Entrepreneurs are way too optimistic about the early success of their ventures, according to a study from the University of Cologne in Germany. Researchers found that new business owners tend to overestimate their expenses, revenues and profits for the first five years. The researchers said revenue
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Entrepreneurs Are Worse At Financial Projections than You Think
Posted by JohnH under StartupsFrom http://www.bnet.com 4939 days ago
Made Hot by: HomeBusinessMedia on May 19, 2011 9:14 pm
SPAM Works!
Posted by dabrock under SalesFrom http://partnersinexcellenceblog.com 4940 days ago
Made Hot by: Monsieur Eraser on May 20, 2011 11:13 pm
I've been getting some interesting responses from my post, When Will Sales People Stop This Insanely Stupid Behavior? A number of folks have correctly pointed out, if these techniques didn't work, why do people continue to do them?
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Yelp Will Finally Let Businesses Respond to Web Reviews!
Posted by suzyQ under Customer ServiceFrom http://www.gainesville.com 5700 days ago
Made Hot by: on April 17, 2009 7:20 pm
Small businesses will soon feel a little more love in their love-hate relationship with Yelp, the Web site whose users post reviews of restaurants, dry cleaners and other local businesses.
Starting next week, Yelp will let small-business owners publicly respond to reviews. This is a big change for the site, which has until now steadfastly refus
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115 Marketing Strategies For Small Business
Posted by JohnH under MarketingFrom http://www.toiletpaperentrepreneur.com 5700 days ago
Made Hot by: sannwood on April 18, 2009 2:35 pm
The most common question entrepreneurs ask is “how can I improve my marketing with no or little money?” With this in mind, Mike Michalowicz, the Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, asked for help from the TPE community and here is what he got— 115 ideas. Skim them or read them in detail, but whatever you do make sure you go through the list. Just one of
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Bogus Estate Tax Rhetoric
Posted by BizBox under NewsFrom http://bizbox.slate.com 5701 days ago
Made Hot by: on April 17, 2009 5:48 pm
BizBox goes after ten Democratic senators plus the National Federation of Independent Business, who are misleadingly casting the estate tax debate as a small-business issue.
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Three Things Now! - Content Marketing, Listening and Social Media
Posted by mona19 under MarketingFrom http://blog.junta42.com 5701 days ago
Made Hot by: on April 17, 2009 2:13 am
For our marketing to succeed, we, as marketers, need to understand what successful publishing is. The majority of our marketing spend needs to be dedicated to the creation of consistent valuable and relevant information to our customer segments.
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Don't Have A Failure To Communicate With Employees
Posted by BizBox under ManagementFrom http://bizbox.slate.com 5702 days ago
Made Hot by: on April 17, 2009 5:48 pm
If you need to fire employees but don't want to face a subsequent lawsuit, then read this to learn the best strategy for heading off such retaliation.
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Why Twitter Sucks For Small Business
Posted by adamnldt under Online MarketingFrom http://www.californiachronicle.com 5702 days ago
Made Hot by: tiroberts on April 16, 2009 1:54 am
Tired of Twitter yet? Apparently businesses are still frothing at the mouth and hemorrhaging at the wallet over it. If you're just thinking about starting to use Twitter for your business, this article might make you think twice whether or not it's right for you.
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Sales Master Best Practices: Influencing the customer to want to see you again.
Posted by davekahle under SalesFrom http://www.davekahle.com 5702 days ago
Blog post discussing the nuances of a sales relationship and steps that can be taken to make your next visit one your prospect is looking forward to.
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The Secret Weapon for Getting More Publicity
Posted by stillwagon428 under MarketingFrom http://smallbiztrends.com 5702 days ago
Made Hot by: on April 15, 2009 3:14 pm
Wouldn't it be helpful to know what topics publications would be covering throughout the year, so you could offer story ideas that would tie into those topics? The goal, of course, would be to get publicity for you or your business.
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