When is the last time you did any public speaking? The Sales and Sales Management blog has an entry discussing one of the most little used forms of marketing and that is speaking. There is many...
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What is your edge? The Babe of Business is asking that question on her website. We have talked about finding your niche many times and that is going to be your edge. What lets you stand apart from the...
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Do the people you do business know what you do for a living? I am a big fan of Zig Ziglar and in one of his selling tapes he mentions that everyone you know should be informed what you do......
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The New York Times has an article about how some small retailers are seeing their size as a selling point. In today's marketplace you need to have your own niche. That niche is what will give you...
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Do you belong to a networking group and did you get a return on investment this past year? The Start Up Spark blog has an entry talking about your networking and what kind of return did you get on...
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Having good business relationships is vital to the survival of your business. You will need to build relationships with others on a daily basis. Even if you are working from home and doing everything...
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Do you need some new ideas to get customers? Once again Laura from the Bootstrapper blog has a great entry with 52 Creative Ways to Find New Clients. The first suggestion is pretty easy; make sure...
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Online reviews of services are becoming more important even for off line purchases. That was the findings of a study that was posted by the My Venture Pad Blog. Even for off line purchases, more and...
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Now that Black Friday is over with what other things can you do to increase sales this holiday sale? The Startup Spark blog has some suggestions that might work for you. One of the ideas is to offer a...
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Are you ready for the "Value Age"? That is the question asked by the Marketing Interaction Blog. It discusses concepts talked about in the book by Sam Richter called "Take the Cold out...
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Need some inexpensive marketing ideas to help boost your business? In The Marketing Nitty-Gritty Part II the go big blog goes into some of the inexpensive ideas it has to market your business. The...
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Do you understand why your customers buy from you? Understanding customer behavior is very import and a blog entry from United Entrepreneurs has a questionnaire that you can give to your customers to...
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Can you come up with a new business idea and build new customers using the sense of smell? Common Scents, a new entry on the Small Business Trends blog asks that question after discussing a few new...
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Do you do trade shows or are you thinking about them? Before you decide to go and do any trade shows take a look at this blog entry on the Small Business CEO site. The author makes several good...
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Do you understand your company's brand? From the Small Business Branding blog comes How to develop a more Compelling Brand. They have developed a do it yourself brand builder to help you better...
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After Your Website, What Next For Your Business? I found this on the Trinity Seven SEO blog. In today's business world most people know that one of the first things you need to do is set up a...
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Extreme Makeover: Brand America Here is an interesting article on Branding with regard to branding America. This is a blog that focuses on branding and can offer some helpful hints to small business...
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Retail Notebook: Board-game maker broadens fan base Here is another great example of a company that saw a market and created their own niche in their store. While some may say board games are...
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Wal-Mart Jump-Starts Discounts for Holidays Looks like Wal-Mart is worrying about This Christmas season. Over the last couple of years we have started to see that Wal-Mart is human too and is starting...
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Taco Bell reopens in Mexico There are multiple lessons that can be learned from this article about Taco Bell going into Mexico. First of all, the restaurant change is trying to distance itself from...
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Action is what separates the successful business from the one that failed. In his newsletter Perry talked about Fact vs. Fiction in what he calls the guru biz. What holds most people back is not the...
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It is amazing what can happen when you talk to your customers. He realized his clients often talked about problems finding quality printers, desks, and the like. "We decided if they are asking...
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The renaissance of culture and art in the 16th century was marked by secrecy. "Our desires and our commitment to the ideas of our future are all that matter." - Will Smith Today we are...
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