Today, on January 20th, 2009, the US will inaugurate a new President. The positive symbolism of today is so thick you can cut it with a knife. That being said, I want to remind everyone to stay grounded in reality when it comes to your own success.
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Don't Put the Future of Your Success in the Hands of Others
Posted by WillFultz under SalesFrom http://www.topsalesblog.com 5575 days ago
Made Hot by: tiroberts on January 20, 2009 3:19 pm
The worst sales pitch ever - $24 million from Belgium | sales training blog - startup sales mentor
Posted by ianbrodie under SalesFrom http://salesblog.karlgoldfield.com 5575 days ago
Made Hot by: on January 20, 2009 3:54 pm
read the worst sales pitch ever, comment and win free sales mentoring.
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A Sharper Focus on Small Business
Posted by luckycharmer under NewsFrom http://www.kiplinger.com 5576 days ago
Made Hot by: on January 21, 2009 6:12 pm
The Small Business Administration (SBA) will get a beefier post in the Obama regime. Under President Bush, the agency saw its funding fall, was plagued by a host of controversies and lost the prestigious Cabinet level status conferred on it by President Clinton. But Barack Obama is signaling greater respect for the agency.
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Do More With Your Local Business Ads in Google Maps
Posted by ArmadaIG under Online MarketingFrom http://www.smallbusinessnewz.com 5580 days ago
Made Hot by: on January 19, 2009 11:07 pm
As an online business, it is important not to look past your local audience. As a brick and mortar business, your local audience might even be your entire audience. Your presence in Google Maps is important. You (should) know that by now.
Keeping this in mind, Google has introduced some improvements to its AdWords local business ads for Google
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Eliminating CYA: A New Management Paradigm
Posted by CMD under ManagementFrom http://qvinci.wordpress.com 5581 days ago
Made Hot by: on January 20, 2009 12:13 am
This article really describes a problem hundreds of businesses deal with daily. Who has time to manage employees playing the blame game? What a better way to deal with constant "cover your a**." Great Article for any business manager or CEO.
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The Essence of Lead Nurturing | Nurture
Posted by himangim under MarketingFrom http://blog.nurturehq.com 5581 days ago
Made Hot by: on January 20, 2009 12:15 am
You can't force someone to buy something when they don't need it and yet, just because he/she doesnt need it now, it doesn't mean they may not buy from you when they do need it. Knowing who your prospects are is the easy bit. Knowing when they are ready teady to buy from you and when they are ready to be pitched to is where lead nurturing plays
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Changing your pricing changes your story
Posted by GPorter under MarketingFrom http://sethgodin.typepad.com 5586 days ago
Made Hot by: on January 13, 2009 1:50 am
Seth Godin talks about using a different pricing strategy in your marketing plan.
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NFIB: Stimulus Package Should Include Payroll Tax Holiday
Posted by GPorter under NewsFrom http://www.nfib.com 5586 days ago
Made Hot by: on January 13, 2009 1:51 am
As the president-elect and members of Congress consider what type of tax provisions should be included in the stimulus package, NFIB is diligently working to convince lawmakers that the best way to help small business owners and employees is to pass a six-month payroll tax holiday.
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Which Comes First: The Client's Budget or Your Solution?
Posted by luckycharmer under SalesFrom http://blogs.bnet.com 5586 days ago
Made Hot by: on January 13, 2009 1:51 am
According to Mark Sellers, an opportunity isn't really an opportunity (and doesn't deserve significant resources) until the customer has committed budget dollars to the project.
He says that until this takes place, it's crazy to write proposals, make multiple business trips, or put the revenue from that “opportunity” into your forecast.
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Do Sitemaps Affect Crawlers?
Posted by himangim under MarketingFrom http://www.seomoz.org 5586 days ago
Made Hot by: on January 12, 2009 10:41 pm
Like any other person out there, I fall into habits, good and bad. Recently while working on a client's website, I created a Sitemap and submitted it to the search engines, like I always do. I started to think if this really helps the site out and what's the effect when I submit a Sitemap on the site.
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