Rieva Lesonsky has been covering small business for over 30 years. She has seen the good, the bad and the ugly when it comes to small business and it's struggles. In this post she talks a bit about the new Health-Care reform and how it can affect your business. Read More
Twitter should be the centre of all your marketing efforts and here is why. Lets look at an example for a small business. Read the full story here you will be glad you did Read More
What do you do if it doesn't work? What's your Plan B if your marketing, sales, strategic plan or your career tanks? You can't wait and figure it out when it happens. Here's how to decide when to when to change and how to develop your Plan B. It's better than being a deer in the headlights. Read More
In sales, it's not who you know, it's all about who knows you and what you do. Letting people know what you do increases your chances of getting business through referrals. Read More
Maybe we should just stop reading the news. Either way, the only thing that matters is your personal experience and, in many cases, what your instincts tell you. We all have to be cautions in uncertain times but must also recognize when to take risk and build our own foundation for recovery and growth. Read More
The number one reason salespeople fail is that they aren’t really salespeople in the first place. The second reason salespeople fail is that, although they possess most of the attributes necessary to succeed in sales, they cannot temper the independence that comes with sales with the personal responsibility and self-discipline required to succeed. Read More
Since sales don't unfold in a straight line, sales people should not be surprised at getting "no" along the way. In fact they should be looking for way to get some "No's" to help the sale along. Read More
There's no doubt that Word of Mouth is one of the most salient, credible and effective forms of marketing. It is the Mecca of Marketing and the zenith of credible recommendation. Read More
Under the marketing branch, there’s one that particularly interests me after attending one of the workshops organized by the Mobile Marketing Association; mobile marketing. Here’s a definition of what mobile marketing is from MMA:
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Rasmussen Reports | Three weeks after Congress passed its new national health care plan, support for repeal of the measure has risen four points to 58%. Read More
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