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Keeping Customers When Their Cash Is Tight
Strategies for getting and keeping cash in your business during a downturn.
Harnessing the Simple, But Effective Art of Referral Marketing
Getting warm contacts rather than cold leads can help your business grow faster.
Grow Your Company With Fewer Customers
Is it safe to just have one or two big customers in your business? Or is that a disaster waiting to happen?
Pay Attention To Current Customers
So what are the secrets to turning one-time buyers into loyal customers? Aside from persistence and dedication, it’s using the right combination of customer service.
Saying goodbye is hard to do.
The last thing you are thinking about is ending your business. Read this to find out why you should take steps now to prepare for ending your business — even though it may be years away.
What’s the best way to succeed in your small business?
Plan for growth. Maximize cash flow. And above all, focus on sales.
Lightening the Workload
Entrepreneurs should know when it’s time to delegate. The secret? It’s about the ‘what’ not the ‘how.’
Saying ‘No’
Your small business can’t sponsor every event. How do you choose?
Want to sell your business?
You can’t sell a business that’s in your head. This article explains steps to take to help you have a valuable product to sell when you are ready to close your doors.
Staying Afloat
How your small business can survive when the big guys come to town.
Expanding Your Small Business
What steps are most important when considering expansion for your small business? It’s not as simple as you think.
Doing Good Pays Off
Devoting volunteer hours can be a big pay off for your small business.
Business Lunches Gone Awry?
Tips for keeping your small business lunches on track and achieving the objectives you seek.
11 Ways to Increase Sales
Your small business success depends on sales. Here are some pointers to help you.
Planning for Vacation
How to juggle your small business needs and employee vacations.
Getting The Word Out
Helping your company news reach the right people.
A newsletter can help springboard your business to success.
Of all the ways entrepreneurs and small businesses market to clients and prospects, a regularly distributed newsletter can be one of the most efficient and cost effective.
Small Business Owners Optimistic
Small business owners contribute to the optimism of the economy.
Thank You for Your Patience
Don’t use excuses to mask poor customer service. Old phrases don’t cut it any more.
Recession Proof Business
What are the opportunities for making sure your small business survives?
Get the Most Out of Holiday Sales
Strategies you can use to crank up those sales in your small business.
Basics Count for Small Business Success
Key principles will always apply with any business.
Using Social Networking to Power Up Your Schmooze-Ability
Way before there was such a thing as “social networking,” Denise O’Berry was teaching small business owners and entrepreneurs how to make connections with prospects and clients online.
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