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7/31/2005

Secretarial Services:Business card design tips


Advances in printing technology have created a cottage industry for online business card companies that offer full-color cards for extremely competitive prices. Enter �?obusiness cards�?� in any popular search engine, and you�?Tll find hundreds of companies boasting thousands of eclectic designs�?"from patriotic motifs to fields of morning glories.If you�?Tre tempted to upgrade your business card to a design featuring a gleaming racecar or pastoral scene, slam on the brakes! When choosing a design, less is more. If you wouldn�?Tt insert a photo of a cuddly kitten on your resume, what would possess you to place one on your business card�?"unless, perchance, you�?Tre a veterinarian?For most professionals, an uncomplicated, clean design works best. If you work in a creative field, where �?oedgy�?� is the buzzword, you can afford to experiment. Otherwise, follow these basic rules:Traditional black type on a white or cream card stock never goes out of style.Paper selection matters. Opt for 12 pt. card stock, which is the ideal paper weight.You may choose a matte (dull) or glossy finish. Gloss is often overkill, while matte remains classic. Use your judgment, based on your specific industry�?Ts norms.Business cards should be considered part of your marketing kit. Their design should tie in with your letterhead, envelopes and other communication tools. If you don�?Tt already have a logo, hire a designer who can create a corporate identity package that features a consistent look. A final reminder: Always carry your business cards with you, and replenish your supply long before you give away your last card. more...


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7/30/2005

Secretarial Services:Quick Conversation Starters

Ever wanted a simple way to start a conversation? Here’s Bruce Allen’s take on it… An age old dilemma when meeting new people at business networking events. What am I going to say?

You wonder how to start a conversation; worry that you'll sound silly commenting on weather for the billionth time. Read Bruce’s post to find out how to change that. more...


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7/28/2005

Secretarial Services: Turn a passion in to a business

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7/25/2005

Secretarial Services:Planning for a Home-Based Business

I would like to start working out of my home in the next couple of years. What can I do now to prepare? You definitely want to have goals ... more...


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7/17/2005

Secretarial Services:Should I Keep My Day Job While I Start My Business?


I’m thinking about leaving my job and starting my own home-based business. Should I try to keep my current job while I start up my business, or should I just go for it? It's a good idea to retain ... more...


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Secretarial Services:Tax Breaks for Home Businesses

I've heard that home-based businesses get tax breaks from the IRS. Is that true, and what kinds of tax breaks are we talking about? The most important tax break for home-based business owners is ... more...


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Secretarial Services:60-Second Guide to Setting Up a Home Office


There’s no place like home, especially when you get to work there too. While others deal with frustrating commutes and noisy cubicles, you’re getting ahead and getting things done. Or ar ... more...


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Secretarial Services:Small Business Advertising Basics


In the broadest sense, anything that promotes your business might be considered advertising, whether it's a radio spot, a brochure or a trade show booth. But the term "advertising" usually refers to p ... more...


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Secretarial Services:Learn What Keeps Your Customers Up at Night


Sometimes there's just no substitute for good old-fashioned communication.Just ask Adrienne Lumpkin. She'll tell you customer relationships were key to the success of Alternate Access, the Raleigh, No ... more...


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Secretarial Services:What Basic Information Goes in a Press Release?


In addition to the news itself, your press release should indicate where your company is headquartered and who to contact for more information ; or to set up an interview. Both of those things, along ... more...


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7/16/2005

Secretarial Services:It's a Great Time to Be an Entrepreneur!

It is a great time to be an entrepreneur. It's never been easier, faster or cheaper to get into business then it is now. I see the trend continuing with every year allowing businesses to be started with less and less money. Notice I didn't say personal effort or the ability to conquer your fears were getting easier, but the fact that the costs are driving down will allow people who have the guts and drive to start a business. more...


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Secretarial Services:Cultivating Biz Whizzes


Steve Mariotti of NFTE wrote one of the first business books I ever read. It is still on my shelf. It is great to see that his company is still influencing America's young people. Please note that starting and running a business is a lot of hard work, but so is a job. I'd personally rather be running a business. Doug Kersten Cultivating Biz Whizzes "More teens are starting their own businesses, and groups like the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship are helping them do it. Many people who decide to become entrepreneurs do so because they aren't satisfied with more...


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Secretarial Services:The Importance Of Subheads In Your Marketing


You need to seriously look at the layout of your marketing materials.  Look at your web pages, your brochures, your emails, your handouts, your sales letters - and all of your advertisements.Are you using subheads?You should be.It's easier on the eyes to have a scanning ability built in.  And subheads make it easy on the reader to quickly find the areas that are of interest.Chances are... they will not read your sales piece from start to finish.  They will skim and scan - looking for things that catch your eye.And the subheads job is to guide them (by scanning) to the order page without having read the entire thing.Good subheads can tell the story and get them to order.Good subheads are powerful headlines in themselves.For ex...3 Things You Must Do Today To Improve Your BusinessREVEALED! The secrets behind their success... and their fall to lose it all.When you are crafting subheads - put them in bold and centered. Even a font size bigger and a different font can help guide the eyes down the right path.The path that leads to a sale and another happy customer! more...


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Secretarial Services:The most valuable business resource in the world - for FREE?


Every single month I realize that the MOST valuable business resource I have ever found was given to me for free.18 months ago I signed up for Dan Kennedy's Gold membership and newsletter. It was free for 3 months and at that time I could make the decision if it was worth the $39 per month they wanted. Kinda high for a newsletter - but if it was good - then worth it.Yup - it was good.Incredibly good. In fact the best business newsletter I had ever read.Full of real life advertising examples, success stories, failure stories, tools to use, ideas to steal, money making tips every month... tons of them.An absolute goldmine worth of information if you are a business owner, or want to be one.It's free for 3 months - I would sign up if I were you - http://www.dankennedy.comLet me clarify though - Dan's newsletter is absolutely invaluable... so are the tips you will find here (also for free). Make sure you check out all the channels on The Blog Channel - every day you can get new tips and advice to build your business and income - for free.The Blog Channel more...


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Secretarial Services:Making Your Marketing and Advertising Pay


Some simple techniques you should be using in your marketing and advertising to stand out from the crowd.- Tie in your sales copy/newsletters/marketing campaigns, etc. with newsworthy topics, holidays, events happening, local interests, and personal interests' stories.Eg - Michael Jacksons acquittal, Brad/Angelina/Jennifer, The Runaway Bride, Fathers Day, Summertime, NASCAR fascination, Sports comebacks, etc.- If your product is not sold in stores �?" tell them!  This gives it exclusivity and makes it more likely that they will want to order if they know they cannot get it anywhere else.If your special is only available for the month of June - tell them - and tell them why (one of the most powerful things you can ever do in your marketing is to tell them why you are launching new products, why you are packaging them this way, why you are giving a discount, etc.The reason why is THE MOST powerful thing you can ever use in your marketing and advertising)- If you can, delay their payments.  �?oPay nothing now�?� is a very powerful promise that has built many multi-million dollar businesses.  Or, if some money is required �?" offer them a payment plan over the next 6 or 12 months.  People may scoff at paying $1,200 out of their pocket today but those same people may be very willing to pay $150 per month for 12 months �?" even if it means they pay a much higher rate.- Get them involved in your letter or ad through questions, surveys, and check boxes �?" whatever you can do to keep them interested.  That is why Readers' Digest does so well!  Take this sticker and place it here. That gold sticker and place it here.  When you get them involved in your copy they are much more likely to stick with it until they have ordered.- Talk about some product negatives. GASP!  No product or service in the world is perfect �?" be honest with them about that and you will be the only honest person they have comeacross in business.  Tell them the limitations, or the catch, or the one thing that you can never use it for. Incredibly powerful when you are the one to bring this up �?" they are already thinking, �?owhat�?Ts the catch�?� so tell them what it is.- Make the offer very selective �?" and make sure they understand that they are part of an exclusive offering �?" and what that means to them. Make a special offer for your existing client ONLY (and make sure they know that only they can get this deal). Make a special time (after midnight sale) for exclusive pricing not available at any other time.Show them you do appreciate them and they will appreciate you even more.- Write the ad copy so that when they order, they can easily explain it to their spouse and friends why this is such an incredible deal that they would have been an idiot to ignore it.Take one of the above and test it out over the next week. See what happens with your response - you'll be pleasantly surprised.  Guaranteed. more...


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Secretarial Services:Do you use Yellow Page advertising?


Effectively? Some of the most boring advertising can be found in the Yellow Pages!And yet, 40% of your clients buy based on the research they do in the Yellow Pages - 40%! Online yellow pages and offline print directories -... more...


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7/15/2005

Secretarial Services:Satisfied Customers and Loyalty


We always want more, it seems.  When you started your business, customers of any kind seemed good, didn't they?  Quickly, you learned they needed to be profitable customers.  Then you went for satisfied customers.  Before long your Internet surfing and... more...


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Secretarial Services:What Customers Really Want


Years of research and millions of dollars spent studying customers for every size business keeps coming back with the same answer: Customers want to be treated differently.  If this is so easy to understand, why is it so hard to... more...


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Secretarial Services:Systematically Flood Your Leads With An Education


One of the tactics I love to employ in the landing of new clients is something I call an "Info Storm."Here's the basic idea. You meet a new prospect, go over the solutions you have for and then jointly decide on some next steps involved in them hiring you. Now, most people go away promising to send a proposal or follow-up in some manner. But, what also happens it that 3 other people slip in later that day and make a fine proposal for that same piece of business. So, what do you... more...


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7/14/2005

Secretarial Services:Just Say No Once In A While


Every once in a while you've got to decide that a new client or a new project just isn't a good fit. You know the ones I'm talking about. You can usually feel it in your gut at that first meeting. But, hey, they said that would pay you, (usually after some attempt to get you to lower your price) so you took the work.It can be frightening to do, but nothing will be better for you or the prospective client than your ability to size up a project and decline it if it doesn't fit.You... more...


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Secretarial Services:What Motivates Someone To Refer You?


I have studied the idea of referral marketing for years and, when designing a referral marketing system, it almost always comes down to answering this simple question.What would motivate someone to refer you?The good news is - the answer is always the same. The bad news - designing a system that gets at this answer can be tricky.So, the answer. People refer businesses, services, products, people, movies, barbers - you name it - if it makes them look and... more...


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Secretarial Services:OOKO Search


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Secretarial Services:BestSoft 1.07.05


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Secretarial Services:Building a Table AutoFit


AutoFit is a very helpful feature when working with tables. AutoFit adapts the table column width to the current content.

TX Text Control's set of methods and properties provides you everything you need to create such a feature. I have finished a fully functional sample which shows you how to realize AutoFit with TX Text Control .NET.

Please have a look at the sample in our source code library:

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Secretarial Services:XXLEdit Pro 1.96


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7/12/2005

Secretarial Services:Freelance Writing Jobs


This is a good resource for freelance work, and permanent positions for the growing writer. You can also post your resume and apply for writing fellowships.... more...


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Secretarial Services:3 Ways to Network


Networking is essential to building relationships and adding to your client list as a freelance writer. Check out how you can network for success!... more...


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Secretarial Services:Creating a Business Plan for Your Writing Career


These following guidelines will help you get the wheels rolling on your freelance career. Once this foundation is set, you will go from dreaming about success as a freelance writer to living it.... more...


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Secretarial Services:Freelance Writing Jobs


This is a good resource for freelance work, and permanent positions for the growing writer. You can also post your resume and apply for writing fellowships.... more...


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Secretarial Services:Website Help :: Freelancer Design


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7/08/2005

Secretarial Services:Anchoring - Quick Access to Your Goal While You Work At Home

Universal Events, a company in the SouthernHemisphere, is running a series of weekend seminars designedto give us an important reminder to use the simple and effectivetechniques created through NLP: Neuro-Linguistic Programming.

Do you remember - are you using - that little technique called 'anchoring' ?

This is where you remember an instance (and that isall you need) where you were successfully doing something thatepitomises your goal. You attach to your clear picture of that successful instance yourstrong, positive emotion related to it. Now you locate that image-emotion somewhere in your body, for example, your chest, your shoulder, yourleft palm.

Having done that, whenever you then want to have that strongvisual-emotional reminder to guide and promote your goal achievement,you just tap or hit its location on your body. A slap on the shoulder,bringing a fist to your chest, or clapping your right hand against your left.

This action is your instant prompt and recreation that takes you to thatplace of success.

Work with it. Take advantage of its simplicity, and its ability to instantlyrefocus your intent and desire on to your goal. Set it up and use itrepeatedly throughout the day for optimum effect.

And if you'd like to read more on NLP or see what seminars they are offering in Australia, go to: Universal Events. Here's to your Habitual Success Raven HPublisher Seismicfish.com

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Secretarial Services:Keeping Your Email Box Organized & Ready for Business


Learning how to get the most organization from your email software is very likely the most important skill you can learn to conduct a successful online home business. more...


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Secretarial Services:Children in the Home Business Environment


Operating a home business is seldom easy and interruptions come in all shapes, sizes and forms. Between the family, friends and neighbors who call or come by, and the telemarketers who insist on ringing your number off the hook, getting through the workday can be a real challenge. more...


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Secretarial Services:Advertising Your Home Business on a Budget


When you are starting out in a new home business and no one knows who you are, one of the greatest challenges you will face is how to drum up new business. more...


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Secretarial Services:Your Home Business: Turning Pennies into Dollars


Henry Ford taught us that to simplify the manufacture of automobiles, that the best way to do so was to install the assembly line. That one change revolutionized the auto manufacturing industry permitting the industry to build cars at a cost whereas the average person could afford to buy one. more...


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Secretarial Services:How to Stay Focused on Your Home Business Goals


When you are the owner of a home business, you will find hundreds of distractions that vie for your time, energy and focus. more...


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Secretarial Services:Finding Your Home Business Niche


When some folks begin to think about a business of their own, they know in that very moment what kind they are going to start. Then, there are the rest of us... more...


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7/07/2005

Secretarial Services:Home Based Business and Promotion


Since we’ve been on the topic of advertising for small business this week let’s carry on the theme by talking about some promotion methods that work well for start up home businesses. If you’ve just started your home based business chances are that you don’t have the money to hire an advertising agency and even if [...] more...


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Secretarial Services:Working from Home - The Freelance Life


Freelance Article Writer Wanted. If you saw this opportunity, would you have what it takes? Writing veteran Barb Clews gives us an overview of the essentials. more...


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Secretarial Services:35 Tips on Starting and Naming a New Business


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Secretarial Services:How To Ask Questions That Make You Money


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Secretarial Services:Top Ten Reason To Market Your Business Online


The Internet. The great leveling medium that makes a small business nearly as accessible as TheBigCorporation.com. But many businesses throw up a site without much thought about the potential impact it can have their business. Why should you have a web site? Why should your business be online? These 10 reason will give you something to think ... more...


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Secretarial Services:Marketing Success Defined


How do you personally define success? High income? Substantial net worth? A fine home? Peer recognition? On a personal basis, there are likely almost as many definitions of success as there are people in the world. In marketing, though, there are just four measurable elements of success. Do you know which? more...


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Secretarial Services:Home Business Idea: A Little Secret About Public Domain Treasures


In this post about home business idea, you know:

A Little Secret About Public Domain Treasures



I bet this little secret is going to get YOU excited...just
like it did me. I just discovered public domain treasures and
it's a perfect business opportunity for many new internet
entrepreneurs.

Did you know there's a little known loophole in US law that
allows anyone to distribute, resell or give away expired
copyrighted content? Officially, its called public domain, and
savvy marketers "borrow" it to publish instant products.

Public domain refers to anything that is NOT protected under US
copyright law. This includes all works published before 1923 and
under certain conditions, works published up to 1978. A "work"
can be anything, a book, movies, plays, songs, photographs,
instruction manuals, posters, courses, reports, etc. You could
take these works, repackage them and sell them for a profit. By
tapping into public domain content, all the nitty gritty work
has been done for you.

There are almost an endless number of ways that you can make
money with public domain content. Let me suggest 10 different
models you can use to activate and tap the public domain
treasures.

Model 1: Resell It.
You can re-publish public domain content exactly as it is.
Whether it's a book, a movie or even music, you can take this
content and quickly turn it into a product. Just copy it as it
is and start selling it.

Model 2: Website Content
You can take the text of the public domain work which relates
to a product you are selling or an affiliate program that you
are promoting. You then create web pages and include links back
to your product page.

Model 3: Repackage
You can repackage a public domain work into a new product. You
can use the ideas and some of the content of public domain
works to create new and better products.
Eg. Walt Disney characters Snow White, the Little Mermaid were
all stories from the public domain.

Model 4: Multimedia
You can change the books in print into a CD or even a video
set. Add to the perceived value of the product by offering ways
to consume the information. What was once simply a "book" can
now be a complete home study course or training program.
Eg. The famous "Think & Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill has been
made into an audio CD which is a more convenient format.

Model 5: Reprint Rights
You could sell your version of the information product along
with marketing materials. People love reprint rights and it's a
quick and easy way to make tons of money immediately. You can
sell reprint rights only to a derivative product you have
created from the original public domain material.

Model 6: Upsell
You can use public domain works and use then as an "upsell" to
a regular version of your best selling product. You simply
present your buyer with an additional opportunity to "upgrade"
their order or add something to their order.

Model 7: Bonuses
Simply use the work as a bonus to your main offering. People
love bonuses and will buy a product just for the bonus, if its
unique and not something they've seen all over the net already.


Model 8: Viral E-books
You simply take parts of the book and turn it into a viral
e-book by allowing others to pass along or even sell this
e-book as their own. Once you trigger the "virus" its nearly
impossible to make it stop because people keep passing it on
and than these people keep passing it on etc, etc.
Eg. Rebecca fine from Seattle, WA used this exact technique to
accidentally launch her six figure business with an interesting
book, written in 1910 "The Science of Getting Rich" by Wallace
D.Wattles.
You can "super-size" this strategy by creating a viral e-book
with the material and then including affiliate links that pay
you commissions anytime someone buys from your recommended
resources.

Model 9: Google AdSense
You can use the material to create an information-rich website
and then place a tiny piece of code from Google to run their
AdSense program on your site. You'll essentially partner-up
with Google and get paid a percentage for everyone that simply
clicks on the ads Google places on your site.

Model 10: Articles/ Mini Courses
You could use little contents from public domain works and
create a mini-course that people would subscribe from your
site. You just load a series of 4 to 10 articles into your
auto-responders and it delivers it on a total auto-pilot.

You can also use the material into 500-800 word articles to
distribute for free publicity and traffic to your sites.
Editors of e-zines and owners of web sites are always looking
for hot fresh content and in exchange they'll send you over
targeted traffic.
Eg. Matt Furey discovered a little unknown book on "Catch
Wrestling" and turned it into a complete manual and video
e-course of 12 lessons for his market of fitness and wrestling
buffs. He had earned over $1million dollars in sales from this
one book.

Among the topics available in the public domain treasures are:
Health & Fitness
Fun & Games
Sports & Recreation
Hobbies & Crafts
Education & Self Improvement
Food & Cooking
Animal & Pets
Home Garden & much much more.

Public domain works provides a huge opportunity to newbies in
the internet world to tap these vast treasures. Simply put, you
can use these works to instantly create e-books, manuals,
articles, reports or any other type of information products in
a snap. GOOD LUCK!


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7/06/2005

Secretarial Services:Close More Sales with a Direct Approach

Close More Sales with a Direct Approach
by Chris Ellington

Pretty much anyone you ask rolls their eyes when talking about salespeople. "Windbag", "Schmoozer" and "Full of hot air" are the phrases that come to mind - well, those are the nice phrases.

Salespeople have bad reputations. Many times this reputation is well deserved, meaning that prospects have their BS-meter turned way up when you walk into the room. Yes it's true, you are instantly transformed from "small business owner" into "salesperson" and all of a sudden they don’t trust you.

You can close more sales than your competition by simply avoiding the alarms on that BS-meter. Don't flim-flam and don't dance around the issues. Be direct and straight-shooting. Life is too short to waste time trying to couch things inside hidden meanings. If it needs to be said, say it. If you shouldn't say it, shut up. Simple? Yes.

Effective? Very!

When you are calling on a prospect, don’t pretend you are his long lost brother. Start the presentation with an expectation of forming a business relationship. Make it clear that this business relationship benefits his company, his team and his own position.

Tell him exactly which of his problems you are there to solve. Let him know that the problems have solutions, and that you can deliver those solutions. But it isn’t just about you delivering solutions. You must deliver solutions within his particular constraints. He has price constraints, time constraints and political constraints. Make sure you address each of his needs and before you walk out of the room tell