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GlobalBX Entrepreneur Business Articles - February 2010
Contracting is high risk, high reward. I have a client who has generated net worth in excess of $10 million, no debt, in less than a decade. He started with very little except his experience and a lot of debt. That same road is littered with the carcasses of those who didn’t make it. But […]
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Posted by robertp on 02/28/10 at 08:02 AM in Buying a Business | Permalink | Comments (0) | Trackback URL
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Downsized organizations, tough economic times, demands to reduce costs and improve quality and a myriad of other reasons can stimulate the need for an employee incentive program. Done properly, the investment can be minimal but it can produce very positive results. If you want to improve results and morale throughout the organization, here are some […]
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Posted by andym on 02/28/10 at 06:02 AM in Business Management, Employment, Human Resources | Permalink | Comments (0) | Trackback URL
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This is not “brand new” news, but it is news small businesses should be taking note of and considering ways to utilize it for their marketing efforts. Your target market watches television, listens to the radio, observes roadside billboards and building banners, reads newspapers and magazines, reads ads in their email and on the internet… […]
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Posted by terril on 02/27/10 at 10:02 AM in Sales & Marketing, Self-Employed, Small Business | Permalink | Comments (0) | Trackback URL
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Behind Door No. 1 are one dozen warm leads. Behind Door No. 2 are three times as many cold suspects. Which door would you want to open? I’m sure you said Door No. 1. But what if in order to gain access to the leads behind Door No. 1, you have to ask someone to […]
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Posted by craigj on 02/26/10 at 04:02 PM in Growing Your Business, Networking, Sales & Marketing | Permalink | Comments (0) | Trackback URL
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We all know how frustrating it is when a sales opportunity we’ve been working on suddenly stalls out. Our instinctive response is to begin thinking of ways to accelerate the prospect’s decision about the sale, usually by offering some financial incentive (a discount). Paradoxically, this often has the opposite effect. The prospect senses your eagerness, […]
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Posted by craigj on 02/26/10 at 04:02 PM in Sales & Marketing | Permalink | Comments (0) | Trackback URL
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Salespeople won’t always get the call back, get the appointment, get to meet the decision maker, or get the order. Now it is, of course, unreasonable to expect to always get what we want. But, it is reasonable to believe that we might get what we want more often if we changed the way we […]
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Posted by craigj on 02/26/10 at 04:02 PM in Sales & Marketing | Permalink | Comments (0) | Trackback URL
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In tough economic times, there’s a constant concern that customers will pull in the reins and make fewer purchases. If you’re Wal-Mart or some other commodity seller, you can simply drop your price to drive more volume, thereby maintaining your current revenue levels. But if you sell a premium product or service — one where […]
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Posted by craigj on 02/26/10 at 04:02 PM in Sales & Marketing | Permalink | Comments (0) | Trackback URL
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When I first started Exceptional Thinking, just about everybody told me that I should do some advertising and to be honest, that’s what I thought I should do too. After all, that’s what businesses do to promote their products and services don’t they? So, dutifully I advertised. First in a business magazine that resulted in […]
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Posted by helend on 02/25/10 at 06:02 AM in Sales & Marketing | Permalink | Comments (0) | Trackback URL
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American Vending Systems is offering new business opportunities for those looking to run their own business and earn an amazing living. Their distributorships are available in all states with the exception of Indiana and Iowa and come complete with ongoing training and support. About American Vending Systems American Vending Systems is a partner of Pro […]
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Posted by alant on 02/23/10 at 04:02 PM in Business Opportunities, Buying a Business, Franchises, Starting a Business | Permalink | Comments (0) | Trackback URL
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CareMinders Home Care is looking for motivated, kind and driven people to take advantage of a current franchise opportunity. With full training and support included, you can become a franchisee if you have the drive and qualifications. About CareMinders Home Care CareMinders Home Care is one of the market leaders in the senior care industry. […]
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Posted by alant on 02/23/10 at 03:02 PM in Business Opportunities, Buying a Business, Franchises, Starting a Business | Permalink | Comments (0) | Trackback URL
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Blue Moon Mexican Café is currently looking for willing, hard working, and determined entrepreneurs to take advantage of a major business opportunity. The company is expanding and need franchisees that are committed to achieving their goals. Blue Moon Mexican Café provides full training and ongoing support in addition to financing assistance and is looking for […]
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Posted by alant on 02/23/10 at 03:02 PM in Business Opportunities, Buying a Business, Franchises, Starting a Business | Permalink | Comments (0) | Trackback URL
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Americlean Dry Cleaning is currently offering a business opportunity for interested parties to join this highly profitable company. With third party financial assistance available and ongoing training and support, this is a major opportunity for all potential entrepreneurs within the United States and Puerto Rico. Please read the benefits below before requesting further details and […]
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Posted by alant on 02/23/10 at 03:02 PM in Business Opportunities, Buying a Business, Franchises, Starting a Business | Permalink | Comments (0) | Trackback URL
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Virtuoso Music is currently looking for highly driven and determined people to take advantage of an exciting franchise opportunity. The company is searching for individuals to join the franchise and capitalize on the full training and support given in order to benefit from profitability, personal rewards, and immense business success. About Virtuoso Music Virtuoso Music […]
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Posted by alant on 02/23/10 at 02:02 PM in Business Opportunities, Buying a Business, Franchises, Starting a Business | Permalink | Comments (0) | Trackback URL
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The Drug Test Consultant is currently offering a business opportunity that allows individuals to invest in a highly profitable opening in a high demand industry niche. With full training and support available, and a growing industry to tap into, this may be the opportunity that you have been waiting for to fulfill your entrepreneurial goals. […]
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Posted by alant on 02/23/10 at 11:02 AM in Business Opportunities, Buying a Business, Franchises, Starting a Business | Permalink | Comments (0) | Trackback URL
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A lot of businesses have seen a steep drop in their 2009 sales. 2009 was one of the worst recessions in the last 50 years. It has become evident that the economy is on the verge of coming back, now businesses are asking what their next move should be? The reality is that businesses need […]
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Posted by chrisg on 02/22/10 at 08:02 PM in Business Strategies, Sales & Marketing | Permalink | Comments (0) | Trackback URL
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What is an expert? Are you an expert? Do you call yourself an expert? Do your customers/clients refer to you as an expert? Undoubtedly, it provides value to be viewed as an expert in a certain field or line of work. Is aspiring to attain such status a worthy goal, or is attaining such status […]
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Posted by smessinger on 02/20/10 at 05:02 AM in Buying a Business, Selling a Business, Small Business | Permalink | Comments (0) | Trackback URL
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Social media and blogging can immediately establish a company’s presence and deliver its message online. Business owners and entrepreneurs can now find specific communities that they can target and deliver their message addressing specific interests and concerns. But for most companies, the Internet’s capabilities and outreach are limited. There are countless businesses with websites, blogs […]
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Posted by anthonym on 02/19/10 at 01:02 PM in Business Strategies, Public Relations, Sales & Marketing | Permalink | Comments (0) | Trackback URL
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Up until last year, when things really got tough (fiscally and image wise), it was commonly felt that companies went through two types of management–one that could carry them through the tough start-up period and another that could run a successful enterprise. The same group of people seldom managed the company through both phases of […]
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Posted by andym on 02/19/10 at 01:02 PM in Business Management, Sales & Marketing | Permalink | Comments (0) | Trackback URL
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This truly is a new age in the public relations and media world. The Internet has turned the communication world on its head. Many say it heralds the end of traditional media, but I believe what is actually happening is not the death throws of one form of media, but a morphing of different forms […]
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Posted by anthonym on 02/18/10 at 06:02 PM in Business Strategies, Public Relations, Sales & Marketing | Permalink | Comments (0) | Trackback URL
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For me, PR always has been (and probably still is) the hardest part of marketing Exceptional Thinking. Why? Because it involves picking up the phone and talking to journalists. Now, I’m sure they’re lovely people, but in my head, they’ve got three heads, sharp fangs and would happily eat me for breakfast. And that’s why […]
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Posted by helend on 02/17/10 at 12:02 AM in Public Relations, Sales & Marketing | Permalink | Comments (0) | Trackback URL
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