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Business Finance Articles

• Where is Inflation Now?
• Time to "Brush Up" on Fraud Prevention
• Are you alert for fraud in your business?
• How to Reduce Your Estate Tax For A Family Business By 35% Or More

Business Development Ideas

Advertising and Sales

• Local Dentist builds his community and his business with his Halloween Party
• Tell me a story!
• Are You Changing A Winning Lottery Ticket?
• Basic Training for Business Success
• What's Next?
• What Do I Do If They Don't Respond?
• Does Your Business Accept Credit Cards?
• Next!
• Never Underestimate the Difficulty of Advertising
• Courtship and the Sales Process
• How To Use Endorsed Mailings
• Do You Know Who Your Customers Are?
• How to Use an Irresistable Offer to Improve Response
• Use Your "Back End" to Build Business Profits
• How to Write Better Headlines
• Are You Throwing Away Your Advertising Dollars?

Marketing

• Trapping, Fishing and Marketing
• Lessons from a marketing master
• Build customer relationships with personality in your communications
• Avoid giving your customers unpleasant surprises
• Keep in touch
• Ask for the Money
• My Business Is Different!
• Do you give your customers a "reason why" they should do business with you today?
• The Elements of a Successful Marketing Campaign
• Key Your Promotion To Holidays
• Don't Cry, Don't Eat!
• Mail Good Sales Letters Relentlessly
• Are You Directing 100% of Your Marketing Effort at 15% of Your Audience?
• Upsell Your Customers To Increase Your Profits
• Your Business Can Beat the "Wal-Marts"!
• How To Make Your Competition Invisible To Your Customers
• Build Customer Relationships With A Newsletter
• Build Customer/Client Loyalty By Membership
• Repetition – A Key To Marketing Success
• Ugly Can Be Profitable
• Keep Using What Works
• Blitzkrieg Marketing
• How To Make Your Business Explode With More Referrals
• How To Build Your Business With Thank You Notes
• How to Get Your Marketing Message to the Right Audience
• The Power of Testimonials
• The Lifetime Value of a Customer
• How to Make Your Business Into a Destination
• The Unique Selling Proposition
• Word of Mouth Advertising

Management Improvement

• "We'll Make It Up With Volume" - Not!
• "You can't multiply zeros"
• Your Employees - Ambassadors For Your Business
• What to do when you make a service error
• Dress for Credibility
• Business Design Step 1 - Choose The Market
• Some Thoughts About Cash Management
• Custom Designing Your Business
• Improve Your Quality of Life By Dictating Your Terms to the Marketplace
• How To Sell Your Way Into Bankruptcy
• Delegate or Die!
• Deliver Your Promise
• Fraud Warning!
• How to Use Your Customers' Key Frustrations to Build Your Business
• Financial Analysis - Reading the Vital Signs of Your Business
• Telephone Skills
• How to Measure Your Way to Business Success
• Help Customers Find Your Business
• Cash Flow Management

Inspirational Ideas

• Surviving and Thriving in Tough Times
• The Power of Clarity
• It's OK to not be normal!
• "Opportunities Can Be Traps"
• "To Do", "Doing", "Done!"
• Clarity - Step One To Success
• Two Ways To Get Things Done More Effectively
• The Power of "No!"
• Trim Your Sail For More Successful Living
• Want to Change Your Results? Change What You're Doing!

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