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Caution to the winds?
Yes, let’s throw caution to the winds and throw out our old habits with it. I just listened for the first time to my introduction to the Vancouver Dreaming Room recently past, and was I surprised!
What a Pole Vaulter Can Teach You About Professional Networking
Here’s an insight about building intimacy that I shared on yesterday’s Relationship Masters Academy coaching call.
Identifying New Opportunities for an Old Business - Mash Bonigala
Is it time for your small business to have a make-over? Every business gets a little stale at times and needs some new ideas to shake things up. When you find your sales lagging or your customers less than enthused it is time for a change. There are lots of ways to change your business to excite your current customers and bring in new clients. You can choose to rebrand or repackage your products or you can mix up your marketing strategy. This article is going to focus on finding and implementing brand-new opportunities into your existing business.
Should I fire my bad clients?
Run a mental checklist over your client base right now. Who fits into the ‘good’ client list and who falls into the ‘bad’ client list? It all really depends on what you define as good and bad. As we know not all clients are good for your business. Some clients are a wrong fit for your business but could be a good fit for someone else; therefore in of themselves they are not necessarily ‘bad’. However, others are just downright bad for your business.
9 Secrets to Creating Positive Change
As a soul-driven entrepreneur, it's likely that you want to make the world a better place. And you also likely know that it all starts with you... as you evolve, your business evolves, you make a bigger, "cleaner" contribution and the world benefits. You, like the rest of us, have big dreams... and it's through your personal transformation that you have the power to make the world a better place.

Recession-Proof your Career (Part I of II)
Have you taken the necessary steps to recession-proof your career in today's job market?
Sales Leadership Excellence: How to Recruit & Retain More High-Producing Sales Leaders
As work becomes less about muscle and more about intellect, sales leadership styles need to change. Know what causes a worker to enjoy their work and motivate them to become high producing sales leaders...

Do Your Prospects Have a "Crush" on You?
Do Your Prospects Have A "Crush" On You? Here's the deal lady. When sales are sluggish it can be very easy to drop your "customer filter" and start taking any old business that knocks on the door. Sometimes those prospects want to pay you far less than you're worth - and sometimes those prospects are just not the right fit (but you're tempted to take the biz anyway). Because this can very dangerous to your profit margins, time, energy and possible frustration levels - let me give you a Sales Diva warning.
Home Based Business Spotlight--American Vending Systems
The key to successful business is taking a good idea and making it better. Here is one business that has taken that idea to heart, taking two good ideas and making them better by combining them.
Moving Past Rejection: Speaking of Motivation
Do you find rejection a problem? Then this article is for you.

Tips For Recession-Proofing Your Small Business Franchise
If the recession is weighing you down and figuring out what to do to keep your franchise afloat is bearing no recognizable success, here are some fresh ideas to act on, both to give yourself a concrete course of action to take and to see a quicker recovery for your business.
How to Increase Sales and Reduce Costs by Using These Simple Sales Coaching Tips
Are sales down and costs up? Consider these simple sales coaching tips to reverse those unacceptable trends.
How to Increase Sales and Reduce Costs Using These Simple Sales Coaching Tips
With the economy slumping for some, professional sales people to small business owners are always looking for some quick, simple sales coaching tips s to rev up those slumping sales.
Franchising Pros and Cons
Some folks offered helpful insights and suggestions on how to pick a franchise and a few things to watch out for, while other emails came from current franchise owners asking me to help them sell their operations to Anthony R.

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Business Luncheon Manners Always Matter, Ten Tips From Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach
Every business day of the year, there are business lunches taking place. And every business day there are bad business luncheon manners being displayed and observed. Inexperienced staff members to experienced business executives commit these business manner blunders because too many people forget their manners at the business luncheon table. And these business lunch manner faux pas result in a negative image of the person committing them and the company they represent. All business manners are essential to building relationships in today’s business world. People, who present themselves very favorably, will maximize their business potential. Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach would like to offer the following ten (10) tips to ensure good business manners at your business luncheon meetings.

The Key Benefits to Having a Business Plan
If you are considering establishing a business of your own, it is important to understand the key benefits to having a business plan. A business plan is a document that is strategic in nature and explains the current status of a business or a proposed business. If you are in the developmental stages of a business endeavor the business plan is an essential component to the achievement of the goals that you have for that business.
Service Interaction
In your business, the difference is……? What makes a modern business? Today business needs to re-invent itself and find a niche. Business is about networks. Business is about helping your customer achieve their goals. Business is about thinking differently about the way things have been done. The trouble is, businesses don’t fully understand the areas of a business that make it happen. In most cases there are three things that are needed to make a business a success, assuming that the company has a solid cash-flow.

Business Finance
Business finance is customarily the most important detail if your considering starting your new business, increasing your existing business, or possibly merely maintaining the certain quality of business. Business loans may generally thought of as a unfavourable course of action from the business owner however if operating right it could really become a salvation of your business and it's continuous progress along with it's welfare.

Make Money Fast In An Online Or MLM Business!
You have come to a place in your life, when you decide I need to make money fast, and are not sure which is the best way to go, starting an Online business or a MLM business. How much are you willing to learn to become successful in either a Online business or a MLM business? Which business type is better for you, and Online business or a MLM business?

Whether you want to Buy a Business or Sell Your Business - Let me ask you, have you ever wondered how to value a business?
Have you ever wondered how to value a business? Business valuation methods vary depending on whom you ask. Many business brokers use the common multiple method. For those who are searching for a business to buy or business owners looking to sell their business, valuing a business can be somewhat confusing. To gain a better understanding how business brokers value a business, I have provided an example. See why there is so much confusion and how you can overcome it yourself.
Growing Your Small Business with Non-Traditional Financing
Small business owners are always seeking ways to grow their business. Whether you are going after business-to-business (B2B) clients, business-to-government (B2G) contracting opportunities, or business-to-consumer customers (B2C), growing your business is the foremost thing on your mind.
Discovering the Business Moat is a key to selling or buying a business.
Every quality business has a “Moat”. And when a business is for sell it is crucial that a business seller and a business buyer discover exactly what the business moat IS and how deep it IS. The Business Moat is the reason why the business has survived over the years and why it is reasonable to expect that you will survive the next several years. This exercise is designed to help you think through your business and discover the “Business Moat Characteristics”. Many Buyers and Seller’s do not even know that they existed prior to us asking the question. Therefore, we are going to ask you in ways that we hope will help you think about your business differently. “In business, I look for economic castles protected by unbreachable ‘moats’.” -Warren Buffett
Don't use Rules of Thumb when valuing a business.
When valuing a business to buy or sell don't focus too much on financial statements alone. While these are important aspects of the business they are not the only value drivers that the business has. The value of a business goes deeper than the industry that the business is in. More than the profit of the bottom-line of a tax return. When you want a quality business to buy or want to sell your business for the maximum price. It is crucial to discover the individual personal characteristics that the business has over it's competitors.

Results are all that matters
Small business owners typically do not take the time to measure the results of the actions they take. Many small business owners cannot document where their business comes from. Does the business come from referrals? Does your business come from cold calling? Does your business come from direct mail? Does your business come from the internet?
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