By David C. Rich Ask nearly any business owner what they would like to have more of and most likely you’ll get an answer somewhere along the lines of, “more customers.” There’s no denying that customers are very important to any business. Without an adequate number of people purchasing the goods and services sold by …
By David C. Rich Your customers are your biggest assets in your business. It’s often much easier and less expensive to sell something to old and existing customers than it is to create a completely new customer and build trust and credibility from ground zero. The ideas I want to share below has the potential …
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By David C. RichBeing an entrepreneur has its rewards, but are you prepared for the psychological, emotional, physical and financial aspects of entrepreneurship? How many times have you told yourself how much you’ll love to start your own business and earn as much as you want, have flexible working hours, and experience total freedom? Working …
By David C. RichStarting up a business has its own headaches and then to compound it, getting customers seem to be one of the hardest things start-up business owners face in their business. The high costs of advertising is not making matters any better and not to mention the fact that consumers these days are …
By Johnson Ateghie Here are some principles in brief that you must consider in making any investment decision:(i) Invest to keep pace with inflation,(ii) Adequately diversify your portfolio, and(iii) Keep tabs on your investments. Just as important:(iv) Maintain short-term reserves to fund your expenses and carry you through down markets, periodically re-balance your portfolio to …
By Johnson AteghieRetirement is not a time to be idle. Instead, it is a time to make important choices about how you want to live the rest of your life.It could be a time to:   Start a new career.   Establish a small business.   Scale back to a part-time job.   Devote yourself to volunteer activities.   Spend …
By David C. Rich If I asked you to tell me under thirty seconds the reason I should buy from you, patronise your business as opposed to your competitors, what would you say? Would you say “I’ve been in business for over 35 years”, or “We are the first in the market”, or “Our service …
By Joseph Chuks Elue “When you open your mouth, you tell the World who you are” – Les Brown. The purpose of this write-up is not to make you an orator but to let you understand the correlation between your ability to say what you want to say and your rise to the top irrespective …
By Greg Duffield Your worst nightmare just became a horrifying reality. You keep hearing that little voice in your head mockingly shout “you should have backed that stuff up” The voice keeps echoing throughout your head as you perform a quick inventory all of the important information that you just lost…..your client database, a years …
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By Sydney Finkelstein, the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, published “Why Smart Executives Fail” eight years ago. In it, he shared some of his research on what over 50 former high-flying companies – like Enron, Tyco, WorldCom, Rubbermaid, and Schwinn – did to become complete failures. …
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