We need more entrepreneurs and start-ups. A lot more of them! New entrepreneurs starting new companies means new products and services, new ideas, new approaches, and more people making MONEY! I’m not just talking about the fast-growing companies that expand at double-digit rates, the creation of more tech companies or a bunch of cool new [...]

Attention Small Business Owners, Entrepreneurs, Home Business Owners, Customer Service and Sales Professionals: Follow up, Follow up, Follow up ! Many businesses I have coached missed out on more sales, more customers, and word-of-mouth advertising because they didn’t have an effective way to follow up and stay connected! I will share with you a powerful [...]

A key principle for success is belief – believe in yourself, your team and your product or service. It’s actually not that difficult to succeed if you have the right ingredients. You change the ingredients then you change the outcome. But it starts with finding the courage to put yourself out there and start your [...]

Entrepreneurialism is alive and well and most likely happening in all around you right were you live, or if you are lucky it’s happening on your own kitchen table! Proof of this, is the 79 Million Americans who plan to start their OWN businesses in the next 3 years according to Forbes Magazine. You might [...]

It is no surprise that college students are bringing home more than a degree when they graduate these days. The average indebted graduating senior was $17,600 in debt on graduation day last year, according to a study by the Center for Economic and Policy Research, while a Detroit News examination of national college loans found [...]

Changing Economic Dynamics With corporate downsizing, a fluctuating economy, ballooning foreclosures, and increased travel costs, the population is looking for stable income, ways to reduce debt, less travel, and more flexibility in order to respond to a changing environment. Global Marketplace in Your Living Room Running a business at home is not a new concept, [...]

Have you noticed that most new businesses started today are Internet based home businesses? With the Internet expanding into more homes and major trends moving this way every day, opportunities are now available to those who have chosen to take advantage of them and create their own internet based home business. One of the advantages [...]

Although a personal franchise or home business isn’t for everybody, millions of people from all walks of life consider it to be the right opportunity especially right now. The fact is becoming an independent distributor of a product or service can fill important needs and fit within the time and money limitations many people face. [...]

People are looking for trusted sources for guidance. Why do you think social networking is taking off? People want to help people and people want good information. You can’t fake it. You either have it or you don’t. People know. You might be able to get away with it for a short time, but not [...]

The economy is taking a toll on many of the small ‘store front’ businesses that are unable to keep up with their competition. One of the ways for a small retailer, a service professional (realtor, insurance agent), or a midsized contractor (DIY handyman, roofer, plumber) to create additional revenue is to increase credibility in their [...]

With the current state of the economy, personal bad credit seems to be one of the hurdles facing entrepreneurs. Starting a home business is one of the best opportunity for building wealth. The two challenges most people have are – Fear and they don’t believe they know how. Yet the sooner you get started, the [...]

There are few resources helping the non-academic understand the trials and tribulations that young entrepreneurs face in their journey. Whenever possible, I encourage entrepreneurs to mentor and network to help the next generation of new business builders. It is the journey and insider education through stories that will provide the foundation for the entrepreneurs of [...]

According to a Dow Jones, after one of the worst periods for sales in retail history, some of the largest retailers in the country are saying that this year they are going to work harder than ever at increasing sales while trying to contain marketing expenses. Their solution? The Internet. “We’re looking at how we [...]

Like many people, I had a pretty dim view of the overly aggressive sales tactics and misleading meeting agendas that I ran into with many of the earlier direct marketing efforts. Now I see that things have changed for the better – much better! But it is hard to find the people who are building [...]

Many people who have been in the business for a long time will tell you to duplicate yourself. When your goal is to DUPLICATE, you will focus on things to DO designed to help your team to GET people. GETTING people is what is turning people away from a fantastic business opportunity and giving the [...]

If you have ever wished you could quit your job and start a home based business you are not alone. The excitement of setting your own hours, not having to report to anyone, and having more family time is appealing. Many businesses appear simple to do, and even look easy to an outsider. But as [...]

When you start your search for the perfect Direct Selling or Network Marketing business, here are some valuable questions to ask when comparing companies and opportunities: 1) Start up cost should be minimal. Start up cost in direct selling and network marketing companies are usually modest and mainly to cover the cost of the sales [...]

According to statistics compiled by the SBA (Small Business Administration), somewhere around 33 percent of new ventures fail within their first two years. For some individuals they find this makes starting a business risky. When deciding whether or not to start a business, an entrepreneur must first think about a variety of factors. These may [...]

87% of Americans are likely to switch from one brand to another – price and quality being equal – if the other brand is associated with a good cause (21% increase since 1993) 72% of American employees wish their employers would do more to support a cause or social issue (38% increase since 2004) 83% [...]

Thousands of people around the world are either losing their jobs, being put on work furlough, or forced to relocate. Retail, Corporations and Non Profits are suffering from revenue right now . Many have lost their faith in corporate America, our government, and the financial institutions who were supposed to safe-guard their retirement. People are [...]