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Five Steps to Regain Your Sanity and Take Back Your Business and Your Life

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Most small entrepreneurs create a business because they either have an idea that they believe is profitable, or a technical skill at which they are very good and for which they wish to be more handsomely rewarded. But the typical entrepreneur winds up performing a wide variety of tasks, some of which he had never done before. Inevitably, there will be tasks that the small business owner finds himself doing that he either does poorly, or loathingly. In either case, these chores take far longer than need be. If these assignments were completed by one either skilled at the undertaking, or at least interested in it, the time required would diminish substantially.

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Five Ways to Tell if You are Charging the Right Amount for Your Services

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As a service entrepreneur, you need to determine the correct fees to charge your clients. This calculation is trickier than it may appear. Although to be successful, you must look to ways to leverage time, minutes and hours often remain as the most significant component of your “inventory.” And unlike the local hardware store that can simply order more faucet washers when supplies run low, there is only so much time you can sell. Therefore, maximizing revenue from that time, achieved by matching rates to a desired number of clients, is key. Here are five ways to help determine the right amount to charge for your services.

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The 5 “E’s” of Engaging with Your Ideal Customers

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One of the keys to success for any business is attracting and retaining the right mix of clients or customers. Conversely, one of the keys for the consumer or business that wishes to transact business is to ensure that the right firm is engaged to provide the product or service desired. In simple terms, the “fit” must fit. [Read more…]

Wrap Yourself Around Your Product or Service and Watch Your Business Succeed

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As a small entrepreneur, you can sometimes be overwhelmed by the amount of competition in the marketplace. How do you make yourself and your company stand out? This is especially problematic if what you are selling is a fairly common product or service. Experts tell us that when people purchase from smaller businesses, they do so because of the brand. What exactly does this translate to? In the case of a small entrepreneur, the brand is you.

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Free Writing — no strings attached!

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To Worry or Not to Worry; That is the Question

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We urge you to worry.

Global warming or that funny looking mole on your shoulder? Terror plots to blow up the next flight you are on, or yet another loss by your favorite baseball team? Trillions of dollars in federal debt or your five grand credit card balance?

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Why Your Brain Needs Exercise

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Train Your Brain

“The brain needs regular exercise just like the body does. When a child is young and everything is new and novel, the brain is at its peak of absorbing new inputs and modeling the child’s world. Not only is the child absorbing the most information, the brain is in its healthiest and functionally best state.

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This “F” Word Can Add Years to the Lives of You and Your Business

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Putting the “FU” in FUN!!

“Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.” Thomas Carlyle.

The Academy of Leisure Scientists, a group of academics who study time use, has determined that we get the most satisfaction from leisure activities that are difficult and challenging. It’s best for us to put our time into activities requiring high levels of physical and intellectual energy.

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The “C” Word That can Make or Break Your Business & Your Life

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Treasures & Focus!!

An interesting new book addresses the power of commitment. Commitment is the strategy utilized to match your aims. Consequently, it may be raised or lowered accordingly. In her book, Commit to Win, author Heidi Reeder, PhD (©2014, Hudson Street Press) draws upon decades of research to create an equation for commitment made up of four variables. Dr. Reeder expresses commitment as follows:

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3 Steps to Thriving in Business by Using the “F” Word

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By the way, the “F” word is FOCUS!

 

Do you have shiny object syndrome? Are you an opportunity junkie? In other words, do you find it hard to focus on the core mission of your business because you find other opportunities constantly distract you?

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