Archive for the 'business-offline' Category

Travel Industry Management: Scam Alert

If you’ve been around the internet for any period of time, you’re well aware of the scams arriving by email informing you of the vast sums of money you have won. Or, if you help the Nigerian Princess move money out of her country, you can have a cut of it. These scams have permeated [...]

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Essential Sales Tips - Emotions Are the Key to Sales Success

What REALLY drives people to do business with you? You might think it’s your expertise, product knowledge, great service, or even competitive pricing. Sure, all these factors are important, but in today’s crowded marketplace they are not enough to distinguish you from the others who offer the same products or services as you. The Number [...]

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Can Branding Ever Be Heart Centered?

Sometimes the world delivers up vocabulary words that are just plain wrong. Painfully wrong. Words like \”branding,\” which the world of marketing seems to love, but regular folks and cows just seem to hate. And it’s because of how branding has often been used. Companies have done psychological studies on how to craft an environment [...]

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The Vending Machine Industry Is Gearing For The Next Big Hop In Growth

According to Automatic Merchandiser Magazine, the vending industry generated $23 billion in sales in 2007. There are many factors influencing future growth in this industry: new products, new payment systems, and growing economic markets. Vending Product Lines The vending industry got its start in 1926 with the cigarette vending machine. In the 1970’s, parents could [...]

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California Offers Great Opportunities To Small Business Owners

California is huge market waiting for new companies to satisfy the needs of its residents. With a population of 36 million in the State of California, and more than 11 million people in its 15 largest cities, California certainly offers real hope to those who desire to sell products and services in California. Growing Markets [...]

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Top Tips for Women Entrepreneurs

By now it’s no secret that women are leaving corporate America to start their own businesses at twice the rate of men. Statistics show that over 75% of women-owned enterprises open for business in 1997 were still operating in 2000. That’s about equal to the survival rate of all U.S. businesses. Recent data also indicates [...]

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Sometimes The Best Way to Make Money is to Go Offline

Millions of people have bought into the idea that the Internet is a goldmine for people, who desire to achieve the American Dream through self-employment. We have heard the success stories of people who made good with their Internet businesses. Unfortunately, we have also heard the heartbreak stories of those who have lost their pants [...]

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The Case of the Faltering Fax

Most of my clients get their online orders on their fax machine. It is the simplest and most affordable option. You can get a good quality machine for about $100 and it works over a plain old telephone line. But like any technology, a fax machine can develop problems, and sometimes it takes a little [...]

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Sell YOU With Your Small Talk (Yes You Can)

Want to build a relationship — sell yourself for a job — get ahead — make a sale? Your ’small talk’ is crucial. Everyday conversation can make or break you in personal relationships and in the business world. Sadly, most people don’t realize how important small talk is, nor do they try to do better. [...]

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Repeat After Me: ‘I Have Only One Business.’

Imagine you’re ten years old, and there are huge stacks of cardboard boxes towering over you. It’s a maze. It’s a fortress. And you’re allowed to climb all over them. Inside every single one of those boxes is a dozen bottles. Fine wines, liquor, you name it. It may sound like a caterer’s dream, but [...]

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