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Lesson #1: Plan for the Worst to Reduce the Risk of Risk
Entrepreneurs, by definition, are risk-takers, people willing to strike out on their own in order to seize an opportunity and make a profit. But, for Li Ka-shing, the richest man of Chinese descent, risk should not be a part of the equation. Li is a self-proclaimed risk-averse entrepreneur and goes to any and all lengths to reduce the risks inherent in his actions. It was in planning for the worst case scenario and learning to expect the unexpected that Li managed to succeed where others before him had not.
Li Ka Shing Quotes
Li Ka Shing Quotes
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.
Enhancing Leadership Skills
Some people look over the screen at their boss and think there but the grace go I. After all being the boss, the leader has to be about the easiest job in the world. What's to do? Sit around ...give orders...check the work...take the credit for succcesses, blame others for failures. Problem is it just doesn't work that way and even the best leader needs to brush up on, improve, hone his/her skills. Here are some ideas and thoughts that may help you become an even better leader than you already are.
Stay at Home Business and Keeping your Mindset
To have a stay at business these are some things that you need to know. A stay at home business that can bring you alot of gratification if you know how to do it. Learn some of the basics on how to create a stay at home business.
Internet Marketing Home Based Business and the Importance of Patience and Persistence
Impatience and a lack of persistence are serious problems for a lot of new internet marketing business owners. Sometimes it is exacerbated by extraordinary claims of earning potentiality and speed of achievement by companies which use very hypey sales techniques. Perseverance is the make or break factor in internet business.

Up-selling Sales Tips
Here's are some up-selling sales tips you can use to increase your sales and your income.

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.
Public Speaking Simplified
I would guess that the only thing that is more common than an under performing sales force is the discomfort that people have before they speak. And I'm not even talking about speaking in front of an audience. This discomfort can even manifest when presenting to one intimidating individual!

Tweet This! Understanding the Power of Twitter
You really can't understand the power of Twitter unless you use it. Follow me on my journey as I learned about this powerful social media tool and what it can do for your business. If you don't already have a Twitter account, then get started today.
Better Cash Flow – 11 Ways Small Businesses Conserve Cash
Let’s talk about better cash flow – how to hold onto and conserve the cash you have on hand. This is not about cutting expenses. This is about holding onto your cash for as long as possible.
Building a Consulting Practice: How To Avoid The Cash Flow Roller Coaster Ride
Building a consulting practice can be like riding a cash flow roller coaster: sometimes you have plenty, sometimes nothing. In this article, we’ll discuss the critical element of growing your visibility for your ideal client base through marketing tactics, so you’re not riding those wild ups and downs.

Why Are You Still Working At That Boring Job?
Find out about the overwhelming statistics about new business develpment over the next 3-5 years and how enrtrepeneurs are starting to leave those meaningless 9-5 jobs.
Virtually legal
More and more companies are setting up virtually and using technology to cut overheads and offer more flexible working conditions to employees. They include lawyers. Mandy Garner looks at one virtual law firm.
Defining Success
Achieving success is defined by most as setting and meeting goals. The goals can be financial, productivity based or related to company growth goals. Goals as well as what is considered success, vary from business to business.
Get a check up.
I get to do a lot of work in Asia and I find it interesting that over there they pay the practitioner to keep them well. If they get sick they don’t pay which is the opposite to our medical model not just in Australia but in most of the western world. They live from a place of prevention and don’t wait to get ill. The biggest change I have made in my life in the last twenty years is that I now life from a place of prevention and enjoy a state of good health and wellbeing.
Life After Catastrophe
Robert Booker is a successful African-American entrepreneur. He tells his own story on how he succeeded in getting back on his feet by evolving from a business that went under to starting another new business.
Successful Interviewing
The primary reason for the failure of most interviews to identify a truly outstanding candidate is that most interviews focus on the capabilities, background and experience of the prospective employee. This approach ignores the fact that the interviewee is a human being that the employer is going to have to live with day after day. There is a way to stack the odds in your favor and significantly increase the likelihood that you will be satisfied with the employee that you select. It all depends upon how you conduct the employee interview.

State of the Economy, Dollar & Gold & How Main Street can Benefit
Want to find out how you can position yourself to benefit from what's coming down the road in the economy in the coming months to year? Read on and I'll show you the 6 steps to take.

A Quick Public Relations Media Review
A quick overview on how to pitch the various media outlets.
Canadian dollar will Continue to Suffer from the U.S. Slowdown!
Here's why the Canadian dollar will continue to suffer this year. It will probably push the USD/CAD exchange rate above 1.30. Find out how to profit from it.

Whats all the fuss about Twitter
Twitter, it seems is everywhere at the moment. You can’t listen to a radio show or turn on the TV without hearing something about it - and you’d be forgiven for believing that everyone is using it at the moment.

Business Plans Don’t Last Forever
Business plans... you either love them or hate them. They are a beautiful thing when they create a unified focus and alignment across your company... And empower your team to go out and do what they must do to produce results. But fast-growing companies outgrow their business plans. Often, it is just a matter of time, because business plans don’t last forever! It’s highly likely you have outgrown your business plan when:
Marketing tips to grow your business
No doubt you have been reading in the press a fairly grim outlook for the Australian and Global economy in 2009. What I haven’t read though is a more positive perspective of how to grow business and do better in 2009 regardless of what is happening in the broader economy. Have you? Here are my seven strategies that you can implement, right here, right now in your business to get new customers and earn more money this year. Yes, in 2009. Sound like a good idea? Then keep reading!
Resumes that Boost Interview Performance
Your resume's primary job is to win you an invitation to an interview. But that's not all it can do. In this article I explain how a great resume increases your opportunity to shine in the interview. Your worst enemy in a job interview is time. Therefore, making the most of the time allocated to the interview is critical to gaining a competitive edge. How do you want to be remembered by the interviewers? As the candidate with whom they spent 75 per cent of the precious, never to be repeated time clarifying your skills, experience and achievements? Or as the candidate with whom they had an in-depth discussion about your ability to contribute to the organisation's future success?
How your Resume can Optimise Interview Time
The primary function of a resume is to secure an invitation to an interview. But that's not all it can do. It can also provide you with a competitive edge at the interview. Because your worst enemy in an interview is time, optimising that limited time is critical. Many interviews devote 50% of more of the precious, never to be repeated time to clarifying your experience and achievements rather than being an discussion about your ability to contribute to the organisation.
How to even out the peaks and troughs in your business
Do you ever get times in your business where you’re really busy and then other times when you’re really quiet? Annoying isn’t it and frustrating? Wouldn’t it be much easier if you had business constantly coming in and never faced the really quiet times?
If you want something - just ask!
How customer surveys can help build your business.
Invest a Little More Time and Easily Win More Sales
Time is a precious commodity especially to those in sales. There never is enough time to return phone calls, answer emails and complete all those proposals. Yet, this week I realized how many sales opportunities are lost when sales professionals fail to invest just a little more time.
Change Ready Companies Experience Faster Success in Sales Development
It's a fairly simple difference. [Read More]
Starting Your New Business – What Happens After The First Excitement Wears Off?
You’ve got your business idea and enough money to get started – everything started off well but now it’s less exciting and is getting more difficult to make those sales. So what do you do to make your business successful after the first enthusiasm starts to wear off?
How We Sabotage Our Own PR Campaigns
PR coach Paula Gardner looks at the most common ways we often undermine all our hard PR efforts.

Too Persistent?
Persistence is a good thing...until it becomes annoying.
10 Reasons to use SEO Professionals
These are ten good reasons to use the Professionals when it comes to Marketing your business Online.
The TACTIC You dont have to like cold calls you only have to make them
The STORY: Bob absolutely detests cold calling, and when he is in a sales slump, like he is this month, he’ll do just about anything to avoid the phone. The past customer files in his desk will suddenly all get new folders. He’ll update his Rolodex with all the new phone and fax numbers that he can remember. Picking the lint off his suit becomes a serious endeavor. Figuring out his commissions, should he make some sales beyond the normal price points, requires intense calculator work. Lunch time starts at around 10:40 a.m.

It's Lonely at the Top
Being an entrepreneur or leader in a small business can be a lonely place. Find out how to get the support you need to be EVEN more successful.
Personal Selling - It's Time For A Tune-up
Personal selling success depends on an equal balance of selling skills and sales planning. Discover the six critical questions to ask if you want to go to the next level of success.

DID I REALLY EMPLOY YOU? - Post Interview
Mistakes that can be made in an interview
Universal Alignment
When the Universe is aligned for YOU, you do not want to miss it. Success could be just around the corner--with everything you could ever want just waiting for you. The trick is to be open to these gifts, open to the Universe. So what are you waiting for?
Your Going Out of Business PR Plan and how to avoid needing it
A small business owner struggled to keep her head above water in a bad economy - right up until she decided to close the store. Her going-out-of-business promotional efforts brought in a ton of business, and she cannot understand why. The secret is simple: She finally put promotion into everything she was doing.

5 marketing activities a day keeps the feast or famine away
One of the biggest complaints I hear from small business owners is that they don’t have time to do marketing. What this probably translates into though is that they don’t like marketing; they find it frustrating and they’re not sure where to start. And if I even dare to suggest that ideally you should be doing five marketing activities a day, most owners would tell me that this is unrealistic and there is absolutely no way that they can do this.
I Don't Need A Business Plan
Why is a business plan important? Why you need one if you don't have one already.
Are Leaders Born or Developed?
According to Marc Hasrouny and Sam Khreishe, co-owners of Megatel Services Inc., the answer is: both. Having taken them through a process of leadership training and development, they are seeing how self-development builds upon the inherent leadership qualities that we are all born with.
Repeat Mailings for More Business
Have you noticed that sometimes you receive a postcard from a company every month or every quarter for a year? You ask yourself, “Why are they doing this? I don’t need this now.” Here is an example of how repetitive mailings are very effective.

What is their problem?
Sales professionals depend on knowing how to ask the right questions to discover the real needs of our clients. Often our clients tell us what they would like us to do, such as, "I need a solution on change management," but without telling us the ultimate result they want to achieve.

Are You Neglecting Your Network?
As a business owner you know a lot of people, and you continue to meet new people. This is your network. But what are you doing with it? How often do you connect with people in your network?
PR Guarantees
If a public relations company guarantees you specific placement or a successful campaign, I suggest you start looking for the exit. But you can access what a company can do in the future by taking a look at their past track record.

12 Tips of Christmas
Christmas is fast approaching so in preparation, Helen Dowling from Exceptional Thinking has put together her 12 tips of Christmas.

Should You Franchise Your Business?
Practical advice for all with "Should you franchise your business?"
Does Experience Based Training and Development Work?
Scientific proof that experience based training and development is effective.
Direct Marketers Resumes: The Masters of Many Domains
This article talks about how those who manage the direct marketing efforts for their firms are taking on more responsibilities than ever before. The key take-away here is not to forget to focus on the effectiveness of your campaigns -- even if you have to consider hiring outside help to do it. Campaign effectiveness measurement is more important than ever!
Is time passing you by?
It can be shocking when time passes you by and you still haven’t done the things you meant to, perhaps failed to achieve some important goals or not fully realised your ambitions.

Busy, frantically busy or unbelievably busy?
Learning the art of the impossible – how to be a relaxed PR person with time for the big things that do count

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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
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The Essence Of Managing
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How To Go From Employee To Supervisor In 6 Months
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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

How To Go From Entry Level Manager To Mid Level Manager In 6 Months
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How To Go From Mid Level Manager To Top Level Manager In 12 Months
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Who Is Likely To Succeed In Business?
I am in a privileged position in the work I do. I come across people at all stages of their business lives and so have a good awareness of which people will succeed, or not. I am surprised regularly by people about to start a business. When we sit down to discuss their plans, I find out they don't have any! They have a vague dream about running their own business and a few ideas to try to get them going but what about in 3 months time, 6 months, 12 months or even longer down the line? No idea! We will see how it goes!
Develope a marketing calendar
All businesses should have a marketing calendar! So what is a marketing calendar? During the course of the year you should track where your enquiries come from and which ones lead to customers. At the same time you should record which month the enquiries come in to your business so that you can build a picture of which months are your busiest and which ones are the least busy. Once you have compiled this data you can put this into the form of a calendar and then use this to your businesses advantage. By knowing which months in the year you already get most enquiries; you can then plan further advertising in those months to really capitalise on the months in which your customers are looking to buy.
What Happens When Salespeople Don't Meet Expectations?
The game and the news are quickly forgotten and don't impact your life unless you bet on the outcome of the game or happen to be the leading story on the news. When your salespeople focus too much of their time and resources on a large opportunity and it doesn't materialize, you can lose 6-12 months of productivity from them. Not only that, your forecasts fall short, your budget goes to hell, and you could have a frustrated, demotivated salesperson on your hands. The worst part is if you have a long sales cycle, say 8-12 months, and the salesperson devoted most of his time and energy to this opportunity for 8-12 months, it will take an additional 8-12 months before the pipeline will produce new, meaningful revenue.
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