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5-Part Plan for Social Media Marketing

by The Obvious Expert on October 5, 2009

A blog post or two each month won’t improve your business nor will a Facebook page that you update sporadically. Let’s face it, you really can’t ‘dabble’ in social media marketing and expect to see meaningful results.

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But an often overlooked option is to get money from your clients and customers in advance of work, service, or goods you will be providing to them. Instead of going to a lender to borrow money against the income you anticipate in the future, why not skip that step and try to get your hands on that future income now?

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Has Stupidity Become the New Business Model?

by The Obvious Expert on July 21, 2009

Every day in business (and in your personal life) you have the opportunity to do the right thing; to act wisely; and to follow a path that will lead you to your goal. You also have abundant opportunities to cheat a little (or a lot), lie a tiny bit (or outrageously), and to act on feelings of greed, resentfulness, and selfishness.

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Game Plan for Entrepreneurs and Businesses in a Troubled Economy

July 8, 2009

And even if you were an eighteen-year-old entrepreneurial prodigy in 1930, today you are a 97-year-old entrepreneurial legend who hasn’t been through an economic depression during a time when the business is built or broken by relational marketing on the internet.

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Approximately $40 Billion on the Table for Small Business. Is Your Name on the List?

July 5, 2009

According to the National Hispanic Business Information Clearinghouse (TM) $40 billion is how much the US government spends contracting with small businesses, out of the more than $425 billion it spends on goods and services annually. And considering that these numbers are based on pre-bail out information, the government’s spending spree combined with an administration that appears very comfortable with expanding the government’s role as a service provider, could mean these margins are about to increase considerably.

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The 5 Types of People Who Will Buy What You Sell

July 2, 2009

But no matter what type of business you are in or what goods or services you offer, all of the people with whom you interact are really a consumer on some stage of his or her developmental journey that hopefully leads to a long, happy relationship with you.Your job is to be the Sherpa, with the task of leading, herding, cajoling, inspiring, and enticing them to continue along the path.

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When Your Business Means More than Money

June 30, 2009

It is hard not to focus on the bottom line. If you are a sole practitioner, a consultant, a coach, small business person, or entrepreneur, it can be really stressful when the only boss who can give you a raise is you, and as your own chief financial officer, you have to tell yourself, “No, the business just can’t afford it.”

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Can You Get Your Brand into the Dictionary

June 29, 2009

The reason blogs and websites directed toward business people, consultants, entrepreneurs, and coaches, are using the phrase obvious expert as part of their vernacular is because it is one of, if not the, best descriptor ever conceived for conveying what it takes to be the top of the mind, go-to, specialist in your field.

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What Does the Small Business, Consultant, or Coach Do When a Client Stops Paying?

June 23, 2009

In a money-tight economy, what do you do as the small businessperson, consultant, coach, or entrepreneur when that client, who you worked so hard to get and worked even harder to take care of, stops paying his or her bill?

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Do You Have a Career to Die For or Die From?

June 15, 2009

When you realize that you are truly working for the pleasure of what you do, and that you would do it for free if you weren’t getting paid (but you don’t tell anyone that) then you have reached the success-stage of satisfaction

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