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Arbitrary Trademarks
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| The strength of a particular trademark is gauged according to the Distinctiveness & Descriptiveness Continuum. Arbitrary marks are not as strong as fanciful marks but they are still strong in terms of trademarks. Choosing an arbitrary mark certainly makes the trademark filing process easier, provided, of course, that the mark is legally available.
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Relationship Selling, So What Is A Relationship
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| Six key points to create strong bsiness relationships that drive sales and business. |
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Home Security For Better Home Insurance Rates - Legal Issues
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| When you design and implement a home security plan, it's wise to investigate some legal issues that necessarily arise. Laws concerning privacy, gun ownership, security company responses and other issues can become a problem if certain points are not considered up front.
The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states (in part):
'The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated...'
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Success Tips for Travel Write-offs
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| Success Tips for Travel Write-offs
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When traveling for business OR when traveling for pleasure, the tax rules are pretty clear. But what about if you mix business and pleasure in your travels? Can you, as a freelancer, fly to Paris and work from there and write off your trip? Can you spend a few days at a conference and a couple days at your parents' house and write off the entire week? The tax code is complex but the IRS doesn't like mistakes! In this article, you'll build a solid foundational base of knowledge about travel write-offs and you'll get some guidance about where to go to learn more.
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What Can I Expect From a LifeBusiness Coach
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| A life/business coach works with you helping to identify and set goals. A life coach will help you clarify your values and create a personal vision for success. A coach will help you prepare an action plan and will hold you accountable for taking action. |
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Business Ethics
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| Business ethics are a hot topic these days; with everything from insider trading to employee theft on the rise, it is no wonder that businesses are beginning to focus on the impact of ethical leadership. However, along with this new focus comes a lot of "gray area". Many times, managers are forced to decide on issues where there are arguments on both sides - a problem that makes ethical decision-making very difficult. |
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What's your excuse?
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| 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.
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Effective Networking Will Create Marketing Imitators, But Not Marketing Innovators
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| Is your networking marketing messaged being copied? Consider this perspective as you try to stay the Red Jacket in the Sea of Gray Suits. |
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Education Based Marketing Can Increase Sales Results
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| Are you like all those other gray suits selling your products or services? Why not change your sales strategy and become the Red Suit in the Sea of Gray Suits through Education Based Marketing. |
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How A NICHE Market Strategy Approach Increases Sales
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| Much is written about having a niche to improve your selling success. A niche is a narrow target market where there are few competitors and allows you to be the Red Jacket in a Sea of Gray Suits. Use this acronym to help you strengthen your niche in your marketplace.
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Holiday Rush?
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| Even in a recovering economy, the Holiday season is the most stressful of the year. Having a good retail POS system in place can make or break your season, as well as determine how many gray hairs you get! |
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Special Issues for an Area Developer
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| 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. |
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Special Issues for an Area Representative
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| 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 |
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How to Use Layering Questions
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| Only the top sales reps use layering questions, and the reason they are so valuable is because they get your prospect to go a little deeper into an area of interest they have, or in an area of concern. |
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The Danger of Knowing
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| 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. |
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