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Strategic Planning - Not Just For Fortune 2000 Companies
Is Your Annual Strategic Planning Process Done?Generally if you have more than about a dozen people in your company you need to have an annual strategic planning process. With a small management team of three or four people it is not very difficult, and will likely go quickly because you discuss these things daily. The trick is to look at the longer-term (at least a year) in the context of a 3-5 year vision for the company. As the company gets bigger the time invested will get bigger too, but either way it will pay big dividends and needs to be done.I recently attended a

re they've received it).

Let them know you sent them a special package in the mail (hopefully via Priority Mail) and to be watching their mailbox. Tell them you sent a CD/tape/video/etc. and that it's only XX minutes long. They should be receiving it by Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/etc. and you were calling

Construction Insurance and Bonds Simplified
When planning to build, many consumers are confused as to what protection is available to them, what is needed or recommended and what the bonds and insurances are actually protecting you against.With that in mind, we have gathered a few of the most common protections with brief descriptions:All Risk Insurance As a purchaser, you should ensure that your contractor takes out an All-Risk or Builder’s-Risk policy in which he names you as one of the beneficiaries. This type of insurance policy is project specific – meaning that the policy is for your building construct

“If you build your business properly, 80% of your organization will be outside your backyard.”

Have you heard that often-quoted line before?

While I’m not sure if the “80%” number is correct, I DO know that if you’re consistently planting the right seeds (keyword: consistently), then you’ll have a hard time keeping your business in your backyard. In fact, it’ll become near impossible.

But, like anything worth achieving, you need a plan of action. That’s why I’ve put together a list of my top three proven, profitable ways to recruit long distance. Pick your favorite method that follows, dive in and master it! Here we go…

LONG DISTANCE METHOD #1: "Don't Call Me...I'll Call You"

This method works best with your Instant MLM Sales Letters templates, and it’s quite simple. Find someone who you consider a long distance prospect (anywhere you don’t want to drive, really) and mail a “sales letter” or cover letter along with your tape/CD/video. THEN, call them to let them know a special package is on the way.

FACT: Getting your prospect to look at whatever you send is your TOP priority. The #1 way to make sure they look at what you send is to give them a call right after you've mailed it (and before they've received it).

Profitable Generating Traffic - Advance in Generating Traffic
Generating traffic is one of the things I have gotten good at online, in the last few months. There are a number of ways that I generate traffic, but in all fairness, I have to tell you that the number one traffic source for me is these articles.As you can see, I have written a large number of these articles, and posted them here at ezinearticles, and they have really done a good job of sending me traffic.The nice thing about generating traffic with articles is that I get a predictable amount of traffic from them every day, and they tend to spend more with me than leads I

hard time keeping your business in your backyard. In fact, it’ll become near impossible.

LONG DISTANCE METHOD #1: "Don't Call Me...I'll Call You"

Internet Marketing Strategies - Part Two: Developing Your Product
Developing your own product to market on the Internet isn't as difficult as you may think. Today's technology has opened a whole New World of opportunity for even the smallest homebased business owner. The knowledge you have within your own mind is all you'll need to develop a successful product.Everybody is good at something. You don't have to be a Rocket Scientist in order to create your own product. If that were the case, most of us would fail. Maybe you have a special talent or some specialized knowledge. Use this knowledge to create a product.ResearchingBefore y

d master it! Here we go…

LONG DISTANCE METHOD #1: "Don't Call Me...I'll Call You"

Ethics? How To Take the Measure Business
When asked to write a small piece pertaining to ethics and integrity in the business world, my first inclination was to draw on personal experience.Everyone has bad experiences to relate. We deal with a business, determine that we were treated shabbily therefore that business has no integrity. Or perhaps we disagree on the implementation of a refund, hence the business or owner has no ethics.Rather than using ethics or integrity to describe business practices, a better definition might be "character".My dusty old copy of Webster's New World Dictionary provides the

or cover letter along with your tape/CD/video. THEN, call them to let them know a special package is on the way.

Investing 101
This article is actually about a subject that I felt I needed to research for my own good. Now that I'm making money online in marketing I thought that it would be a good idea to learn some investment strategies. At the very least, find out what types of investments there are, so this articles is kind of a beginners’ tutorial on investments. I'll go into more detail of each type in later articles. The one thing I did know about investments even before doing this research is that investments can be relatively safe, very risky or somewhere in between. And as with anything in life the

re they've received it).

Get your follow-up time. Get off the phone.

(If they ask what this is about - tell them that's why you sent them the information - because it explains everything).

With your prospect locked into a follow-up time, and knowing you've spent money out of your pocket to send them this, your chances of success are MUCH greater.

LONG DISTANCE METHOD #2: "Plug 'n Play"

If you don't have a CD or tape handy (or if you don't want to spend the money to mail anything just yet) - then this method is for you.

First, make sure you have a pre-recorded message available.

You still will call your prospect, but this time you just ask them if they have 5 minutes available. Many people have objections to spending much time talking or looking at anything, so if you have a quick "sizzle" call available about your product or opportunity, it makes for a great exposure to start with. Ideally, you'd 3-way them into the recording, but if you can't - you can give them the number and follow back up right afterward.

There are several benefits to this approach:

1) You've only spent 5-10 min

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Let's face it, not all staff have attitudes that are productive. So how do you change their attitude? You start by changing yours. If you change your attitude to them, you will change their attitude to work! How would you describe your leadership style?

Too often, meetings are a disorganized jumble of unprocessed ideas that leave participants frustrated and feeling that nothing was accomplished. One of the most powerful leadership tools available is the ability to facilitate a meeting or a work session. With a bit of practice, anyone can learn how to do it.

In a good relationship between friends it is possible that, for instance, the two friends will not see each other for quite a while. The relation can take it. Both lives can take a different turn; one has a new job, the other a new relation and for some period both have less contact. But after a while you meet again, and the friendship is as ever before. Networking is not quite like this. Take for instance this example; two people know each other for quite some time. They have exchange links on a mutual business network -- LinkedIn or openBC -– but they haven't met lately. All of a sudden...

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