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Build This Habit and Watch It Build You - Financially
Whether you keep track with a pencil and a pocket notebook, a PDA, create a spreadsheet, or use one of several software packages, keeping track of every penny coming and going will transform your finances and build your financial acumen faster than any ten books on the subject.
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Small Business Start Up Financing
As a small business start-up coach, I get asked a lot of questions. The most frequent one: Where do I get start-up cash? If you are wondering the same thing, this article is for you. In it, you will learn about the differences between angel funding and venture capitalists, the value of taking out a loan, and considerations of taking on a silent or working partner.
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Why Mom Or Dad Want To Work From Home
The greatest benefits of them all is that you finally can take charge of your life. This means that you can do whatever you want to do, whenever you want do it, and you don't have to worry about anyone dictating what do!
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5 Great Ways to Find Referrals
While referrals are one of the most important sources of new clients for therapists and coaches, how to get them seems to be something of a mystery. Here is a five-step referral strategy that can switch on your referral faucet, or turn a trickle into a steady flow.
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New Trends in Mobile Office Technology
There was time when people use to go to their office in the traditional way, work for 8 hours and return back home to spend time with their family. Time has changed and so does the ways of working. People still go to their offices to manage daily business transactions, but today they manage their business with the help of new technology which is also moving with great speed.
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Are You Branded Yet?
Learn why you must have a brand for yourself or your small business. This article will show you how to create a brand people will remember.
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Business Owner's Manifesto: Must Do's
A business owner has to be clear about why s/he's in business, what his/her responsibilities in running the business are, when to go for it and when to get out, how the business potential can be maximized and why the business is there in the first place. The Business Owner's Manifesto makes the key issues clear.
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What Is Customer Relationship Management?
Customer relationship management, or CRM, refers to reliable systems, processes, and procedures that allow companies to better manage customer relationships. It is a corporate level strategy that focuses on creating and maintaining effective communication with its customers. Ideally, a sound CRM strategy should develop an end-to-end process that encompasses sales, customer service, and marketing.
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The Publishing Business
Publishing is a fascinating business and the process that goes into the making of books and newspapers is an interesting one. These days, with the world of digital information and the internet upon us, the scope of publishing now also includes websites, blogs and the like.
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How to Avoid Being Taken Advantage of on Free Consultations
I often recommend that my clients consider offering free consultations. They provide a great opportunity to get a “foot in the door” while, at the same time, allowing a relationship (i.e., rapport and trust) to begin to form.
To the extent you decide to offer free consultations, I recommend the following guidelines:
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The Employee Manual: Mechanism for Avoiding Expensive Employee Disputes
Workers are turning to the courts in growing numbers with such claims as wrongful termination, discriminatory treatment, unsafe working conditions, and harassment. Employers, sobered by huge jury awards, are increasingly coughing up thousands of dollars to settle even minor disputes. Although there is no magic potion for eliminating employee disputes, a company can minimize the costly headaches by maintaining sound personnel practices. At the heart of such practices is the employee manual.
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Soap Box And Rants From Lance From Days Gone By, Part I
Okay so I do a lot of research; have traveled afar and obviously I have something to say. Ah; “Rants from Lance” indeed. Yes in fact it is over do but it is time; It is Soap Box time; I Read an interesting article today about the fact that 80% of all penalties for employment withholding costs were fined to small businesses with under ten employees.
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China Business Negotiation - Understanding the Culture
Business negotiation in China can be very a frustrating exercise for western business executives. The Chinese business culture and deliberate style of negotiation is vastly different from the more direct western approach. It is easy to lose one's perspective and patience and ultimately fail in reaching the desired agreement.
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