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8 Essential Elements of the Business Blog

Blogging is a natural extension of many business websites, and is quickly becoming a valuable way to attract and retain visitors to your site. Using a blog as an extension of your website—and even a marketing tool—can help you generate some new interest in your company and products, but there are a few essential elements [...]

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6 Easy Ways to Build Rapport

Creating a valuable first impression isn’t the only way to build and establish rapport with your clients. Knowing how to build rapport with each and every prospect is a simple way to put your relationships into high gear and bring benefits to all parties involved. Even for the introverted types, rapport is a skill that [...]

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Advertising Locally Without the YellowPages: MerchantCircle.com Promises to Deliver

With today’s tech-savvy consumer jumping online to find local vendors and listings, the need to advertise in the ‘conventional’ YellowPages is steadily sliding. Even YellowPages.com is a limited directory compared to the options available on Google and Yahoo!, and it’s easier than ever for businesses to get online and start advertising for little or no [...]

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5 Tips for Avoiding Premature Burnout as an Entrepreneur

While you already know the importance of time management and creating work flow for your daily schedules, sometimes burnout is inevitable. Multitasking to the max, stressful schedules of juggling projects and checking off the to-do list, and unforeseen projects that are now burning a hole in your free time can quickly lead to overwhelm. Burnout [...]

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5 Startups That Aren’t Worth The Trouble

With the lemonade stand analogy firmly ingrained in many entrepreneurial spirits, it can be easy to think that any startup business can thrive in today’s competitive marketplace with “just the right” business plan, or “just enough” funding. With today’s advances in technology, the reality is that many conventional startup ideas are simply disappearing from view [...]

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5 Key Benefits of Being a Solopreneur

Entrepreneurship offers countless benefits for the business-minded, goal-oriented, and independent thinkers among us, and today’s increases in entrepreneurial endeavors are only further propagated with the internet. Still, many business savvy troopers insist on realizing their dreams solo; the solopreneur is no longer a pipe dream for those with the talent, confidence, and fundamental belief in [...]

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Microtasking for Improved Productivity

If procrastination is preventing you from reaching your goals, timelines, and due dates it might be time to develop a new strategy. Procrastination is usually the result of overwhelm; if you think something might take longer than expected or you just don’t know where to start, the activity or project is much more likely to [...]

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Successful Quitting: Tips from Seth Godin’s ‘The Dip’

Most of us understand the value of forging ahead with our plans to overcome challenges, setting higher goals to climb the ladder of success, and moving on with words of encouragement that demand ‘quitting is not an option.’ But it’s interesting to learn that there are some instances where quitting can actually work in your [...]

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Does Being Caffeine-Free Lead to Better Productivity?

Getting through the work day on high power is a work habit that’s more common than not. From the espresso concoction from Starbucks to the green tea from the organic coffeehouse, there are plenty of ways to get the daily buzz. Today’s newest caffeine-infused products even include gum, chocolate, and caffeinated water. But could caffeine [...]

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