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How to Spot a Franchise Scam

Before the 1960s and 70s –long before the franchise industry was regulated –investing in a franchise was as risky as putting your retirement savings into Enron.

Over four decades into these regulations and the perils of getting trapped into a franchise scam haven’t ceased to exist.

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Easy Strategies for Building your Website

Developing and running a website for your business doesn’t have to be a massive undertaking, but you can’t just buy a domain name and start, or you’ll be wasting your time, energy and resources.

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Stop Being Clever With Your Advertising

One of the most common mistakes businesses make when they first start writing advertising copy is trying to impress people with their ability to write humorous or “clever” copy, rather than simply getting the sales message across.

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Train Your Team for Great Customer Service

The perception of service each person has is tied to their experience as a customer as well as the level of service they expect to receive.  Many businesses miss out on this concept and because they miss out on that, they also miss out on the repeat business.

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Understand What You Are Really Worth to your Business

We’ve all heard time is our greatest asset, and how you invest your time is one of the keys to growing a successful business. So have you assessed how you spend your time and how you could use your time more effectively? Have you developed strategies to use your time more effectively?

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What’s More Important, Cost Reduction or Income Growth?

Too many people in business focus on cost reduction rather than income growth.

These people work long hours and cut costs just to make ends meet. They don’t hire new team members because they don’t want to risk the investment and they have no real plan for their business other than showing up every day and doing the work that needs to get done.

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Working too Hard? Get Your Systems in Place

Most people in business understand how important systems are, but many don’t know how to turn that knowledge into implemented systems they can use to build their business.

When properly implemented, systems are usually responsible for a business that grows and  runs smoothly and profitably.

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Overcoming Obstacles

How do you overcome your past failures?

Can it be as easy as projecting a positive attitude will that eventually rub off to others?

How do you deal with your frustration in dealing with chronic negative people? You know the type: They can be your family, your friends, your co-workers, anybody.

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Finding Balance While Helping Business

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Who Are Your Ads Speaking To? Part Four

To give you an idea of how writing a proper headline works, consider these two, for the same fish and chip shop trying to advertise a 2 for 1 fillet of fish promotion in a newspaper.

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