November 18, 2008 – 7:06 pm
My first step towards becoming a professional blogger is to go through my Blog Mastermind Lessons again. This time I’m going to make sure I spend more time studying them and applying them rather than what I did in my first round which was probably more knowledge acquisition rather than action-oriented.
The Blog Mastermind program focusses on five [...]
November 18, 2008 – 5:16 pm
There’s something you can never afford to forget when you are running a business out of your home — cash is king!
Whether it is a multi-billion dollar empire, such as Bill Gates’ Microsoft, or the tiny mom-and-pop convenience store on the street corner, cash is the life blood of the business.
In today’s uncertain economy [...]
November 17, 2008 – 5:16 pm
by Gina Gaudio-Graves
The Abundance Group, LLC
Are you wondering what the hottest franchising trends are? Much of the recent success in that area is traceable to two demographic trends: Americans are getting older and feeling pressed for time. Doesn’t sound too bright, but it means booming business in franchising circles.
Now I am by no means a [...]
November 16, 2008 – 7:34 pm
A personal crisis doesn’t have to spell disaster for your business if you’re prepared. Every business occasionally endures a crisis, but what happens when your dilemma isn’t falling profits but personal.
Because we have no idea what type of personal crisis may await us – an ugly divorce, debilitating disease, or ailing parent/child/spouse, we must [...]
November 15, 2008 – 7:30 pm
A myth has been circulating for years that has led entrepreneurs to believe that women-owned and minority-owned businesses can obtain loans easier. Unfortunately, that is only a myth.
Many very bright and hopeful female entrepreneurs have the mistaken idea that just being a woman gives them an advantage over their male counterparts. Sadly, this is not [...]
November 15, 2008 – 6:06 pm
I’ve decided to start a new project with this blog. A couple of days back, I read the following excerpt from a newsletter from marketingtips.com and it reminded me so much of me that I felt it was time to do things differently. Here it is:
Dear Derek,
I put up my first website a year ago. And [...]
November 14, 2008 – 7:29 pm
The best way to keep your top employees is to know them better than they know themselves. Use this knowledge to create the career of their dreams, and they’ll stick to your company like glue. The new “biz-speak” for this is called Job Sculpting.
The concept of Job Sculpting as defined by career experts, Timothy Butler [...]
November 13, 2008 – 6:56 pm
I’m tired of reading those boring business articles, and I’m thinking that you might be too. So, as you read on, relax and put down the pad and pencil, and enjoy a few chuckles with me.
Some interesting trivia compiled by Clark Consulting has to do with that business giant, Donald Trump:
Percentage of professionals surveyed who [...]
November 12, 2008 – 6:54 pm
If you are a savvy writer with great English grammar skills, you should consider writing eBooks. It pays very well and you can do it in the comfort of your own home. It is very simple to write up an eBook. All you need to do is have Microsoft word and the [...]
November 11, 2008 – 6:52 pm
Every online company knows that without traffic to their site, they go broke, quickly. There are many ways to get cheap web site traffic. One way is pay per click advertising, where you pay per click through to your site, but you do not know if the customer is going to purchase your [...]
