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Steve September 13th, 2007 at 7:25 pm »
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There is really nothing new about a sales organization encouraging their staff’s to be ethical in their business behavior.
Many companies though are finding that taking this stance to a whole new level is getting great results.
Organizations from the Direct Selling Association to the Wall Street Journal are echoing the message. Companies can increase their sales [...]
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Steve September 11th, 2007 at 7:27 am »
Comments (4)Sometimes when I am looking for stress relief I use eye-candy images to give my brain a treat and it helps me relax.
I have come across a neat website that does a nice job of combining great images, innovation and humor through images.
If you need a mental break, are looking for inspiration or want to [...]
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Steve September 10th, 2007 at 6:50 am »
Comments (2)Be sure to also read:
Part One: Thinking to Win
Part Two: The Visual Components of Your Brand
Part Three: China-Proof Your Business in 10 Minutes
Part Four: Networking for Referrals, Get in the Door the Right Way
Part Five: Teleseminars - Great Marketing for Products and Services
People in the marketing trade can tell you that buzz [...]
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Steve September 7th, 2007 at 8:14 am »
Comments (0)Like our physical condition our managerial competence and capability can get out of shape. What can we do to exercise it to help us compete, grow and lead our businesses successfully? This is a challenge I am facing with a company right now.
Here are the facts:
15 Year Old Company (was a roll-up of 3 previous [...]
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Steve September 3rd, 2007 at 6:31 pm »
Comments (3) Be sure to also read:
Part One: Thinking to Win
Part Two: The Visual Components of Your Brand
Part Three: China-Proof Your Business in 10 Minutes
Part Four: Networking for Referrals, Get in the Door the Right Way
In this age of globalization, decentralization, and increasingly expensive travel, teleclasses and teleseminars are becoming a very popular means of connecting,communicating, and [...]
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Steve August 31st, 2007 at 6:09 am »
Comments (2)What is a Performance Management System?
A performance management system is a defined set of tools, processes and actions that enable you to maximize the performance of your employees.
Why should you have a Performance Management System?
As a CEO you want to get the best return on your investment and employees are probably the most expensive and [...]
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Steve August 28th, 2007 at 5:52 am »
Comments (4)In every bloggers life comes a special day - the day they first launch a new blog. Now unless you went out and purchased someone else’s blog chances are your blog launched with only one very loyal reader - you. Maybe a few days later you received a few hits when you told your sister, [...]
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Steve August 27th, 2007 at 4:54 am »
Comments (1)Be sure to also read:
Part One: Thinking to Win
Part Two: The Visual Components of Your Brand
Part Three: China-Proof Your Business in 10 Minutes
Cold calling. Just the word promotes dreadful thoughts of gatekeepers, “rejectionists,” and a long haul toward getting to the right person, much less at the right time. Ever notice that most top-producing sales/business [...]
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Steve August 24th, 2007 at 9:33 am »
Comments (6)Over 40% of all emails within your marketing campaign are not being delivered. You may not even be aware of this, as many ISPs will not send back a bounce message. In fact if you are sending messages to AOL customers, AOL is now blocking over 80% of the messages that come into their servers.
One [...]
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Steve August 22nd, 2007 at 2:05 pm »
Comments (3)Over at my sister site we have written an article reviewing over 100 podcasts categorized by area of business. Boy is there a lot of great small business audio available today.
If Podcasts are a preferred or even an occasional tool you use to sharpen your small business saw then you have got to check out [...]