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Turbocharge Your Sales

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Turbocharge Your Sales by Stefan Töpfer on Feb 03, 2010 With better economic conditions coming soon, there couldn’t be a better time to brush up on your sales skills. The recent downturn has made companies think twice about who they are dealing with and has made them potentially more likely to switch suppliers. Perhaps to your firm?

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

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You could offer your services for a particular country and become their Virtual Export Assistant for that country. You use your language and local knowledge skills and open up a new market for this small business. 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.

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Small Business world News Round-up - 2009/10/27

The Small Business Blog

At the same time over 60 % of all high street purchases are researched online. If you don’t have a website and a ‘potential’ local customer, looking for your service or product, will not be able to find you. As always this list is not exhaustive, but I hope it will give you a little overview. — ST.

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Smart Business Start-Up | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

So if you ever had a dream or goal in business, now is the time to start, some people make their hobby into a business, others their DIY skills and some even start social businesses for giving someone else a helping hand – the reasons and opportunities are truly limitless. What business would you like to start today ?

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Social marketing 101: respond to your customers about social issues too

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As we live in a technologically advancing world where even seven-year-old children carry smart phones, social consciousness becomes a major factor when building brand loyalty and increasing the number of new customers referred by existing customers. Foie gras is considered a delicacy and commonly sells in excess of $30.00