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Are you guilty of joining fan pages like “I love Penguins” or “Yeh I got your SMS I just didn’t feel like replying”? I’m sure most are, well I am. Originally, Facebook pages are meant for businesses or public profiles to have a space of their own so that fans or customers can connect with them. On the other hand, groups can be based around shared interests, activities or anything you like.
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Every sales encounter brings the possibility of a breakthrough in advancing towards a sale. But the real breakthroughs are more often found through the long and meaningful nurturing of relationships. Each sales encounter has to be treated as if it might lead to a breakthrough, and it must also be treated as a simple opportunity to nurture and build a future opportunity. More often than not, no si Read More

Does your company have a brand identity that is more than just a logo? While a logo is a good place to start, you should consider building your visual Read More

Making 2009 the best year in sales is easier than you may think. It’s all about realizing that what you think and how you act have a far bigger impact on your success than the economy does, says Nathan Jamail, president of the Jamail Development Group and author of The Sales Leaders Playbook. Read More

Friends laughed when twin brothers Ron and Arnie Koss announced in the early 1980s that they wanted to start the nation's first organic baby food company. Yet they succeeded in launching Earth's Best Baby Food, the first nationally distributed organic food to sit next to its mainstream competitors on supermarket shelves. Taken from their new book book, The Earth's Best Story, here are ten tips fo Read More

The iPad certainly looks like a lot of fun to have around the house. From games to books to basic web surfing, there’s no doubt the iPad would be a lot of fun in the living room, but how would it fare in the office? Though it may seem the iPad has been designed for all play and no work, I am very excited for the iPad’s potential for business users. Here are some of the cases where I think the iPa Read More

5 Reasons You Shouldn't Start Your Speech with a Joke
If you're giving a speech, it's pretty much assumed that you'll start out with a joke or funny story. After all, that's the best way to get the audience engaged and relaxed, right? You joke could, however, end up doing just the opposite. Here are five reasons you should avoid using a joke at the beginning of your speech. Read More

We're blessed with two nice zoos here in the Twin Cities area. I love going to the zoos with my daughter when we walk and talk and observe and drink in all the wonders of wildlife.

And trips to the massive Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in far northern Minnesota (and Quetico park in Ontario, Canada just adjacent to it) always produce wonder. There is something about seeing a moose swimm Read More

You’ve integrated social media marketing in you online marketing strategy. You got your business a Facebook Fan Page; you added fans to it. But what next? How do you make them talk to you? How do you get them to keep coming? Read More

This is a stellar video for one reason: Anita explains how to make sure you get paid as a small business consultant.

VIDEO - Anita Campbell, CEO of smallbistrends.com, recommends asking for a deposit of payment upfront. Here she explains how setting a schedule o Read More