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Getting Customers to Pay Bills On-time
Business owners, entrepreneurs and the like are pretty well known at not being able to get customers to pay outstanding invoices. And that is no good- playing bill collector is not the most glamorous side of running a small business. The interesting part is business owners are getting better at the collection process.
Here are some [...]
Time to Increase the Marketing Efforts
It looks like we may be headed for a downturn in the economy. If this is the case now is NOT the time to ratchet back your promotional efforts, instead consider doing the opposite. Note: this in no way implies you should break the bank and go broke through a massive campaign, rather use prudence. [...]
How to Influence the Sales Process
As some of you may know for the past several years I have been teaching the Martial Arts, one of the topics I focus on is how to talk yourself out of a bad situation. Some people may know this under a different name, verbal de-escalation. The trick to effective verbal de-escalation is to use empathy. Granted [...]
Need Free Labor?
If you are a solopreneur in need of free labor try putting a add on Craigslist, or your local college’s website. Also, when you connect yourself to a cause, and are genuine with yout intent-you create the impression that you are in it for more than the money.
People are drawn to causes, attaching your business to one is [...]
