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21
May
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How Many Customers Can You Afford to Lose?

According to the Harvard Business Review, 67 percent of customers who choose a new supplier said they were satisfied with their former supplier! On an average, most U.S. companies lose half their customer base every five years. So why would customers who are satisfied stop doing business with you? Well consider this: Customers go where […]

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20
May
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Do You Know Your Core Product?

Do you do too much in your business? I don’t mean do you personally take on too much in the business, but does your business try to offer too many things to too many people? It’s a common theme in small business, and it’s something I see as a business coach every week. These are […]

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19
May
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3 Commonly Used Ways for Measuring Success in Business

Finally you’ve managed to translate your business idea into reality, now begins the hardest part, ensuring your business grows successfully. Although it might be too early to tell yet, you need to keep track of the relevant metrics to gauge your business’ success. Let’s take a look at the 3 ways that are commonly used […]

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18
May
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Learn How to Manage Stress

Stress has many different side effects on people depending on how they can handle it. Although the signs and symptoms may not show as quickly and severely, there are techniques which one can apply to overcome it before it gets overbearing. It is not difficult at all to learn how to manage stress, here are two […]

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17
May
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Tips to Help You Find Funding for Your Startup

Setting up a business has never been easier. Governments have realized the importance of small business start ups in boosting the economy. Finding feasible funding options can be hard for new startups though. Go through these tips that may provide you with the money you need. Find a Grant When it comes to business funding, […]

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16
May
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The Art and Science of Budgeting

One of the biggest challenges in any business is the management of cashflow.  In fact, the two most common complaints I hear of are cashflow and marketing. Cashflow is, however, purely a symptom within a business – and it’s wise to consider the causes.  Often, one of the major causes is the lack of budgeting […]

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15
May
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Does Company Culture Matter?

When you begin the search for a new job, you’ll typically look for certain qualities: salary, benefits, location, and so forth. Salary is perhaps the most dominant of these, as many people will commonly pass over or apply for a job simply based on what that number is. Others may not care as much about […]

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14
May
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Ray Perkins

Anatune was in startup mode. They were dynamic, yet disorganized. They would have continued to struggle to grow as a business. Andrew came in to help with his business growth experience. He helped them to identify what needed to be done to maintain a strong team, which is the backbone of any business. Anatune has […]

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13
May
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Return On Investment Calculator

Have you always wondered what a return on investment calculator is? Well, it is nothing but the golden key to easily calculating the projected return on investment for each of your different investments. An investment project is as good as the return on investment it offers. While a project might seem to be the best […]

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12
May
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Sell By Asking

When it comes to sales, your customers quite literally have all the answers. When it comes to increasing sales, many businesses look to their marketing to bring in more leads. What is often overlooked is that they may very well have enough leads, but their sales process is not converting enough of these leads into […]

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11
May
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Three Types of Franchises

If you are seriously considering buying a franchise, you should be aware of the franchise types that are available. Since you want to work on an already proven model, you should be able to identify which sector of the industry you are comfortable working in, depending on your financial status. While franchises can be differentiated […]

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10
May
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The Value of Time

Consider these: 1. To understand the value of a year, talk to a student who has failed an important exam. 2. To understand the value of a month, talk to a mother who has given birth to a baby a month prematurely. 3. To understand the value of a week, talk to the publisher of […]

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9
May
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10 X 10 Marketing Plan

The 10 by 10 marketing plan is utilizing ten different mediums of advertising or Marketing.  It is literally strategizing so that not all of your “eggs” are in one basket.  You should have your Marketing budget diversified enough so that if one form of advertising fails, your entire marketing plan does not fall apart. Different […]

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8
May
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The True Measure of Marketing

I’m often asked about the keys to successful marketing, and people are almost always surprised by my answer.  What they expect to hear is that the key is “branding” or having a “witty catch phrase”.  In reality, the answer is much simpler than all that. It’s called testing and measuring. Most people hate it. That’s […]

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7
May
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Becoming a Sales Master

Being a business owner requires many different skills but one of the most important is the ability to sell. However, the majority of people that are in business do not consider themselves to be ‘natural’ salespeople. Even those that come from a sales background would not consider themselves great sales people and even those that […]

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6
May
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Time Management

Benjamin Franklin said “time is money”. But if he meant “time = money” he was selling himself short, because surely Time > Money: if you spend your money, you can make some more, but once you spend your time, it is gone forever! And how much time do we have? Of course, we can never […]

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4
May
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When 24 Hours A Day is NOT ENOUGH!

Time management is discussed a lot, when in fact you can’t manage time… but you can manage yourself. If you don’t have enough time now it’s because of the choices you’ve made in the past which is great as it means that all you have to do to get more time, is make better choices! […]

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3
May
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The Zone

Whether you own a business or work for someone who does, you have probably experienced the “never enough time” phenomenon.  When I worked in the software development world, the saying was always that there was never enough time to do it right, but always plenty of time to go back and fix it later.  If […]

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