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ARTArticleHow to Be Seen and Heard Where it Matters: Simplified Online Visibility for Your Service-Based BusinessThere is a lot of advice floating around about how you should market your business online. You can make yourself crazy trying to keep up with all the websites, forums, social media networks, blogs, technologies and strategies that abound.
Trying to do it all is like throwing spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks. This strategy is not only exhausting, it is largely ineffective. Instead, develop an online visibility plan that is clear and focused. Not only will you quickly see results, but you will save yourself countless hours of time and frustration.ARTArticleHow to Borrow Money, Part 1There are two types of financing: equity financing and debt financing.
The most frequent source of funding for a small and mid size businesses is to borrow money. Getting a loan usually is not an easy and short process.
It is always a good idea to learn as much as you can in advance about the factors that important in the decision-making process of banks and other lenders when they consider your loan application. For more detailed information you may refer to my other articles.rARTArticleHow to Borrow Money, Part 2Debt Financing
Debt financing means borrowing money that must be paid back over a period of time, usually with interest. It can be a short-term: less than a year and a long-term more that a year. You do not relinquish any ownership rights by taking a loan and limited by obligation of paying a loan back with interest. This is why loan for new businesses usually secured by one or more of the following: owners’ personal guarantee, real estate, company assets, etc.rARTArticleHow To Manifest What You Want In Your BusinessI'm a big believe
that you can envision something and make it happen.....it's something I've done all my life, in fact. I'm certainly not the only "visionary," though. Most elite athletes use visioning to "see" themselves going through their competition or their games successfully. Musicians envision themselves playing a particular piece of music in their mind - going over and over the musical score, seeing their hands making the correct moves on their instrument.ARTArticleHow to Prevent Business Growth and Stay on the Entrepreneurial Hamster WheelThere is a special kind of camaraderie amongst entrepreneurs. It is a bit like belonging to an exclusive club, where members celebrate the freedom of business ownership. And while freedom may be the motto, only a small percentage of entrepreneurs are truly free. Instead of running their businesses, they let their businesses run them.ARTArticleI Don't Have Time To Prospect“I don’t have time to prospect!” There’s a line that will send your sales manager scrambling to search through their resume database.
To survive in sales, finding the time to prospect is not optional! Every sales representative needs a steady stream of new opportunities entering their sales funnel if they expect the right amount of sales flowing out.
Most sales people know they need to prospect regularly in order to be successful in the long term. In fact, virtually every sales professional could improve their results if they just did more prospecting.ARTArticleImpact of the Dodd Financial Reform ActMy friends, it’s difficult if not impossible to judge the total impact of a piece of legislation that is over 2,000 pages long. In fact, I think it’s fair to say that no one fully understands the both intended and unintended consequences of legislation that is so enormous. I have read many parts of the bill and therefore have some semblance of an understanding of what it means, but I, by no means, would claim to have a full and complete understanding of all that is in there.
This much can be said I think, the direct outcomes of the bill have four major impacts:ARTArticleIncrease Product Sales with These 3 Types of Special OffersWhen you’re an online solo service professional (solopreneur) it’s crucial that you move away from the hours-for-dollars business model and create a multiple streams of income business, i.e. your income comes from a variety of different sources:
1. Passive income through the sale of information products.
2. Leveraged income by creating and running group programs.
3.ARTArticleInternet Discount Shoppers and Coupon Hounds Find “Deep Searching” AttractiveTraffic continues to grow daily for coupon research and discounted price searching online at the new “save money” website from Coupons and Codes. This Madison, Alabama based Internet .com start-up appears to understand the wants and needs of an Internet savvy market and seems to have captured the attention of the discount price shopping portion of that market.
More and more websites are uploaded each day addressing discounts with coupons, manufacturer discount codes and various types of sales and saving opportunities.ARTArticleInternet Marketing With TwitterTwitter is quickly becoming a very famous-renowned social networking tool on the internet. More and more people are flocking to this site. It is being utilized for a wide variety of different things. Recently, more and more people have begun to use Twitter as a way to market their businesses on the internet. It is an excellent way to get the word out about your company to as many people as possible and to quickly increase visitors to their websites.ARTArticleKickstart Marketing Tip #4: Start a Business BlogStarting a business blog is a great way to kickstart your marketing and build your business presence on the Internet.ARTArticleKickstart Marketing Tip: Build your credibility through article marketingArticle marketing is a great way to spread the word about your business, build your brand and increase your following. Think about the top problems that people need solutions for in your business and write articles about it. Start with 10 and increase from there. Think about the top 10 how-to, top 10 success tactics or whatever the case might be for your business.ARTArticleKickstart Marketing Tip: Connect with your market through videosCamera-shy? Get over it, fast!
If you want to have a successful business, now is not the time to be bashful.
Video marketing has become the most popular thing since sliced bread I think. Here are just a few stats about YouTube alone (remember there are many other video sharing sites as well as live streaming video sites):
300 Million Worldwide visitors per Month
5 Billion Video Streams Every Month
Think your prospects or market are not watching videos online? Think again!
It is a very powerful medium and should be a part of your marketing mix.ARTArticleLove, Fear, and PrayerThe price of love of fear of loss. If we wouldn’t be sad by the loss of a loved one or by being rejected by someone we deeply love, love would have no bond, no intimacy, and no joy. To love is to risk the vulnerability of our inner most being. At least that’s what the most genuine and delicious level of love requires. Some love is virtually involuntary. It seems you have no choice but to love. To love without restraint. One case where this is most potent is with young grandchildren.ARTArticleMarriage takes Four!Marriage takes four!ARTArticleProductive Joint Field Work-A Five Step ProcessJoint field work is where you and your representative make sales calls together. The sales representatives benefit and learn from your knowledge and experience, yet they are still are not working without a net, so to speak.
The problem most sales managers have when doing joint field work is they end up taking over the call completely. Some even forget the sales person is in the room! This does nothing to train or develop the sales representative.ARTArticleSet to ImpressWhat is the difference between a suited-up business executive who carries a high-quality leather portfolio into a networking event and a leather-clad motorcycle rider carrying a custom-painted helmet into a motorcycle rally? The answer is, there is no difference. That executive and that bad-a– biker are one and the same, with the same desire to impress in either environment.
You see, this person understands—in either situation—that first impressions are a fact of life when more than one person is a factor in a person-to-person situation.ARTArticleSet Up A Time Sensitive Database to Grow Your SalesIf your prospect will need to purchase your service or product tomorrow and you call him today good things happen. The most important of which is his belief in your opinion of the importance of his issues (hard sentence, important point). You knew he would need you tomorrow and you called today. That's the company he wants to do business with!
When I stop at the traffic light and the man approaches me saying “Hey buddy, wanna get her some flowers?”, I just close the window. I have absolutely no reason to talk with that man today and I really wish he would leave me alone. But…….ARTArticleSeven Steps to Make Live Virtual Training Highly InteractivePeople can initially be conce
ed that live virtual training cannot be as interactive as the traditional face-to-face approach, but this isn’t necessarily true. The key is to design your program well by constantly keeping it moving and keeping participants engaged.ARTArticleSocial Media Tips for Webinar PromotionSo you've decided to run a webinar to promote your business offering - a product or a service. As someone who has been using social media to promote your business you might be wondering if there are any specific tips, do's and don'ts for webinar promotion and engagement. Social networking can certainly help you with promotion and delivery of a webinar. Read on to find out simple ways you can expand your reach and get more subscribers for the event.
When you are planning a webinar, you would be considering ways to drive registrations. You could use:ARTArticleSpeaking with your whole bodyThis is a short article on body language, written as if you will do a presentation, and get feedback on it.
Speaking with Your Whole Body Time: 5 to 7 minutes
Our bodies talk all the time. 80 to 90% of our normal human communication is via our body language, and much of that is subconscious. We are often unknowingly influenced by others via their facial expressions and body language. It’s built into us. Most mammals ‘talk’ mostly with their body language. Body language, along with variations in vocal tone, is the most effective way to communicate with your dog or cat.ARTArticleStop Losing Your Customer's TrustIt's been said many times that prospects must feel they can trust you before they will buy from you. But what does "trust you" really mean? It's simple. Prospects need to know you and your company will do exactly what you tell them you will do, when you said you will do it.
Every time you fulfill a commitment, you build trust. Every time you break a commitment, however, you lose trust. In fact, you do more damage than if you never made the promise in the first place.ARTArticleSwimming and Running present two different excercise modalities!Swimming and running present two very different exercise modalities in terms of biomechanics, energy expenditure, and stresses, not to mention that they occur in two very unique environments. However that hasn't prevented humans from becoming particularly adept at both of these activities, which makes sense given the geographic distribution of human populations, think of it as either running or swimming to get to something or to get away from something else.ARTArticleThe 9th Law of StewardshipThe 9th Law of Stewardship
Hi, I’m Steve Beaman and welcome to this SBG Cast. We’re continuing on our Spiritual Path in the study of the 33 laws of Stewardship. Today, we’re looking at the 9th law; The Law of Eager Willingness.ARTArticleThe Importance of Brand ConsistencyWhat is a brand anyway?
Many people think it’s a logo or website, but it’s much more than that. A brand is not only what people see when your business is presented to them, but it’s also what they feel.
And it’s that feeling that makes or breaks a business. It’s the perception of what your audience thinks and feels about you and your business that makes up your brand.ARTArticleThe One Strategy That Doesn't Get SaidThere are many skills it takes to grow, sustain, and build a business. Everything from marketing, mindset, and math has to be in play to make real money and a real difference. All of the education, time, and money you have put into growing your business won't much matter if you don't embody this- tenacity!
Never give up. Never quit.
People always want to know how I did it and what the one big shift was that happened.
It's simple.
I didn't stop. I didn't stop when:
* People said No.
* I ran out of money.
* I got tired.
* I went dry creatively.ARTArticleThe Problem with Positive Thinking!The Problem of Positive Thinking
I just heard a podcast by my good friend Steve Beaman on the topic of positive thinking made popular 50+ years ago by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale. I was taken back to my twenties and the reading of this book. I found the principles made sense. However, something was missing. At the time I couldn’t identify that something but I believe I can now and even act upon it.ARTArticleUSE THE “SUMMIT PRINCIPLE” IN YOUR HIRING PROCESS FOR IMPROVED PERFORMANCE, AND LOWER EMPLOYEE TURNOVERA good hiring process is built on solid, proven principles and hiring process design that should be taken very seriously. But one principle of hiring process design ranks way up in importance and can have an immediate impact on an organization’s ability to improve hiring and staffing decisions. I call it “The Summit Principle.” Use it, and your hiring decisions will immediately improve.
When I was in operations management many years ago, I remember attending a meeting in our Detroit, Michigan facilities with the General Manager and his Department Managers.ARTArticleWhat are the foods that increase your metabolism?What are the top foods that increase your metabolism? This is a GREAT question and I’m glad we can answer it for you today.
1. Asparagus, broccoli, cauliflower, celery, lettuce & zucchini.
These veggies not only are good for you, providing vitamins, minerals, and fiber, but they actually require about 3 X as much energy as they provide to digest, so in essence, they increase your metabolism just by consuming them
2. Low fat milk, whole grain cereal, Oatmeal.rARTArticleWhat if We Stopped Marketing?I am trying to be as real with you as I can - honesty is my strong suit. A lot of marketers and coaches have been lying to you. Now, I do believe that most of them have not done it intentionally. They forgot or are so focused on their position they have ignored their own facts.
So, I ask the question, what if we stopped marketing?