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Credit Cards, Merchant Accounts, and Your Bottomline

Small Business Q&A with Tim KnoxQ: I'm opening a gift shop and want to be able to accept creditcards. I talked to the branch manager at my bank, but he didn'tseem to know much about how it all worked. He did say that Iwould need something c...

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Could We, as Net Marketers be missing a Great Opportunity

It is well known that people from all walks of life use the Internet for a wide variety of reasons. For many, their objective is just to learn or gather information. Yet vast numbers use it for the purpose of making their living. Then masses of other...

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Guard against conflicting messages.

Guard against conflicting messages.Did you ever consider that, without knowing it, you may be inadvertently sending the wrong messages to your customers? Consider the three following points:What you promise versus what you do.You can send a conflicti...

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The Little Corporation Who Cried Wolf Part 2

So...are you guys all revved up and ready to go? Are you committed to doing whatever it takes to motivate your staff and create a super-charged, mega-energized department??As we discussed last time, your attitude and motivation level is absolutely cr...

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Become an Active Listener

438 wordsBecome an Active ListenerContrary to what you may have heard, listening does not come easy for most people, yet it is one of the most important skills we can use on the job and in our personal relationships.Hearing is a biological function, ...

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Einstein Method To Rapid Solutions

Einstein Method To Rapid SolutionsBy Dave CzachAlbert Einstein provided brilliant theories and ideas to ourworld. But where did these ideas originate? Experience, education, the twilight zone or all of the above? It's been reported that Mr. Eins...

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Vampire Meetings and How to Slay Them

VAMPIRE MEETINGS AND HOW TO SLAY THEMMeetings can be like mythical vampires – sucking the life out of intelligent and creative people. And sucking the funds out of businesses. Unfortunately, there are too many of these meetings in business today. A...

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Free Agent Realities

Free Agent RealitiesCopyright 2002 Paul BednarWhen you jump into the free agent arena, it doesn't take long tofigure out a new set of rules and expectations exist. Those whoknow and embrace these new realities thrive. Those who areeither not awa...

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SUCCESS Comes... When You Turn INDECISION And FEAR Into POWER and ACTION!

"We have nothing to fear but fear itself." Franklin RooseveltHow many times have you had a really great idea or wanted to take a risk and try something new, only to have a little voice inside your head shout: "It wouldn't work!""You couldn'...

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Attract Media Coverage Without Spending Advertising $$

Advertising is expensive. PR is often low cost or free.Try these ten tips for attracting free PR to your business. But here is a word of caution. When sending press releases to the media, remember that less is more. The journalist who encounters a pr...

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