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Entrepreneurialism Information
Do You Have What it Takes to be a Successful Entrepreneur?
Print off this page, take the quiz and find out if you've got what it takes! See the scale at the bottom to mark yourself.Answer the following questions on a Scale of 1 - 51 - definately not 2 - not likely 3 - sometimes 4 - probably 5 - definitely--------------------------------------------------------------------------------1) Do you have many hobbies (besides TV viewing and playing video games)? ____2) Do you take a leadership role in group settings? _____3) Can you discipline yourself to finish a project, even if it means late nights and low recognition from your peers? ____4) Do you often think of new and innovative ways to do things? _____5) Do you enjoy meeting new people? ____6) Have you had success in the past in planning a project, and carrying it through to it's completion? _____7) Would you consider yourself a positive person? ____8) Even when things go wrong do you try to "learn a lesson" from the experience? ____9) Do you enjoy working alone? ____10) Do you manage your time well? ____11) Do you like to set goals and achieve them? ____12) Do you like to take calculated risks to achieve an objective? ____--------------------------------------------------------------------------------ScoringIf most of your scores are 5's you have a very strong "entrepreneurial streak" and should strive for your goals.
Starting Your Business: 3 Tips for Bootstrapping Your Way to the Top
Bootstrapping a business startup does not necessarily mean that you are unable to find traditional sources of capital. It may mean that you are clever, or that you know a bargain when you see it, or that you are the type of person who derives a certain satisfaction from crafting something using your own hands and vision, from scratch.
Goals and New Venture Creation
More and more corporate workers are leaving their jobs to start new ventures. When taking this leap, it is important that the goals of these entrepreneurs are solid, as these goals may ultimately determine the success of the new venture.
Definition of Entrepreneur
EntrepreneurAn entrepreneur is a man who organizes and manages the business. The following are the responsibilities of an entrepreneur that what he has to do?1.
What It Takes To be An Entrepreneur Series: Action
Many people have the professed desire to be their own boss, start their own business ecetera, ecetera..
Become a Recognized Authority in Your Field - in 60 Days or Less!
You don't have to be rock-star famous before you are recognized as an authority in your field. You just have to begin to get the word out.
Adding a Service After You Buy a Business
When you buy a business, you should have a plan. Why have you chosen that particular business? Why that particular time to buy a business? What can you bring to the business? Some of the most successful business stories are of people who buy a business with the intention of bringing their specialized set of skills to it, and using them to grow the business.
Everything You Wanted to Know About Public Domain Info, but Were Too Afraid to Ask!
What to Look Out For:Copyright - you absolutely must check on this - violating someone's copyright is not clever and can be a really expensive mistake not to mention seriously damaging your reputation. Is it really public domain? All those lawyers fees can really mount up when checking into all this but believe me, you really don't want to end up in court over it.
Book Yourself Solid: The Simple Selling Process
As a service provider you may not want to think of yourself as a salesperson. You are in the business of helping others and you may not feel comfortable with the sales process.
Solving the Million Dollar Mystery: 4 Steps To Create A Turn-Key Business
You're a smart, hardworking entrepreneur, and you're moving fast. You are highly educated in your field and your business is growing and getting busier each day.
Entrepreneurs - 9 Top Mistakes to Avoid
1. Isolating YourselfWhen setting up a business, you can get so overwhelmed with the administration that you don't focus on building up your network.
Interview with Best-selling Entrepreneurial Authors Barbara Winters and Nick Williams
Ray Bradbury's quote, "You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down" may sound extreme but, as anyone building a business knows, it has a lot of truth in it.As a newly self-employed journalist / writer and life coach, I found Barbara Winter's book, "Making a Living Without a Job" invaluable so when I got a chance to interview her and Nick Williams in London, I was delighted.
Secret Revealed In The Business Code
? Beginners often rush into business without any planning.? Unless you do your homework, there could be many avoidable pitfalls.
Increasing Business BIGTIME with a Successful Referral System
What I've discovered from most of my small business clients is that most would prefer to build their business through referrals rather than through direct mail, advertising in newspapers, radio, TV. However, most leave the referrals to a somewhat chaotic, unplanned approach.
Youve Found Your Guru, Now What?
In my last article, "Follow That Guru", I told you about the one (1) simple technique I used when starting my home business, "A Name".Now everyone wants to know what to do next.
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08/31/2021 02:45 PM
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Nine Books Every Successful Entrepreneurs Has on Their Shelf
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Take advantage of the best the entrepreneurial community has to offer. Whether you read each book cover to cover or just use them for reference they represent ideas and techniques that will see you through the dark days every entrepreneurs face at some point.
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08/16/2021 10:16 AM
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Ready to Grow? Top Positions You Need to Fill to Expand Your Business
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Do you wish to reach a point where your business is ready to scale and move to the next level? Hiring crucial people will help you move quickly, while proving excellent products and great customer service.
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08/04/2021 03:16 PM
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6 Reasons To Start A Business During This Pandemic
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This is the best time to start your dream business. This article will provide tips for you to use immediately.
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08/02/2021 06:06 PM
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Go Read a New Business Book a Week
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Reading is essential. Go and read a business book to enrich your business.
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07/23/2021 11:26 AM
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How to Be an Entrepreneur With a Full Time Job
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It may seem difficult seeing how you can create a successful business for yourself. In addition, having a success formula takes time.
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07/15/2021 05:54 PM
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What Is an Entrepreneur and What Is Entrepreneurialism
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What is an entrepreneur and what is entrepreneurialism. What makes them what they are?
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07/12/2021 10:52 AM
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Personal Branding Strategies for Women in Business
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Personal branding for women is critical for business success to build your brand. When you align your personal brand with your business brand, you're much more likely to not only connect with the right people but also turn them into raving fans. Build your business with these personal branding tips.
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07/12/2021 10:51 AM
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How to Increase the Value of Your Business
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There are many ways to boost your sales and grow your business, no matter your budget size. However, increasing the value of your business on a tight budget can be daunting.
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07/09/2021 11:08 AM
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Innovative Business Shares Tips
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Innovative businesses are showing the road map to success: have a real connection to their customers, be proactive for the environment, show support for local social causes and events, and concentrate on providing a great service/product while building a strong networking system. It is the only way to survive in this "new normal".
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07/01/2021 11:19 AM
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What to Do in a Creative Dry Spell
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While most creatives can't get away with allowing a dry spell to keep going on indefinitely, you can get out of the dry spell simply by trying these ideas. Often, just stopping the internal pressure you have on yourself can unleash your creativity again.
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06/29/2021 05:38 PM
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Top 3 Ways You Can Generate Ideas for a New Business
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1. Start a Business that evolves around your innate ability. Innate abilities help you do things with ease. Often times I hear people say, "what do you have flair for?" Innate abilities help you do things better, quickly and 'naturally' than others. It helps you do things effortlessly!
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06/28/2021 07:29 PM
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How to Train Your Brain for Maximum Creativity
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Training your brain to be more creative, to be creative on demand, and to be creative in more than one way is within your power and control. When you find something that works for you to unleash your creativity, use it.
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06/01/2021 08:49 AM
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How to Create an Innovative Mindset
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In general terms, a traditional business mindset is always looking to improve the quality of products, services and processes. On the other end of the spectrum, an innovative mindset issues mandates for new and better ways to do business.
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05/27/2021 01:14 PM
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How Can Growth Mindset Lead to Success?
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How do people create and grow a mindset strategy? Here are some practical tips that will show you exactly how to get started.
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05/07/2021 09:30 AM
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Why Becoming an Author Boosts Credibility
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When you author a book that is well received by your audience, it's really an automatic boost to your credibility. The book gets press, which means you get press, and the snowball effect happens.
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05/04/2021 10:31 AM
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Online Working Capital - Fast But Expensive
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Small business owners often need working capital to cover expense incurred to make or create their product or service before payment comes in. Banks are loath to lend to small business owners especially the small amounts that the business owners usually need. Many online working capital lenders have been created to serve this underserved market.
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04/26/2021 08:41 AM
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When Impatience Can Lead to Business Success... Or Failure
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As an entrepreneur, have you ever asked yourself "Why am I not reaching the level of success I was promised?". It could be because a lot of entrepreneurs fall victim to impatience to succeed.
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04/20/2021 11:35 AM
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What Is the Best Online Business You Can Start?
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Starting an online business is a great way to create a lifestyle that you enjoy living. But, you must be realistic as you develop your business.
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04/11/2021 02:42 PM
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Looking to Build Your Network? Please Avoid This 1 Mistake
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Networking isn't just about meeting new individuals. It's also about you maintain connections. Ignoring the current connections of your professional network because you're excessively focused on development is a big blunder. Don't just consider about meeting and getting to know new professional contacts. Don't fail to remember to keep up with the people you by now know.
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04/11/2021 02:39 PM
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How to Face Your Fears and Get More Business Leads
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What fear do you have lurking inside of you, preventing you from enjoying life, or creating a successful business for that matter? When it comes to our business, fear can definitely stop us in our tracks, preventing us from moving forward and achieving our goals.
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04/06/2021 11:39 AM
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A Realistic View of Being Self-Employed
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If you are thinking about becoming an entrepreneur, you'll want to know all about your field, your products and your customers... but you'll NEED to know about running a business. It is important for business owners to realize all the hidden areas that eat up a surprising amount of time and energy behind the scenes in running a business.
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04/06/2021 11:33 AM
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Business in a Slump? 13 Ways to Get Your Motivation Back
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Truth be told, it's a fact of life for every entrepreneur and business owner... we are going to get into a rut every once in a while. We're human after all! The good news is that this slump can be very temporary... if you choose it to be. Here is a list of things you can explore the next time you feel this lack of motivation sweep over you.
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03/09/2021 05:39 PM
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Business Success Guarantees Business Longevity
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The most important tool I use in building my businesses is my intuition. I've discovered that when I trust my feelings and intuition more, I'm more able to see opportunities that others are missing. This is important as it allows me to make decisions and take action faster. Here are a few tips on using your intuition to propel your business forward:
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03/01/2021 08:59 AM
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The Downfall of the Stubborn Entrepreneur
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Why You Aren't Getting More Clients and Leads (and it's not for a lack of trying). And it could be because It's Not About HOW; It's About WHAT.
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02/08/2021 08:44 AM
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Why You Should Write an eBook
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Using an eBook to market your business is an excellent idea. It can be a great calling card for your business with proof of your expertise.
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01/29/2021 01:19 PM
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Tales From the Online Marketing Crypt 10 - Playing the Dangerous Comparison Game on Social Media
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Before you start comparing your business to someone else's, realize you do not know the whole story. You do not know the trials and tribulations they've gone through, you don't know anything they are choosing not to disclose on social media.
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01/27/2021 10:54 AM
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How to Create a Buzz About Your Business
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If you want to create buzz about your business, using social media is a great way to do it. Try these different ways and see what reactions you get. Keep doing new things as often as you can to keep the buzz going.
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01/08/2021 11:42 AM
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How No More Military PT Tests Are Hurting My Business
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When I left the military I packed on 15 pounds pretty fast. My recent trip to the doctor's for the first time outside of the military was highlighted with the lovely comment from the doc, "You know, technically you're obese."
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01/06/2021 10:18 AM
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\"Learn How to Promote Digital Products and Earn Your First $10,000 Online."
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You're invited to attend... Complete Access to TWO Separate Training Tracks: ClickBank Product Publishing & ClickBank Affiliate Mastery
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12/23/2020 03:07 PM
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The Power of the Hand Written Thank You Note
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Why should you send a Thank You Note. What should you say. State a Call to Action closing sentence.
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12/22/2020 10:08 AM
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The Key to Continual Growth and Expansion
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Growing and expanding requires self-awareness of what you are doing and what you're not doing to move forward. If you're succeeding, keep on doing what you're doing. If you're behind, it's okay; you just need to adjust.
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12/21/2020 12:15 PM
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Winning the War Over Loans and Debts As an Entrepreneur
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Among the things that can make or mar a business is taking loans. People take loans to meet up with their expectations. However, it takes a wiser entrepreneur to decipher when to or when not to take a loan. Loans can do wonderful things for you when properly managed. It can help solve urgent problems, cater for substantial expenses and grow businesses. Though loans can work perfectly for those who have steady income, yet it has the propensity of entangling those who struggle to earn a living. It is very important for every entrepreneur to note that a mismanaged loan is hell.
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11/16/2020 09:05 AM
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How Can You Make Your Online Business More Successful?
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Many entrepreneurs have gone before you and figured out how things work, so that you don't have to reinvent the wheel. You can follow what other successful online entrepreneurs have done and become successful doing it.
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11/02/2020 10:01 AM
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How To Develop The Mindset Of An Entrepreneur And Become Successful
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Mindset Is Everything-You won't be awesome at being an entrepreneur unless and till you condition your brain for getting into business and then making the most of it.Any trade can be really tough to comprehend. However, if that is something somebody wishes to do, then how do you do that effectively? Here are a few great tips that I have come up with on how you are able to become that awesome entrepreneur as well.
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11/02/2020 09:20 AM
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Winning at the Proposal Game
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Submitting bids and tenders is a great way to grow and expand your business and is a great way for a small company to become a much larger company. It can be frustrating and costly to bid, this work taking you away from other business activities. However, winning a bid gives you access to a new customer and other project opportunities. You also have to consider as to whether you have the financial standing and moral fortitude to undertake large projects so choose your opportunities with great care. Smaller projects can help your company grow efficiently and profitably with less drama and anguish. Here are a few pointers to remember when producing tenders.
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11/02/2020 09:15 AM
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There Is Such a Thing As Too Much Free Content
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When you fundamentally reexamine your marketing strategy, it's very freeing. You can focus on what's most important.
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10/22/2020 11:34 AM
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The Pros and Cons of Working for Yourself
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Working from home offers many benefits and even a few drawbacks. It's up to you to determine if you have the personality for it. You'll need to rein in family and friends who want to take advantage of you, as well as yourself, to stay on track for creating a healthy and profitable home business.
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10/12/2020 09:53 AM
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The Impact Trifecta: Make the Most of Your Impact Efforts
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Impact can feel oddly unsatisfying. If you're feeling that your impact isn't fulfilling you, that's a clue. Maybe you're not having all the impact you want to have.
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10/02/2020 10:22 AM
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How To Show Your Expertise When You're Starting Out
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To show your expertise when first starting out doesn't require you to have a huge client roster, or even a following yet. Use these tips to help you gain a following, improve search engine optimization (SEO) and build your business.
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09/29/2020 09:03 AM
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5 Things to Think About Before You Start a Business
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Before you start a business and kick off your entrepreneur journey, you need to understand a number of things. Here are five to think about before you invest your money.
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09/29/2020 09:01 AM
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How Do You Create Multiple Streams of Income?
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Here are just a few of the ways you can create multiple streams of income online. There are also ways you can do it offline such as savings, investing, rental income, and more.
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09/28/2020 09:45 AM
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Does Money Make You Successful?
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When people want to become entrepreneurs they don't actually think about the work. They think about the freedom.
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09/28/2020 09:43 AM
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Your Fear Is a Valuable Messenger
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I know you care about impact. Fear will keep you from it, if not by shutting you down, then by distractions. We all feel fear, so what can you do?
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09/02/2020 01:33 PM
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Discovering Lucrative Business Opportunities
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There are several ways to be successful today but the most popular one is almost always acknowledged as venturing into a world of capitalizing on online business opportunities. People who are able to do this easily usually reap in the positive benefits many folds.
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09/02/2020 01:27 PM
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Ready To Position Yourself As an Expert?
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Becoming an expert is a process. At first you will feel as if you'll never make it, but everything you do builds on the next thing and eventually it will snowball to true success.
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09/02/2020 01:25 PM
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It Will Take More Than Motivation To Make A Business Succeed
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Many people naturally have the leadership abilities that are necessary to operate a successful business based on their family environment while they were growing up. Their basic character traits are often nurtured and manifested during these stages.
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08/31/2020 09:26 AM
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Are You Enough?
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What would it mean if YOU were enough? All the things you need to have a successful business.
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08/17/2020 12:59 PM
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Postpone Your Impact, and It May Never Happen
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When you postpone your impact, it may never happen. Life will always get in the way, if you allow it.
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08/11/2020 11:45 AM
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Do You Have What It Takes To Become An Succesful Entrepreneur?
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Deciding to become an entrepreneur is just the beginning. You know you want to own your own business and control your fate, but you're not yet sure exactly what it is that you should do.
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08/03/2020 02:42 PM
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Do Your Prospects and Clients Really Know You?
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People buy from those they know, like, and trust. How can you help them get to know your business? How can you build their trust?
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