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Enter our Contest! Tell us your yearly theme in 10 words or less. Post your theme for 2010 below, in our comments area and you’ll be entered into our contest. Email or postings on social neworking sites will not be considered. Don’t know what a yearly theme is? No problem. Read the article below and then create one. The winner will be awarded a free consuting session on Feb. 2, 2010 (the contest ends 1/31/10). A $500 VALUE! NOTE: This contest cannot be won by a current or former... Read Full Story

Thank you Marc Kramer for writing this article. http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/20/ten-key-questions-entrepreneurs-management-kramer.html Read Full Story

by Maria Marsala 18 of Coach Maria’s Favorite Web Things These are a few of my favorite web things. They are no-cost to you, however, there is an investment of your time involved if you learn how to use each item and then time to use them! Snip Url Purpose: Make long URLS shorter so that they don’t end up as broken links. Shorten links used on Twitter. Use: While there are many sites that shorten links, by far, this is the best one. Register and you can monitor how often someone... Read Full Story

If you are a business owner who is unhappy with the return you’re getting on your business, if you’re being paid less now than when you worked for someone else, or if you have poor or no life/business balance, read on. You have only 8 more days to save 20% on my Millionaire Business Mastermind Program. Act now and save on the Vision Statement Teleclass http://www.ElevatingYourBusinessU.com/tele/vision.html Save $80! Sale ends 12/31/09. Sign up for the Millionaire Business Mastermind and... Read Full Story

Enjoy this article from the Vertical Response Blog. (I did!) http://blog.verticalresponse.com/verticalresponse_blog/2009/11/great-b2b-subject-lines.html Read Full Story

Well, the NY Times has posted a list of schools, organizations, etc. who are having competitions. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/11/11/business/smallbusiness/Competitions-table.html P.S. If your group isn’t listed, have them contact the NY Times to add more to the list and you can have them post the events in the comments area of this blog post, too. Read Full Story

You may not know it, but you could be causing the demise of your business. Could it be that it’s time to get focused, take action, be accountable and produce much better results? Let’s look at the business killers that could be holding your business down and then actions to maintain the right focus: 1. Focusing on Fires Most business owners are focused on whatever business fires or emergencies come at them in a given day. Action: Focus on creating a marketing plan and then execute your... Read Full Story

“The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.” —Maureen Dowd, New York Times columnist Big companies start out as small businesses; the most successful ones do all the right things that help them grow. When I was a junior trader on Wall Street, I learned a lot of those corporate “secrets” without realizing it. My five-year plan always got done in two years. At the time, I didn’t understand why; now I do. It was the “power” of planning, focus, and... Read Full Story

Locating and Engaging Affluent Clients More Quickly in Your Own Community R emember the scene in Pretty Woman when call girl Julia Roberts goes into the pricey boutique, money in hand, to buy some clothes, only to have the sneering sales ladies shame her out of the store? Well, Julia gets them back by taking her excessive purchasing power elsewhere, then coming back to flaunt it in their faces. The point is, don’t judge a book by its cover OR miss out on a great opportunity that may be... Read Full Story

50 Ways to Find Serenity During The Holidays (when serenity is the last thing on your mind!) Read it, get it! http://snipurl.com/serenitycards1 Read Full Story