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As I slowly make my way into the Twitterverse, I’m trying to be careful not to make the same big mistakes that I see so many business people making in social media. The biggest mistake: Selling too soon. When someone follows me on Twitter I like to send a direct...
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For the longest time I always said I was a lousy planner. I was pretty much the typical entrepreneur and I flew by the seat of my pants most of the time. Another favorite self-put down of mine was “I am successful in spite of myself.” (Well, there’s quite a bit of...
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Just how committed are you, really, to making your business a success? There are, of course, all kinds of ways to measure success, and you will certainly have your own measure, but for most businesses, success is measured in profits. Now, I know many of you just hate...
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Well, you’d think I’d learn. It’s not like I haven’t been to the grocery store on Wednesday night before, but I did it again, and after finding empty shelf after shelf I remembered that Wednesday just doesn’t seem to be the best time to go to the grocery store. So I...
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In her great book, Confessions of Shameless Self-Promoters, author Debbie Allen shares a story about a pet shop that gives away free puppies. Yep, they give the puppies away for free knowing that the new owners will spend a good deal of money right on the spot to buy...