The Role of Decisiveness in Achieving Results

Read some advice from Denny F. Strigl, former president and CEO of Verizon Wireless, on how to become an effective manager. One core quality he looks for in a manager is decisiveness -- he wants managers to make decisions and take action. When decisions need to be made, effective managers gather the facts, analyze the situation, consider alternatives, and decide on the best course of action -- and they do it quickly.

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How Entrepreneurs Should Face Business Challenges and Manage Change

As an entrepreneur, you will constantly be faced with business challenges, and chief among them is managing change. When your small business is faced with a challenge, here are 7 steps you should take.

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How to Choose a Web Design Company

Finding a good web design company or website designer can be difficult. Learn the various points you need to consider when looking for someone to give your online business the look and feel that you envision.

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Networking as Your Sole Marketing Vehicle

Networking is simply one of the most important activities in which professionals engage. The problem with networking is that too many professionals don't do it very well. What's worse is that some people are terribly intimidated by the process. To succeed in networking, you need to master all parts of the process.

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Lessons from a Shopping Mall

Shopping malls are changing, just as the behavior, lifestyle and attitudes of their customers are evolving. Your business has to learn how to adapt to the changing times if you want to survive and thrive. Stay ahead of the trend or risk being squashed by it!

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Boost your Revenues by Turning People Away

Home business entrepreneurs need to remember that not everyone is your client. Your business is better off when you carefully choose your target market. You can't solve everything for everybody.

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How Effective are Your Sales and Marketing Funnels?

For the self-employed and small business owners, it's essential to periodically assess what is and isn't working in your business, and then to make the necessary adjustments. One of the first steps is to evaluate your sales and marketing funnels.

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What Small Business Owners Can Learn from Angry Birds

Angry Birds is the largest mobile app success story. Here are 10 things that small and home-based business owners can learn from the Angry Birds game.

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A Conversation with Brian Tracy

From Brian Tracy's upcoming book Full Engagement! Inspire, Motivate, and Bring Out the Best in Your People, Tracy opens managers’ minds to the amazing power and bottom-line payoff of practicing the Golden Rule in all of their actions in the workplace and developing clear values, vision, mission, purpose, and goals.

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10 Tips to Optimize Your Facebook Page

Social marketing involves a lot more than just signing up and pasting up your page. You need to maximize your page’s effectiveness and keep it fresh, updated and alive. Below are 10 things you can do to optimize your Facebook page to make sure your business is getting the maximum benefits.

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Ergonomics in the Workplace: How Safe is Your Home Office?

Have you ever experienced aching or numbness in your hands or wrists; stiffness in your back or shoulders or aching in your knees? The environment that you are working in could be part of the cause and, if ignored, might even be putting you at risk of further discomfort in the future.

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LinkedIn Marketing: Should You Think of Your LinkedIn Profile as a Resume

LinkedIn has become an important social media platform for small businesses. However, a common mistake in using LinkedIn is creating a profile that reads like a resume. Understand why a LinkedIn profile is not, and should not, be treated like a resume.

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