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Business Turnaround - Do it with Lean
Is anything working? Are you in trouble yet? Is it you, or is it the economy? In a past blog post, I went over this issue and the fact of the matter is, IT'S YOU! Why? You are the one that has to survive, it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. Without change, things will stay the same, so how do you go about initiating change?
Do You Really Know Bill Gates? The Myth of Entrepreneur as Risk-Taker
Before I had to establish my no-blurb/no-review policy for books due to volume (picture: one day’s mail), I received an e-mail from Rick Smith, the founding CEO of the World 50, one of the most exclusive senior executive networking companies on the planet, with members and contributors like Bono, Francis Ford Coppola, and Phil Knight…

Winners Never Cheat and Cheaters Never Win...Bull#$%!
This article puts to rest the idea of cheating and all good deeds coming without criticism. Read this to learn more.
Transition From Profession To Business - Exploring Your Career Alternatives
Are you a professional-perhaps in the ever-changing health care field or a similar area of interest? If so, have you given much thought to how you'll make the transition from practicing your profession to enjoying the later years? As crazy as things are these days, perhaps it's even worth seriously thinking about alternative income streams sooner rather than later, even if the traditional idea of retirement is nowhere near your vision for the future. This article outlines the options available to professionals in transitioning to successful business ownership.
7 Key Qualities Of Successful Entrepreneurs
Do you have what it takes to become a highly successful entrepreneur? Many folks want to own and build their own business-and it is a great thing for those willing to work at it and make things happen. The thing is, sometimes it's also pretty easy to overlook all of the hard work that goes into earning success. In this article, I reveal what I consider to be the 7 key qualities that a person must possess and demonstrate to become a successful entrepreneur.
Creative Abrasion and the Sales Knowledge Activist
I don't know enough. Not enough about my customers & prospects, or their customers, prospects, suppliers, partners and competitors. I don't know enough about the objectives, strategies, requirements, problems or people of any of those groups. I don't even know enough about how my own products and services - either alone or combined with other products and services - can address the issues of my customers and prospects. Eeesssssshhhhh... (Guess what? You're in the same boat!)
SEO Tips
I often have people asking me for tips on SEO. I never know what to say, because SEO focuses on a wide spectrum of areas. Would you like tips on the optimisation of meta-data, SEO link-building or perhaps keyword research? The fact of the matter is that SEO covers so many areas, and even so-called SEO experts don’t always realize just how many factors have to be taken into account.
Why you have to love Tech Stocks!
As someone who spent a lot of time as a Financial Planner after the Tech Bubble in the late 90’s, it is not easy to say you have to love Tech stocks. Why? Because, the Tech market of the late 90’s became the poster child of what not to do when investing. It became a cliché for anyone who taught people how to diversify and be a balanced investor.

Is California’s Economic Woes a Glimpse of the Future?
The State of California’s economic problems continue to mount as Fitch downgraded their rating on their bonds earlier this week, and one can’t help but to think is this the fate of the US on a national level?

Fed Decision: Deflation vs. Inflation
With the Fed in meetings the next two days, and fears of heavier inflation much greater than ever before, Bernanke and company find themselves in a very difficult spot and will have to tip toe around inflation fears and focus on their bigger fears of deflation.
Keeping Your Home Based Business Going After The Rush Has Worn Off
Starting your home based business is a challenge; everything is new, and it's very easy to just put in the extra hours because you're building something for yourself, not working extra hours for a boss who doesn't appreciate your talents or work ethic. It's easy to get wrapped up in the work and to dig down deep into the details that make your business yours.
Digital Branding is Great ... But Don't Forget The Strategy!
It has come to my attention recently that many clients are getting frustrated with all the "Social Media experts" because they forget about the strategy. You cannot be enamored with "doing something just to do it." Please remember that e-mail campaigns, Twitter updates, Facebook pages, blogs, and any other digital marketing tool is just that ... a tool ... a vehicle to further your engagement with your consumer. One thing everyone needs to remember: you can't forget the strategy.

Full Time Income For Part Time Hours: Fact Or Fiction
Is it a dream of yours to work from home? Would you rather work less and make more money? What about early retirement?
How To Write Winning Copy The More You Tell The More You Sell
Long copy versus short copy, which is better in the online world, when a sale lost forever is just a click away?
Franchise Business Tips For The Work From Home Mom
For many stay at home moms, it may be hard to imagine a way to stay at home and make a good income with no previous experience required. Here's a look at some tips and a few work from home franchises specifically designed with stay at home moms in mind.
Link Building It’s tough, but you can do it.
Link Building is a rather self-explanatory term describing the process of creating inbound links to your own site. This is mainly achieved by getting your site listed in e-zines, newsletters, directories, search engines, etc.
Take Action And Ensure Your Career Is Successful
Success in any entrepreneurial endeavour is conditional on a simple truth: Learning does not always require thinking. Actually, thinking often hinders learning. Hinders learning?

Super Guru Mega Launches Are They All Just Scams
This morning sees the launch of another high-priced mega launch by another Internet Marketing Guru. As usual, one of my list members wrote me asking if they should purchase the product. Since these Guru mega launches occur like clockwork sometimes two and three times a week, I get this question a lot, and this is my answer.
Low And No Budget Home Based Businesses Any Woman Can Start Part One
In recent years, the number of layoffs, and the cost of living has dramatically increased. Once upon a time layoffs were not a huge concern but unfortunately that is not the case today. Due to the increased cost of doing business, the new business paradigm that makes outsourcing work to foreign countries cost effective, and technological innovations that make many former jobs obsolete, job security for many of the jobs traditionally held by women is a thing of the past. So what is a hard-working girl to do...start her own business from scratch—of course!
Successfully Promoting Your Offline Business In An Online World
It does not take much to quickly realize that in this day and age that virtually every business of any real size has developed some form of Internet presence, and if they have not...then some young whippesnapper is probably just waiting around for someone else to retire or die so they can heroically bring the company out of the stone age. Do you think that your business does not lend itself to having website...well think again.
How to Build Your Own EBusiness at the Touch of an Autoreponder Button
You have been told time and again that one of the most difficult hurdles to building an online business is building a list.... The truth of the matter is--that it is only difficult if you do not know what you are doing. The fact of the matter is--with the right, readily available, tools and tips it is downright easy to do.
Answering Tough Questions That Can Save Your New Business
New businesses start up every day, both online and offline. Unfortunately, statistics show that the majority of them will fail. Asking a few tough questions, and knowing the answers can prevent your dream of owning your own business from becoming just another sad statistic. Isn't that worth a bit of your time?
The biggest mistakes restaurants make, and why they have a high failure rate
This is one of the most important articles I've written. It's a list on the biggest reasons for failure in the restaurant industry. While there are certainly other issues that can lead to failure, these are the most common.
Beware greenwashing your business
Greenwashing, the practice of using the term 'green' just to score points, will fail you and your business.

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Can You Really Make Money in Online Publishing
Yes, there are people making money ethically, legally and morally out of thin air using something called “Online Publishing.” As a matter of fact they are delivering real value to their customers in the process. The good news is that you can do it too!

Give To Live and Get Refired
I often tell people who haven’t seen me recently and wonder if I have retired, “I’m not retired, I’m refired. I’m not gonna ease up, let up, shut up or give up until I’m taken up. As a matter of fact, I’m just getting warmed up!”

How to Build Your Own EBusiness at the Touch of an Autoreponder Button
You have been told time and again that one of the most difficult hurdles to building an online business is building a list.... The truth of the matter is--that it is only difficult if you do not know what you are doing. The fact of the matter is--with the right, readily available, tools and tips it is downright easy to do.
The Need for Strategic Planning
Every company should have a strategic plan, no matter what the size. In fact, it is often more important for small firms as they tend to lose focus very easily.
Business Turnaround - Do it with Lean
Is anything working? Are you in trouble yet? Is it you, or is it the economy? In a past blog post, I went over this issue and the fact of the matter is, IT'S YOU! Why? You are the one that has to survive, it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. Without change, things will stay the same, so how do you go about initiating change?
Internet Home Based Business--Do You Need a Business License to Operate from Home?
If you are looking for an Internet home based business opportunity, without a doubt it is your best option to generate income without a job. A job, no matter how much you earn, you are never in control of your financial future. Matter of fact, you are working to make someone else rich. When you lose your job,your income stops until you find another and chances of that happening are limited.
Internet marketing - Why do people refuse to listen to the truth?
No matter how you slice it, making money online takes work. Yet, there are many who choose to ignore this important fact. Find out why.

Are Online Money Making Opportunities The Answer For You?
Not everyone is cut out for Internet marketing. As a matter of fact you need to ask yourself the question of whether online money making opportunities are really the best answer for you. Here are a few things that can help you determine that!
DOES HOPE FLOAT?
Charlie Brown, the little neurotic fellow we have all come to know and love is an eternal optimist when it comes to kicking a football. No matter how many times Lucy pulls the ball away he always hopes that the next time she will let him kick it. In a way we are all like Charlie, no matter how often we hope, regardless of the outcome we always come back to it again and again. Because we have come to know that on those rare occasions we realize our hopes. There is another reason though for clinging to our hopes, a much more powerful reason in fact

Part 1: Behind Every Customer Complaint, a Silver Lining
Customer complaints are a fact of business life. It doesn’t matter whether you have 15 or 1,500 employees, whether you operate strictly online or with a brick-and-mortar presence, or whether your primary customers are Millennials or Baby Boomers. Ultimately, it doesn’t even matter how well-crafted your products or services are. Each customer has a different perspective and varying needs, meaning that complaints are inevitable in any industry.

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