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Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway

Stop letting Fear get in the way of what you want to achieve. Find out how you can conquer fear to get the results you want in your business and personal life.

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Will Your Business Idea Work ?

The right kind of research can help you find out

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Turn Your Hobby Into A Successful Business (With Minimal Investment!)

Many of the world's most successful businesses began as a hobby. Probably the most popular company that actually began as a hobby is the major online auction site of Ebay. Other well known companies that were hobbies first include Dell Computers, Famous Amos Cookies, and Wendy's. If you've been considering starting your own business, but haven't determined exactly what that business should be- think about the types of activities you enjoy doing. What are your hobbies? Do y...

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Business ‘ A Dream Come True

Dreams do come true! What you put your attention on does become a reality ' the dream of a business created by you is no exception. The dream of owning one's own business subtly grows within until a person finds a way to let it sprout into fruition. As you look up and down any business street, or on the internet, you can see the truth of this. Few, if any, of these businesses were there forty years ago. Someone's dreams came true. Unfortunately, not all of these businesse...

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Business Marketing Strategy

Take your business to the next level

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Marketing A Virtual Assistant Business: Tips You Can Start Using Today

Marketing a Virtual Assistant Business is crucial to your success whether it's through networking, word of mouth, or other methods. There are several ways to market your Virtual Assistant Business, but we are going to discuss some of the common methods. 1) Networking Many Virtual Assisstants (VA) utilize this method and have been very successful in growing their businesses. By networking with other Virtual Assistants, not only are you building relationships, you're also...

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Is A Marketing Plan The Same Thing As A Communications Plan?

How does a marketing plan relate to an organization's communications plan? What are the differences? Is the marketing plan just one aspect of the communications plan? Should one consider combining them into a single document?

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Skills Required To Run A Small Business

Would you like to run your own small business? Have you an idea for a small business but do not think that you could make it work? Are you bored of being an employee and yearn to become your own boss? Have you the required skills to run a small business? In this article I look at the type of skills that people need to possess to be able to successfully run a small business.

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So am I an expert now? Have I turned into a ‘Guru’?

Does 7 or 8 years of internet marketing, flaling for scams, starting up businesses, being fairly successful, make me a 'guru'?

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Does Your Small Business Need A Web Site? (Part 1)

You are a small business owner. You use the internet both in your business and personally. Obviously you know there are many, many web sites out there. More then likely, you've even made purchases through someone else's web site. Perhaps it is apparent that you could be doing the same thing with your own business. Certainly, extra e-commerce sales could only help your bottom line. But does your business really need a web site? In deciding that, consider what a web site rea...

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Becoming a Rare Book Dealer

Most people are not aware that everyday books, maybe even books you have in your house right now, are actually worth a lot of money! Not all books are valuable, but how would you know the difference? Until now, there was no easy way to tell. I'll give you the 'inside' story on how to setup your own business buying and selling certain used books that could earn you more now than you ever thought you could working from home!

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A Goose That Lays Golden Eggs

Internet marketing is the best opportunity today for creating a new business with little capital that can be up and running in just a few days.

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Working at Home-How Do You See It?

Fear of the unknown and doubting ones ability to achieve success have stopped many good people from achieving their goals.

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The curse and blessing of the entrepreneur

The allure of being a small business owner is attracting many to quit their jobs and start out on their own. But how do you cope with all your ideas, and with the hard times that every business owner has to face?

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Realizing your dreams through franchise ownership

This is an informative article demonstrating the importance of franchising in the business world and contains tips on how obtain your own franchise

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Catch the Spirit of the Entrepreneur

Grabbing opportunities with open arms is often easier to talk about than to actually do. Most people find themselves dreaming about being rich but never actually doing anything about it. A combination of procrastination and 'what if' syndrome can cripple your creative spirit and might mean your idea will never become a reality.

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Advice About Setting Up Your Own Business

Are you thinking about setting up your own business? Have you an idea for a new business but are unsure about how to proceed? If you have answered yes to either of these questions, this article could be of benefit to you. I am going to write about how to plan and create a successful small business.

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Virtual Assistants ‘ A New Breed of Work at Home Entrepreneurs

With the latest technologies, the rapid growth of the Internet, and the business community recognizing the benefits of partnering with a qualified virtual assistant, the virtual revolution has begun.

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Do I Need A Degree To Be A Fashion Designer?

Do I need an education to be a fashion designer? You might be asking yourself this question at the end of high school or sixth form. The answer is preferably yes, as a degree in fashion will give you the practical tools and training and creative stimulation to follow your dream. But if the thought of spending money and time at school or university puts you off, the answer could be an Internet course in fashion training. A career in the glamorous world of fashion must be on...

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Think You Don’t Have What It Takes To Own Your Own Business? Think Again!

Years ago when the Internet first started, just about everybody thought they could jump in and profit from their own home-based business. And why not? The optimism is warranted. A home-based business can give you immense time freedom to be with the ones you love, pursue your interests, or simply earn a good income without having to commute to a job and boss. Within a few years, just about all of us working online knew people who had succeeded magnificently in their home...

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Get Rich With Little Work? Here’s How

You've heard all the warnings before. There's no such thing as get rich quick. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. If there's a business that requires no work, I haven't found it. If you aren't very curious, don't think very hard, and try your best not to look around you, it's pretty easy to accept those bits of conventional wisdom as fact. You'll hear government pamphlets tout them (since when did career government people know anything about getting rich)...

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Full text article on business services franchises and the B2B market

The advantages of having a business service franchise over another franchise systems.

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Overcome Online Business Challenges with Lessons from Others

Learn how you can own your own business by following the lead of a mentor. Tips and advice on starting your own home business...

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Five Tips to Finding the Best Home Based Business Opportunity

Anyone who has surfed the Internet knows that there are thousands - if not hundreds of thousands - of home based business opportunities being touted. How do you find one that's legitimate so you can make money while you work at home?

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Fishy Salespeople? How to Finally Stop Handing Out FREE Fish to Your Sales People

Do you remember the good ole days when sales managers used to just sit back and wait for their salespeople to come into their offices and ask for help? Maybe they needed the old veteran to come in and nail down the close. Well, we all know you just can't do that any more. Sure, that would put a few more sales in the win column (in the short term). But in the long term what are you creating? Nothing but needy, dependent salespeople without an ounce of personal selling confidence. Show your sales people HOW to prospect, HOW to set appointments and HOW to close sales makes your job easier and everybody's paycheck fatter.

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Decision Making In A Home Based Online Business (1)

Why is Decision Making Important? This is the first in a series of short articles on decision making, as it may affect the progress, or otherwise, of your home based online business. The main purpose of the articles is to get you thinking, more than you might have done, about decisions that affect your business. It is not possible in short articles to cover what is really an endless subject, but I hope by the end of the series you will be more conscious of the decisions yo...

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Work at Home Business Research Tips for Stay at Home Moms

Stay at home moms interested in starting their own business should research the opportunity first. Here are a few tips to help stay at home moms research business opportunities.

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Digital Products with Resale Rights

Digital products make it a very viable option to work at home. With very little money it is possible to start and own your own resale business. Take a look at joining a membership club as a very inexpensive way to start. Good luck and start working for yourself. You can do it.

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Why Work For Yourself?

Discusses the the mindset of entrepreneurs and potential business owners.

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4 Strategies You Can Use to Build Momentum for Home Business Right Away

Be honest with yourself. Are you one of those people that believe that you just don't have the time to get your home business up and running? You're not alone.

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Does Your Sales Training Program Address Your Sales Performance Issues? Part 2

Heres a Proven Method to Target Sales Skill Training to Resolve Sales Performance Issues

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Creative Business Opportunity Ideas for Work-at-Home Moms

Become a work-at-home mom with these business opportunity tips. You can realize your dreams of working at home sooner than you think....

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8 BIG Small Business Mistakes

Do you realize that there are mistakes you can make at various stages of your business growth that can be slowly killing it for months or even years if you dont watch for them? Well, these mistakes do exist and they are not just reserved for the rookie companies. Many working businesses, including those you might think are successful because theyve been around for 10+ years, are often still making themand are possibly losing a lot of money and/or wasting a lot of time in the process.

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Avoiding a Financial Crisis: How to Keep Your Small Business Alive

Having a superb product, soaring sales and stupendous customer service are undoubtedly some of the things which go into making a successful business. But all of this is irrelevant if you suffer a financial crisis. Without a sound stable financial position the slightest shock can be enough to send your business crashing to the ground. So what can you do to ensure that all your hard work is not in vain?

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Network Marketing Secrets – Explaining the MLM Home Business Concept – Harvesting Success

A very nice little story that teaches the difference between the poor and the rich and how the mindset of the rich applies perfectly to MLM home based businesses and network marketing.

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Home Business Ideas & Opportunities

The idea of having another form of income surely gets us all excited and ultimately is the main reason we decide to start a home business. But this is no easy task, and it can take 12 months or more to get a home venture up and running. The most challenging aspect you will have to face

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One of the Best Sales Techniques Around

Building great rapport with your customers and prospects, and having them feel you're 100% committed to helping them is your best approach.

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Great Franchise Opportunities

If you are thinking of setting up a small business yet you are still unsure of what you exactly want to do or are scared to death of not being able to generate good business, then you must try looking into these franchise opportunities and choose the right one that will suit your taste and budget. An important factor to take in consideration is your ability to actually run your chosen franchise opportunity efficiently and successfully. One of the most popular franchise op...

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The Fine Art of Juggling Business and Motherhood for Mom Entrepreneurs

It is not easy to juggle business and motherhood but here's a story of how one mom managed to do both.

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How My Business Began

A tongue-in-cheek article describing the trial and tribulations of finding that "perfect home business opportunity". A realistic platform for success.

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Work At Home And Make 6-Figures Per Year By Preparing For Success

Time to hit the books! Just like a Doctor or Lawyer has to study to be successful in their field, a person looking to be successful in a home business must do the same. If you do not treat your business as exactly that, it will be hard to be very successful. The closer you get to being an expert in all realms of a home based business, the more success you will achieve. Remember... you are accountable for your business. Do not rely on others to do things for you. G...

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PRESENTEEISM: Another Dimension

In the past few years the terms “employee engagement” and “employee disengagement” have emerged to more fully describe the employee’s level of motivation and commitment to their job. An engaged employee is considered to be passionate about their work and emotional connected to their work and to their company.

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Graceful Chaos

On any given day, each of us must adapt to life and pass through it gracefully. Occasionally things are going well, then out of the blue a big truck bears down on us, forcing us to stop or change directions. How we deal with such routine chaos determines whether we prosper or fail.

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Starting Your Own Home Business

You have finally decided that a home business is right for you. But now you need to figure out what type of business you want and how to proceed with marketing this business.

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Quitting Your Full Time Job To Start Your Own Business

If your current career isn't everything that you had hoped it would be, it may be time to consider quitting your full time job to start your own business. It's difficult to work around the boss's schedule, have to ask for a pay raise and wait for a promotion that may never come. A growing number of people are turning toward their own businesses for complete career satisfaction. Before quitting your full time job to start your own business, there are some very important thi...

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Financial Printing Services

Financial printing services company should be able to help you with all of your financial printing needs without compromising the security of your most vital documents and it is good, you have nothing to worry about in terms of the safekeeping of your vital documents.

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You Don’t Have To Quit Your Job – To Be Your Own Boss

I'm constantly seeing articles about how you should quit your job and start your own business. I wont' argue with that -- being your own boss is a terrific experience and can give you the time and financial freedom you've always wanted. But the plain truth is that most of us NEED our jobs to pay the mortgage, the rent, our car payments, insurance premiums -- you name it! If we didn't have that check coming in on a regular basis, we'd probably be living on a street corner s...

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How to Save Thousands with an S Corporation

Ever wondered why more than three million business owners and entrepreneurs operate their firms as S corporations? Because they save thousands annually in taxes. Want to know how to get your fair share of these tax savings? Read tax professor and CPA Stephen L. Nelson's down-to-earth explanation of how an S corporation saves business owners money.

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Build Your Business With Four Easy Steps

Building a business is no easy task. This easy to read step by step guide provides an outline to starting a business in just four easy steps.

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What Is Invoice Factoring And Invoice Discounting?

The Romans were the first civilization to sell promissory notes at a discount, beginning the industry of factoring. America was built largely on the possibilities of factoring, when colonial businesses were factored by Europeans willing to invest cash in exchange for the promise of large returns, and government bonds also use the same principles applied by businesses when they engage in invoice factoring. Invoice factoring is, at its simplest, the sale of the right to coll...

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Do We Really Need A Home Based Business?

What ever your situation is today, you should consider starting your own home based and specifically online business. Even if you have your business, it does not hurt to diversify your income sources.

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5 Mistakes I made in 2005

Even though I'm pretty happy with how 2005 turned out, there are still some things I wish I had done differently. Here are 5 things I aim to change for 2006.

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Three Steps to Your Ultimate Marketing Message

It just might be the most important tool you put in your marketing toolbox. A great marketing message doesn't come in the form of a catchy slogan or a play on words. Here are some tips to create your own ultimate marketing message.

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Get More Clients For Your Home-Based Business by Avoiding These Five Deadly Mistakes

If you're receiving all kinds of opportunities to bid on contracts, yet don't seem to be converting prospects into buying customers, there may be a problem in the way you're trying to sell yourself. Don't let these five deadly mistakes kill your chances of success.

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Agel Business Opportunity: The Hottest Opportunity Available Today!

In life opportunity is boundless. Spin around pointing your index finger and it's nearly guaranteed that when you stop ' an opportunity for something is going to be in front of you ' that's if you're conditioned to spot that opportunity.

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The Dream of Your Own Business – Your Kodak Moment

Always dreamed of working at home? Now you can with the solid tips and advice offer at VANetworking.

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Non Aggressive Marketing Techniques

Do you cringe at the thought of trying to promote your business ? Does it feel like "selling yourself" or egotism? Many individuals are not comfortable with marketing dimension of running a business. This leads to an inner frustation for many and inner conflicts. Whether this is due to ones passion for ones true interests, a dislike of networking or another root, there may be a way around blatant self-promotion. When someone receives something of value for free, trust...

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Ten Simple Things That Helped Make Me Millions

I've had my own business since I was 9 years old. I've started, bought, sold and helped out in many different kinds of businesses over the thirty some odd years since then. I've done everything I've always wanted to do, and I've had a lot of fun. Some of the highlights: I worked on Wall Street, I helped take a company public and I threw one of the biggest VC names in the country out of my office. I've worked with some of the biggest names in the online and offline space, a...

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A Great Career Choice for a Business and Internet Savvy Entrepreneur with People Skills

A Loan Signing Agent or Notary Public is a state commissioned Notary who specializes in the process of witnessing the signatures of the parties involved in a real estate loan transaction.

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Home Based Business: Ten Tips For Success:

With the cost of living quickly surpassing the wages (we make) necessary to maintain an average lifestyle, more and more employees are beginning to seriously consider the option of working from home. Being your own boss, setting and keeping your own hours, keeping all (or most of the proceeds for yourself), saving on travel time and gas, allowing for as much vacation time as necessary, it all has its perks. It certainly seems that way, especially for many woman who may...

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