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Why We Worry About the Wrong Things, Part II
I mentioned it earlier in a round-up, but I really want to draw people's attention to Time's cover article this week. The magazine has done some very good work lately, and this week's cover is another example. It painstakingly gets underneath our human penchant for getting possibilities, probabilities, and likelihoods all messed up, worrying over the least likely things, and being oblivious to the things that have a high chance of killing us.
Why Entrepreneurs Are Like The Long Shot At Del Mar
Entrepreneurs starting businesses in the current economic climate have a real challenge yet an opportunity at the same time. It separates them from others who would never take risks, especially when times are very tough. This sets them apart from the competition. Entrepreneurs start business usually for one main reason: They see a problem, they are passionate about solving that problem, and will do everything necessary to achieve their goal of finding a solution to that problem.
How Well Are You Keeping Your Focus on Increasing Sales?
Keeping your focus on increasing sales may sound a little odd to you. You’re in sales or own your own small business of course your focus is on sales, or is it?

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Business Drive is Par for the Course
All golfers make bad shots, so it’s easy to see ourselves in the roles of bad-shot golfers. And, we feel the triumph of when bad-shot golfers reverse their failures and win. Winners are those who have the desire and drive to win. They brush aside the bad shots, the bad luck bounces, the wrong club choice; and they focus on winning. Is business any different?
What SEO's Expect From Their Clients
Once you've located a top performing SEO, don't expect to call the shots. Search engine optimizers have certain expectations of their clients. Let me run through a few ways to keep your SEO happy.

What a Home Based Business Is
A home business is, among other things, a business run by one or more people out of someone's residence. The business operator is also the business owner who calls the shots, takes the risk, and enjoys the success of the business...
It’s OK to ask for the sale. Really it’s OK
“85% of the interactions between sales people and prospects end without the sales person ever asking for the sale. 85%!” Retail News by Richard Fenton It’s OK, no it is a must to ask for the sale, because as Hockey player great Wayne Gretzky says, “You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.”

How Does networking RAISE your Revenue?
As they get more successful in business, it is said that people's networks grow. This happens through word of mouth from satisfied customers. But how did they get their customers in the first place. Apart from the usual ways of finding customers, like mail shots, advertising and cold calling, a lot of people engaged in "networking".

Play the Full Table
During uncertain times (like today!) most leaders and business owners play it safe. This means that if you want to distinguish yourself during tough times, the bar is pretty low. Now is the time to play the full table! Don't restrict your strategies to the sure shots. While your competitors are playing it safe, try new shots, explore the edges of the table.

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.
Living with Integrity
”What I do is who I am” Chris Schenkel. Several years ago I heard about an ad placed in a sports magazine advising hunters how not to scatter their shots. The ad said, “For one dollar we’ll give you that information.” Many people sent their dollar and the advice was, “Just use one shot.” While the ad was deceptive, and I’m certain many of the respondents were irritated at being taken in, the advice was good.

Marketing Strategies: Does your “people pleaser” pattern get in the way?
Do you allow your clients to call all the shots? Learn how to manage your “people pleaser” and become more effective!
Measuring your Marketing - Which bits work?
These days there are so many creative ways to market your products or services that it's easy to get caught up in trying all sorts of stuff and then never really know which activity gets you the best results. From websites and e-shots, to signs in the window and flyers, they will all have an effect (you hope) and it's time you knew how much of an effect so that you can spend your future budgets wisely.
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