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AZVAs the Podcast Episode 9: What 2010 tells us about 2011

Loosely Speaking

November Poll Questions— If yours is selected, we’ll treat you to coffee or tea on us whenever you are next in Prescott: In early 2011 we’ll feature a Q & A session based on questions our listeners have asked us. Katie Baird , owner of Loose Ends , specializes in web development and social media support.

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Give An Employee Engagement Tip, Win A $50 Amazon Gift Certificate

Small Business CEO

Distractions surround us everywhere, especially with the addition of social media into most employees’ work routines. Amazon gift certificates. Go to the BizSugar blog and leave your employee engagement tip by August 5, 2011. Amazon gift certificate. Good luck to those who enter!

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How Happy Are You?

Success

Some time before I was a happy person, on Fourth of July weekend in 2011, I moved out of my home and first marriage—and then my laptop quit. The people who send nasty emails and social media posts sometimes turn out to be your neighbors. We had a few last-minute gifts to buy. This is a problem for a writer.

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Last Minute Tips to Generate Business During the Holidays

Step It Up VA Coaching

But, your business doesn’t have to lose momentum because folks are sipping eggnog and opening gifts. Put the word out in your ezine, blog, and social media, before you head out for the holidays. Share with them your excitement about your new offerings and goals in 2011, and ask for them to help you spread the word.

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AZVAs the Podcast Episode 10: Creating a Business in the Practical Arts

Loosely Speaking

Kristin has generously offered a FREE GIFT to listeners of this episode (the deadline to get it is December 31, 2010). Tips: Have a wonderful holiday and please join us again in February 2011 for the first episode of our 2011 season themed “Keeping it Real! Coming Up in 2011 at AZVAs: Thursday January 20, 2011 , Jan B.

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Product/Program Promotion Problems and Profits -- Launching Lessons Learned Expert Interview

Stephanie LH Calahan

We did a number of things: free video training series leading up to a tele class promoted via social media, email; jv partners helped us to promote; and. The biggest challenge I faced was with my prior business in the wholesale gift industry. In 2011 Long Island Business News named her among '50 Most Influential.

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From Behind Bars to Business Owners: How 3 Former Inmates Became Entrepreneurs

Success

After her release, she found Inmates to Entrepreneurs on social media and figured it would be a place to “hang out until I figured out what I was going to do next,” she recalls. He founded Breaking Free Industries in February 2020 using $400 gifted from a member of his synagogue. To me, I’m filthy rich if I make $5,000 a week.”

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