Sunday, January 3, 2010

Grow Your Business In 2010


"It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn." - B.C. Forbes

5 Tips for Amazing Webinars and Web Meetings by Mike Song, Tim Burress, and Vicki Halsey “With the economic meltdown, rising environmental concerns, growing apprehension about global pandemics and traveling to high crime-rate countries, and the ever-increasing need to boost productivity and save money, companies everywhere are stampeding to virtual meetings to slash travel costs, go green, and get more done.” http://tinyurl.com/nxq7dw




10 Cheap Ways to Create a Professional Marketing Impression by Stacy Karacostas http://tinyurl.com/mqf9wj

10 Ways to Increase Order Form Response
by Ivan Levison http://tinyurl.com/ykdjyxe

11 Monstrous Small Business Marketing Mistakes and How To Avoid Them by Susan Carter http://tinyurl.com/yl5sbbn

The ABCs of Networking – You Can’t Excel Without Them! by Daisy Wright, CDPC, BA, CPS. http://tinyurl.com/y9qt2dg

Career Networking Do’s and Don’ts by Katharine Hansen, Ph.D.
www.quintcareers.com/networking-dos-donts.html

Dead or Dying PR Tactics by Steve Mullen http://tinyurl.com/cg23j6

Don’t Go There - 6 Small Business Marketing Mistakes to Avoid Like the Plague by Stacy Karacostas http://tinyurl.com/ykbwmyy

Five Tips to Organize Your Home Office by Kirsten M. Lagatree http://tinyurl.com/ktkvnb

How Email Marketing Helps Small Businesses Compete by Wendi Caplan-Carroll http://tinyurl.com/ljpup3

How to be a Powerful Persuader by Alan Fairweather "Selling is the art of creating a desire in the mind of a buyer and satisfying that desire so that buyer and seller benefit." http://tinyurl.com/mdxhop

How to Become Fearless Business Owners in Uncertain Times
Seven great tips from author Robin Fisher-Roffer http://tinyurl.com/dgeovq

How to Gain a Professional Edge by Sue Morem
www.careerknowhow.com/ask_sue/profedge.htm

How To Make A Strong First Impression by Bill Lampton
"We have all heard this warning: "You never get a second chance to make a good first impression." Also, psychologists, writers, and seminar leaders caution that we only have from seven to seventeen seconds of interacting with strangers before they form an opinion of us." http://tinyurl.com/n6pxss

No—Just Say It! by Claire Shipman & Katty Kay http://tinyurl.com/ltzmyr

Online Manners: Using Good Netiquette by Buzzle.com http://tinyurl.com/y8somtq

Organizing Your Home Office – Tips to guarding your productivity and setting realistic office hours. http://tinyurl.com/y9qxkrd

Professional Identity Who are you? And what do you do? Short, interesting article on setting goals, planning your path, and moving ahead. http://tinyurl.com/6e6lxu

Seven Easy Ways to Stop Procrastinating I think the title says it all. Get going! http://tinyurl.com/y9bqghg

Top 7 Common Mistakes Made by Small Business Owners
http://tinyurl.com/l4ggh2

Top 7 Reasons to Write a Business Plan
http://tinyurl.com/mj9v6l

Top 7 Work At Home Success Tips
http://tinyurl.com/kstxeh

Top Ten Direct Mail Mistakes by Barry Feig
http://tinyurl.com/3n8rsw

When Business Cards Aren’t Enough: 7 Unusual, Uncommon and Unexpected Networking Secrets to Help Boost Business by Scott Ginsberg http://tinyurl.com/l7vm82

When Someone Googles Your Name, What Do You Want to Happen? http://tinyurl.com/krs43s