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Starting a new business Ignore this advice!

When I started my business, the guidance was so awful I call one advisor "the coach from hell." Here are ten myths frequently presented as core wisdom. I recommend using intuition as a filter to evaluate all advice. A longer version of these tips ca...

Business And Finance  business finance successful people career
Holiday Action Saves a Sour Shopping Season

Usually, U.S. retailers earn 20-80% of their entire yearly gross during the holiday season. But this year, things are different. The sluggish US economy has prompted Deloitte Research's Carl Steidtmann to fear "the worst Christmas ever" in the r...

Business And Finance  business finance leads messages holiday mail
Creating Your Presentation Success With a Positive I Can Attitude

According to the Lamalle Report on Top Executives of the 1990s, one of the most important factors in determining financial success by those earning over $250,000 is being enthusiastic and having a positive attitude (46%). Apparently, successful peop...

Business And Finance  business finance presentation positive expect
Why Good Copywriting Matters

Whether it is a web page or a brochure or a mailer or a newsletter, your written words decide the direction and dimension of your enterprise. The written copy of your message can make or break your business. It can make your reader eat out of your ha...

Writing  writing customer business message make
PASSING THE FAMILY BUSINESS TO THE NEXT GENERATION - IS IT THE BEST CHOICE

As Penn State professor William Rothwell ominously points out in the forward to Exit Right: A Guided Tour of Succession Planning for Families in Business Together, more than 40% of the people who run the closely held operations that comprise 80% of t...

Family  family business generation company
How To Get An Instant Pay Raise

As a gentleman was leaving my class recently, he wanted me to clarify something I had said. He was making sure that he should take his four or five thousand dollar tax refund and pay off debt.I was stunned. This money represented $400-$500 that could...

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Discover the Biggest Trading & Investing Online Mistake

Any online investor / trader seeks an excellent off or online future trading career opportunity. Despite this goal, did you know 95 percent of all traders go broke within the first two months? Why do investors lose vast amounts of wealth in one or mo...

Business And Finance  business finance trading plan traders online
What the Tax Software Companies Don't Want You to Know

Haven’t done your taxes yet? No problem. Now there is a new way you can use top tax software programs, like TurboTax and H&R Block, to get your taxes done quickly and easily. And the best part is it won’t cost you a thing.The secret is an IRS pro...

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The Art of Asking - Save Thousands of Dollars

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Business And Finance  business finance asking there
HOW LONG WILL MY MONEY LAST

First Published in the Balanced Report Fall 1991This is the central question of retirement planning. When people come to see us, that is what they are asking us to answer for them. The question is usually phrased as. "Can I afford to retire? When can...

Business And Finance  business finance retirement income