31st July
2010
LAS VEGAS ' Jerry L. Brown was looking for a change after spending a good portion of his career in the insurance industry. While researching career opportunities, he came across ActionCOACH and knew he'd found a company with which he could partner and create success throughout his community.ActionCOACH is the world's leader in business and executive coaching. When Brad Sugars, Chairman and Founder, started the company in 1993, it was still in its nascent stages. By franchising the company in ...
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Business
30th July
2010
'[Coaching] works and is worth the effort,' said Al Hunt, Benicia, CA. She's good,' he said about his coach, Linda Lovejoy, http://www.the-dating-clinic.com/Linda-Lovejoy.html , a Relationship Coach. Another of Linda's clients simply wrote her a poem: My Teacher A small frame A caring voice A light in her eyes A heart of gold She is my teacher And I was her pupil She opened her book The knowledge poured out I opened my mind and took it in Her light became my light And then I became the ...
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Self Improvement
29th July
2010
Financial freedom has been a buzz word for years, but are people really obtaining that freedom? Are they bringing in the executive paychecks while working from home? Yes, people are making six figures from home. So why aren't you? That's a question, many small business owners ask, and I'm about to enlighten you. There is a new industrial revolution happening in America; the growing segment of MLM and home based businesses. With this explosion of growth, according to Mitch Renkow, ...
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Marketing
28th July
2010
Hundreds of "consultants" make millions of dollars each year teaching seminars and boot camps, and selling newsletters about marketing's magic bullet - that one simple thing you can do to fill up your register with virtually no effort on your part. People buy this tripe because they want "simple" and "no effort" ways to move their business forward. All those magic bullet consultants are wrong. I have the secret and I am going to share it, but you won't be happy about it. My marketing magic ...
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Marketing
27th July
2010
What's important when it comes to running a business?Well, lots of things. Every business needs to get the basics of their business organised so they can move forward with the plan of running the business.  Things you should consider doing right now if you don't already have them in place. A good business needs a detailed business plan.  It need to clearly define the business' goals.What else does every business that wants to succeed need?
  • A sales and marketing plan.  Again, this can be as
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Business
26th July
2010
If you have enough clients to keep you busy, you must be making a good living, right? Well, not necessarily. Some of the busiest professionals around aren't earning enough to pay their bills. On the other hand, there are some consultants, coaches and other service providers who have plenty of time on their hands but also earn quite a bit of money. The difference between the income levels of these two groups isn't just because one group is better at marketing than the other. The difference is ...
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Marketing
25th July
2010
LAS VEGAS ' Duane Hammer was drawn to ActionCOACH by the lure of being in business for himself and helping his home state of Ohio prosper economically. Duane knows that with ActionCOACH behind him, he can make a positive impact on his community while building a better life for himself.ActionCOACH is the world's leader in business and executive coaching. When Brad Sugars, Chairman and Founder, started the company in 1993, it was still in its nascent stages. By franchising the company in 1997, ...
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Business
24th July
2010
Shaun Webb knew he had the skills and aptitude to help his community but he couldn't find his outlet. Finally, after realizing he needed to strike a balance between his work and personal lives, Shaun found ActionCOACH.ActionCOACH is the world's leader in business and executive coaching. When Brad Sugars, Chairman and Founder, started the company in 1993, it was still in its nascent stages. By franchising the company in 1997, Sugars helped business coaching become more mainstream turning it into ...
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Business
23rd July
2010
As business owners, we all know that the key to fantastic sales is to let your customers have a personal experience of you. The difficulty, of course is that to give every customer that experience personally requires a tremendous time commitment of ourselves and our staff. So what do we do? One solution is to leverage our time by doing the "wooing" once and then let that effort live on forever in a virtual format. It is about creating multiple products, programs, or streams of income from the ...
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Marketing
22nd July
2010
As a marketing coach, I encourage my clients to use simple and low or no-cost marketing strategies to promote their business. Writing an e-course is a wonderful way to promote your business, while providing value to your current or prospective customers. In the simplest terms, an e-course is a series of e-mails that are delivered at pre-defined intervals which contain valuable content around a specific topic. E-courses consist of 'lessons' which are loaded into autoresponders which ...
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Marketing
21st July
2010
It is fact that almost every business entrepreneur is hungry to achieve more revenues for their business through well trained, confident, and result-oriented employees. When an organization's executives operate as a winning team, the effect is definitely going to be increased output, revenue and profits. Thus, the motivated and skilled team has utmost important in making your business a success. Moreover, in today's unpredictable environment, team is the one sustainable competitive benefit you ...
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Business
20th July
2010
There was a CEO of a large company who had an interesting object on his desk. Over the course of many years the object had been the topic of numerous conversations by most employees and visitors who found themselves in his office. When I heard the story about the CEO and the strange object, I knew it had to be the topic of an article, because of how moved I was by the message. The object on his desk was a hand-carved automobile made from wood that was similar to what you might see at a Cub ...
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Business
18th July
2010
One of the hardest things for a small business owner to do is to delegate. Giving up control, trusting employees to get things done right or even properly identifying tasks that can be delegated are just a few barriers to proper delegation. Sadly, I've been in some offices where the owner was printing off 100 letters and getting mailing labels ready while the receptionist was filing her nails waiting for the phone to ring. Something is wrong with this picture. The first two hurdles require ...
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Business
14th July
2010
A business struggling with its overall daily operations should consider taking advantage of management training. With many managers moving up through the ranks rather than being hired due to their management experience, the transition can be difficult. Even if an employee puts in years of service and eventually earns a promotion as a manager or supervisor, it doesn't mean they know how to best manage the area they once worked. A poorly managed department can lead to production deficiencies, ...
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Business
6th July
2010
Copyright 2005 Attractioneering Myth 1: Marketing is a cost, not an investment When you spend time and money randomly on marketing, then it probably is an expense because you're not generating a return on the resources invested in it. Many people make the mistake of emulating the marketing tactics of large companies (such as image advertising) that just don't produce good returns for small businesses. The fact of the matter is that small businesses have to produce BETTER marketing than ...
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Business