Referrals from colleagues and friends that turn into sales are the easiest and cheapest money you can make. These types of sales are often what new small businesses are started on. The problem is that many who start out with referral sales end up relying too much on them. This is the case especially with those individuals who decide to become independent contractors. They don’t realize that referrals can end up being far and few between and that they also have no control over when they may come around.
How to Survive International Travel (and Thrive)
1. Buy a fanny pack with waterbottles and a necklace for papers.
Business Partners & Marital Partners, Will the Marriage Survive?
With today’s economy, and the layoffs occurring as a result of these economic conditions, more and more people are opting to start their own business. Due to the low start up costs, the prevalence of home-based businesses is on the rise, many of these started by husband and wife teams.
How an Introvert Can Survive Giving a Presentation
Around 10% of us are introverts (though even Jung proposed it was the rare person who was 100% introverted 100% of the time), but nevertheless the world is more neatly arranged for the extravert. Introverts can be excellent salespeople and also presenters (as can extraverts), but they do it differently.
Do You Have to Think Negatively In Order to Survive?
Not only do people actually say negative things to us, we tend to interpret things negatively, says Robert Cooper, Ph.D., author of “Executive Eq: Emotional Intelligence in Leadership & Organization.”
How to Survive “No, Thanks.” In Business
When owning or operating a business, it’s inevitable that sometimes, people will not buy your product or service. This might occur early in the contact cycle, or it might occur later, after you’ve expended some amount of time, money, and effort. While this never feels good, here are 10 ways you can minimize its impact on you and your business.
Diversify to Survive
Over the past few weeks and months the news headlines have been focused on Wall Street and the downward spiral of all of the major stock indexes. As usual when one of these shake- outs occurs, the popular media tries to reduce the issues to easy to understand, bite-size morsels. A favorite strategy is to profile a “typical” small investor who had all his eggs in one basket when the market crashed and now his entire life savings are nothing more than red ink on his personal balance sheet.
Can Your eBook Idea Survive The ‘5W’ Acid Test?
If you’ve been cruising the Internet highway for any length of time, you’ve run across tons of ebooks. They’ve almost risen to mythical proportions as “the” vehicle for producing unlimited profits. Even with this flooding of the market, the door’s still open IF you develop an ebook that’s highly targeted, serves a ‘want’ and delivers quality content.
How to Survive Your First Year in Business
What’s the best way to create a profitable business? A business you really love that makes the kind of money you really want?