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Posted by ArmadaIG under Strategy
From http://www.allbusiness.com 5918 days ago
Made Hot by: on September 12, 2008 4:15 pm

When most professionals think about getting new business, hey think about brand new markets to penetrate and focus on, or launching new initiatives to appeal to a new crowd. They attempt to identify potential customers they have ignored or those who have not been apparent to them in the past. They look for the new and different-for the proverbial Read More

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How I Turned My Mediocre Website Into A Million-Dollar Business Â» erica.biz - Erica Douglass shows you how to build an inspired, successful business.

Posted by ZaneSafrit under Strategy
From http://www.erica.biz 5932 days ago
Made Hot by: on August 27, 2008 5:08 pm

Simple steps. Make the customer know you care. Organize your business around that one principle. Read More

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Is Advice Outside Your Industry Helpful?

Posted by ZaneSafrit under Strategy
From http://zanesafrit.typepad.com 5937 days ago
Made Hot by: on August 23, 2008 8:06 pm

Advice from your peers in other industries can provide new perspective and immediate solutions to pressing problems. Steve MacGill, CEO of Peersight Online, discusses why in this guest post. Read More

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Find an Undervalued Asset. Fix It Up. Flip It. (Now It's Web Sites, Not Houses)

Posted by suzyQ under Strategy
From http://www.nytimes.com 5955 days ago
Made Hot by: on August 5, 2008 2:38 pm

Dave Hermansen did not own a bird or a cage when he bought bird-cage.com, an online store, for $1,800 three years ago. He simply saw a Web site that was “very, very poorly done,” and begged the owners to sell it to him. He then redesigned the site, added advertising and drove up traffic. Last December, he sold it for $173,000. Mr. Hermansen is Read More

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Asking prices for small businesses on the decline

Posted by ArmadaIG under Strategy
From http://www.dallasnews.com 5960 days ago
Made Hot by: on August 1, 2008 7:19 pm

To all the usual reasons that small businesses are put up for sale, add economic woes this year. But even as for-sale listings rise around the country, so is buyer interest. The problem for owners is that prices appear to be softening. Brokers say buyers are often retirees looking for a second act, or laid-off executives looking for a busi Read More

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Do You Really Believe in the Future of Your Business?

Posted by ZaneSafrit under Strategy
From http://zanesafrit.typepad.com 5967 days ago
Made Hot by: on July 24, 2008 12:34 am

Steve MacGill, CEO of Peersight Online, shares how you can tell if You Really Believe in the Future of Your Business. Read More

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Seth's Blog: Should small businesses whine?

Posted by ZaneSafrit under Strategy
From http://sethgodin.typepad.com 5974 days ago
Made Hot by: on July 17, 2008 4:06 am

Seth sums it up nicely. Small business is a weapon, not a reason to whine. Read More

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Is it really better to have first mover advantage?

Posted by luckycharmer under Strategy
From http://www.instigatorblog.com 5981 days ago
Made Hot by: on July 10, 2008 4:19 am

Being first doesn't guarantee success. If anything, being first is fraught with more peril; since you don't have anyone to copy or compare to. And, depending on how innovative your product offering, you might be too early for VCs to get it too, making raising money even harder. Often, when a space heats up, after the first few companies have gone Read More

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Seven Lethal Business Mistakes to Avoid

Posted by suzyQ under Strategy
From http://www.allbusiness.com 5983 days ago
Made Hot by: administrator on July 7, 2008 5:15 pm

From article: One of my vacation reads this year was "Famous Last Words" by Jonathan Green. This sometimes funny, frequently poignant compilation of deathbed quotations offers a glimpse at the characters of famous people as revealed by their final words. Whatever words you may utter if your business collapses, the failure can often be traced Read More

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