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by Terre Thomas
Take
Ten
(Ten One-A-Week Exercises For Peak Performance) (Read
the Article)
Highlights:
In running a business, your time and attention can easily
be consumed by responses, reactions, and deadlines. Regularly examining
the key components to the health and profitability of your company
may get lost in the shuffle of day-to-day responsibilities
Terre gives
you a week-by-week strategy for examining your business.
Tis
the Season – Make Your Business Calendar-Savvy for
2003 (Read
the Article)
Highlights:
Taking full
advantage of natural, or artificial, timing in marketing your
products and services simply requires a little information, some
creativity, and planning far enough in advance to do it right.
Terre provides
a calender you can modify for you own business.
Entrepreneurial
Anxiety and Leadership Loneliness (Read
the Article)
Highlights:
Times of entrepreneur
anxiety and leadership loneliness are part of the package
when you go into business for yourself. This isn’t an article
about how to avoid them – because you can’t.
But knowing the most common situations other women business
owners
have faced, and how to make it through them, should help
you weather some of these inevitable stressful times.
Taking
Care of Yourself in the Start-Up “Surviving” Stage
of Your Business (Read
the Article)
Highlights:
If
you own a young business, your company’s greatest asset is you.
So taking good care of yourself is as important professionally
as it is personally; but that’s often easier said than
done.
Trials
and Joys of Owning Your Own Business (Read
the Article)
Six
Things to Consider
Highlights:
Think
about your first impressions about owning a business. Some
of them have,
either consciously or unconsciously, brought you to where you
are today. Some may be negative and fear-based thoughts, just
waiting to haunt you at night after a difficult day. These
early
beliefs can be powerful and it’s good to know what they
are, and where they came from, so you can best manage their impact
on your business.
Finding
and Keeping a Good Sales Rep
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the Articles
Highlights:
You deserve
your time in the spotlight on a regular basis, so do as much as
you can to keep sales reps enthusiastic about your products.
Provide decent
marketing materials. If they are of poor quality, it can give
the wrong impression about the quality of your products.
Communicate
often with reps about the objections they are hearing from buyers.
Ask them for product, display, and packaging feedback
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