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Pet Service Franchises are Taking a Bite Out of the Multi-Billion Dollar Pet Care Industry
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| Pets are beloved family members that occupy a special place in peoples’ hearts. As families become increasingly busy and juggle hectic schedules, caring for their pets is a responsibility they’re often outsourcing. Just as people hire someone to clean their house or mow their lawns, consumers are hiring experts to train and clean up after their dogs. Many pet franchises are capitalizing on this trend. The opportunity for pet franchises is tremendous. It is estimated that in 2009, $3.4 billion will be spent on pet services, much of it with pet franchises. |
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6 Great Small Business Opportunities For The Animal Lover
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| If you're an animal lover, consider that you could make a great deal of money by using your love of animals in a new pet franchise. These businesses range from your typical pet store, to on-site food delivery and dog waste removal, but no matter which one you choose you'll work with animals and join this multi-billion dollar industry which is still growing. |
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7 New Business Opportunities For The Animal Lover
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| The ultimate goal for any business owner is to make great money doing what they love, and while no business is all fun and games, these new pet franchises are sure to entice any animal lover interested in owning their own business. |
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What I Learned From Sam The Border Collie Dog
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| Sam was a very intelligent, smart and active dog. He was a real live wire!
Here is Sam’s last year in his words.
What can you learn? |
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If the "Dog Whisperer" Was Your Sales Manager
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| In this day and age of hundreds of TV channels to watch as well as internet videos, I have found a show that I run across every now and then and I must say that it really fascinates my wife and I. This show is called the "Dog Whisperer" and it features Cesar Millan who takes troubled dogs and turns them around. He basically helps them feel like a productive member of their family. |
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Find Your Playing Field
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| Most business owners experience significant advantages in focusing their marketing efforts towards a particular set of clients. The truly exceptional business owners are the ones who take a strategy with which they are comfortable and really know inside and out. They implement these strategies and then make them systematic. Outrageous business owners, entrepreneurs, and leaders know that by creating systems, they create more time to learn about themselves and new strategies, evolve themselves, and create better systems.
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A business without a dream is like a life without a purpose
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| I launched my present company, E-Myth Worldwide, in 1977 to transform the way small business owners do the work of growing their companies.
Since then we have coached, trained and taught over 50,000 small business owners in more than 145 countries on how to transform their business to produce consistently better results.
What we learned from those 50,000-plus owners could fill a dozen books.
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Strategic Thinking For Business Owners For Successful Retirement, According To Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach
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| Small business owners know that running a small business requires constant attention. They tend to work “in their business” rather than work “on their business.” So, it should be no surprise that too many entrepreneurs and small business owners put their own financial planning squarely at the bottom of their “TO DO” lists. A survey conducted by Harris Interactive for ShareBuilder indicated that 47% of small business owners are not confident that they are prepared for retirement. The survey also shows that 60% of the business owners surveyed have NO PLANS to sell their business to help fund their retirement – but for other owners, such a sale can be a crucial part of a successful retirement plan. Here a list of actions to consider when developing your strategic retirement plan as a business owner.
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Eleven Ways to Generate Leverage from Your Business
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| Too many businesses – even fairly large ones -- are more like mom and pop entities that take too much time to run, barely make a profit after factoring in the owners’ time, and aren’t worth much on sale. Business owners need to develop sources of leverage so that their business runs without them. That way, work becomes more enjoyable and the business becomes more valuable.
This article describes eleven ways that business owners can generate leverage in their business. |
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Top Five Rookie Marketing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
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| Launching successful marketing campaigns takes creativity, initiative and perseverance. Although most business owners learn the best ways to market through experience and pain-staking trial and error, there are several common mistakes made by new owners that can easily be avoided with a little foresight and preparation. We highlight these “rookie mistakes” below to help new owners generate effective campaigns that bring in higher returns on investment the first time and every time. |
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The Seven Deadly Sins of Retailing
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| Most businesses that fail do so because of their owners’ “sins.” Usually it’s not for lack of hard work. On the contrary, most store owners put in long hours. The problem is that owners don’t succeed for working hard; they succeed because they produce results, plan ahead and optimize their resources. |
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Specialize or Generalize Which is Better for an Online Home Business?
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| Internet business owners have been having an ongoing debate about whether it is better for owners of online home businesses to become specialists or if it would serve them better to be generalists. Here is a look at the pros and cons of becoming either a specialist or a generalist to help you choose which option would be better for you |
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Using Freebie Marketing To Lift Retail Sales Online
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| Business owners are always looking for new ways to improve sales. However, some of the best methods are methods that business owners have used for years, like freebie marketing. Simply put, freebie marketing is a method where business owners give away free items to customers to help sell other items or encourage customer loyalty.
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Do You Need a Business Broker to Sell Your Business?
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| So often Business owners think that they are able to sell their business and actually make more money! Mainly because they think they are eluding paying a commission. Reality is like the saying goes, that they are "cutting off their nose to spite their face." Most Business owners have a very small sample of buyers. This means that the buyer that they find is only bidding against themselves. How could a business owners think that they would get the best possible price and terms for their business. After years of putting blood sweat and tears into the business don't throw everything away just to save a few pennies on the dollar. |
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Small Business and the Internet?
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| I have been working with Websites for a number of years and have found that for small business owners, they are so confused with how the whole system works. Most small business owners either not have a website or have a website that doesn't work.Let's take a look at some of the processes that need to be considered by the small business owners when setting up a website. |
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