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Get Your Idea Out of Your Head and Into the Market

Whenever I am on the road speaking, I always run into entrepreneurs with many great ideas. My most recent trip to New York City for a speaking engagement was no exception, as I had the pleasure of meeting several creative thinkers. The challenge for ...

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Opportunity Knocks Quietly

In business, we often focus most of our attentions on "the bigissues." Our next big ad campaign or our new product developmentproject loom large and capture a significant portion of ourmindshare. These big issues, because of their size and scope,seem...

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TAKE A SECOND LOOK AT YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION

While many of us are examining possible businessopportunities, especially on the Internet, we havetraditionally given a wide berth to anything thatlooks like it might be called 'network marketing.'But you may be missing some really valid mo...

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Speaking of Success!

In the quest to attract customers and make more sales, the temptation is to focus on the Internet. It's easy to forget there are other tools that are less tedious, easier to use, and even more effective.For example, simply telling people what we...

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Will You Be An Internet Success Story

by Raymond Johnston Jr. The internet has completely changed the business world. It has changed the whole concept of how to be successful in a home business. It has also provided the opportunity for many to give up the 9 to 5 world and seek their drea...

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That's Not Spam, That's My Newsletter!

That's Not Spam, That's My Newsletter!By Jessica AlbonCopyright 2003, The Write ExposureFor those of us who receive way too many unsolicited emails, Spam filters are a blessing. Switch to the publisher's side of the desk, though, and S...

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How To Properly Use Ezine Advertising - Part Two

SELECTING TARGETED EZINESIn part one of this series, we discussed the two options available foradvertising in ezines. The first of those involved buying ads in bulkwith the goal of getting exposure to as many subscribers as possiblewithout regard to ...

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Internet Searching Hits Close to Home

Search Engine Marketing Convention in New York drew thousands of attendees eager to hear the latest news in online search, one of the hottest topics in marketing today. Why is it so hot? Consider this simple statistic: at the forum on local search ma...

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How To ‘Cross-Sell’ And ‘Sell Up’ Over The Telephone

Call centres are a land of missed opportunities. Every call whether inbound or outbound is an opportunity to make a sale or to build a pipeline for a future sale. At the very least there is scope for selling a bigger quantity (selling up) or to sell ...

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Get a Laugh and Make the Sale

When one survey asked women what they liked best about the manof their dreams, most replied "he makes me laugh." We don'toften think of laughter as one of life's most importantnecessities, but it is.People of every age and culture love to l...

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