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Is Your Business Color-Blind? - Mash Bonigala
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| If your company is like many others, you may have chosen your color palette based on what you personally find pleasing. While your opinion as a small business owner certainly matters, color can be not just a pretty visual, but a subconscious way of communicating with and invoking emotion in your customers. Here are the colors most often used in logo design and business brands, along with what they convey. By understanding the power of color in logo design, you can make logo and branding decisions that help ensure the future viability of your company. |
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The Top Ten Lies of Corporate Partners
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| In a manner of speaking, I’m running out of lies to tell. So far I’ve taken care of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, engineers, and marketers. The target of this posting is “corporate partners.” (You might find a previous posting, "The Art of Partnering" interesting.) |
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Why Should I Care About the SBA? - Mash Bonigala
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| Most business owners know that SBA stands for Small Business Administration, but I wonder how many of us know more than that. The SBA mission statement is to “to maintain and strengthen the nation's economy by enabling the establishment and viability of small businesses and by assisting in the economic recovery of communities after disasters." Well, that sounds all fine and good but how do they accomplish that goal and how can they help me overcome my business challenges? The SBA is organized into many different offices and each of those offices has the directive to complete the mission of the SBA as a whole. Here is a list of the different SBA offices: |
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Affiliate Marketing Commissions
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| Factors That Affect Your Affiliate Marketing Commissions
If you hate statistics and are involved in affiliate marketing, you will probably be disappointed to know that it is a very essential component to your success. For one, you will have to understand statistics in order to determine the viability of a program. You'll also need it to find out whether or not you can be hopeful regarding the financial side of your business. |
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A view for the other side
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| Following for last week’s piece on Procurement, I promised I would delve further into the view from the other side of the table and how, we, as sales people, view procurement and some of the practices which help or hinder sales and partnership effectiveness. And what our common enemy is.
So let’s take a look at the other side of the table.
Many a seasoned sales person can tell you story after story about the ‘Gunna Gunna’ customers:Gunna do this, gunna do that be it never goes anywhere. |
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Don’t take your frustrations out on your customers
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| Sales and Service roles are not for the faint hearted and can often take their toll on your good nature, your energy and your ability to deal effectively with frustrating issues, especially when you put in the effort to do the ‘right thing' by your customers and it is not appreciated, acknowledged or actioned.
At the end of a long day or week dealing with lots of people, pulling together various deals, solving problems and keeping your energy levels up and being on your best behaviour, you could be forgiven for being a bit ‘short' if things don't go according to plan and something falls short of your expectations.
To manage our frustrations, sales and service people can resort to all sorts of remedies. |
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Remedy #2 for product launches & start ups -- "Plan."
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| A strong, well-thought-out plan is essential for three reasons:
1. It's necessary to convince management/investors they should buy into the idea
2. It helps collaborators know what's needed to accomplish the mission
3. It forces you to think through all the potential pitfalls that may arise |
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Managing In The New Economy
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| Business leaders and managers should be developing a strategy about how they will lead and retain employees who are impacted by the economic changes of the past year. Following are tips for managing in this "new economy". |
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Danger Signals of a Business in Trouble
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| Businesses throw off signs of stress much like humans do, so when you start to see these signs in a your business or a competitor, it is time to take action - don't wait. |
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The Pros, Cons of Working, Playing in the Clouds
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| Don't you just love all the fun, the advantages, the freedom, the freakin mystery of the cloud? Look up -- they're light, they're fluffy, they're everywhere. Heck they're even green, ecofriendly...right?
But ever so often something is dark on the horizon and the sucka comes roaring in and does some serious damage. Or it can sneak up quietly and SPLAT! slap you where it hurts...really hurts.
Cloud computing is like the last wild frontier (sure we'll have more but cloud computing/storage is one biggie) where anything, anyone can go...and it does/they do. It isn't for the faint of heart and it isn't for the dumb ones but it sure attracts them like flies. |
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How To Tell If Your Amazing New Product Idea Is Really Worth Gambling On
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| I'm a lousy poker player, mainly because I can't help grinning like the village idiot when blessed with a winning hand or frowning like a sad clown when dealt a dud. I also never make odds on the success of "amazing new products" because more often than not the only thing that's amazing is the way the product is totally ignored by the buying public. |
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••••••> Free SEO Tip of the Day: Keyword Research Guide
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| Five tips for Keyword research, one of he most important element of integrated SEO campaigns to get on top of Google and the other search engines |
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Should You Franchise Your Business 20 Questions
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| There are a number of variables that a business must consider before embarking on a franchise development program. As a first step in determining the viability of franchising your business, you should consider the following questions. |
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Self Managing Teams: what do they want if they don't want managing?
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| If a team is meant to be managing itself, what is there left for the leadership to do? |
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Loans For Women Business Owners
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| There are many places on the Internet where you can find loans for women small business. Search for "loans women business" and you will get results in the tens of millions. |
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Sales Help Through the Six Universal Funnel Laws for Businesses
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| If you, as a small business, entrepreneur or sales, believe in What’s Goes Up, Must Come Down, then why not apply similar principles to your daily business actions? Using the Six Universal Funnel Laws for Businesses, should help you quickly double your results because what goes in, must come out. |
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Culture Conversion: Designing for Niche Markets
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| A niche market is a focused, targetable portion of a market… or a narrowly defined group of potential customers. In general, if your business focuses on a niche market, you should be addressing a need for a product or service that is not being addressed by mainstream providers.
Unless you are in the community being targeted, it can be hard to tell upfront whether the design of your creative is going to be effective. But when you’re part of the targeted community, you get the message loud and clear. The trick comes in when you want to target a niche market to which you yourself do not belong. Bridging this gap between business and niche markets thus often requires a thoughtful cultural conversion campaign. |
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Move from Mild Success to Wild Success
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| Referrals, Repeat and Reactive new business is the revenue base that funds your current company. With that being the case, what is the funding mechanism that fuels your future growth potential? |
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Can you be transparent in Social Media A PI QA
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| Network Member Question
Can you be transparent in Social Media?
(Note: Please check out my thoughts on this question at - CONTACT Author to obtain link)
Carmen Bracamonte
President – LargerNet Trade Development and Management
Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL
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How To Tell If Your Amazing New Product Idea Is Really Worth Gambling On
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| I'm a lousy poker player, mainly because I can't help grinning like the village idiot when blessed with a winning hand or frowning like a sad clown when dealt a dud. I also never make odds on the success of "amazing new products" because more often than not the only thing that's amazing is the way the product is totally ignored by the buying public. |
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Franchising Pros and Cons
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| 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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Overcoming the challenges of an ineffective RFP process: Improved collaboration through intelligence synchronization (QStrat Profile)
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| I have had close to 30 reader responses to my recent posts on the utilization of the RFP or e-tendering process for the acquisition of goods and services.
While there have been successful demonstrations of its utilization relative to MERX (MERX: An Evolution to a Broader Market), and of course the Commonwealth of Virginia’s eVA program (Yes Virginia! There is more to e-procurement than software), the majority of respondents do not view the current process has being effective. (Note: links to the above referenced articles are available through the Web Resources section at the conclusion of this post.)
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What can be the "next big thing" in supply chain management?
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| Network Member Question
What can be the "next big thing" in supply chain management? Will it be technology-related (eg. new innovations, new IT solutions etc.) or more market-related (eg. changes in consumers demands and expectations forcing companies to adapt)?
Are there any major differences in the SCM developments in different parts of the world? Eg. are European supply chains significantly different from American on Asian supply chains? Will it change in the future? Can we say that any part of the globe is developing faster than the others in terms of SCM maturity?
Przemek Pietak
Senior Consultant, Roland Berger
Warsaw, Poland
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Supply Chain Management Certificate/Course USA/CANADA
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| Network Member Question:
I’d like to get information about Supply Chain Management Certificate/Course in USA/CANADA. Preferred top Universities.
Andre Caliman, Sales and Marketing Executive, Brazil
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Double Marginalization and the Decentralized Supply Chain Revisited
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| Without a doubt, the concept of double marginalization and the resultant issues associated with understanding and addressing its impact represents one of the more complex elements of an organization’s supply chain practice.
As the point of convergence of multiple stakeholder interests and the seemingly disparate (some would say contradictory) strategies that define today’s partinioned enterprises, the intent of the article when it was first published was to create an awareness of a concept that up until that point was not widely recognized, let alone understood by the majority of purchasing professionals.
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Marketing Your Ideas
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| Remember, every entrepreneur must do sales and marketing whether they like it or not. Because that’s what brings in customers. And without customers, you don’t have a business—you just have an expensive and time consuming hobby.
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Networking – A major element of success for your business
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| It is a well-documented fact that relationships are important for business success. But many people do not have the time to build relationships because they are too busy running in the rat race. People who do not build relationships have limited business success.
However, it is never too late to build relationships for business success.
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How to Manage Your Business by Focusing on Two Important Aspects
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| The purpose of business management should first of all be to at least maintain and to increase the most important number in any business... the net profit margin. What else matters more than this lifestyle creating number? |
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Building a Sustainable Organization Through Your People
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| Does your company have the right culture to ensure its viability and sustainability for the next 50 years and beyond? In this article, learn about the seven key areas your business needs to look at in order to be sustainable for the long haul. |
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Does Your Concept Have What It Takes to Franchise?
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| To go a long distance, a concept must have something in it. That includes a USP, strong demand in the market and a business format that can adopt to a changing market. |
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Is the Government of Canada's Shared Services Strategy a Threat to Small Business (Survey Result 1)
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| Many key stakeholders both within and external to the Government of Canada (GoC) see a shared services strategy as a threat to the Small-Medium Enterprise community?
Do you believe that the current GoC shared services is a threat?
If yes, why?
If no, why? |
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What are the most commom metrics used for Supply Chain?
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| Member Question:
What are the most commom metrics used for Supply Chain?
Francisco, Logistics and Supply Chain Professional
Argentina |
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What is the quickest way to get up to speed on supply chain management?
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| Member Question:
What books or other resources can you recommend to a project and product manager who suddenly wants/needs to learn as much as possible about managing supply chains of diverse products?
In the past, my role has involved only product development and marketing, not managing the flow of of raw materials from suppliers, managing inventory, delivery and so forth.
I'd be grateful for any resource recommendations. |
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IT Technologies: Extinction in 5 to 10 Years?
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| Member Question:
1) Which IT technologies are going to stay in market for next 5-10 years and why?
2)Which IT technologies will be extinct in 5-10 years and why?
I know, its difficult to predict what happen in ever changing IT field, but just wanna know what other people think about this issue.
Naveen, Ifrastructure Specialist & Solutions Architect
CHicago, U.S.
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Supplemental Material Double Marginalization and the Point of Ideal Price Viability
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| I have received a number of e-mails regarding my August 10th posting (Double Marginalization and the Point of Ideal Price Viability) requesting clarification of my theory. In line with the old saying that a “picture is worth a thousand words,” the following graph will hopefully illustrate the basis for my conclusions. (NOTE: due to space limitations I am not able to incorporate the actual graph into this posting. To obtain a copy of the graph send me an e-mail at jhansen@procureinsights.com with “Graph” in the subject line.)
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Testing a Business Venture\'s Viability
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| Pre start-up research is vital to any venture. If possible, the best way to learn about your prospective business is to work for someone else in that industry before venturing out on your own. This will make you more aware of the challenges you can expect to face in your venture. It will also give you the opportunity of getting some form of on the job training so you can manage your venture effectively. Background research in the industry will give you an indication of what to expect in terms of earnings and expenses. |
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VI. C. Institutional Quality: WHAT DETERMINES STOCK MARKET DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA?
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| Institutional quality is important for stock market development because efficient and
accountable institutions tend broaden appeal and confidence in equity investment. |
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Recommendations for future research - Factors Impeding the Poverty Reduction Capacity of Micro-credit: Some Field Observations from Malawi and Ethiopia
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| In light of the conclusions drawn above, there is a need for further policy and action oriented
research and in-depth investigation. First and foremost, there is a need for extensive empirical
evidence to verify and ascertain the capabilities of micro-credit in reducing the depth and scope
of poverty. |
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MFI’s: A Critical Partner in Disaster Mitigation and Relief
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| Natural disasters are indiscriminate in their impact, but for poor communities – many of
which are home to microfinance clients – the effects can be devastating. |
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Other viability Related Articles
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Franchisee Checklist - assessing the business proposition
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| How does a would-be franchisee assess the business viability of a franchise? |
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5.6 Deciding on the right approach: Enterprise solutions to poverty
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| We took explicit account of this reality in adapting
our model (viability, scaleability, business DNA
and Shell Group assets) to develop a ‘market entry’
strategy into the Ugandan and South African energy
SME sector. This strategy had four components: |
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Do Your Homework To Find The Best Location For Your Business
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| This week our discussion on starting a brick and mortar business continues. We’ve already talked about creating a Startup Plan to manage the process and conducting market research to gauge the viability of your idea. If you missed those entries visit TimKnox.com and click the "Columns" tab. |
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Do Your Homework To Find The Best Location For Your Business
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| This week our discussion on starting a brick and mortar business continues. We’ve already talked about creating a Startup Plan to manage the process and conducting market research to gauge the viability of your idea. If you missed those entries visit TimKnox.com and click the "Columns" tab. |
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Should You Franchise Your Business 20 Questions
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| There are a number of variables that a business must consider before embarking on a franchise development program. As a first step in determining the viability of franchising your business, you should consider the following questions. |
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Is Asset Based Lending a Viable Option For Canadian Firms?
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| The article discusses the viability of asset based lending as an alternative financing strategy to bank financing, for Canadian firms . |
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Three Things You Need To Know About Merchant Cash Advances and Small Business Financing
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| Information on merchant cash advances and small business financing and funding in Canada . How do these facilities work and what you need to know to assess their viability for your firm . |
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Selling Yourself & Your Ideas to Banks - Part 1
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| Your loan and line of credit are important to the viability of your business. Do it right and you get what you want, provided the non-negotiable basics are in place.
Part 2 will give you the in's and out's of a Successful Loan Presentation by Somers White. |
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Building a Sustainable Organization Through Your People
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| Does your company have the right culture to ensure its viability and sustainability for the next 50 years and beyond? In this article, learn about the seven key areas your business needs to look at in order to be sustainable for the long haul. |
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Organizational Development: Examining Business Wellness Ahead of Problems Occurring
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| Businesses, like other living organisms, can get sick. The afflictions come in a variety of forms, affecting culture, core values, productivity, profitability and sometimes business viability. Sometimes the ailment is more or less the equivalent of having a cold, and sometimes it is much more dangerous and threatening. The symptoms that you notice may not get you too worried, but those you are not aware of should. |
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