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Lesson #3: When the Market is Limited, Push the Limits
“The idea gradually dawned on me that what we were doing was not merely making dry plates, but that we were starting out to make photography an everyday affair,” said Eastman, “to make the camera as convenient as the pencil.”

How to Change the World: Defensibility
Blog reader Curtis Thompson asked me a very good question a few days ago: What should an entrepreneur say when she’s asked what makes her company defensible? This question is more and more common as more and more entrepreneurs start “Web 2.0 companies,” and investors torture themselves by wondering why they didn’t fund YouTube.
Time Management Does Not Work, Manage Yourself Instead.
When you feel like there is not enough time in the day to get everything done it is time to take a reality check. Let us face it, we all have the same 24 hours in a day. It is how we choose to use that time that is causing pause. Pause to think about how to manage ourselves better. When we do not manage ourselves properly we feel stressed out and out of control, dashing madly from one activity to the other. It is at this time in our lives when we make unnecessary mistakes that can be costly.

Selling Benefits
Selling benefits is something most salespeople neglect. Learn why in this article.
Dads Working From Home presents question #10: When should I give up?
Dads Working From Home presents: The 10 Most Frequently Asked Questions about Starting a Home Business. Question #10: When should I give up?

You can lead a horse to water…. But a pencil needs to be led!
So say the immortal words of Stan Laurel (and that’s another fine mess you have gotten me into Stanley!). But what might you ask does this have to do with management and mentoring? Well in my three and half years in mentoring practice and 35 years in business, one thing I have learnt, and rather painfully too is that you can lead Directors, management, staff or businesses as a whole to the water but you certainly cannot make them drink.

It’s the Holidays!
Prospects make appointments and conduct business before, during and after the holidays, just as they do at other times throughout the year.
Time to buy banks with mark-to-market behind them?
Yesterday, the FASB eliminated mark to market accounting standards. Now they will be priced based on their income, not what a buyer would pay for them in the market. This will create a lot of uncertainty around some of the toxic assets on banks balance sheets, as well as the TALF program.

Here's why you should build creativity in the workplace.
Have you ever wondered if your company could benefit from becoming more creative? Do you long to be the next Apple or Google? Then this article will help you understand how creativity and innovation go hand-in-hand, and why you should start building it into your company
Packaging… Get your unfair market share!
Packaging and Design solutions for small businesses seeking help.
Data Security…A Balance Between Convenience, Privacy, Stupidity
Software and hardware manufacturers have introduced and continue to develop some of the best computing and online security solutions to protect you and your content from being not just compromised but stolen and used. Lose your hardware and yes it is a pain but it can be replaced. Lose your data and your identity can be used in the blink of an eye. The best and most expensive security solutions in the industry seem to be useless against relentless thieves and your own stupidity or careless action. You can't protect folks from themselves but this Insider piece may scare a few people straight
Choosing Options
We always have options as to what we will do. Often, we don’t explore those options or even acknowledge that they exist.
How Women in Business Can Better Succeed
Even though women launch more businesses then men every month their failure rate is still high. Below are tips to help increase the success rate of any woman in business or momtrepreneur, as well as mentrepreneur.
Part Seven - Prospecting for More Sales
Part Seven of a Ten Part Series. In this series, we explore all the different avenues of prospecting necessary for a business to succeed. Think of your business as a a beautiful garden, and then consider all the things you need to do to keep that garden beautiful and growing, rather than dreary, dead or decaying. Need help with Prospecting? Feel free to get in touch with us via our website.

Handling The Price Objection
Handling the price objection is no easy task for most professional salespeople. In fact most salespeople dread having to deal with it. Here are three practical ideas you can use whenever you're forced to respond to the price objection.

Collecting the Facts for Preparing Process Maps
In two previous papers, we outlined the elements involved in setting up a process improvement project and getting the word out with a public announcement. With everyone on board, it’s time to get into the trenches. Fact gathering is an integral part of understanding reality and preparing a good process map. Yet, it is often dismissed or given cursory attention as superficial process maps are created by an individual or group of people some distance away from the work…and thereby some distance away from reality. If you want your process maps to reflect reality, you must go to the work and see it happen.

The Secrets Of Public Speaking - Follow These 10 Simple Tips
What would you choose - a visit to the dentist or to stand up and speak in front of 500 people? If you opted for the dentist...then this article is for you!
How Pablo Picasso Dealt With The Price Objection
Everyone in sales fears hearing the price objection, yet very few salespeople prepare how to deal with it.

Keeping Schedules
The easiest way to keep schedules is to keep a schedule. To-do lists are often ineffective because they are not prioritized nor timed. Sticking to your schedule does not have to be difficult and can in fact be a great way to manage your time more effectively. Here are a few tips to get you going.
Sell Me This Pencil
Were you ever being interviewed for a job when the interviewer said to you, “Sell me this pencil?” What did you say? What was he looking for? Why do people still do this? Without pondering the sociological rational of the interview process, quite simply he or she was just trying to find out how well you can sell, how you present yourself and/or how well you think on your feet.

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Sell Me This Pencil
Were you ever being interviewed for a job when the interviewer said to you, “Sell me this pencil?” What did you say? What was he looking for? Why do people still do this? Without pondering the sociological rational of the interview process, quite simply he or she was just trying to find out how well you can sell, how you present yourself and/or how well you think on your feet.
Lesson #3: When the Market is Limited, Push the Limits
“The idea gradually dawned on me that what we were doing was not merely making dry plates, but that we were starting out to make photography an everyday affair,” said Eastman, “to make the camera as convenient as the pencil.”

The Smart Alternative to Layoffs
The slowing economy has sent many of my clients back to the drawing board to take a sharp pencil to next year's budget. Small businesses run lean and mean most of the time, so there aren't many significant line items available for reduction… until you get to payroll.
In the Thrall of Procrastination
The last weeks of August are bittersweet for me as I say farewell to summer, my favourite season. I experience September as a month of new beginnings, likely harking back to my school years – but without the new erasers and pencil crayons. In this month’s newsletter I share some insights about to-do lists prompted by an impromptu closet makeover. I hope you enjoy the results of cleaning out your to-list and getting it ready for the ‘new year’ as much as I enjoyed cleaning out my closet.
Importance of Salary Survey for the Employee and Employer
Salary information is one of the deepest secrets of the labor market. However, today many large organizations, management consultancies and websites are conducting salary surveys and coming out with reports on compensation and benefits that helps both employers and employees take a right decision. Such surveys can be online as well as offline (paper pencil ones) and are generally done for the purpose of comparability.
Lost in the Business Startup Maze? Use Your Goal to Find Your Way
Remember those difficult pencil mazes in which it seems like every turn leads to a dead end? Your business startup can feel like that sometimes. By understanding your goal for your business, you can see a clear way through the maze.
Business Casual and the Psychology of Office Attire or Who Cares What you Wear to Work as Long as you Perform?
No, it shouldn’t matter if a woman wears a tight, pencil skirt or a man wears Birkenstocks and Bermudas as long as s/he excels at work. But know that to some people, it does. Here's why.
Over Coming Price Discounting!
If you are in sales, you will have come across the expression "Can you sharpen your pencil?" or something similar - meaning that they like what you have on offer but don't want to pay the asking price for it. Your customer is asking for price discounting, or price haggling. This analogy of the 3 legged stool has served me well in my sales career. If it makes sense to you, try it for yourself. It certainly presents an extremely visual image.
Hold a KTC
What's a KTC? I have 5 children and one of the best tools I used when parenting them was holding a KTC. I used to be the parent that TOLD the kids what to do. I learned quickly that NO ONE likes to be told what to so - whether they are two or ninety two. So what's a KTC? A Kitchen Table Conference. When one was called, everyone knew to arrive at the table with a pencil and paper because solutions were going to get made for any challenge we were facing at the time. Whether it was how to keep the house clean, show more respect for each other, improve their diet, get better grades in school, or decide on a vacation. The number one rule about holding a KTC is GREEN LIGHTING. What that means is when someone voices any opinion or suggestion, it must be accepted and written down. If you "red light" an idea, you might be condemning that creati
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