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3 Tips for Responding to the Inevitable ‘Your Price Is Too High’ Rejection

Success

Your prospects are concerned that later, after purchasing from you, someone else in the company will ask why they didn’t choose a cheaper competitor. They need to see references from satisfied customers as well as case studies and whitepapers attesting that your outcome will be better and worth the added expense.

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Obamacare's Impact on Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment

Small Business Labs

This increase is clearly due to Obamacare, which took effect in 2014. Hoffman's article references a recent U.S. Treasury study that shows in 2014 1 in 5 ACA marketplace consumers was a small business owner or self-employed.  This means about 3.3 million more independent workers have health insurance than in 2013. 

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Ten Small Business Trends You Need to Embrace in 2015

Tips From T. Marie

This week we will say goodbye to 2014 and welcome a new year. Today when we talk about user experience it refers to things like your website and services. It was so much easier to purchase content or re-post someone else’s content with scant changes. Most of them were business trends for 2014 as well. They should.

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The Talbott Hotel, Chicago

Practically Perfect PA

Although there were quite a few European references dotted around the lobby I still very much felt like I was in Chicago – for me Chicago and the 1920s just go hand in hand. Advertised minimum rate is $139 per person (March 2014). The Talbott Hotel , 20 E.Delaware Place, Chicago IL 60611. Opinions are entirely our own.

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The Truth About Impostor Syndrome and How to Overcome It

Stephanie LH Calahan

A 2014 study on Impostor Syndrome shows that those people with it tend to undervalue their skills or fail to recognize how other opportunities might place more substantial importance on their abilities. You shutter when someone refers to you as an expert or wants to put you in the spotlight. Signs and Symptoms of Impostor Syndrome.

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18 Million Americans Work in Multi-Level Marketing

Small Business Labs

It's online form is often referred to as "social commerce"   Whatever you call it, it's a big industry. According to the Direct Selling Association  (DSA), the industry's trade group, in 2014 these firms generated $34 billion in U.S. Why do people do this type of work?

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How to Partner with a Rival for a Win-Win

Success

Cross-refer. A specialist will refer patients requiring specific care to a partner who provides that care, and vice versa. Since the stores are all several blocks apart, we each made an effort to verbally refer our customers to the other retailers. Physicians do this all the time. Joining forces is what made us successful.