach
I have written before about the many important questions entrepreneurs need to ask in their interviews when looking for a professional business coach. What have their results with previous clients been before? What is their style of working? How do they measure success? Have they ever turned down a client request and if so, why? But asking questions goes both ways. Indeed, asking questions is one of the most important components of any good coach’s job. So how do you ensure the questions you are asking are not only powerful, directive and effective, but also professional?

How To Improve Your Own Time Management Through Seven Strategic Questions, According To Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach
Time is such a precious commodity and it is highly valued by strategic thinkers. Strategic thinking people want to get the most benefit out of their time and they have discovered that a great way to do just that is to develop the ability to ask yourself the strategic questions at the right time. And the beauty of this technique is that you only need to invest no more than sixty seconds to ask those questions before you begin any specific activity, task or assignment. The skill of asking the right questions must be acquired and as time goes by you will improve your ability to ask the real strategic questions. It is important to learn how to ask questions and one tip is to have your questions begin with the word “what.” Here is a list of seven strategic questions to ask.
Profitable Online Home Based Business Ideas and the Recession; Three Questions
If you are considering building your own online home based internet business and are having doubts, I want to talk to you. It’s natural to be afraid and hesitant whenever you attempt something new. Most people will start out with a lot of questions, and that’s ok. But all the doubts and questions can really be boiled down to just three questions. Let’s look at them right now.
Probing: Leading and Controlling with Questions
What: is a probe Why: do we use probes Questions are one of the most powerful weapons in a salesperson’s arsenal of procedures and techniques. Questions require a prospect to participate actively in the sale. Questions help us learn the prospects hidden wants and needs. Questions give us time to gain lost composure. We must become excellent question askers and effective listeners.

Socratic Struggles
Using the Socratic Method to guide discussions is a well known tool. The method is frequently used in educational situations, but it can be a powerful tool at work if used well. The caveat is that it can be dangerous if used poorly. What has been your experience with using the Socratic Method? Are you alert to when other people are using the method with you? The attached article has some of my thoughts on this subject and gives a list and examples of the six types of socratic questions. 1. Questions of Clarification. 2. Questions that probe assumptions. 3. Questions that probe reasons and evidence. 4. Questions that probe perspective. 5. Questions that probe consequences. 6. Questioning the question
What questions should I ask when buying a business?
There are many questions buyers typically ask when thinking of buying a business that include the level of sales, qualifications and motivations of the employees, questions about landlord and suppliers. While these questions are helpful and appropriate, this article offers some more questions that will help in the decision of buying a business.

Can Your Salespeople Sell More Effectively by Asking More Questions?
Selling by asking questions is hard. A list of questions isn't the answer. Left to their own devices, your salespeople won't be able to create the kind of questions that are needed. You might not be able to either.
PLANNING FOR SUCCESS – PART 3 – CLARITY IN YOUR BUSINESS (Continued)
There are some very specific questions that you need to honestly ask yourself if you want to have the necessary clarity to move your business forward. In Part 2 of this series we discussed the first six. We’ll finish up with the final five CORE questions that are so essential. More than likely patterns will begin to occur and hopefully you’ll have some major “aha” moments. Now that you’re beginning to have some breakthroughs, let’s start challenging ourselves again with our final set of questions.
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