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 Anonymous writes: "Most entrepreneurs are idea rich and cash poor. Like the old adage says, “it takes money to make money.” "
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Anonymous writes: "(Money Mogul or Putz?)
(By Susan James)
Rich Man, Poor Man, Beggar Man choose..........or something along those lines. What separates the rich man from the poor man? Why does one person have lots of money and another not?"
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Stone Evans writes: "Copyright © Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy
No business can survive the long run without some form of consistent advertising. As a result, most business owners will eventually consider using advertising to promote their business."
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Charlie Cook writes: "By Charlie Cook
If you are like most service professionals and small business owners one of your primary concerns is generating as many leads as possible. And that may be your biggest mistake, resulting in wasting time on unqualified prospects and working with too many clients you wish you didn't have to. "
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Craig Lock writes: "by Craig Lock
"Money can't buy you happiness. But it helps you to be miserable in comfort."
"Those who say money doesn't buy happiness, don't know where to shop"
Why do people not achieve financial success?"
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Lori Redfield writes: "You may have heard the buzz terms, ‘affiliate programs’ or ‘associate programs’. Chances are your think of them in one of two ways, either – it’s got to be another one of those Internet ‘work at home’ scams. Or, “That’s just out of my league.”"
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Stone Evans writes: "Copyright © Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy
When you need an auto mechanic or an air conditioning repairman, where do you turn for help? Sure, some people turn to the yellow pages. But most will turn to friends and family and ask if they know of anyone who can do the work."
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Stone Evans writes: "Copyright © 2003, Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy
When some folks begin to think about a business of their own, they know in that very moment what kind they are going to start. Then, there are the rest of us..."
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Anonymous writes: "Copyright © Valerie Giles
Graphic Designer and Internet Entrepreneur
You may ask, "Why?" If my business provides exceptional service and quality products; if we stand by our products and services and provide our customers with our best; then why do we need to worry about our business image?"
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Anonymous writes: "Copyright © 2004 Diana Barnum
Moving Ahead Communications
Some day-to-day work issues can turn into big headaches for small businesses. For example, not having enough help during a busy season or new promotion can hurt production, sales and customer relations in the fulfillment of orders and customer service."
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Kirk Bannerman writes: "By Kirk Bannerman
This article is primarily directed toward people who work at home in a business that happens to involve network marketing.
I am often contacted by members of my business team with complaints regarding a lack of response or lack of action on the part of their affiliates. Their complaints typically go something like..."I send out lots of emails to all of them and I very rarely get any response and it seems like very few of them are taking any action. What am I doing wrong?"."
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Anonymous writes: "Microsoft Business Solutions stakes on Microsoft Great Plains as main Accounting/ERP application for US market. At the same time it seems to be staking on Navision in Europe and has Axapta as high end large corporation market competitor to Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP, IBM. This article is brief review of Microsoft Great Plains integration with Microsoft Access. This is also applicable to Small Business Manager (which is based on the same technology – Great Plains Dexterity dictionary - DYNAMICS.DIC and runtime DYNAMICS.EXE) and Great Plains Standard on MSDE or MS SQL Server."
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Anonymous writes: "by: Graham and Julie
Only the weak ones quit. Is that true? There is a story of a CEO of a multi-national company who decided to withdraw a product from the market when it had consistently failed for nine months and eaten up millions of pounds in advertising, promotions etc. Was he weak? He could have maintained the myth of success and stayed in the market and gradually withdrawn, costing him and his company many more millions. Instead, he chose to face the fact that they had made a bad decision backing the product in the first place. He admitted his mistake publicly and withdrew the product before it cost him and his shareholders more money. Is he weak?"
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Diane Hughes writes: "Copyright 2004 Diane Hughes
So many small business owners - especially those who work from home - are very pressed for time. After all, as an independent professional, you must wear the hats of: accountant, salesperson, customer service representative, marketing manager, distribution manager, tax professional, and countless others. While you may need help desperately, you probably think you can’t afford to hire someone. The truth be known, you can actually SAVE money by using an assistant."
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Sharon Housley writes: "Copyright 2004 Sharon Housley
What is an Acceptable Response?
Many online marketers work odd hours, with no beginning of the day and no real end. How does this impact support and customer service inquiries? Some small businesses are afraid to reply to customer queries off-hours, fearful that the message time-stamp will betray them as a small business. The Internet however is timeless. The fact is customers appreciate a quick response. With the globalization of the Internet federal holidays are blurred. Customers expect timely responses and often make little note of the time zone the vendor they are working with."
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Anonymous writes: "Fear.
Everything in this world has its opposite.
Good has bad.
Optimism has pessimism
Positive has negative.
Success has failure. "
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Anonymous writes: "Microsoft Business Solutions is on the way to popularize it's ERP systems implementation. Right now such products as Microsoft CRM and Small Business Manager (cheap version of Microsoft Great Plains, based on the same Great Plains Dexterity runtime and DYNAMICS.DIC dictionary) are targeted to self-implementation by in-house IT group. This is short article, written in question/answer/FAQ style to give IT Director/Controller balanced top level information on Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains implementation. If you have decided on Microsoft Great Plains as main accounting and ERP system you need to know some technical details on Great Plains installation and implementation and what is going on behind the scenes. As of right now the current version is Microsoft Great Plains 8.0"
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Jeff Schuman writes: "Copyright © 2004 Jeff Schuman
As I think back on my first year in internet marketing and network marketing online this thought comes to mind. "
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Stone Evans writes: "Copyright © Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy
Operating a home business is seldom easy and interruptions come in all shapes, sizes and forms.
Between the family, friends and neighbors who call or come by, and the telemarketers who insist on ringing your number off the hook, getting through the workday can be a real challenge."
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Anonymous writes: "Copyright © 2004 Jim Kelly
Make Extra Money At Home
Are you involved in an MLM program? If so, you have surely learned, or rather it has likely been drilled in that your ultimate success will lie in a large and hardworking downline. Indeed, it is a fact that MLM programs are structured in such a way that a large percentage of your long-term profits will ultimately be derived from a large and active downline. "
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