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July 2010 Newsletter

    July 2010    10 Homepreneur Trends for 2010 | Reward Excellent Failures - Punish Mediocre SuccessesWhen It's Time to Fire a Customer| Social Media for Business - Avoiding the Pitfalls   Success Principles Have you ever wanted make a significant change in your life or your business – perhaps even set goals to achieve that change – but found yourself weeks or months later, not ... READ MORE

June 2010 Newsletter

    June 2010    Ways to Motivate Your Sales Team | Writing an Effective Business Case Appreciative Inquiry| Five Tips to Increase Small Business Efficiency   Improving Your Daily Productivity One of the biggest challenges for small business owners is productivity. It is a constant battle between putting out fires and addressing the urgent demands, and the important tasks that in the end, will make you ... READ MORE

April 2010 Newsletter

    April 2010   Top 10 Ways to Generate Brilliant Ideas (Part 1) | How Well Do You Unplug? Successfully Managing Employee Performance |Money Saving Tips for Small Business   Is Your Business a Winner? How Industry Awards Can Help You Promote Your Business Have you ever picked up an industry magazine and read about someone – perhaps a competitor – who won a prestigious industry ... READ MORE

March 2010 Newsletter

      March 2010   Does Your Business Have a Strategic Plan? | 7 Ways to Make Your Customers Feel Special Could Your Business Benefit from Peer Mentoring? |Defining Success     Contract vs. Employee Knowing the Difference Can Save Your Business Grief Stanley runs a web design company with 2 employees. A large contract came his way from a customer referral and he found himself ... READ MORE

February 2010 Newsletter

    February 2010   Things that Scream "Home-Based Business" | Making Friends with Time Value-based Selling |10 Tips for Developing a Positive Attitude in the Workplace   An Old Marketing Model Made New Applying AIDA to Modern Marketing In the last few months I have attended several seminars on how social media is changing the way we do business. There’s no denying businesses who want ... READ MORE

January 2010 Newsletter

    January 2010   Being a Better Boss in 2010 | Exemplary Customer Service in 2010 Managing Stress in 2010 | Starting Right in 2010   Business Trends for 2010 - Part 2 Trendwatching.com, one of the world’s leading consumer trend firms, relies on a global network of hundreds of spotters. Their trends, examples and insights are delivered to 160,000 business professionals in more than 180 ... READ MORE

December 2009 Newsletter

    December 2009   Yuletide Blessings from Your Business | Getting Customers to Your Online Checkout Conducting Effective Reference Checks | Business Creativity and Innovation   Business Trends for 2010 - Part 1 Trends. In business we have a love/hate relationship with them. We need to know about them, watch for them, be prepared to adapt our business and marketing practices to reflect them, but we ... READ MORE

November 2009 Newsletter

    November 2009   Strategies for Business Longevity | Spicing Up Your Staff Meetings The Mystery of the Disappearing Customers | 5 Danger Signs for Home-Based Businesses   Corporate Social Responsibility The Marriage of Business and Social Responsibility You almost can’t go anywhere these days without hearing about Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainable business practices. But what is it all really about? There is a ... READ MORE

October 2009 Newsletter

    October 2009   Flexible Job Descriptions | Lead Generation Listen to Your Heart | How to Generate Original Creative Ideas   The Business RFP How to Throw Your Hat in the Ring For many a small business, responding to an RFP (Request for Proposal) is a daunting task. In fact, many small business owners won’t even consider throwing their hat in the ring because the ... READ MORE

September 2009

September 2009   Supporting Employees Through Difficult Times | Marketing Your Home-Based Business How to Improve Your Telephone Skills | The Critical Cause     Social Media and Your Business What's All the Fuss About? You’ve no doubt been hearing a lot about social media recently. Is it all hyperbole, a fad? Should you pay attention or even care? The answers are no – it’s not ... READ MORE

May 2009 Newsletter

May 2009 Practice Makes Perfect | A Customer Service Tale Meaningful ... READ MORE

April 2009 Newsletter

April 2009 Taking One for the Team | Increasing Your Global Perspective ... READ MORE

March 2009 Newsletter

March 2009 Understanding Generation "G" | Avoid the Top Reasons Home-Based Businesses ... READ MORE

February 2009 Newsletter

February 2009 Rewards for Gen Y Employees| Making the Most of Your  ... READ MORE

January 2009 Newsletter

January 2009 Finding Your Voice in 2009| Business Planning for 2009 Human ... READ MORE

December 2008 Newsletter

December 2008 Keys to Business Success in 2009| Treating Your Staff at ... READ MORE

November 2008 Newsletter

November 2008 25 Habits of Successful Sales People| All Customers Are Not ... READ MORE

September 2008 Newsletter

September 2008 Recognizing and Rewarding Employees| 7 Strategies for Overcoming Your Fear  ... READ MORE

October 2008 Newsletter

October 2008 Is Your Business Successful?| Consider Radio Advertising Are You ... READ MORE

June 2008 Newsletter

June 2008 Our Shrinking Workforce - Part II| Hiring the Best Employees  ... READ MORE

May 2008 Newsletter

May 2008Is Training and Development Part of Your Strategic Plan?| What\'s in a Word?But I Can Do It Better!| Sweat the Right Small Stuff Writing a Great Press Release An Untapped Media Marketing Tool for Your BusinessMost small business owners don\'t really think about the media when it comes to marketing their businesses. In fact, I\'d venture to say many have ... READ MORE

April 2008 Newsletter

 April 2008   The 10 Commandments of Prospecting| It\'s All About PerspectiveCure Yourself of Excusitis| Small Business Tax Mistakes  Effective Employee Orientation An Overlooked Retention Strategy Everywhere you look these days it seems there are "Help Wanted" signs in storefront windows. Business owners I talk to have told me how hard it is to get and keep good people. Job seekers ... READ MORE

March 2008 Newsletter

  March 2008 Email Etiquette| The CNA-Your Sales Executives\' Best FriendEat the Frog| Better Business Letters  Succession Planning - Have You Ever Thought About It?Perhaps at this point it feels like you\'ll be working in your business until you\'re 90, but the reality is, at some point you will need to consider what you\'re going to do with this empire that you\'ve built. ... READ MORE

January 2008 Newsletter

January 2008 The Online Newsletter | To Blog or Not to Blog Waste Not, Waste Not | Short-term Sales Strategies for Long-Term Results  Top Ten Business Resolutions Okay, so I realize that most of us don\'t keep our New Year\'s resolutions past the end of January, but this year I am really going to make an effort to keep the ones I ... READ MORE

December 2007 Newsletter

         December 2007     The Power of TEAM | Preparing Your Business for Disaster Exceeding Your Clients\' Expectations | Low Cost Ways To Improve Trade Shows      Reducing Holiday Stress  Strategies for Enjoying the Holidays AND Your Business  As we approach the season of mulled wine, coloured lights, festive decorations, holiday music, gift-buying, and general good cheer, many small ... READ MORE

November 2007 Newsletter

          November 2007     Beating Burnout Before it Begins | Brainstorm for Better Ideas Neegotiation - the Underestimated Business Skill | Wowing Clients with a Dynamic Presentation      Handling Workplace Negativity  Nothing impacts employee morale more powerfully than negativity in the workplace. Negativity can be manifested loudly (by those who make their thoughts clearly and rudely known to all ... READ MORE

October 2007 Newsletter

   October 2007     Taking Your Home-Based Business Seriously | The Art of Asking for Help Hire Right and the Rest Will Follow | Success Comes from Starting Right      Customer Service Sells  Augmenting Your Sales Success with Exceptional Customer Service  Simon had been saving for months to purchase an expensive stereo/home theatre system for his new home. He did his ... READ MORE

June 2007 Newsletter

   June 2007     Small Business Survival Tips - Part III | The Approachability Factor Planning for Sales Success | The Power of Objectivity      Business Partnerships  Tapping in to a Whole New Set of Potential Clients  If you’re a business that provides services or products to the general public, and haven’t considered business partnerships, you may be missing out on ... READ MORE

May 2007 Newsletter

May 2007   Small Business Survival Tips - Part II | Making Meetings Marvelous Six Tips for Effectively Using Email Attachments | What Customers Really Want  How to Deal with Crisis Protecting Your Brand When Trouble Hits Everyone hopes it will never happen to them, but the truth is, no business is immune to a crisis. The recent pet food crisis where ... READ MORE

November Newsletter

  November 2006  Become an Expert - Write a Book! | Sales Proposals that Really Work Rest, Relax, Recharge | Seven Tips for Attracting Great Employees   Keep Them Coming Back So you\'ve made the big sale, you\'ve won the customer. For many businesses this is the end goal, and once they\'ve done that, they move on to acquiring the next customer. This ... READ MORE

April 2007 Newsletter

April 2007   Stifling the Sales Slump | 5 Leadership Mistakes to Avoid Making Room | The Rule of 5  Nine Essentials to Business Survival Part 1 of 3 Survivor, LOST, The Poseidon Adventure, Castaway, The Blue Lagoon, The Swiss Family Robinson, and Gilligan’s Island. As far back as I can remember, our culture has had a fascination about what it takes ... READ MORE

March 2007 Newsletter

         March 2007     Attitude Versus Aptitude | Action Invoices Blocks to Business Creativity | How to Keep Your Customers Happy When You Screw Up      The Big FitEnsuring Positive Employment Goes Both Ways Sharon has just been hired by Company Zed. She is replacing Linda, who had been running the HR department for the last 5 years. Joe, the ... READ MORE

February 2007 Newsletter

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