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Why Catching Up with Friends for a Chat is Good for Your Business
One thing I regret about how I handled the early phase of setting up and managing my home based business is that I did not put enough value on catching up regularly with friends and former colleagues...
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A Gmail Address with a Fake Name Won’t Cut it for Guest Posting
(This is a temporary “Claim Code” entry for Technorati to verify my claim on ownership of this blog: 6MFG8NXDDUV2 – it will be removed once the blog has been verified.) It seems like every other day I...
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How to Have an Ergonomic Chair and Desk Without Spending Thousands
If you’ve set up a home office recently you’ll know it’s really easy to spend thousands of dollars on those old basics, a good chair and desk. And why not, if money is no object? Especially if you are...
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How to Amp Up Your LinkedIn Presence in 2013
I meet so many business owners and executives who, when LinkedIn is mentioned, say something like “Yes, I must do something about LinkedIn one day”. If that’s you, here’s your chance. And it won’t cost...
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Do Your Business Values Include Having Fun?
Not everyone in business, by any means, subscribes in practice to the idea of business values being crucial, or even just important, for a business. From what we learn of the more egregious examples...
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What Do You Like Best About Running a Business from Home?
Some people don’t relate well to the idea of running a business from home. And some do it as a temporary thing, until they can put together the resources and the sustainable profitability that makes it...
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How to Close Deals Without Trickery
One of the toughest challenges for so many professionals setting up their own business is surely the need to become effective in selling. I’m no exception. I don’t like being “sold to” and I did not...
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Amplify Your LinkedIn Presence with a Company Page
I never cease to be amazed by the fact that many companies, small and large, are missing out on the opportunity to promote their company or brand via the LinkedIn Company Page feature. One of the many...
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How to Name Your Podcast
Thinking about starting a podcast? One thing I discovered, in working through the process of planning a new podcast, is that it is good to spend some time coming up with a suitable name for the show....
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Time to Refresh Your Business Plan?
Here in Australia today, July 1, marks the beginning of the new financial (fiscal) year. I’m thinking this is a good time to have a look at my business plan and check to see whether it still makes...
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Are You Using LinkedIn’s Power to Help Grow Your Business?
Turbo-charge your LinkedIn presence and influence with the 14 day Linking Edge Intensive OK, so you are on LinkedIn. But are you taking advantage of the power of LinkedIn to help you grow your...
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Being Busy is OK, but it’s not an Excuse for Discourtesy
The old “I’m very busy” fob off A couple of recent experiences have reminded me that being busy is no excuse for being discourteous. Or for fobbing people off just because you don’t want to say no....
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Why I Love it – Sort of – When People Unsubscribe from My Updates
I can’t say I’m happy at first. I’ll be honest. When I see that a bunch of people have unsubscribed just after I sent out a fresh newsletter update, I don’t exactly jump for joy. In fact, my initial...
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How to Close Deals Without Trickery
One of the toughest challenges for so many professionals setting up their own business is surely the need to become effective in selling. I’m no exception. I don’t like being “sold to” and I did not...
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Amplify Your LinkedIn Presence with a Company Page
I never cease to be amazed by the fact that many companies, small and large, are missing out on the opportunity to promote their company or brand via the LinkedIn Company Page feature. One of the many...
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Why I Love it – Sort of – When People Unsubscribe from My Updates
I can’t say I’m happy at first. I’ll be honest. When I see that a bunch of people have unsubscribed just after I sent out a fresh newsletter update, I don’t exactly jump for joy. In fact, my initial...
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What’s the Reading Age for Your Blog?
“You Should Aim for Grade 8 Reading Level.” “Are You Serious?” I still remember being quite shocked, some years ago, when a blogging expert said something to the effect that if you wanted to attract...
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5 Lessons from a Missed Business Appointment
OMG, I missed that appointment! Have you ever missed an important business appointment? I missed one this morning and was both embarrassed and annoyed with myself for doing so. Ironically, although I...
View ArticleWith Business as With Life, Sometimes It’s Good to Press the Reset Button
Power of an Intention, Even Without a Plan I’ve realised recently that an intention I declared back in June last year has had consequences that have both surprised and delighted me. It was at a...
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My Break from Blogging
I Didn’t Actually Decide Not to Blog There was no point in time where I decided to take a break from blogging. But I was shocked the other day to see how long it had been since I had blogged. On my...
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