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Ok folks! here's a great new entry from Elaine Rogers: It’s a week of firsts, children across the world beginning their first day at school, someone nearstarting a businessby starting their new job, another starting a new business. Vote for this post & leave comments to win prizes in the HPSugertone blogging comp Read More

HP Sugartone entry no2 comes from Mairead Kelly. Are you a people pleaser? Do you go out of your way to be nice to everybody in the hope that they will like you? Does it work for you? Or are you so busy pleasing everybody that you’ve no time to notice whether they do or not? Sometimes it’s better to not please a client but rather to be bluntly honest in their best interests, even at the cost of upsetting them. This is a brave entry from a brave lady, give it some sweets (votes)luv Read More

The unemployment rate continues to rise everywhere in the world. The next best option that most people have is to put up their own business. Read More

Are you struggling to market your new business? Do you have any idea how and when to develop your products? Many entrepreneurs were in the same boat but they were able to overcome it. Read More

I recently listened to the smbtrendwire interview by Anita Campbell with Jim Kukral and I must say, I agree with Jim that you need to let your ego go if you want to be a successful entrepreneur. Read More

And we're off! This is our first HPSugartone making your business amazing entry so vote now. As a business owner, you have to make decisions on a regular basis. Whether they are big decisions or small ones, every one has an impact on your business. Of course it’s not uncommon to feel a bit overwhelmed. Well then, follow Frederique Murphy's five steps to put all the information into a logical order that will help you to make the best possible choice. Remember comments win prizes on this post Read More

Sometimes, stating the obvious is nothing more than that; merely verbalizing what everybody in the audience already knows. Sometimes, something is obvious to the speaker/writer, but is genuinely a novel concept for the audience. Sometimes, everybody already knows, but only a few actually practice the best practice Read More

There are some common characteristics that separate great sales people from the crowd. PRIDE is one and an acronym for specific attributes these sales people possess, over the next couple of weeks we will highlight all five, starting with Proactive today. Why is it that some sales people never move past being reactive, and take advantage of all the opportunities in being truly proactive Read More

Here's Frank Bradley with entry no3: For the last 8 years one constant in my work schedule has been my participation, at least once a week, on a conference call. In this post I'd like to share with you my top tips for making a conference call successful. Go on, vote for Frank. Read More

Today we will talk with Chip Reaves, National Director of Computer Troubleshooters, hear how he went from tech to successful entrepreneur by buying into a franchise, learn how a franchise works and find out if buying into a franchise is right for your business Read More