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Launching a small business is a time-consuming and overwhelming experience. All of a sudden you are expected to be an expert, not only at whatever your specific market niche is, but also at all of the little details that go into running a business. For example, I had never used Quickbooks. Heck, I had hardly even balanced my checkbook! Read More

Do prospect objections leave you paralyzed? Do prospect objections make your heart start pounding and your palms sweaty? Do prospect objections give you a knot in your stomach? There is another way. Read More

I get daily pitches from PR folks and business owners asking me to write about their news, launch, product, or survey. On one hand, I still think it's awfully cool that people think enough of blogs and this blogger to pitch me. (Can't imaging what some really big blogs endure.) On the other hand, I sure see my share of really bad pitches. Read More

Aiming high is essential to building a better business. But doing so without a plan is professional suicide. Here's a visual example of how information, properly used, can tell a powerful story. Read More

Lots of people complain about Twitter - but that's usually because they don't "get it". Watch this short video from best-selling online marketing author, Scott Fox, for the strategy approach that can make Twitter an important promotional tool for your business to make more money online. Twitter is a great marketing tool, and it's free! Read More

These are the 10 Facebook Friends to Avoid at All Costs. You know them. You have them on your friends list. You might even be one or a few of these. These are the top 10 people on facebook that you must avoid at all cost. Read More

This article seeks to quantify the financial rewards of IT use and looks at what to do about the lack of skilled computer users in business. Read More

Virtual assistants have created a new breed of work from home business assisting companies large and small. This is a potential new small business opportunity for anyone with basic office or administrative skills. Read about virtual assistants and their various accomplishments with further links to stories on how they got their businesses up and r Read More

Every small business owner at some point has to realize he/she is competing against a larger corporation that owns a significant share of the marketplace. You can either continue to carve out your own niche and be David vs. Goliath— —or David can partner up with Goliath. Read More

Successful managers get products out the door or hit their sales target and if they're in sports, they win the championship. However they also do it at the lowest possible personal cost to themselves and their families. Read More