I just opened a new file to begin an article, turned my back for a moment and...well, you can see for yourself - Maya decided to join the process. Just one of the challenges of working from home....
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Filed in archive General
by Deborah Brown on November 29, 2007
Just for fun! On WDOK radio this morning, they mentioned a search engine that allows you to find out how popular your surname is. Curious to know how many others in the US share your last name? There...
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I love Entrepreneur Magazine, it is the journal I enjoying pouring over each month. I always learn something new. Imagine my joy at discovering that one of my favorite business gurus had written an...
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I've been in retail since I started selling Camp Fire Girl candy door to door in elementary school. For me, customer service, has always been the most important part of the transaction. In the...
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My Dad, a longtime fan and owner of multiple Macs was reading the recent edition of MacWorld and found an article by Mathew Honan on the different Blog Platforms entitled The Smart Blogger's...
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Filed in archive Sales
by Deborah Brown on November 27, 2007
Over Thanksgiving I had the opportunity to chat with my brother, Daniel Chaddock, owner of E&E Exhibits. Since kindergarten he has been selling; his point of view (the sun revolves around the...
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With rising gas prices, inflation and economic hardship; $700 won't go very far. It probably won't buy an ad in the paper or an Advo run. You can't buy much of a computer or pay the...
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Filed in archive Finance
by Deborah Brown on November 23, 2007
It's Black Friday - the busiest shopping day of the year. Retailers have planted seeds of incredible deals and discount opportunities for the past several weeks. Toys R Us opened at 6am. Walmart...
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Happy Thanksgiving. As we gather around our family table giving thanks for all our blessings, it's also a great time to thank our customers for all they do for us. Just Sell offers some tips for...
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Last year I removed the word "BUT" from my personal dictionary. This fall I'm getting rid of the word SHOULD. It's a family guilt word that has been passed on from generation to...
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Chris Brown over at Branding and Marketing challenges online marketers to come up with three easy to execute modes of keeping in touch with your customers. I'll add my three: 1. E-newsletters....
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Find the Right Solution. You know that your company will benefit from upgrading to a VoIP solution, but you also know how time consuming researching and comparing vendors can be. Our handy...
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Filed in archive Sales
by Deborah Brown on November 19, 2007
Most in the service industry have an aversion to picking up the hone - even if it's a cool looking banana/Oreo/Skittles phone like this one. Oh, we don't mind talking to our existing...
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I recently wrote about the book Good to Great in which the analogy between being a fox and a hedgehog was mentioned. The hedgehog does ONE THING great. All thoughts, actions and planning is directed...
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Filed in archive Sales
by Deborah Brown on November 16, 2007
Today the Internet Retailers Association announced the top 100 on-line retailers. Internet Retailer today announced its Hot 100 online retailing web sites. "We are pleased to recognize The Hot...
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Last week I offered the first five tips for being an excellent communicator as published in Pitch Pipe, the Sweet Adelines monthly magazine. Here are the remaining five tips: 6. If your mind wanders,...
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I was reading Duct Tape Marketing, as I do regularly, and learned about bloglines new list of the top 1000 blogs. Duct Tape weighs in at #59 which is pretty darn good when you think the measurement...
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I was spending a little time getting caught up on my blog reading today and as always learned something new from Mike Sansone at Conversations. He provided some statistics from BlogWorld on blogging...
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by Deborah Brown on November 12, 2007
As a home-based business operator I rarely travel overnight, however, prior to this life I would travel Tuesday-Thursday. My territory was New England and I spent hours on the road and two or three...
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I found this Internet Marketing Mind Map over at SEOBook a New Chapter everyday. It's worth printing to get a good view of all the detail. If you are looking to create an Internet strategy, this...
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I suppose the world is broken into two types of people: leaders and followers. Both are important roles in life and business and it is important to be the best at which ever role suits you. I am not...
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Were you ever in choir as a kid or attended a school or church concert and listened to the choir? What makes a choir good versus great? You might think it's musical talent and that would be true...
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