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It's Just a Number
With a passion for seniors and a knack for business, Lucille Green is defying her age and garnering tremendous success as a small business owner well into her 70’s.
Focus Groups are for Lipstick, not Technology
You're launching a new product, so of course you test your messages with customers. After all, you want to make sure your customers' mouths water (and their wallets open) when they hear your story. More than that, you want to get to know your target market; learn to think like them, speak like them, understand how they react to your story. So you decide to run a focus group. That's what everyone does, right? Wrong. In my humble experience the high technology market does not lend itself to focus groups.
Living Life on Life's Terms
Just because we've lived long enough to be of 'retirement age' doesn't mean that retirement will actually happen for us. In fact, we need to prepare for just the opposite.
The 3 - 4 Letter Dirty Words That Keep You From Your Goal to Increase Sales
In life there are numerous 4 letter dirty words. Have you ever considered that in sales there exists specific words that you avoid and probably affect your ability to increase sales?

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The Positive Power of Saying "NO"
Niquenya D. Fulbright, a Chicago area executive life coach, professional speaker and corporate trainer, examines the subject of setting boundaries in the workplace. She identifies some reasons why business professionals have trouble saying "no" and identifies why it is important for them to do so.
What's your excuse?
Do you have an area of your life that you feel powerless to create success? Have you created success in other areas of your life but have one area that seems to cause you more issues than any other? If we take some time to examine this area, we will undoubtedly find one or more excuses. These excuses will override your commitment to achieving your goals.

Dubai Conference helps International food chains franchise in Middle East
25 Jan 2010: Uno Chicago Grill, Pizza Hut, Round Table Pizza and California Pizza Kitchen are just a handful of food franchise brands that have recently researched expansion in Dubai and other key Middle Eastern markets. Now their executives and others looking to get in on the hot nontraditional market have both a trade show and interactive conference tailored to the area’s food and beverage sector. In response to overwhelming demand, Gulfood, Dubai’s largest trade exhibition for food, drink, food service and hospitality equipment, is launching the inaugural Gulfood Conference, according to a company statement.
Chicago "Street Food"
We road tripped to Chicago to forage for top notch Deep Dish Pizza, Italian beefs and Chicago hot dogs. We found some fabulous food and some very helpful new friends. Read on to find a couple of places to stay away from.
Rallying a Revolution: What We Can Learn From The Chicago Blackhawks
Whether you’re a hockey fan that was rooting on the Flyers or the Blackhawks this week – what the Chicago Blackhawks have done to turn around their franchise in 18 short months is nothing short of staggering. Just think if your business had faltering success… since 1961. Your clients no longer show up, having lost all enthusiasm for you and your brand. It sounds like the perfect opportunity to throw in the towel, call it a day, and cut your losses. But what if you decided that instead of giving up, it was time to reignite the passion that your clients and supporters once had for your business, and reclaim the success you once had? Could you take the lessons taken from the Chicago Blackhawks franchise and rally a revolution around your business?
What do the Fourth of July and In-person Networking Have in Common?
My increasing requests for speaking engagements on face-to-face techniques lead me to believe people again realize the value of this form of networking to increase sales, find a job and build solid relationships. Another trend in the Chicago area is that LinkedIn groups that appear to have been formed strictly online are now having in-person events.
Special Issues for an Area Developer
If you desire to own and operate more than one franchise outlet, you may want to consider becoming an area developer. An area developer is really a multi-outlet franchisee that commits at the beginning of the relationship with the franchisor to open a number of outlets within a given area (“Development Area”) over a specific period of time (“Development Schedule). This is different from the multi-outlet franchisee that may have first purchased one outlet and later purchases another outlet, etc., without ever being contractually bound to open further outlets. there are issues and terms unique to an area developer that must be addressed to make the relationship between the franchisor and the developer more equitable by having a fairer area development agreement.
Special Issues for an Area Representative
An area representative is best described as a "super" franchise broker and servicing agent for the franchisor. You will be disclosed in ITEMS 2, 3 and 4 of the franchisor's Franchise Disclosure Document with your 5-year biography and litigation and bankruptcy history if you will have management responsibility relating to the sale or operation of franchises. An area representative differs from a subfranchisor in that the area representative uses the franchisor's Franchise Disclosure Document and the franchise agreement is signed directly between the franchisor and the franchisee. The area representative is not a party to the franchise agreement. Under the area representative agreement between the franchisor and the area representative, the franchisor delegates to the area representative certain of the servicing and support obligations
The Danger of Knowing
The problem with being an expert is that in some cases you don't know what you don't know. You get so good at one area that you assume you can apply what you know to another similar area. Uh oh.
What Does Pizza Teach You About Setting up Your Business for Success?
It is my assumption, that where ever you live, you are able to either purchase pizza or prepare your own pizza. In the area known as The New York Metro Area and the area around Boston, people are very loyal to where the ‘best’ pizza is to be found.
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