Archive for September, 2008

How Would You Handle This?

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

We have been talking about choosing groups to participate in that meet your needs and goals as a business professional. Once the decision is made on which groups to belong to, then a certain level of participation is required in order to achieve the individual goals set by the business professional.

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Choosing Networking Functions

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Time is a concern for all of us. We only have so much of it to give to our work, and then some to our families, our churches and some to ourselves. In today’s business climate it is essential to spent our time wisely to maximize our productivity and satisfaction with our lives.

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Using a Contact List Profitably- Part Two

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Besides a survey, your contact list can be used to generate sales directly. Some of the following ideas must be done one-on-one and others can be done to large quantities of prospects at a time. They all have varying levels of effectiveness. A general rule of thumb is:

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Using a Contact List Profitably Part One

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

In previous articles, we discussed the generation of a contact list. This time, we look at one idea on what to do with that list once you have it.

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Developing a Contact List- Part Two

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

In a previous installment, we spoke about how to come up with a list of persons you currently know. Although everyone on that list will not necessarily become your client, everyone can lead you to clients. In this section, we will talk about how to get referrals from all of the people on your contact list and what to do once you have those referrals.

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Customers Are Like Vampires

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

No, customers aren’t bloodsuckers (well, maybe a few are!) and they don’t come out only at night. According to legend, vampires don’t come in until they are invited. And that’s true of customers, too.

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Why You Don’t NEED a Marketing Plan

Monday, September 29th, 2008

If you pick up a copy of the November 2003 issue of Entrepreneur magazine, you’ll see my Web site listed on page 10, along with a good amount of promotional copy.

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What You MUST Understand About Your Web Numbers

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

Two years ago, when I first started selling online, I focused on doing what I did best: generating useful content that people would want to pay for. But I quickly learned that selling a product online required me to have to learn about …

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Have You Captured Me Today?

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

There are many Web sites I visit every day and will probably never return to again. It’s not that I didn’t like the site, or that I wasn’t interested in the topic, services, or products offered. It’s just that I wasn’t ready to take action right now. So I clicked away and will probably forget about them.

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Avoid These 5 Web Site Blunders!

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

The Web is intended to help people find information quickly and easily. So why do so many sites make it difficult for users to get what they need? While neat design can add impact to your message, make sure the message itself doesn’t get lost in the mix.

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