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Author :: Mark Oestreich  |
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| Article Title :: How to Profit Handsomely From a Secret Business Model Virtually No Small Business is Using! |
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| Have you been searching for the perfect home-based business? I have spent nearly twenty-five years searching for the holy-grail of home-based businesses. Now this article is not about a business, but rather a system that Fortune 500 companies always use but it's rarely used by home-based businesses, affiliate or network marketing companies. And based on my experience, you should not even attempt a home-based affiliate or network marketing opportunity unless you use a system that almost guarantees you’ll be successful.But before we get into the specifics of the secret business model, let’s first talk about what most people do wrong and why 95% of home-based business operators (read full article) |
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| Category :: Small Business Articles |
Author :: Jinger Jarrett |
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| Article Title :: Top 7 Small Business Resources for 2005 |
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| If you want to start a business in 2005, and start making money almost immediately, the sites listed below are some of the best I have found. I've chosen each site because it is absolutely outstanding in providing the tools you need to get started, as well as taking you through the steps you need to get started immediately.My1stBusiness.com - http://www.my1stbusiness.com - This site is owned by Ben Botes, who is currently working on a doctoral degree in business. Ben will take you through every phase of creating your business, and it doesn't matter how large or small it is. You'll find all of the information you need right here.Teleclasses are currently free, and you'll find (read full article) |
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| Category :: Small Business Articles |
Author :: Janis Pettit |
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| Article Title :: Four Obstacles to Fame and Fortune |
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| 2005 is just around the corner. What are some of the obstacles that stop business owners from reaching their Biggest Vision for their business each year? There are four that come up over and over with my business owner clients. They are:1. thinking small2. marketing issues3. time management issues4. not enough moneyJust like many success blocks, these are often fear based. Let’s look at them one at a time.1. I’ve had clients who felt so elated each time they made a sale that they took time to just “float” for a day or two afterward. Rewarding yourself after you’ve closed a big deal is a great idea; thin (read full article) |
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| Category :: Small Business Articles |
Author :: Rose Hill |
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| Article Title :: Indiscretion Can Kill Your Business |
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| The quickest way to cancel out all the thought, work, energy, time and expense you've poured into promoting your business is with indiscretions. I'm not talking about giving your clients' confidential materials to their competitors, though that certainly will kill your business I'm talking about the indiscretions that leak out of your mouth, such as: Those inappropriate responses to anyone and everyone within earshot when you are dog-tired and have been up all night trying to meet a deadline.
Those mean-spirited criticisms of a competitor or client when you thought you were speaking with someone "safe."
Those discussions with prospects about what goes (read full article) |
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| Category :: Small Business Articles |
Author :: Rose Hill |
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| Article Title :: Three Ways to Add Leverage to Your Small Business |
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| Remember those drawings from science class of how a lever works?The lever was a long bar that rested atop a triangularly shaped fulcrum. One end of the lever was underneath the object to be raised. The other end of the lever was where downward force was applied to raise the object at the other end. The keys to whether or not the lever could raise the object were: 1) the distance of the fulcrum from the object to be raised, 2) the length of the lever, and 3) the force applied to the fulcrum.In short, the longer the lever
and the more force applied,
the easier and faster you can move the object.When mapping this diagram to the business of an independent profess (read full article) |
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| Category :: Small Business Articles |
Author :: Rose Hill |
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| Article Title :: Small Business Secrets: Self-Confidence Can Be Arranged |
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| At first blush this idea might be difficult to wrap your brain around. That's because you've been taught that self-confidence is achieved through mastery of knowledge or skills.If you've been an employee for someone else most of your life, you've actually been rewarded for getting your self-confidence from expertise. As an employee, the higher your mastery of a set of skills, the higher your salary. You move logically from a hopeful novice at the entry-level job, to a more confident and higher skilled employee at the intermediate job level, to the highly confident master at the senior job level, and then back to the hopeful novice level when you are promoted out of the role of indi (read full article) |
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| Category :: Small Business Articles |
Author :: Rose Hill |
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| Article Title :: Three Small Business Secrets to Getting More Billable Time |
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| As small business owners we’re in business to make money doing what we love. And that means we need enough billable hours to cover our expenses, our payroll, upgrades in skills and technology, and profit. But if stay in business for any length of time, you eventually reach the point where you just don't have more hours in the day to give to your business. After all, you have a personal life too. (If you don't have a personal life, you really need to work on that.) So, if you've maxed out on the hours you have available to build your business, how can you get more billable hours?You have to get those billable hours from time you are currently spending doing other activities in you (read full article) |
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| Category :: Small Business Articles |
Author :: Rose Hill |
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| Article Title :: Small Business Success Secret: Focus on Your Genius Work? |
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| Do you know what your genius work is? It's the highest and best use of your time. It's the best leverage your business has in the marketplace.You're doing your genius work when your activities are producing the
greatest results in the shortest period of time.You know you're doing your genius work when you enter the state of flow - that state when time is altered for you. When you are so engaged in what you are doing that hours can pass without you noticing.When you are not spending as much time as possible doing your genius work, your business is a struggle. It's difficult and frustrating. And it is not going to be a place that makes your heart sing or your feet want (read full article) |
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| Category :: Small Business Articles |
Author :: Yolanda Facio |
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| Article Title :: Discover How You Can Start Making Your Small Business Dream Come True |
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| As a teenager I worked for my father's small business. At
18 I worked for a small video rental business owned by two
partners; there were 4 employees. At 23 I worked for an
auto body shop, the owner was from Greece; there were 8
employees. At 25 I became CEO of my family's small
business; we have 15 employees. Today, I own a 3-employee
automotive repair shop; an online business; a promotional
licensing business and I still consult for my family's
business.Today working in large firms with hundreds of employees or
even 50 employees is rare. Like most people I grew up
around small business and worked in small business. The
transition to a business of my own seemed a natural
pro (read full article) |
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| Category :: Small Business Articles |
Author :: Karyn Greenstreet |
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| Article Title :: Why Small Businesses Fail (or Fail to Thrive) |
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| Tammy, a skilled and gifted horticulturist, called me to discuss what she needed to know to start her own florist and landscaping business. She had been in the horticulture industry for 10 years and was incredibly skilled at working with flowers and plants – one of the best. She also had great design skills, as well as good customer service skills. But she had little business management experience and less self-employment experience.Discovering why small businesses fail was a smart research project for her, as it helped her uncover her own weaknesses and begin to build up some strengths before she invested in becoming self-employed. It’s no secret that a large majority of s (read full article) |
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