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MONEY OBJECTIONS: IT'S NEVER ABOUT THE MONEY
After having several conversations with a new prospect and his team, we all decided to move forward and get them trained in Buying Facilitation. As per our agreement, I wrote up a contract and sent it out to “Joe”. Then I got an email from him saying he needed to put the program on hold for six months at least, so that his new hires could prove their value and start earning money.

Lesson #1: Stick With It
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it,” said Ford.

The Ultimate Mompreneur: Julie Aigner-Clark Gets Her Start

She never wanted to run her own business; she just wanted to be the best mom she knew how to be. But today, what began as a single children’s educational video that she filmed in her basement with a friend’s camera and her cat as a prop, has morphed into a billion dollar company that continues to be an industry leader. Julie Aigner-Clark might not have predicted her own success with her Baby Einstein series of videos, but she was certainly happy to roll with it. Today, mothers the world over know this entrepreneur’s name, and love her for the intelligent videos she has brought to the market.

Lesson #5: Go After What You Want
“I think fantasies are for the birds,” Klein once said. “Anything I wanted to do, I did. If there’s something I want, nothing stops me.”

Lesson #3: Seize The Day

When Jobs was 17 years old, he read a quote that would stay with him forever: “If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right.” Since then, he has looked himself in the mirror every morning and asked himself whether or not he would do the same thing that day if it were his last day alive. “Whenever the answer has been ‘No’ for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something,” he says.

Lesson #1: Look To A Need That Is Right Under Your Nose
“Before Baby Einstein, I was an English major in college and after that I was a teacher in high school and left when I had my first baby,” says Aigner-Clark. “At that time, there was nothing that existed that was fun educational videos for babies. That is when I realized that there was a need in the market place and best of all I was my own customer.”

Julie Aigner-Clark Quotes
Julie Aigner-Clark Quotes

Wikipedia for Patents

John Funk, an entrepreneur (I’m an investor in John’s newest company – Evergreen IP) and friend has a innovative proposal up concerning changing the rules on the current patent system. I’ve been on both sides of the patent aisle with John – we like to joke that early on in our relationship John’s company sued one of my companies (and then my company sued John’s company back) for patent infringement (the companies settled several years later for a cross license and $1 – much to the delight of the lawyers who got all the bucks.) Fortunately we got past all that crap and have developed a nice friendship.

Giving Up Salary for Equity After VC Funding
I got a great question the other day which highlights the tension that can emerge in an early stage company between VCs and entrepreneurs.

The Art of Projections in a Dotcom 2.0 World

The world is running amok with entrepreneurs pitching every sort of Web 2.0, social networking, user-generated-content startup. It’s the attack of the bull-shiitake startup projections, so I’m losing my hearing; there’s a ringing in my head, and I get dizzy every once in a while. Before the world implodes (again), here is a top-tenish list of ways to create realistic projections in this Dotcom 2.0 world.

How Long Should It Take For My Marketing To Work?
I get the question posed in the title of this post often so I have two questions myself to preface the answer - How long do you plan to be in business? and, How long does it take to build a really high quality home?

The Top Ten Reasons Why PR Doesn't Work
Margie Zable Fisher runs theprsite.com. Every day someone tells her that he or she has been “burned” by a PR firm, and Margie’s goal is to help small business find the right PR firm. I asked her to provide the top ten reasons why PR doesn’t work:

WallStreet.com Up For Auction: Is Money Worth More Than Sex?
Ah, the age-old question: Is money worth more than sex? We get the latest test tomorrow, with the WallStreet.com domain going up for auction, a scant six months after porn.com sold for $9.5-million. Moniker, which is handling the auction, claims to have a $4 to $5-million reserve.

Use Examples to Encourage
It's well established that good leaders praise their employees, but there are different ways to go about it. As a manager, one thing you can do is to point out to the whole team how well an employee does a certain task. Then others can follow that best practices example.

Better Off Now Than Five Years Ago
I normally disregard these "Are you better off now than you were X years/months/minutes/seconds ago"? surveys. They are usually selective, small sample, tough to generalize, etc.

What Dave just did
Dave Balter, an old friend and colleague, has written a new book. It costs $45 on Amazon. But, for my loyal readers...you can get a copy of the ebook (the entire book) for free here.

Google's Retention Problem?
I had someone recently tell me that they were seeing more and Google people exiting the company after shorter periods of time. Assuming that's true, and it is anecdotal empiricism, has it gotten that much worse to work at Google, given its size, or is something else going on?

How to Tell If Your CEO Is Clueless
Pontificating, theorizing, and terrorizing abounds these days in tech startups. Here is a simple test to help you figure out if the startup you work for is in trouble. All you have to do is listen to your CEO talk to people for a week and determine if she uses these lines.

If you could change your life
...would you? Getting into Stanford Business School changed my life. In college, I trained to be a mediocre engineer (I didn't set out to be mediocre at it, but I sure was). I was on track to become Dilbert.

10 CEO's and the Impact They Have on their Sales Forces
I don't mean to paint a picture that depicts CEO's as the problem, but in some companies, they are the problem. In 9 of the 10 examples I described above they were the problem but unlike this article, it happens in only about 50% of the cases, not 90%. So if you are a CEO or know one, what should you do when getting help for your sales organization?

Why You Should be Scared When Your Salespeople are Closing Lots of Business
Sales managers get caught up in the excitement of a closing frenzy when they should be taking a step back and asking themselves, what's wrong with this picture?

It’s Time for Content, Communication Course Correction

The financial shell game finally caught up with Wall Street. The US auto industry suddenly realized their bloated infrastructure and their views of what people should buy didn't match up with what customers were asking for. The two industries knew how to solve the problems they created...go where they print money. The content creation/sharing/showing/enjoying players pulled back as they have in every downturn and turned their attention to tightening up their organizations, reducing profit margins and focusing on products, technology, services that satisfy consumers. Suddenly we're doing more with less and placing renewed emphasis on listening and talking with folks about exactly what they want and need from us.

Speak Up! Get out there and find an audience for what you do.
One of the best business building tactics is to demonstrate your knowledge to a receptive audience. It pays to be able to speak well in public and of course it helps if you have a little charm as well.

Making the EXCEPTIONAL Normal Part 3 - Employee Perspective
Now that you have a sense for what the Making the EXCEPTIONAL Normal system can do for you and your company. Let's see how employees feel about it.

Do you put your living on hold?
Do you put living on hold because of the needs/demands of everyday life? What are your excuses?

How to Effectively Manage Resume Dilemmas?

Frequent movement from one job to another was not in practice sometimes back on account of the recent global slowdown, however, time is changing fast and we might see some really good opportunities coming our way. If you are looking forward to a career change, there could be a possibility that you would like to revisit your resume and want to rectify mistakes committed in the past. It could in the form of frequent job movements, gaps in resume or inexperience in certain fields.

Can a Manager Be Too Nice?
Managers can make or break motivation and productivity for employees. Having the right employee in a management position is crucial for any company.

Introduction to Internet Marketing

No doubt one could fill hundreds, even thousands of pages trying to capture all the ins and outs of the forever changing area of internet marketing. It seems that there is not a day going by where the rules of the game aren't somehow changing. Who would have thought a few months ago, for instance, that a basic site like Twitter would show up on to the scene with such speed and become a common used name within about six months. There is no end to it; that's why people spend thousands of dollars and thousands of hours studying internet marketing. Well, at least it's we'll never get bored.

Insurance Sales Training

Zig Ziglar put it best. He said " You were born a winner. But to be a winner you must believe your a winner, prepare to win, and expect to win." I believe that every person that enters into the sales profession is already a winner. Stepping out of a comfort zone of a nine to five job to move into a career, comprised mostly of commission can be a scary proposition. The rewards however can be huge. The ROI in sales is unmatched in other profession.

An Alternative solution to the problems of MLM Business

Does this scenario sound familiar? You have just joined an MLM company and you are excited about the prospect of your new online business. Within 6 months you are flat broke and quit. You have just joined the 97% of network-marketers who fail. Why has this happened? Quite simply you were given a product to sell with little marginal profit, you required a huge down-line in your business to achieve this which was next to impossible.

3 Ways to Have Virtual Events Work with Physical Events

With the rise of virtual events in the marketplace, many show organizers and meeting planners are wondering how they could work together with their current physical event. This article discusses three major ways. Realize that virtual events are here to stay, and you should view them as a new and exciting tool in your arsenal, which allows you to bring people together to exchange information. The difference is simply that they are online rather than live. You could say that they “bend the rules of business.”

What If?
The past doesn't represent out future - so why do we spend so much time focused on it?

Workers still concerned about job security
Despite emerging signs that the economy is beginning to stabilize, a significant number of employees remain concerned about the security of their job.

Survey: Hiring expectations improved in emerging markets
The global job market may not have returned to its pre-recessionary levels, but prospective workers in many countries should see improved opportunities for new positions in the coming months, according to a new report.

Six Steps To Creating More Productive Staff Performance Evaluations
Conducting a performance review can be difficult, for both the employer and employee. However, done correctly, the review process can be productive and key to employee retention. This article provides some helpful tips related to preparing for and conducting effective staff performance evaluations.

Your Franchise Choice and Risk

If you were to ask a franchise candidate, "Why do you want to start a business?" You are first going to hear such things as... I want more control More flexibility More time with the family, Better work/life balance ...and I want to keep more of what I work so hard to generate Or, put another way, many people enter franchising because they believe the effort they expend to create riches for others would be best spent in generating wealth for themselves...or, at least MORE wealth than they are currently accumulating from their efforts in their chosen and current career.

The Invisible Close Sales Nugget: Get Paid to Create Your Info Products: Build the Plane As You Fly It!
Many people think that they have to take a year off to create their information product. Or, that they have to finish creating their product before they market it. What they don’t realize is that the most effective products are actually built as they’re delivered.

Salespeople misperceive their proper roles by being misled by leads
By being the "Star of the Show' you are in peril of overplaying your part. By being the Stage Manager you can control the development of the plot.

How much are your salespeople really worth?
Commission only salespeople can be effective - however one of the major problems with a comm-only sales strategy is that salespeople in these roles, more often than not, become all about 'the sell' for obvious reasons: no sale -no pay -no eat!

Top Online Business Opportunity For Real Estate and Mortgage Professionals
Real estate market down in your area? Taking longer to get fewer deals to close? Income is not what it used to be? The solution is a simple and easy way that real estate and mortgage professionals can start earning real income right away.

Why Banks will continue to get Healthier!
You know things have gotten a lot better when one of the biggest concerns in the economy is commercial real estate, because six months ago this was something that was put to the back of the worry list and here it is at the fore-front.

If You Walk For Exercise Then You're Probably Wasting Your Time

Time is important for any entrepreneur wanting a healthy work life balance. So you do not want to waste your time on time-consuming exercise programs that produce very little in terms of results. Many activities promoted by companies as part of their corporate health and wellness programs like encouraging employees to walk for exercise produce little health benefits to their employees. Quite simply, if you are not huffing and puffing, then it's not exercise...

Consulting Practice Tips: Delegate Weaknesses to Virtual Assistants
Do you know the business activities to focus on to build your consulting practice? Learn from my mistakes that cost me dearly when I was new, and where to put your time and effort for the maximum results. Part of the answer is doing what you do best, and finding the help you need for the rest.

Budgeting 101: more FAQ's
Aaahh the Spend It part of the budget. I personally love this part, and who doesn't? To be able to buy those luxury or "big ticket" items, you first need to go through the Save It stage.

How long does it take to make money on the internet ?
That is arguably the most asked question to me as a professional internet marketer.The answer is easy. The same amount of time that it takes to build any other business.Some people might get lucky and make it faster BUT you should prepare yourself for at least a few months or even years.

No Passion , No Business
There are plenty of "work at home business" opportunities available on the internet.The short of the story or rather the reality is : If you dont love what you do - chance are pretty perfect that you WILL fail at whatever it is you are doing.

Building your Starter Business Dashboard, in Excel?
Running your business without a dashboard is like driving your car without one. You can't manage what you don't measure. Your business dashboard keeps you running fabulous, fast, and forever.

Stay Focused - When The Going Gets Tough
Sales champions win more sales because they stay focused when the going gets tough. Here's a perfect example of what that means.

Stress Defence Number 1 - Find a Mentor
Having spoken to over a quarter of a million peopls and consulted thousands of companies david Oliver draws from his life experience to share the biggest stress defence of al. Find a mentor. DISCOVER WHY

The Problem With Plans
You'd change course rather than fly into a thunderstorm, wouldn't you? Even if that storm wasn't in your flight plan? Markets change, customers change, people change - plans should change too.

Relationship Breakup: Heartbreak and Healing
Are you suffering from the heartbreak of a broken relationship? Do you feel like you can't live without your partner? Discover the likely cause of this heartbreak and how to heal it.

Sales are Probably Down if You Are Doing These Three Things...
"When your market isn't growing, it is not business as usual and holding your breath and hoping is not the right strategy." This according to Casey Coffman, my guest on...

Start Marketing Your Book Today-Whether You've Finished It or Not!
Although everyone thinks about book marketing AFTER they've published a book, smart authors start before they even go to press. Especially as a first-time author, if you start marketing your book at least six months before it's done, then you can build an audience of readers who are ready to buy as soon as the book becomes available.

A Business Dashboard is as Essential as a Car Dashboard
Your business dashboard tells you whether you are cruising for profits or headed for a seize up. Whar does your small business dashboard tell you?

Are You Alive or Just Living?
To find the answer to this question, you need to discover whether or not your life is going in the direction you really want. Are you making progress toward your ideal life?

Are you changing for good?
This article details the six stages to changing your life as outlined by the authors of "Changing For Good: A Revolutionary Six-Stage Program for Overcoming Bad Habits and Moving Your Life Positively Forward." These stages will help you overcome obstacles, tackle bad habits, and create new good habits.

Sales Assessment Says He's Weak but He Made President's Club
Yesterday a well meaning Sales Manager, in defense of his salesperson, asked me how a salesperson who made "Club" could possibly assess so poorly. It's a great question with a dozen or more possible explanations. Here are some:

Australian Pizza Chain, Pizza Capers Franchise plans to go global, foray into India and Singapore
According to QBR, Brisbane-based gourmet food chain, Pizza Capers Franchise has plans to launch 80 stores by end 2009. Franchise founders Scott Geiszler and Anthony Russo launched the chain in Brisbane in 2000. There are plans to expand in India and Singapore besides the nine stores which will be launched over the next 12 weeks and the first store in Adelaide.

Holding Effective One on One Sales Coaching Sessions
Coaching sessions are the most important duty of a sales manager. How you go about delivering a coaching session will define your leadership. Get your mind right! Are you there to help, or are you there to catch someone doing something wrong? Remember "Cool Hand Luke"? Boss: Sorry, Luke. I'm just doing my job. You gotta appreciate that. Luke: Nah - calling it your job don't make it right, Boss.

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.

Marketing Insensitive 2008

I first wrote about “Marketing Insensitives” a few years ago. At the time, I had received a call from a telemarketer offering me some “marketing insensitives” to purchase a product. Yes, she really said this. She was not being clever; she just couldn’t pronounce “incentive.” But, Marketing Insensitives do exist. They are the unfortunate, not-thought-through, ridiculous, dumb things that businesses do that drive customers away.

There's a new breed out there
Is it just me, or does there seem to be a new breed of people out there – I’m noticing them when I’m driving around. Several times over the last few months, I’ve had people crossing the road when my car is coming quickly towards them.

Article #28 Looking For A Business That Works Fast In As Little As Six Months?
That is the ultimate question. You look for a business and join the team. You put a few ads and wait. And you expect the Internet fairies to do their magic and send you some cash to your paypal account. Well, if you find a business like that then more power to ya. Any business that works fast and in as little as six months would be a business that takes work.

How to change your life in just 90 seconds!
You know those self help books you see on the shelf at the book shop that tell you you can change your life in six months - six weeks - six days - Even 24 hours? Well they're right! In fact, all you need to do is follow the 90 second rule and you can begin to move away from where you are now and towards where you want your life to be. Just 90 seconds is all it takes.

Evaluating the ‘Steve Jobs effect’
In a recent ChangeWave research firm survey, they inquired about the Steve Jobs “effect”? With his recent health disclosure and taking a leave of absence—amid speculation on whether Apple will stumble without him—ChangeWave asked consumers what effect it would have on their likelihood of buying Apple products if Jobs were to permanently step down as CEO

Good News About the Economy Positively Impacts the Sales Force
The word from clients so far this week is that manufacturers are taking projects off of hold and releasing money - even in the automotive industry! That too will trickle down and impact everyone else over the next six months...

100% Commitment
Andrew Carnegie said, “The average person puts only 25 percent of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50 percent of their capacity and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100 percent.” We compete against our own potential every day.

Six Golden Questions, winning sales people always ask

Have you ever met a sales person who has all the excuses? The reasons that the sale just didn’t happen; it’s never their fault is it! Many business owners make the same mistakes. This article will help, if you do the selling yourself or have to manage sales people. Any winning sales person, who is in control of a sale, will know the answers to the six questions revealed here – if they don’t – then don’t start spending your profits, just yet!

Write Proposals that Win Business
The Magic Formula of Success.

Article #41 How To Do Blogging and Podcasting

If you blog as a hobby, or just to get your business out there on the World Wide Web, you must generate goals for your blog. Blogging requires long-term commitment. So set your goals as long-term also. Try to set goals for your blog six months at a time. A goal could be answering the top fifty questions asked by customers if you have a business. Or using your blog to write a book if it is a hobby. Once you figured out what your blog is going to accomplish, you set up an account at Blogger.com or Wordpress. You can use technorati.com to find other blogs to sign up for also.

Preparing Your Product Expert for Tradeshows

The more complex your product is, the more likely you are to need a technical expert in your booth to explain the more arcane details. Even the best-trained marketing staff can’t always handle specialized questions. That’s why it’s essential that your booth staff include one or two people whose primary expertise lies not in marketing the finished product, but in creating and implementing the product design.

More retail Jungle fever...Retailer’s vision …(part4)
What the retailer will be looking for when you present a new product.

Simple Steps To Finding Small Business Grants
Generally speaking, the hardest part of starting a small business is finding the money. Getting a loan can be tough if you don't have good credit or collateral and finding a group of investors can severely diminish your profits, but there is another option: a small business grant. Here's some tips to help you find out if you qualify for a grant and steps to walk you through applying.

Leadership: The Successful Use of Conflicting Principles
“The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.” -Niels Bohr, Nobel-Prize winning scientist

How To Create A Reputation for Honesty as a Leader-Part 2
It is possible to have a well deserved reputation for honesty-the most important reputation a leader can have, simply by modeling a few behaviors.

Markus Frind and Plenty of Fish - A Case Study in Effective Sales and Marketing Strategy

A couple weeks ago, I read one of the most compelling articles on a growing business that I have read in years. In his article entitled, "And the Money Comes Rolling In", Inc. Magazine writer Max Chafkin talks about Markus Frind's strategies for growing his personal dating website, Plenty Of Fish. Frind's idea was to build a basic user-content-driven website and pay for it with ads. He started from scratch and built out a minimalist site by anyone's standards (look at it now and there still isn't anything too impressive - distorted personal pictures and a heart favicon). But the idea resonated with thousands of people who were paying for a dating service and looking for a free alternative. He is now clearing $5 million a year after taxes. He has a handful of staff members and a nice, but mostly unfurnished, office in Vancouver.

Leadership Excellence Isn't Achieved Without Failure
Making a resolution and being committed to it doesn't mean you won't fail. Inherent in moving toward a bigger dream is failure. The question is how committed are you to your resolution of developing your leadership skills, having a better job, working toward a promotion, becoming an entrepreneur, taking better care of your health and having more love?

Change Ready Companies Experience Faster Success in Sales Development
It's a fairly simple difference. [Read More]

Why Should I Have to Keep Them Entertained?
Why you have to nurture your relationships with the youngest workforce

Pay my dues Why What are you doing for me
Paying your dues are a Gen Y'er

Jobs' departure, though hopefully temporary, had to happen sooner or later
Whether or not Steve Jobs is leaving Apple temporarily or not (and I'm betting this is the beginning of a long-term transfer of leadership), the iconic leader will leave the company sooner or later. And it's time people accepted this.

The Art of Attraction Marketing: What Persists, They Can't Resist
What persists, they can’t resist! How to market your business with consistent marketing messages. This isn’t anything new for you hear -- I’m sure. The bigger question is… why? Why aren’t your marketing messages with consistent?

Franchising - Current Economy Offers Great Incentives
As we approach the new year, many prospective franchisors wonder whether developing a franchise operation is a wise decision with the U.S. mired in a recession. Conversely, prospective franchisees wonder whether purchasing a franchise makes senses given the current economic climate. The quick answer to both...

Sahrpen Your Sales Skills - Selling in a Recession
Once people believe there is going to be a recession they start to feel negative about their selling prospects. Do you have a clearly defined Sales Strategy?

Starting A New Business Is Easy And Other Myths!
You’ve got your business ideas, you know what you want to sell and to whom. You’ve even got enough money to survive for six months. The next bit is easy then. Sorry no it’s not – now the hard grind starts. Here are some business myths that you should be careful not to believe.

Entrepreneurs – How Much Does It Cost To Start A Business?
You’ve got your business idea, think that you will be able to get a good loan and even have your business plan being written but…. The one big burning issue is – How much does it cost to start a business?

Money (and a Nice Boss, Benefits and Career Development) … That’s What I Want
Learn new strategies and tips on how to land your dream job

Consumer confidence increases
Consumer Confidence Increases (12/5/2008)

Moving Forward -- It’s Time for a Content, Communication Course Correction
The downturn we are experiencing today provides an excellent opportunity for entrepreneurs to move forward as aggressively as they can to gain ground over the competition. While many firms are run by managers who only have minimum "skin in the game," the firms are more cautious and pull back more aggressively. Entrepreneurs can make the physical and fiscal moves that gain sales and marketshare.

Sharpen your sales skills - Selling in a recession
Once people believe there is going to be a recession they start to feel negative about their selling prospects.

Building a Successful Firm One Employee at a Time: Attracting Quality Candidates
Methods to get better candidates applying for your job openings.

Understanding and Calculating the Cost of Turnover
A brief look at how one determines their turnover rate. Another article details the causes of turnover and how to reduce it's impact on your organization.

Will Salespeople Take a Straight Commission Job?
Last week I spoke at the Ritz-Carlton in Phoenix and at Barton Creek Country Club in Austin, TX. I don't recall whether it was Phoenix or Austin where I was asked this question but the question is a good one. Most who wrestle with this issue are asking the wrong question. The correct question should be, "How can I get good salespeople to work in a straight commission environment?"

How a Bookkeeper Can Help Your Cash Flow
Many small business owners struggle with keeping their bookwork up to date. Yet good record keeping is an essential part of any successful small business.How can you make an informed decision about your business if you don’t know where you are at financially with your business?

You Must Work a Prospecting System
If you’ve been in sales for more than six months, and you’re still making cold calls, you’re on the wrong track. You're not going to reach the top. Traditional trainers might be proud of you for making these cold calls, but the top sales performers would tell you you're wasting your time. There’s a better way to get to the top.

Selling in a Recession
With all of this talk of recession is that once people believe there is going to be a recession they start to feel negative about their selling prospects. Do you have a clearly defined Sales Strategy?

Are You Successful? Yes or No? Which Life Are You Leading?
Which life do you lead? Do you consider your life to be constructive or would you describe it as destructive to you and all around you. Both result from a chain reaction, one leading to a downward spiral and the other leading to an upward spiral.

Exit Plan or Shot In The Dark?
Have a great job that you love? Have a lousy job that you hate? Before you have no job at all, you need to know where you want to go and plan for it: not later, NOW.

How To Go From Entry Level Manager To Mid Level Manager In 6 Months
These articles come in a six part series: 1) The essence of managing 2) Re-engineer yourself to be a manager 3) How to go from employee to supervisor in 6 months 4) How to go from supervisor to entry level manager in 6 months 5) How to go from entry level manager to mid level manage in 6 months 6) How to go from mid level manager to top-level manager in 12 months

How To Go From Supervisor To Entry Level Manager In 6 Months
These articles come in a six part series: 1) The essence of managing 2) Re-engineer yourself to be a manager 3) How to go from employee to supervisor in 6 months 4) How to go from supervisor to entry level manager in 6 months 5) How to go from entry level manager to mid level manage in 6 months 6) How to go from mid level manager to top-level manager in 12 months

Develop a Millionaire Mind in Business

Nothing happens by chance. Good or bad, what occurs to us is the direct result of our most prominent thoughts. We think all the time, and, in many cases, we do it without even realizing that thousands of thoughts pass through our minds constantly. Success in business is directly related to the mental images that you hold in your mind about yourself (your abilities, talents, capabilities, worthiness, etc), your business, your customers, your competitors and, of course, money.

A Major Media Hit And Not Even One Phone Call
To be effective in this field you have to look at the big picture. Your short-term goals may not be met by a particular article or TV spot, but it affords you new, powerful ammunition to reach your long-term goals.

How To Handle Customer Billing Snafus
Seriously, whether the client owes you the money or not is a moot point. Yes, you made an accounting mistake, but if the client agreed to pay you a certain amount each month in exchange for certain services rendered, and you have been under-billing that client for delivering those certain services, the client owes you the money, period.

If You Dont Budget You Need To Know This
Learn how to increase your income and be savvy with managing money!

A Luxury Once Had Becomes A Necessity
Two techniques to turn a luxury into a necessity in the buyers mind. A luxury an item that is desirable but not essential. a product or service that gives great pleasure.

Terminating an Employee
Firing an employee isn't always cut and dry. Learn your rights before you get burned.

MAXIMIZING RESULTS OF A BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS CAMPAIGN

With rising commodity prices, transportation/shipping costs, and dwindling capital access, chances are that you are asking your business–to-business customers to feel your pain in the form of price increases. And chances are good that your customers are starting to push back by reducing orders and lengthening the time they pay your invoices. While this is a basic business problem, you can help mitigate the potential rift in your customer relationships by increasing your communications to customers. Here are some recommendations.

Learn Your Way to Success

What I've noticed about very successful business owners, they are always learning and growing. The majority do not achieve their high levels of success on their own. The coach I'm currently working with is in two high-end coaching programs that she invests thousands of dollars a year to belong to. Earning a million dollars a year and growing; something is definitely working for her. For your business to be better you need to be better and you don't get better by doing nothing! You are the average of the five PEOPLE you hang around the most. Surround yourself with people whom you want to be like.

Top 10 Tips to Stay in Control When Your Market Feels Out of Control
When the economy seems shaky, businesspeople feel shaky. Hysteria sets in and managers and CEOs run for cover, making panic moves that cause more problems than they solve. Paul Cherry shows how to avoid making costly errors by learning how to regain control by implementing his top ten tips.

Sales Dilemma: Risks Aren't Scary Once You Take Them
Avoid the sales dilemma and don't shy away from taking risks. See this example of what happens when you meet the big risks head-on.

How long did it take me to get good?
Dear Jeffrey, I have been a subscriber of your Sales Caffeine email magazine for about six months and have read your Little Red Book of Selling. I have a personal question for you that may help other subscribers deal with the ups and downs of being in the sales profession. Honestly, how long did it take YOU to become a "good" salesman? William

Part Eight - Prospecting for More Sales
Part Eight 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.

The Fountain of Youth.
Everywhere we look these days there are products and programs to make and keep you looking younger. There is beauty at every age, what has happened to the beauty within??

WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WHO ARE YOU BEING?
Are you being the kind of person you want to be? Do you have a huge to-do list that seems to be growing faster than weeds in your garden? Do you find yourself wondering who you are becoming?

Are Multiple Supply Chains Important (Survey Response 4)
A 2006 Report made the following statement: "Designing and operating multiple supply networks to meet the needs of specific market segments--supply chain innovation and the use of multiple supply chains will be important to future revenue and market share growth." Based on your own experience is this an accurate assessment? If yes, why? If no, why?

Long Term PR Strategies To Make More Money
Don't come up with a PR plan that has you appearing on Oprah, The Tonight Show, or in Time Magazine and The Wall Street Journal within the first two months of your campaign. That's not a plan, that's fantasy.

Help Im Freaking Out
The Universe is responding to you in your NOW. So whatever you're feeling right NOW means that is what you are sending out vibrationally right NOW, which means that is what you are attracting to yourself right NOW, which means your future is FULL of a bunch of stuff that is gonna feel pretty much like right NOW feels." Abraham-Hicks

Work Life Balance

Balance is better understood as flow. For instance, I'm building my business right now. It's been my full-time occupation for about six months, and I've spent a disproportionate amount of time during that six months on my business. Since I've made the choice to pass up a variety of recreational activities -- everything from going to the movies to taking a spa vacation with a friend -- it would be easy to conclude that I'm "out of balance."

Managing Performance: How To Conduct A Performance Review Right

One of the most common questions we get asked is: "We need to do annual performance reviews. Do you have a performance review form that we could use?" While admirable that the need to conduct a performance review is recognized, the purpose is often lost in the frenzy of filling out forms, setting up meetings with employees, and sitting through awkward, contrived discussions with them about their performance. The performance review is about managing and improving performance. It should be a motivating, inspiring process conducted not just once a year, but on a regular basis. In this article, we'll discuss how to effectively manage performance and provide tips for how and when to conduct a proper performance review.

How to Increase Sales by 20%
The managers in your dealership must have a written job description with clearly defined responsibilities and expectations. Having specific goals for the department is required. Daily action plans for selling, training, appointments, one-on-one coaching, save-a deal meetings, deal structuring, follow-up, etc will increase sales by 20 percent without spending more for advertising.

Six SanitySaving Scenarios to Turn a Massive Breakdown into a Powerful Business Breakthrough

I've learned over the years that a breakdown means that something very valuable is happening – I have new insight into how I can improve my process, my attitude, or my belief so that problem never happens again. The bottom line is that life happens and breakdowns will occur. We have all heard the saying, "breakdown, breakthrough." So take those challenging situations and look for the opportunity to strengthen your personal mindset and your business systems.

Public Relations: The Long -Term View
When looking at launching a public relations campaign, you have to decide not only what media is applicable to your business, but also how you want to utilize your media.

Unfair Dismissal under Federal Labor Government
As outlined in its policy announcement prior to the election, Federal Labor has proposed changes to the unfair dismissal laws. We expect that the new government will commence to enshrine these changes in legislation early next year. However, things are not certain.

Give Change A Chance
Change takes time. Don't expect to do something once and have your life completely transformed. It won't happen. You have to give change a chance and allow it to become a habit.

Do Your Due Diligence
Once your Federal trademark application is filed, it's on you, the applicant, to keep an eye on your status, any emails & any requests from the USPTO. Failure to do so could result in your application becoming canceled, so this is important.

Business Travel: Staying Connected when You Are Away for a Long Time
Here are some ways to stay connected to the loved ones you leave behind when you travel.

The Benefits of Having a Coach
Coaching is a proven process that quickly brings results, because both you and your coach are highly motivated and are working together on highly focused goals. You benefit by achieving goals faster, creating balance and enjoying the support of a non-judgmental mentor whose only goal is your success!

What is Your Highest Payoff
Ideas are the building blocks of any successful business. But simply having a list of ideas, regardless of how great they are, is just one step in building a successful, profitable and long lasting business. You can "stand out" among the crowd by implementing only the right projects!

Moving Beyond the Batey
Dieula's story - The Dominican Republic

The Buzz About Being
What are you so busy doing that you are forgetting who you are being? Do you like who you are becoming?

Courage And The Agony of Coaching Employees
Coaching isn't always easy as it is thought to be, no one wants to sound like they are bulldozing an employee when only making a small correction to a generally effective employee. Coaching is not only a skill its a strategy.

Motivating Yourself on Monday
It is possible to work in a job that you enjoy going into on Monday morning (no, really it is!) but if you find yourself operating in first gear on the first day of the week, here are some pointers to get you going again.

Baby Boomers are Technologically Savvy!
This article discusses how to better market to Baby Boomers (the largest generation). It also talks about the importance of marketing effectively to the (unprecedented) six generations that are alive today.

5 Tips For Finding Good Wholesalers
Finding half decent wholesalers can take months and months! In this article I provide 5 tips that could be invaluable to know when looking for your wholesale supplier.

Re Engineer Yourself To Be A Manager
These articles come in a six part series: 1) The essence of managing 2) Re-engineer yourself to be a manager 3) How to go from employee to supervisor in 6 months 4) How to go from supervisor to entry level manager in 6 months 5) How to go from entry level manager to mid level manage in 6 months 6) How to go from mid level manager to top-level manager in 12 months

The Essence Of Managing
These articles come in a six part series: 1) The essence of managing 2) Re-engineer yourself to be a manager 3) How to go from employee to supervisor in 6 months 4) How to go from supervisor to entry level manager in 6 months 5) How to go from entry level manager to mid level manage in 6 months 6) How to go from mid level manager to top-level manager in 12 months

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These articles come in a six part series: 1) The essence of managing 2) Re-engineer yourself to be a manager 3) How to go from employee to supervisor in 6 months 4) How to go from supervisor to entry level manager in 6 months 5) How to go from entry level manager to mid level manage in 6 months 6) How to go from mid level manager to top-level manager in 12 months

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