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The Top Ten Lies of Entrepreneurs
I get pitched dozens of times every year, and every pitch contains at least three or four of these lies. I provide them not because I believe I can increase the level of honesty of entrepreneurs as much as to help entrepreneurs come up with new lies. At least new lies indicate a modicum of creativity!
Who Should Review Your Business Plan?
I'm a big beleiver in business plans - not the text book thing, the simple working, changing, living, breathing thing. Every business should use one (note I said use not have.)
Are There Holes In Your Network?
Once you build a little trust with your clients they often come to rely upon you for more than the scope of your products or services. “I know you’re my accountant, but do you know anyone who can fix my garage door?”
The Logistics of Time
Time is a funny thing – it’s the scarcest resource we are allowed to use. There are countless books, software programs and systems that aim to help us manage and control it, but for the small business there is a complex set of variables that come in to play.
What If Certain Things Just Don't Add Up?
It's OK when things don't always make sense!
Follow The Yellow Brick Road To Success and FulFillment
Developing the correct mindset for being in business is often left behind when we are caught up in cash flows, projections and marketing. Taking time to analyse ourselves may reveal some fixes for our business which cannot be found in a spreadsheet.
Step Aside, Internet Network Marketing Expert Coming Through.
With so many self-proclaimed internet marketing experts it is difficult for the average person to know who is actually knowledgeable in online marketing and who is not. This article encourages those who are marketing their network marketing programs online to use less lofty but more meaningful titles.
When Everyone Is Right, Who's Wrong? Uncovering the Mystery of Perceptual Styles
Each of us perceives the world differently, not only because of differing perceptual styles, but also because of the various circumstances, goals, aspirations, ages and lifestyles we have. These individual experiences create different realities, each of which represents only part of the whole picture.

The Tower of Babble
Communication is a funny thing.
Sales Coaching – 1 SIMPLE Way to Get More Business
How many times have you spoke with a sales person and never really got a grasp of what they were selling? How many times have you visited a website and couldn’t figure out what it was about? How could these businesses be screwing up like that?

Most Popular Web Host Services
The funny thing about the most popular web hosting companies that are out today is the fact that they are not always the most expensive. There seems to have been a misconception in years past about having to go with a web hosting company based solely on their hefty price tag. But as time has proven, even the cheaper web hosting companies can and have become some of the most popular around and it isn't just because of the low price tag. Many of them have features just as good, if not better than their expensive counterparts and prove that sometimes good things really do come with small price tags.
Coaching through the Recession
Tips to get businesses through the recession.
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.
If you’re going to make the leap, give yourself an edge by choosing one of the top online businesses available today.
For most of us, financial stability weighs heavily on our minds and often keeps us up at night. At one point or another, we all suffer the pain and frustration of being an employee; of being at the beck and call of our “superior,” someone who dictates the majority of our waking hours… and we let them! Don’t feel guilty or embarrassed about this; just accept it for what it is – an example of how not to live your life – and prepare yourself for the day when you call your own shots.
Frankly My Dear, I Don't Give a Damn
Indifference is a fantastic personal characteristic to have if you’re the roguish leading man in a sweeping Civil War tale, but it’s not quite as charming if you’re a career salesperson trying your best to generate business in a slow economy. The funny thing is that many of us have adopted a Rhett Butler style of prospecting that is highly ineffective - particularly in these challenging times.

10 Lessons from the Sales Candidate Who Smelled Like He Peed on Himself
It was quite the claim. I remember telling my client that the next candidate we were to interview was the best sounding candidate I had ever spoken with on the phone. Robert, the sales manager, went to the lobby to get the candidate and returned, an ashen look on his face. Ray, the candidate, followed Robert into the conference room and suddenly, I had the same ashen look on my face. It seemed that the best candidate I had ever spoken with by phone was, well, a bum!
Creative ways to make extra money
Work from home Turn your source of extra money into your full time income Become your own boss Make money mean nothing
A Little Change Can Go A Long Way
If you look at your every day life, you will notice regular patterns (habits) that govern you. Your routines produce results. What results will your life patterns produce? Basically the same thing you've been experiencing for a long time.

Who Is Responsible For Your Choices?
Who is responsible for your life - your career - your choices? That may seem like a silly question, but often there is a victim mentally from people who choose to blame others. The others may be your parents; or the spouse that left you broke and broken-hearted. The other to blame for your hardship might be an employer who let you go for whatever reason; or a friend who betrayed you; or whatever calamity you choose to blame on another.

Stop Chasing The Money
You've probably heard it many times before, but it's the same advice I give all of my clients, friends and family members when they ask me how I've made so much money online. I tell them, stop chasing the money. Once you decide to stop chasing the money and actually do what you love, the money will follow!
Three Things to Help You Succeed in Business
Random Thoughts on Life and Entrepreneurship
Follow Through or Foul Up
As entrepreneurs, we are usually great at coming up with ideas to promote our business. We know that it's not rocket science, and yet we struggle time and time again getting our ideas off the ground. This isn't really surprising because on top of wearing our marketing hat, we are also wearing our operational, financial, IT and HR hats. Yet when we look at all the different roles we have to play in our businesses, it is truly our sales and marketing hat that can fast track our business to the next level. So how can we ensure that we allocate it the time it deserves? More importantly how do we know that we are fully following through?

The Brand Story, A Tale Worth Telling
Everybody likes a good story and why not? Stories are entertaining, instructive, engaging, and above all human; they connect people to people, and businesses to customers. Stories are about communication and communication is the essence of marketing.
Planning for Breakthrough Results - Getting out of Your Comfort Zone
The author shares her insight and personal learnings on how to step out of your comfort zone for breakthrough results.
How to Avoid the 95% Failure Rate Home Party & Direct Sales Business!
Home Party Consultants: Want to succeed in your home party business? Find out Why There is a 95% Failure Rate With Home Party & Direct Sales Business and How to Avoid the 95% Failure Rate Home Party & Direct Sales Business!
Help I have Trouble Sticking to My Daily Sales Plan
Do you start your day with the best intentions? You plan to make so many calls. You plan to do some things to market yourself. You plan to talk to so many potential clients.

Can You Use Closed Questions to Sell More Insurance?
The quick answer is absolutely. Now let me explain.

Neat Appearance in Sales and Management
You see, if you stand out people will notice you. If people are noticing you among the thousands in the crowd you never know when an opportunity will come your way that will enhance your life. How many times have you left your house just to run up to 7/11 or something and you’re hoping no one sees you? Well, we all know what happens. Of course, the one person you never wanted to see you in that condition pops up out of nowhere!
Pointing Fingers In Sales And Management
Remember, when you are not accomplishing what you set out to do, if you point your finger at others and always think that YOU got the short end of the stick there are ALWAYS 3 fingers pointing back at you!
Is Experience The Best Teacher?
It’s interesting to consider the wisdom of some expressions in common use these days. How about the phrase “Experience is the best teacher?” Or how about this gem, “What you don’t know won’t hurt you?” And what about, “He or she is a born sales person” or “Ignorance is bliss”? As I work these days with sales people and sales managers across Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia I see so many examples of why beliefs like these are so dangerous.Experience is not the best teacher
Business Planning: A 2:1 Return on Investment
Let me take you back a few years to my government days, when I was head of the Corporate Development team within Treasury. One of the areas my team looked after was Strategic and Business Planning for the department and all of the little units within the department. Now at that time Treasury was renowned for its planning. They loved having other departments take time to plan their strategies, projects and priorities. They created massive guideline manuals that made the Yellow Pages look like a weekly women's magazine so people knew EXACTLY how to plan. They had whole teams of people scrutinizing the details in each department's plans.

Coaching Tip: Stop “Trying” and Start “Doing”
“Try” invites a wishy-washy attitude that gives people an excuse to bail out of committing to doing (or having) something desirable or undesirable. You cannot try to do anything. You either do or you don’t. Ready to say YES to your dreams and desires?
Shattering the Rules of Public Speaking
Take your presentations from stiff and uncomfortable to fluid and relaxed!
Are You Guilty of Shotgun Marketing?
"Shotgun marketing" is basically going about marketing your business without a strategic plan, complete with measurable and meaningful outcomes, strategies, and specific action steps, as well as a plan for consistency. The cure for the shotgun approach to marketing is "Lifetime Laser Marketing." Read on to learn more...
Are Journalists Really Out to Get You?
Strong negative feelings about journalists are typical among spokesperson, particularly among those who don't work with reporters often. Many of the negative impressions people have of journalists is rooted in the truth, but this article focuses on how to work within today's media landscape to powerfully get your organization's point across.
Are your prices working for you?
Funny thing prices. If I ask one group of small business owners whether or not they’re happy with their prices, I can receive the answer yes. Check with another group however and I find they’re not. Yet, many business owners struggle with this area.

Double Your Profits and Your Productivity With The Right People
What is the no. 1 asset in your business beside yourself? It's your people. Then why is it they often fall to the bottom of the list when it comes to doing anything to help them improve their performance and look after them? If you want your business to run more effectively and/or make more money then you must invest time and energy into your no. 1 asset otherwise you will eventually lose them.

Bumping Into Your Organization’s Values
If you asked employees to recite the organization's values could they? More importantly do those values instantly determine their course of action? This article will help you better integrate your values into the culture.
Franchising Is a Better Path to Success than Opening a StandAlone Business
The market seems ripe for franchises to continue to grow. Here's why it's a good business move right now.

5 Simple Steps To People Management Success
There are many tools to help managers with their people management skills. Yet sometimes, the best solutions are to be found close to home. Here's a few to help...
A Simple Formula to Guarantee an Instant “Virtual Team” Return on Investment
Would you like to hire a team but aren’t sure if you can afford to? Use this simple formula to discover how you can afford to hire right now.
The secret to success
Most people who say they want to succeed, go around all their life looking for some "secret" that people like me are sure to know. They just know that if they ever learn that "secret" they will be successful, too. Over the past 50 years in business, I have heard it thousands upon thousands of times from "success secret seekers" ... "I ain't gonna get into no nickle and dime business. I want to make millions, not nickles and dimes."

Why Goals Are Important To Your Success
Creating goals, writing them down and taking the action steps to accomplish them is critical to your self-improvement. Studies have shown that when we write down our goals we are more likely to accomplish them. People who have written goals are much more successful then those who do not have written goals.

Coach Pete's Tip: Manage Priorites Not Time
The secret is in managing your priorities not time. We make time for important things in our lives. When a crisis or important task is suddenly forced on us it some how it gets done. What we are doing is really managing priorities not time. We can not manage time, we can not stop it or hit the pause button. We can not rewind and replay the last hour.
The 3 Kinds Of Confusing Brands And What To Do About Them
“What do you do?” Such an innocent and curious question! And in the small business world, it’s where so many conversations go horribly wrong. As the other person starts to answer, a funny thing happens. The conversation starts spinning out of control. Maybe they’re talking too much. Maybe they don’t really know how to answer. Or perhaps they decide, on the spot, to make up and “try out” a new reply they’ve never given before. In any case, the person who asked the question in the first place goes from curious to confused, and starts looking, desperately, for the door. Don’t be the business owner who’s confusing the nice, curious people you’re meeting. Here’s a handy guide to the 3 kinds of confusing brands and what to do about each one:
Sometimes Motivation Has to be Felt
Motivation is a funny thing. You can try to encourage people by telling them the benefits of this, that or the other, but sometimes it's just not enough. You've got to make them "feel" it. If you craft your message right, you can do just that using words only.

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Sales and Up-Selling is No Joke
Everyday in addition to the basic spam of email, friends send me jokes. Some are funny, some are not. Those that are truly funny have a nugget of wisdom or enlightenment within. Here's a story that I like and it not only makes sense, but delivers a common sense sales message that we can all learn from. And, that's no laughing matter.

Sometimes Motivation Has to be Felt
Motivation is a funny thing. You can try to encourage people by telling them the benefits of this, that or the other, but sometimes it's just not enough. You've got to make them "feel" it. If you craft your message right, you can do just that using words only.
Its Just a Number
Age is a funny thing, it’s something that people want to speed up and slow down all within the span of a few years. As a child do you recall saying “I can’t wait until I’m all grown up?” I’ll bet that at some point in life you’ll also become wistful for a younger age. No matter which side of the longing scale you’re on, your age or lack there of need not be a deterrent for accomplishing your goals.

Liven up eLearning course to engage learners with funny quiz
Making good eLearning courses is a developing art. A funny quiz can energize almost any content and produce powerful new understanding for your learners. Integrate funny quiz into eLearning course is an easy way to capture the attention of learners and make your course memorable.
Comic Relief: Rx for Great Service in Gloomy Times
What makes a funny joke funny? The comedian creates a mental pattern and unexpectedly breaks that pattern in the last one or two words. Second, the construction of the humor is simple and easy to get. Finally, the lines have a "tongue-in-check" levity that is joyful. What if customer service could be unexpected, simple and joyful? It could bring comic relief to gloomy customers. Here's how!

Frankly My Dear, I Don't Give a Damn
Indifference is a fantastic personal characteristic to have if you’re the roguish leading man in a sweeping Civil War tale, but it’s not quite as charming if you’re a career salesperson trying your best to generate business in a slow economy. The funny thing is that many of us have adopted a Rhett Butler style of prospecting that is highly ineffective - particularly in these challenging times.

The Tower of Babble
Communication is a funny thing.
Should the Print Newsletter Just Die - And Let Ezines Takeover?
There's no question about it. Printed newsletters should have died a long time ago. But a funny thing happened on the way to the funeral. The printed company newsletter has suddenly became Lazarus - and a resurrection took place.
Keep Calm and Carry On
Running a business is a funny thing. One minute, you can be swamped with work and the next you’re so quiet and you can’t see where the next penny is coming from. When you’re desperate for new business, it’s likely that you’ll do tons and tons of marketing. You’ll really get off your back side and get out there as much as possible to get new business through the door.

The Logistics of Time
Time is a funny thing – it’s the scarcest resource we are allowed to use. There are countless books, software programs and systems that aim to help us manage and control it, but for the small business there is a complex set of variables that come in to play.
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