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5 Tips For B2B Referral Marketing Success
It’s one thing to tell your customers how great you are. It’s a much bigger, better thing to have respected community influencers tell your customers how great you are. It’s the thing that can ramp up your marketing to create … Continue reading
Posted in Entrepreneur, Getting it Sold, Marketing
Tagged b2b, Business, Business marketing, business to business, contractor, marketing, Selling
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3 New Years Resolutions You Should NEVER Make
Oh, the lists are lining up! Tis the season for the “Best Of” and the “Worst Of” and the requisite “Resolutions for the New Year.” The pressure is on to make this year better, bigger, more profitable than 2012. Perhaps … Continue reading
Posted in Budgeting, Entrepreneur
Tagged budgeting, Clint Arthur, New Year's Day, www.tut.com
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The Upside of Fear
Weldon Long spent 14 years in prison. 7 years into his sentence, he had a humbling, leveling moment where he realized that everything that he was afraid of he had brought into his life. He was afraid of becoming an … Continue reading
Posted in Business Planning, Consulting, Entrepreneur
Tagged Stephen Covey, Weldon Long
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How to Avoid Employee Theft!
Former worker admits stealing nearly $170,000 from University Plaza Hotel edited news release from U.S. attorney’s office 2:10 p.m. CST, February 22, 2012 SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A former employee of University Plaza Hotel and Convention Center in Springfield pleaded guilty … Continue reading
Empty Thy Purse Into Thy Head
You know I’m a big reader. I love books of all shapes, lengths and genres. However, I am too old to tolerate a bad book. I’ve no time for it. So, let me save you some time. Here are a … Continue reading
“He said I ripped him off!”
Recently I got this email from someone who had been accused of ripping off his customer… Dear Ellen, One of my customers called this morning and said I ripped him off. This was after my tech quoted a price, he … Continue reading
Posted in Business Planning, Entrepreneur, Making Sure, Plumbers
Tagged customer complaints, Human Interest, ripped off
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