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Fire Your Inner Brat!
Who runs your business -- you or your inner brat? Everyone has an inner brat. It's the part of us that's still a 2-year-old. It gets furious at the slightest inconvenience. It feels entitled to get wh

How To Run A Successful Fundraiser
This is the first article of a multi-part series on this topic.Part One of this SPECIAL REPORT is about: Organizing Your GroupWould you agree that it's easier complete a job when you have a blueprint

Understanding the Power of Your Power Network
It is said that “it’s not what you know, but who you know that counts”. I believe that “it is what you know that will give your head start, who you know that will get you going, who knows you (and you

Leads, Referrals and Recommendations Defined
Business growth lies in the ability to share leads, referrals and recommendations. Unfortunately some people do not understand the difference in the quality of each action.Introducing Ponn’s Power Pun

The Qualities of A Professional
In today's business climate we are experiencing more interest in professionalism. The past five years provided many successes; however, most have been overshadowed by the non-ethical behavior of a few

The Management Team Section of the Business Plan – Don't Just Include Resumes
Even the best new concept or existing plan will fail if executed poorly. The Management Team section of the business plan must prove to the investor why the key company personnel are "eminently qualif

Six Sigma Tools for Process Control
Aim for perfection.That’s a pretty lofty concept. It’s definitely not easy – especially when speaking of core business processes. Moving toward perfection requires measurement, analysis and document

Find the Right Coach: 8 Guidelines for Executives
It seems that coaches are everywhere these days.Senior Executives are hiring coaches in increasing numbers, and for a wider variety of reasons.In the past, coaching was viewed primarily as a remedial

Little Known Pitfalls of Traditional Publishing Industry
As many small-time authors and self-publishers have discovered the hard way, the traditional book publishing model is fraught with problems that conspire against an individual author/publisher making

Short Take: Consulting Service Pricing Strategies
There are a variety of ways for consultants to price their services. This is a quick summary of various methods with explanations, pros and cons. How do you price your services?HourlyIt is common for

What to Say When the Media Calls
If the media were to call you today for an interview, would you know what to do or say? That question was posed during a recent conference on small-business ownership and micro enterprise creation, wh

Take The “Small” Out Of Small Town Business!
Small towns are wonderful! I live in one with a population of 600 people. You can stroll down the boardwalk and people greet you every step of the way. The pace of the town is slow and it’s just reall

Effective Offline Promotion
Although, most of your traffic will still come from search engines and various online promotions, a little effort using traditional media might also bring a large number of visitors to your website

Loan Officers & Minimum Wage
I. INTRODUCTIONThe FLSA requires that most employees in the United States be paid at least the federal minimum wage for all hour worked and overtime pay at time and one-half the regular rate of pay f

Business Records & Identity Theft
Under the 2003 amendments to the Fair Credit Reporting Act section 609(e), identity theft victims are entitled to get from businesses a copy of the application or other business transaction records re

Merchandise Delivery Time & Federal Law
I. BACKGOUNDThe federal Mail or Telephone Order Rule spells out the ground rules for making promises about shipments, notifying consumers about unexpected delays, and refunding consumers' money.Enfor

Some Advertising Is Doomed To Fail
When people are concerned about the lack of response to their advertising, usually they complain about one of two things. They either say, "I put it in all the popular ezines but nobody responded" or

Creating A Network That Works
Do you ever stand in awe of those people who seem to know everybody and everything? I know I do! Regardless of what you're looking for, these people have their finger on the pulse of the 'Net and know

A Hard Lesson Learned....
Are you like me? I like to handle things on my own so I don't even THINK about incorporating help with anything I am working on ... especially my business as a whole.Well, I learned something new rece

Extended Enterprise In The Nesting And Cutting Business
In Italy there are a lot of small and medium enterprises (SME) that often act as subcontractors to bigger firms.For example, most of the Italian shoes come from industrial districts, where the organiz

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