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Could bad personal habits be chasing potential customers away?
Most certainly so. Personal quirks, and especially the bad ones, have a habit of surfacing at the most inopportune time, like during a critical product presentation to a prospective client. We also...
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Want to be a business owner? Start to think like an entrepreneur and prepare...
I took my first tentative steps into the rather intimidating world of corporate employment, having spent almost 9 years in uniform, with little or no commercial experience and certainly no...
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Declaring war on your competitors, or wearing weird costumes to scare them,...
“If you want to be successful in business, you need to welcome your competition with open arms – just don’t let them walk all over you. Strike the right balance between respecting your rivals and...
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After almost 17 years as a Home Business and Small Business owner these are the “take aways” that have over the years helped me through the bad times and contributed towards my success. What...
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As an Entrepreneur, how do you give back to your community?
Do you, as an Entrepreneur, make time to become involved with your local community? As a follower of several high profile entrepreneurs and business leaders, I notice with interest the many...
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The small business owners conundrum, a.k.a how to find the right employee
“My small business is my home away from home – we are like a family” Is that the opinion of both the owner and the employees? My guess is that in many cases it is the owner trying to convince...
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Coffee Break Read: Achieving more than 100% is apparently possible
I came across this mathematical calculation on NCBuy.com which apparently proves that we can, as business owners or individuals, achieve more than 100% in life (I have transcribed it verbatim) Hey! –...
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As a Small Business owner, are you unable to see the wood for the trees?
Too busy to manage your company? A dilemma that many small business owners face is how to find enough hours in the day, or days in the week, to complete the many tasks assigned to them. They are...
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The structured day of the Home Business Owner. Really?
Being a home business owner and a parent is not for sissies. I am often asked what I do for a living. After explaining that I am a home business owner and wading through all the usual questions...
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Starting your own small business PART 1 – What type of business should it be?
Converting ideas and dreams into reality seem so simple when in your bathtub or with friends at the local pub. No less so then if it is a home based or small business you intend launching. And...
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Starting your own small business PART 2 – I know what kind of business I...
This, the second article in a 3 part series, explores how an aspirant home business owner selects the TYPE of business to launch. Let’s recap on what the first article covered: In Part 1, I...
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Starting your own small business PART 3 – Selecting the right option
This is the third and final article in the 3 part series which explores how a new start-up entrepreneur goes about deciding on what home or small business to start. Let’s recap on what the...
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Knowing where to go for help when the business is in crises, is paramount
I don’t need help, I can handle the problems myself. Seriously? As small business owners, we are perhaps hesitant to admit that our business needs help for fear that it could be perceived as...
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In B2B, is a small company prejudiced when bidding for work?
Let’s do the role-play thing for a while. You are the Senior Buyer in a very large corporation responsible for interviewing prospective suppliers to your company. In walks supplier A and...
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How will I know if my online start-up idea will work?
You won’t. That is, not until you spend the time and do the necessary research. Your light bulb moment may sound like the solution to all your woes but unless you determine its acceptability to the...
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5 Reasons, probably self-inflicted, as to why Small Businesses fail
Are you managing your small business in a way that could lead to its demise? Small businesses go out of business because they run out of money; if cash outflows exceed inflows over an extended...
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Coffee Break Read: They rejected my idea, AGAIN
“Your idea was rejected, so what. Get back out there and try again” Heard that one before? Just pick yourself up and do it all over again – and be rejected again. Been there, done that? At...
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What I Like about being a Small Business Owner
What is it, after taking the monumental decision to become a small business owner, that makes the decision and the subsequent roller coaster ride that is entrepreneurship, worth it? Although much...
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Affiliate Marketing – where does a Beginner begin?
Where does an aspiring Affiliate Marketer begin? At the beginning, is probably your immediate response. And that would, of course mean finding a suitable domain name and building a website,...
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6 things I really DON’T Like about being a Small Business owner
It’s an irrefutable FACT. No matter how we claim to love what we do to earn our daily bread, be it writing, blogging, business ownership, corporate employee or service provider, there are aspects...
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