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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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5 Productivity Products and Services to Boost Company Morale

Success

Whether you are headed back to the office after three remote years, or haven’t thought twice about purchasing new productivity products and services for the offuce while braving rocky financial situations, it’s time. It has pages and calendar months to log events and expenses.

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Don’t Let Pirated Software Sink Your Business

Small Business CEO

Businesses that purchase refurbished computers containing pirated software have a 61-percent chance of encountering malware. Recent research released by IDC and the National University of Singapore predicts that pirated software will costs businesses approximately $491 billion in 2014.

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A day in the life: Rebecca-Monique Williams, Adaptive Lab

Practically Perfect PA

I manage his schedule and monitor his emails, as well as help organise some of his travel, company events, and client dinners, occasional research, expenses and ad hoc tasks – all the general PA duties. So, in a way, I could look at 2014 as my career highlight for growth. What do you enjoy most about your role?

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Rebranding? 7 Keys to Ensure a Smooth Transition

Success

In the digital age, they are ultimately in control of whether they will ignore your messages, view or listen to them, share them with or without favorable comments or make a purchase. If the effort fails, it can be expensive and disruptive. This article was published in October 2014 and has been updated.

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18 Million Americans Work in Multi-Level Marketing

Small Business Labs

According to the Direct Selling Association  (DSA), the industry's trade group, in 2014 these firms generated $34 billion in U.S. Key quote on what these folks earn from the Economist article: Just 12% of these earned more than $25,000 in 2014 and 62% earned less than $6,000. This is up from 15.6 million in 2011.

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How to Partner with a Rival for a Win-Win

Success

Blue Moon Fair Trade partners with three other fair-trade retailers to combine trans-Pacific shipments, saving all of them up to 40% in shipping and paperwork expenses. The benefit was that we really were educating the client base to make enlightened purchasing decisions in our industry, which only stands to raise the bar for everyone.