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Five Marketing Blunders
The following five marketing blunders undermine so many companies and independent business people's marketing efforts, it's surprising they're not better known.

3 Critical Franchisee Skills
Whether you are a franchiser attempting to find the candidates that will be both profitable and a brand asset or you are a franchisee attempting to create a thriving new enterprise, without these 3 components you will be challenged every day in your business.

Boorish Behaviors Are Today’s Common Business Behaviors
People do business with people they know and trust. Learn if your behaviors are professional or simply boorish.
Why should entrepreneurs choose Franchising vis a vis starting their own business?
Starting up a new venture can be a risky affair. You can painstakingly explore and research your market, time the set up to perfection, open your business where demand is high, outdo the competition, offer the best range of products and services available, advertise in the right places and still your business can fail. In fact global Small Business Statistics indicate that one half of new businesses close within the first 3 years of trading. When describing exactly what a franchise is, the important thought is “the right to do business in a prescribed manner.”
Leave Your Ego at the Door, Please
It can take years to develop a relationship based on trust and loyalty. In this case it may have only taken one phone call to diminish years of partnership.
The Benefits of a franchised business vis-a-vis a Standalone
Starting up a new venture can be a risky affair. You can painstakingly explore and research your market, time the set up to perfection, open your business where demand is high, outdo the competition, offer the best range of products and services available, advertise in the right places and still your business can fail. In fact global Small Business Statistics indicate that one half of new businesses close within the first 3 years of trading. When describing exactly what a franchise is, the important thought is “the right to do business in a prescribed manner.”
A franchise business is SMART business
This article presents that the best way to go in to a business is through a franchise business.
Dressed To Bill
When you are on your own, you have to look good.
Confidence Is Money
Confidence comes and goes; but you have to have it when it counts.
Home Based Business Performance Team
Home based business owners team up to make an impact on the internet. The options are limited only by human creativity and imagination. During recessions when large business is being challenged cost saving strategies, the entrepreneur is well positioned to start their own home based business. The biggest advantage that work at home entrepreneurs have is the low start up and maintenance costs. The Internet has opened many avenues for motivated people to start a business. Anyone with the desire and an internet connection has access to a global marketplace and customer base to build their home based business.
Work at Home Mom- Are you Ready to take the Plunge?
Being a work from home mom is definitely not a cake walk- there are many things that you need to consider before you take the plunge into independence and flexibility. It’s true that an independent business gives you a lot of creative freedom to do what you like and also allows you to spend quality time with your family, however there are many challenges to it, and the important question here is- are you ready to be a work at home mom.
Independent Businesspeople Live Intense But Often Lonely Lives
How to survive the emotional challenges of running a business.
Why an Outstanding Resume is Not Enough to Get an Interview: Reason 5
Many people think that a powerful, well written résumé is sufficient to give them the edge needed to secure a job interview. While an outstanding résumé is absolutely necessary, it may not always be sufficient. This is the fifth in a series of short articles which outlines the factors, other than your resume, which could determine whether you will be amongst the chosen few from the multitude.
Women And Work From Home Franchise Opportunities
Working from home is one of the best parts of our new internet-infused marketplace. If you're a woman looking for the perfect work from home business, check out the following home based franchises.
Is Business Ownership Part of Your Destiny
For many, the thought of business ownership is very appealing. Business ownership is a way to control your own destiny, be your own boss, and ultimately build yourself a strong financial asset. There are different ways to embark on your business ownership journey. Should you start a new business, start a new franchise, or buy an existing business?

How To Finance A Home Based Business Franchise
Making the decision to start your own home based business can often be easier than actually coming up with the money to pay for the new business. In today's economy, finding a loan can be tougher than ever, but if you know where to look and are familiar with alternative methods of financing, you can start a home based business franchise in no time and recoup your investment before you know it.
Reselling Your Franchise
If you are thinking about re-selling your franchise to a new franchisee, for whatever reason, how is that done? You might be wondering how it differs from selling an independent business, because you don’t technically own the franchise, you only own its assets. You are renting everything else, from the brand name to the business model of the franchisor.
Benefits of Franchising
Careful thought must be undertaken with any major financial decision you make.

Are You a Potential Franchisee
If you are considering buying a franchise, you have probably done a great deal of research into the companies you might want to sign up with.

Just For Women: Buy a Business, Fulfill Your Passions!
A transition into small business is a natural progression for countless women who have invested the first phase of their careers in the corporate world. Paradoxically, many women are not focused on these opportunities, or if they are, they are unaware of the entire spectrum of possibilities, which includes not only starting a business from scratch, but buying an independent business or franchise as well as partnering with other small business owners.

Is Buying into a Franchise right for you
Going into business by yourself can be a risky venture which is why buying into a proven franchise is often more successful and an easier option. This article explains the benefits of a franchise over going it alone in your own business.
Am I Cut Out to Work For Myself?
ot everyone is cut out to be a self-employed business person. To work for yourself, you are required to be an innovative and motivated individual and need to have a professional attitude.
Career Planning for Baby Boomers -- Starting, Buying or Selling a Business
If you are planning to continue working after retirement, or a change of track while you are employed, starting or buying a business may be just the thing for you. Or, if you already have a small or mid-sized business, you might consider selling it for a profit, or to switch fields.

10 Tips For Investing In A Franchise
Keep these 10 Tips in mind, when starting your search for that perfect franchise...

Why Use a Franchise Consultant?
Most business experts agree that a franchise operation has a lower risk of failure than an independent business. The statistics on this vary depending on the definition of failure. Whatever statistics are used, they consistently suggest that a franchise is more likely to succeed than other independent businesses.
Seeking Help
Where does the time go? Billable time. As a consultant, your practice may be doing reasonably well; you’re charging $100-150 an hour. As an independent consultant, you’re probably also doing everything from grinding the coffee to editing the umpteenth draft of your brochure.
Franchise Business Opportunities: The Pros and Cons of Buying a Franchise
Have you always wanted to go into business for yourself? If so, it’s possible that you’ve considered whether buying a business franchise is the right choice for you. Starting a business in any field is a significant life and professional decision, and, as with any major decision, it is important to weigh all of the pros and cons before taking the leap into a business franchise opportunity.

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5.9 Applying lessons learned from Uganda in South Africa: Enterprise solutions to poverty
Based on what we learned in Uganda through UEF (including the convening power that the Shell brand had with local banks) we established ETEF, our South African fund, with new financial products and an independent intermediary in the form of an independent fund manager with particular expertise in the small-scale energy sector in place from the start.
Why Use a Franchise Consultant?
Most business experts agree that a franchise operation has a lower risk of failure than an independent business. The statistics on this vary depending on the definition of failure. Whatever statistics are used, they consistently suggest that a franchise is more likely to succeed than other independent businesses.
Who is Considered an Independent Contractor
An independent contractor is not legally considered an employee of a small business however; because of this classification, the rights and responsibilities that the small business owner has toward the independent contractor are different for those responsibilities he or she has for individuals classified as full or part time employees of the business.

Natural Motivation (Surround yourself with the right people)
The decisions we make will be a result of the information that we have and our perception of the world. Both this information and this perception will be due to the people that have been a part of our lives. However, a lot of us like to consider ourselves as independent beings that make our own decisions. I do not see these two trains of thoughts as being mutually exclusive. By that I mean we do have the power to make independent decisions but that decision will be the outcome of the impact that other people have had on our life. The overall message is to surround yourself with people who will help provide you with the inform
The pros and cons of working as an independent contractor
Whether you are currently employed or you are unemployed and considering working as an independent contractor, you should carefully weigh the pros and the cons. Making the decision to work as an independent contractor means you are wise enough to measure the pros and cons.
Increase Your Sales by Using Independent Sales Representatives
* Why would I be interested in using Independent Sales Representatives? * How does using Independent Sales Reps increase sales? * How does an Independent Sales Rep get paid? * What are the other advantages of using Independent Sales Reps? * Doesn't the Independent Sales Rep add cost? * Can Independent Sales Reps serve as distributors? * Why don't all Principals use Independent Sales Reps? * How many lines should an Independent Sales Rep carry? * Will my Rep help build my business -- or just be an order taker? * How much commission is the Independent Sales Rep customarily paid?

How to Become an Independent Sales Rep
Eight steps to starting your Independent Sales Rep business.
How To Widen The Gap Between Your Compensation Versus Your Value
Are entrepreneurs the only ones that own their own business? Everyone is really in business for him / herself, like an independent contractor. How you perceive the connection between the employee mind-set and that of an independent contractor is imperative. The independent contractor like the successful entreprneur, has a responsibility to maximize and deliver value. What can you do to deliver your assigned responsibilities with a new approach and be proactive with your talents in a way that creates maximum value? This article offer 2 key areas of focus for employees to increase your value, widening the gap between your worth and your compensation. Those are the folks who never get laid off, no matter what the economy is doing.
Independent Contractor vs. Employee
Many business owners have used independent contractors when appropriate and especially when the needs are part time and/or irregular hours. Using independent contractors can save the business owner on payroll taxes and can be a plus if the need is occasional.
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS ATTRACT INCREASED SCRUTINY
Government agencies, running record deficits, look to companies' use of independent contractors as a source for increasing revenues. Business sees independent contractors as providing much needed staffing flexibility. Taxing agencies consider independent contractors as tax cheats and force business owners to become enforcers of government tax policy. This article explores the criteria businesses need to follow to avoid a finding that your independent contractors are actually employees resulting in assessments for past taxes, penalties, and interest.
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