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Top 5 Basic Advertising Tips

The Small Business Blog

Learn everything you can about your competition, their products and how they advertise. Frank Said on March 21st, 2010 at 9:58 pm Another tip is to align your advertising activity with your public relations activity and if you can, negotiate a review of your product or editorial alongside your advertise campaign.

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How To Make This Recession Work For Your Small Home Business.

The Small Business Blog

Get better payment terms by negotiation. Thank you very much for your comment – if you try any of my tips and learn something new come back and tell us about it! It’s obviously fine to try and negotiate payment terms, but I think that deliberately paying your bills late is just bad business. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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Reducing Overheads Can Save A Business | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

In this economy, every price is negotiable. The only issue that comes up is that just like with traditional hardware and software… there is always a learning curve and employee’s often run into tech problems that they either try to solve themselves… or ask their neighbor to help out with. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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Do Bad Bosses Breed Bad Bosses?

The Office Professionals Place

According to the Association for Psychological Science (2006), the unconscious transmission of actions or emotions from one individual to another is possible. Some bad bosses believe that what they say goes and there is no room for negotiation. Be proactive and get a dialogue established with your boss. “Rules with an iron fist.&#

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New Small Business Startup Idea: Virtual Import/Export Assistant.

The Small Business Blog

I sent about 70 emails to different wine farms around SA and received about 5 positive replies. So now I had my supplier with whom by this stage I had built up a good base for a trustworthy supplier by way of emails. The business mostly needs language, negotiation skill, and some knowledge about your country and other countries.

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Say No to Rush Work | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

A client emails you in a panic and the tone is so urgent that you feel the need like it’s your own. Direct Email Marketing Tips Reply Michael Martine ( @remarkablogger ) March 4, 2010 at 3:55 am James, very smart stuff regarding a 48-hour waiting period vs. a “rush fee.&# You see, this isn’t a negotiation.

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The Subtle Comfort Of The Discomfort Zone

Brilliantly Better

Over the years I slowly learned the subtle science of feeling good in my discomfort zone. For that, I had to learn Objective C from scratch and implement myself all the functionality I needed. For instance, in my social life (again) every day spent at the office is a day of learning. We’re somehow friends. Well, I dont.

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