Small Business Development
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How To Manage Success -
You’ve struggled for years to get your small business off the ground. You
planned, marketed, sold, schmoozed. You spent long hours with little rest.
Then suddenly it comes: Success! Do you have a PLAN for success?
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Courage, And The
Self-Employed - Each week, I hear people telling me they want to be self
employed, but they don’t (or can’t) move forward on their dreams because
they’re afraid. There are so many things to be afraid of when you’re self
employed: fear of failure, fear of success, fear of illness, fear of
lawsuits. No money, no time, no skills, no help, no support.
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Self-Sabotaged By Research
- A woman in my MasterMind group posed a question today: why did she spend
all her time doing research and never actually go on with "doing" the thing
she was researching? She loved looking up information, finding resources,
interviewing people, gathering facts. But taking these facts and applying
them to her business seemed to always be put on the back burner.
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Embarrassed To Discuss Your Prices?
Seven Common Reasons We Can't Talk About Fees and How To Overcome Them
- All entrepreneurs feel fear at some point, including attorneys,
consultants, coaches, and writers. It's a natural part of starting
or growing your business. It can be uncomfortable to take risks, to
name your price and tell a prospective customer that you want to
work with them.
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What Should Your Fees Be?
- You must decide for yourself whether you will charge for
your services or not. Should you decide to charge, the next question is
"what should my fee be?"
First, examine carefully your skill level. It is common practice in business
to charge based on skill. The more skill and experience you have, the more
you
charge.
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10 Things To Do When Business Slows Down Over The Holidays
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it happen every year: your business slows down during predictable
times, like the summertime months or year-end. For
the self-employed who rely upon steady cash flow, this can be a
disconcerting time. Should you just take a time off until things
naturally pick up again? Or should you try to find the
needle-in-the-haystack business that might be out there during slow
times?
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What's the Difference Between a Coach and
A Consultant? - When should you pick a Coach, when should you pick a
Consultant, and when do you need someone who combines these two talents.
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How To Make The Most Out of a
Business Networking Event - The following techniques will assist you in connecting
effectively with others.
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Six Reasons to Become
Self-Employed in Your Retirement - So, you’re looking forward to being retired. Relaxing in
the lawn chair, sipping iced tea, watching the clouds roll by. Lazy days of
reading good books, traveling with family and friends, puttering around in
the garden. What? That’s not the lifestyle you want? Good for you!
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Full Time or Part Time -- What's Right For You? - When you're self-employed (or thinking about becoming
self-employed), one of the more important decisions you'll need to make is
whether you want to do this work full-time or part-time. That's a difficult
question for many people, and here are some things to consider when making
that decision.
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Do You
Have Enough Clients To Survive? - When your business is offering a service, you have to
determine how many clients you'll need in order to reach your goals. You
don't have to have a group of ready-made clients when you begin, but it
helps if you have a good network of people who you can approach, asking them
to become clients.
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What Is Your Legacy? -
During a recent speech, I told the audience that my mission was to empower
the self-employed to succeed. Instantly a hand shot up in the audience.
“What’s your definition of success?” I smiled to myself -- I love it when
they ask this question!
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How to Create and Run a
MasterMind Group - There is synergy of energy, commitment, and
excitement that participants bring to a MasterMind group. The beauty of
MasterMind Groups is that participants raise the bar by challenging each
other to create and implement goals, brainstorm ideas, and support each
other with total honesty, respect and compassion. MasterMind participants
act as catalysts for growth, devil’s advocates and firm supporters.
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Why Small Businesses Fail (or
Fail to Thrive) - We review some of the common reasons why small businesses fail. Here
are 14 top reasons, which might help you to determine why your
business isn’t growing and thriving. Some of them are related to
learnable business skills; others relate to personal attitudes,
habits, or self-sabotaging belief, which are not so easy to change,
except through coaching or other self-development work.
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Cleanup and Planning Checklist
For The New Year - As the end of the year approaches, it’s important to both
close-out the old year properly as well as plan for the new year. I
recommend you do this process throughout the year so that there isn’t a
last-minute rush to complete your year-end closing tasks. Here are
some idea that you might want to add to your checklist.
Internet Marketing and Small Business Websites
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How To Choose A Hosting Company
- There are hundreds, if not thousands, of hosting
companies out there. They come in all price ranges, and with all kinds of
bells and whistles. Here are some things you may want to look for in a
hosting company, especially if your website is part of your overall
marketing plan to sell products or services.
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What Do
Your Site Statistics Mean, Anyway? - The purpose of
analyzing your web site statistics is to look for trends and to research the
success level of your marketing campaigns. The numbers themselves can be
misleading, as statistical packages count “hits” in different ways. If
someone visits a page on your site doesn’t mean that they read it
completely.
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Top 10 Website Mistakes: Are
YOU Making Them? - Although personal and business websites have been in
existence for more than 10 years, I’m still seeing small business owners
make the same mistakes on their websites. Here’s a list of the ones that
will drive people away from your site and cause you to lose business (and
your reputation as a professional business person).
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How To Stop Spam (Especially If
You’re Already a Victim) - Spam. Those annoying, time-consuming
emails that clog your Inbox and ruin your day. You wonder: How did it
ever get so bad? While it’s not possible to completely eliminate spam,
there are quite a few things you CAN do about the problem to reduce your
burden.
What Happened to My
Google Ranking? Explaining The Google Dance - Have you noticed your
website slipping in the Google rankings over the past few months for
keywords that previously scored high? Join the club and welcome to The
Google Dance.
Getting Your Site Seen by
Search Engines - Is your website listed on
search engines? When people search for you, does your site show up on page 1 or
page 20 of the search engine results?
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How to Choose a Website
Designer -
When you’re self-employed, choosing a website designer is a crucial
decision, as a good website can bring you more business and a bad
one can drive away prospective customers. Below are some important
things to consider when selecting a website designer for your new
site or site redesign.
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