The Small Business Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2009

If you are no longer personally growing and learning in your role it can cause your business to stagnate. Ideally they should follow a proven path, just perhaps from some other business, industry or expert. Have you developed a resistance to adopting new ideas or taking risks? This way big change doesn’t have to mean big risk.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Often you try to sell to your clients as if they are industry insiders who understand exactly what you are talking about. While in reality they are customers and don’t know what makes this widget so special. You need to sell the benefits of the widget, that is what customers want, benefits. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

I came across one company from Canada which took SEO optimisation into their own hands and learned through experience and extensive testing a few proven ways to boost Google’s rankings of your website. Encourage other sites to link to yours – this may be a well known strategy but it can’t be reinforced enough. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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FEBRUARY 2, 2009

I think that when the reputation of our industry is at stake we need to work together. You learn to enjoy that and understand that they are doing that because they are hurting – after all we are destroying their business model, which made them all very much money. If Sage will do that remains to be seen?

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APRIL 1, 2008

Although this is a competitive market, if you are talented and customer focused enough then you can become successful. Skills needed: You will need to be very good at graphic design and it will help if you know how to print T-shirts already, although you could learn. Notes: Customer retention is the key to success in this industry.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2007

The last piece in the puzzle was the advent of the software as a service industry, which took longer to develop than I had foreseen. Emerging economies like China, India and some others are learning from the U.S. is testament to what an economy with a “normal prospective on business failure&# can do.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2008

So if you work in an industry that charges by the hour and you need more work you know what to do. I mean, I don’t need certification and i’ve only learned to do home staging business right at home with a little help from a book guide I purchased online. One of them i thought of is the legal industry.

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MAY 8, 2006

Next, does the accountant have relevant experience in the industry you are in, or an allied industry, after all, it’s going to make life a lot easier if he actually knows a bit about the industry you’re in when offering advice. Do they know your industry? Meet the accountant – A face to face meeting can help.

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OCTOBER 1, 2007

High profit home business Said on April 20th, 2008 at 9:12 pm Bootstrapping is great also because with success does not come huge expenses that can’t be endured with the ups and downs that come with any industry. But, I have learned from each and every one of them. The choice to remain low cost is a smart one.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

5 Comments » | Trackback | Share This 5 Responses to “ Are You A Competent Communicator? &# Alex Conforti Said on February 10th, 2010 at 3:19 pm Knowing your communication style, as you mention, is a great help for learning how you communicate. The more “true” answers you had the better you are at communicating with your team.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2007

This whole process began with the “Industrial Revolution&# some 150 years ago. I believe that the whole trend of home working may in the future allow us to have a much more natural work/life balance and will reverse some of the damaging effects of the post industrial revolution changes in our society. What do you think?

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