With 21,000+ blog posts on this site, weird posts from the past sometimes suddenly attract a lot of attention. This old post) of Angela’s from 2008 most be even more relevant today than when it was first published. 6 Ways To Attract Customers And Keep Them Coming Back No matter what area of business you […]
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Fox Small Business Center: Avoid a Feud If a strong competitor has begun to pull away some of your customers, avoid a direct marketing confrontation with them. In other words, do not put out marketing pieces that essentially denigrate a rival. Your Initial Attack If you have a limited budget and, seemingly, an unlimited number
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Forbes: 1. Control yourself well, but don’t try to control others. 2. Don’t try to do everything, or you may accomplish very little. 3. Making the time to organize yourself will save you time. 4. Aim for achieving excellence, but reject perfectionism. 5. Understand and overcome procrastination. What’s your mantra for success? Photo by Emilio
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According to Women Entrepreneur, Julie Hall knew her entrepreneurial time had come. Here’s how she did it. Through my passion for buying and selling estate items, I uncovered a huge, unfilled niche. My elderly clients had too much stuff in their homes. They needed help downsizing when they moved into assisted-living facilities or made decisions
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A reader wrote: What do you think about starting a coffee shop? I think that many people think that they want to start a coffee shop, but, in fact, what they really want to do is to hang out in a coffee shop all day and get paid for it. We’re very good at recognizing
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Mike Michalowicz in an article for The Wall Street Journal reports on a clever way to get advertising for free. Count the signs listing phone numbers as you drive down the street in a commercial area, or the number of ads you notice as you surf the net or leaf through the Yellow Pages. Signs
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Sometimes it is necessary to bring in a venture capitalist to help a new company get off the ground. However, there are still some situations you should avoid. Board composition Be careful how much power you give up early on at the board level because before you know it, you will have less than 50%
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ABC News: If you can’t find someone to hire you, consider hiring yourself. Not only can entrepreneurship bring great personal fulfillment, but launching a small business doesn’t have to break the bank. Here’s how Tory Johnson started her own business with virtually no money. “In 1999 I started Women for Hire to put on career
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Bspcn.Com: Albert Einstein was an amazing physicist. He figured out so many universal principles and equations that he was way ahead of his fellow scientists at any point of time. But he is also remembered for another thing; a quality which made people call him a genius: his words. Here are 10 things out of
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Student ingenuity at finding jobs has created some interesting enterprises tapping into the Hamilton market. The Hamilton Spectator reports that the 15 successful local candidates of the 2010 Ontario Summer Company program have businesses ranging from organic garlic growing to autism intervention for parents. Robin Hallett, a McMaster University PhD biochemistry student, had a vegetable
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