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Meet the Christmas Tree Farmers Keeping the Spirit of Christmas Alive

Success

Many farmers forgo the wholesale market by welcoming visitors to purchase fresh trees—one of some 25 million sold in the U.S. Come high summer, around July, farmers are in the fields pruning trees by hand to shape the conifers into the perfect Christmas-tree form. every year. How do Christmas tree farms work ?

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SUCCESS Celebrates 125 Years of Progress, Positive Thinking and Personal Growth

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Along with SUCCESS , these books have helped form the foundation for what personal development is today. Author and speaker Darren Hardy joined as publisher, and the magazine completely relaunched in 2008, bolstered for the first time by its digital component, SUCCESS.com. In 1954, the magazine shifted yet again. Hill and W.

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Customers Have to Pay at Claire's

Make or Break Moments

The sales associate greeted us with a smile, a basket to gather our purchases and the knowledge that you can get a pair of earrings free with the purchase of two other pair. My daughter finally made her selections and I retrieve my checkbook only to discover that I can only write the check for up to $40 of the purchase.

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Top 5 Tips for Training Employees on a Budget

The Small Business Blog

Many equipment manufacturers offer free training to companies that purchase their products. Attempt to form a training co-op with other local companies to cut costs. Don’t overlook the usefulness of this. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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The Potential Customer just Walked – How Much did it cost you.

Make or Break Moments

More than 86 per cent of consumers defined proactive engagement as a “strong benefit” or would “welcome proactive assistance” when stuck on the Web or in some form of self-service. If the prospects that leave your business without purchasing were surveyed, what would be the reason they walked? How much is that costing you?

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Do You Fill Your Employee's Bucket? » Make or Break Moments

Make or Break Moments

Were they suggesting a second pair purchase? During a lull in the afternoon, I mentioned the fact that they really just filled out order forms. Were they making recommendations based on those facts? Did they recommend lens treatments like scratch protection, tinting and ultraviolet ray protection?

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Change of Business Ownership | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

Change of Business Ownership by Stefan Töpfer on Mar 17, 2008 An important consideration for a small business owner when looking towards the future is the possibility that the ownership of their business may change. This is particularly true in the high levels of anticipation of business ownership change throughout the western world.

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