Category Archive: small business owners

Feb
28

Fear of Change and the Small Business Owner

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Convincing a small business owner that his or her current way of doing business needs to change is difficult. There’s actually a scientifically-proven mathematical formula on what it takes to overcome the resistance to change. It takes dissatisfaction + a vision + action.

Feb
16

Create a Prospect Contact Follow-Up Plan for Long-Term Results

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If you want to get the call instead of your competitor, you want to stay top-of-mind with all the prospects you come in contact with. Take the time to create and follow a prospect contact follow-up plan and reap the rewards.

Jan
26

4 Tips for Online Business Success

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Building a success business online can be daunting but here are 4 tips to help small business owners focus on success.

Oct
20

Website Traffic Building Ideas for the Small Business

What if they were all on their way to your website?!

Every small business online quickly discovers that you need to have traffic to make any website or blog successful.  Just as quickly, you’ll discover that traffic is an elusive thing to find.  Traffic, traffic, traffic. The fact: building traffic to a website or blog takes time. It doesn’t happen overnight. Even if you find the …

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Oct
15

Installing System Updates — A Necessary Process for Successful Small Business Owners

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Does your computer do this to you?  I woke up this morning, all rarin’ to go, ready to finish up some market research I owe a client on, of all things, reikki for animals (this is the small business she wants to start and by golly, I think there may be a market for it …

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Oct
12

Separating Tire-Kickers from Buyers — The Marketing Funnel for Small Business Success

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One of the most effective marketing strategies that has been practiced by successful small businesses for decades is the marketing funnel.  Online, the funnel takes on an even more vital role as it can quickly separate the tire-kickers from the true prospective customers. Now, let me just say right here at the beginning: a marketing …

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Oct
02

Attack With Hummus and Other Great Problem-Solving Ideas for Small Business Success

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Success takes action.  Sometimes it is simply that easy.  If you want to be successful at building a small business,  you have to beat the paralysis of analysis and do something.  I met with two small business owners and their staff about a year ago who were struggling with knowing what do to next.  They …

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Sep
29

Beat the Paralysis of Analysis. Action Leads to Small Business Success

Admit it.  When you first thought about starting a small business of your own,you got really excited.  You were going to set the world on fire.  But then you spent WAY too much time surfing the web, reading sales letters that go on and on, pulling out your credit card to buy this and to …

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Sep
17

Blogging for Profit: Success Ideas

Here are some quick reminders on how to create an effective small business blog.

Sep
15

Are Your Small Business Tax Records in Order?

Taxes are a necessary evil when you own a small business. Getting educated about this important topic should be on every small business owner’s Must-Do list. Here are nine tips to get you started.