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		<description><![CDATA[There are many ventures that one can explore if they want to consider putting up a home based business in today&#8217;s economy. In order to make a home based business become a reality, you need to have a plan because there are many ventures. There are partnerships, business relations and franchises that one can endeavour [...]]]></description>
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<p>There are many ventures that one can explore if they want to consider putting up a home based business in today&#8217;s economy. In order to make a home based business become a reality, you need to have a plan because there are many ventures. There are partnerships, business relations and franchises that one can endeavour into.</p>
<p>There are several tips that can guide you into creating a basic home based business preparation that can direct you into success. Firstly, for you to establish a home based business, you need to sketch out your idea, this way you will be able to plan how you are going to generate money and you will also establish what sort of business you need to do. You will need some groundwork information about the business that you are about start such as the kind of products or services that you will be selling, marketing strategies and the demand of the product or service.</p>
<p>Secondly, you will dig out information about your competitors and this will help you determine in what areas the competitor is strong or weak such that you will be able to establish a better business than your competitor.</p>
<p>Thirdly, you will need to establish how much you are going to invest in the home based business. Remember that your returns shall be determined by your investment. If you have a small investment, the returns shall also be small but if your investment is high so shall be the returns. To begin with, you may want to list a number of assets that you need or list those that you already have. Do your homework and find out where you can acquire assets such as computers, patterns, supplies, copyrights and other equipment necessary for your home based business cheaply. You may also need to establish the costs of other things such as internet set up fees, website development and other related home office expenses.</p>
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<p>The fourth item that you need to do while planning to establish home based business is setting goals for your business. What do you need to accomplish, when do you need to accomplish it, what will be your targets? Are they realistically achievable? These are some of the questions that you need to ask yourself when setting goals for your business. This section will help you know what you need to sell in week by week and eventually in a year. This way, you will know how your business flows thus you will be able to determine how your business may fair in the future and whether you may need to expand your business, increase staff and expand your market. The goals that you have set for your home based business will definitely determine your business activities and will also guide you in the several years to come.</p>
<p>This plan will help you get there on your home based business and will endow you with a timeline that you can use to follow year in year out.</p>
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<p>A company projects its brand in many ways: its logo, Web site, advertising, office and even employee attire. Yet with such an emphasis on developing an appropriate small business marketing strategy, it is surprising that one of the most active customer touch points is often ignored.</p>
<p>The phone call still reigns as the primary mode of interaction between small businesses and their customers. If there is a problem, most entrepreneurs will pick up the phone to quickly fix the problem rather than use a channel, like e-mail, that requires them to wait for a response. As a result, your company&#8217;s voice brand is an important aspect of maintaining the image you want to convey.</p>
<p>Everyone has experienced <em>the call</em>. You pick up the phone to call a business and immediately wish you hadn&#8217;t. Whether being met with an inept staff member, a shockingly foul-mouthed representative or someone who provided grossly inaccurate information, odds are you&#8217;ve experienced an ignored voice brand.</p>
<p><strong>What Is a Voice Brand?</strong></p>
<p>Simply put, your company&#8217;s voice brand is the image it provides through the spoken word. Marcus Graham, author of <em>Voice Branding in America</em>, provides a more in-depth account of establishing an optimal small business marketing message:</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s the unique combination of voice talent, words, call flow and spirit that greets and guides callers. The voice brand is largely experienced over the telephone today, but that&#8217;s changing. With the telephone, computer and television morphing into similar multi-function devices due to digital convergence, a company&#8217;s voice brand is being heard on Web sites, multimedia CD ROMs, kiosks, cards, point of purchase devices and who knows what else.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Crafting Your Company&#8217;s Voice Brand</strong></p>
<p>With the evolution of how businesses engage their customers and prospects, we have also seen an increase in the number of small business marketing channels companies need to manage. Fifty years ago, the letter may have been the most common and most cost-effective form of direct communication with customers, whereas today the Web site is the default source for general company information. Now more than ever, businesses need to ensure they are using the same voice brand across all channels.</p>
<p>The first step is to determine the small business marketing message you wish to convey. To effectively do so, a company needs to examine not only its current brand, but the brands of its customers and prospective customers.</p>
<p>When examining these brands, review a number of attributes: are your company and your customers extremely professional or casual, highly educated or plainspoken, in a &#8220;white-collar&#8221; or &#8220;blue-collar&#8221; industry? Once you&#8217;ve identified some of these attributes, you can better identify the small business marketing message that will achieve success.</p>
<p>Inventory all of your voice communications touch points with an understanding of the brand your company will create. A touch point consists of any channel through which a customer could interact with your company, such as your receptionist, interactive voice response (IVR) system, tech support line, advertising response line, voicemail and online voice assets. Consider what you want your customer to experience and accomplish at each of these touch points. With a plan in place, you can design or redesign your small business marketing messaging and call flows to create a positive customer interaction.</p>
<p>For example, the medical field frequently uses call forwarding and redirecting services so patients can speak with someone 24/7. If handled correctly, the system may ask if it&#8217;s an emergency, give you the option to immediately speak with a healthcare expert or provide information about where to receive immediate care. During business hours, a person would provide this information, but during non-business hours, physicians still need a professional solution that provides the necessary information.</p>
<p><strong>Choose a Persona</strong></p>
<p>How you speak with your customers is just as important as what you say. Oftentimes, automated phone systems sound mechanical, distant and even unprofessional. Think of your voice persona the same way you think of your staff when they are speaking to your customers.</p>
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<p>Is your company represented by a man or woman, someone young or old? Do they have an accent? What is their attitude? A consistent persona, that reflects your company&#8217;s personality and culture, will help establish the voice brand your customers will associate with your business.</p>
<p>Regardless of the persona your company takes, consider hiring professional voice talent to record the messages your customers will encounter. There are many companies that work exclusively with small businesses to create a voice brand; consider using one to help you.</p>
<p><strong>Bring Your Small Business Marketing Message Together</strong></p>
<p>Executing your vision for a voice brand will take planning and consideration of available tools. Most small business phone or PBX systems include basic IVR functionality that lets you customize voice prompts. Take advantage of this capability to ensure your small business marketing message is used throughout all automated responses your customer can have with your phone system.</p>
<p>For example, a Virtual Receptionist application is a great tool to effectively convey your voice brand. Virtual Receptionist offers easy and powerful management of inbound calling for your business and uses text-to-voice functionality that allows companies to create a customized script to answer and direct calls. With an intuitive interface, small businesses can create and update their phone menus on the fly to change how callers interact with the system during and after business hours.</p>
<p>Your small business marketing strategies send a message every time your phone rings; your Web site is hit and your employees speak. It is important that all these messages point to a consistent small business marketing message that embodies your organization. Taking the time to create the brand, using it across all channels and leveraging readily available voice solutions will ensure your small business isn&#8217;t creating an experience your customer would rather forget.</p>
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		<title>Work From Home Business Ideas Having High Income Potential</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baemem</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Work from home is the new buzz in professional world. After the economic downturn, people have started to realize the importance of work from home business and residual income. During recession, people have seen the worst. People had lost their jobs without having any fault of their own. Moreover, work life balance is becoming more [...]]]></description>
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<p>Work from home is the new buzz in professional world. After the economic downturn, people have started to realize the importance of work from home business and residual income. During recession, people have seen the worst. People had lost their jobs without having any fault of their own. Moreover, work life balance is becoming more and more remote with increasing pressure of work. Thus, home businesses have become the flavor of the season.</p>
<p>Now, the question is, are you one of them who want to start their own home based business? If yes, then you must be wondering about the right work from home opportunities, suitable for you. Let me tell you at the very onset that there are many frauds related to home businesses. Thus, choosing the right business is a challenge. Thus, let me give you an idea on some of the best business ideas that can earn you lots and lots of money.</p>
<p>1.Online Training is one of the best home businesses that are flourishing at a rapid pace. If you have knowledge on any specific subject then you can teach others over the internet. The payment is usually done on an hourly basis.</p>
<p>2.Virtual Assistant is one of the burgeoning work from home opportunity. Several works are there that don&#8217;t pay businesses directly. However, these works are needed to be done. Thus, the business houses outsource the job to freelancers or other business entities. Some of these works are article submission, going through the emails, and many more.</p>
<p>3.Affiliate Marketing is a flourishing as well as highly rewarding online business. The affiliates in this marketing set-up get a pre-contracted commission out of every customer conversion. Sometimes, these commissions can range up to a maximum of sixty percent of the total profit. The main idea is to divert traffic from your site to the site of the concerned business. Every viewer converted to customer will earn you a pre fixed commission percentage.</p>
<p>4.Call Centre, as a home based business, is the flavor of the season. Now a day, companies are outsourcing call centre jobs to freelancers, working from their home. The pay is more or less US$ 8 per hour. For more earning, the sales skills become important. Some of the call centers that employ work from home workers include LiveOps, West at Home, Arise, Alpine Access and many more.</p>
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<p>5.Website business is another highly profitable home based business. If you have programming skills, web designing knowledge and content development skills then web business is appropriate for you. Today, every business entity needs online presence and that is why the website development business is flourishing like never before.</p>
<p>The above-mentioned topics are the 5 best work from home opportunities. However, it is also advisable that a person should choose such a business that is his or her hobby. If a person works on such a topic that is part of his / her interest then that person is bound to succeed in that domain.</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baemem</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So you want to start a new business? Good for you. This experience will be a rollercoaster that will be well worth it in the end. When starting a business you will be responsible for making quite a few decisions. One of the most important decisions is choosing your legal business structure. What Are Your [...]]]></description>
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<p>So you want to start a new business? Good for you. This experience will be a rollercoaster that will be well worth it in the end. When starting a business you will be responsible for making quite a few decisions. One of the most important decisions is choosing your legal business structure.</p>
<p><strong>What Are Your Options? </strong></p>
<p>There are a few choices when deciding your business structure, each of which has benefits and drawbacks. Your choices include:</p>
<p>* Sole Proprietorship</p>
<p>* General Partnership</p>
<p>* Joint Venture</p>
<p>* Limited Partnership</p>
<p>* Limited liability Partnership</p>
<p>* Corporation</p>
<p>* Non-Profit Corporation</p>
<p>* Professional Corporation</p>
<p>So the question is which structure is right for your business? In order to decide which business structure is right for what you plan to do, you will need to understand what each option is. A majority of start-up businesses use either sole proprietorship or a partnership.</p>
<p><strong>Sole Proprietorship </strong></p>
<p>This structure is run by one individual who is not looked at as an employee. Depending on the type of business you are starting, you may or may not need licensing or permits. When a sole proprietor files taxes, they are filing personal income taxes with a Schedule C.</p>
<p><strong>General Partnership </strong></p>
<p>With a general partnership you are will be going into the business with more than just yourself. If you have the knowhow and someone else has the skills, then you two would be partners or co-owners. The risk to this is that both personal and partnership assets are liable.</p>
<p><strong>Limited Partnership </strong></p>
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<p>This partnership will usually consist of one or more general partners and at least one limited partner. Limited partners are not the same as general partners because they are only liable for what they contribute or invest into the company. They are also exempt from management tasks for the business.</p>
<p><strong>A Limited Liability Company </strong></p>
<p>This structure is a mix of a corporation and a partnership but a little more complex during the setup process. The company will be able to choose whether or not they have a partnership tax procedure or a corporation tax procedure. The advantage is that there can be any amount of partners and each partner is not liable for the entity&#8217;s debt.</p>
<p>The most obvious factor involved when choosing your structure is whether you will be in business alone or with partners or investors. Another issue to address is how liable you want to be or what you want your tax process to be. Needless to say this is not an overnight decision and should be well thought through. The good news is that you can change the structure in the future but you may be obligated to meet certain legal or tax regulations.</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 02:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For many years people have been searching for ways to make an additional income from home, and truthfully there are endless ways to do this. So is the best home business network marketing? Let examine some of the benefits of being in the network marketing industry. Home business network marketing is scam. This is a [...]]]></description>
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<p>For many years people have been searching for ways to make an additional income from home, and truthfully there are endless ways to do this. So is the best home business network marketing? Let examine some of the benefits of being in the network marketing industry. <br /> Home business network marketing is scam. This is a common misconception due to the massive amounts of people who get started, never make any money and then they quit. This industry sees a failure rate the same as any other startup company, just like all the cafe&#8217;s, restaurants and other small business that never make it past the two year mark. <br /> Network marketing is a rather cheap business venture to get started in, common startup fees are anywhere from fifty dollars all the way up to $10,000+ for top tier programs. The average being $250-$500. This price range keeps that ability of owning a home business in the range of virtually every single person. Being that the startup is so cheap, and people have such high expectations, when things don&#8217;t go well from the start they are only out a couple hundred dollars when they quit. <br /> The home business network marketing industry is creating more millionaires that any other industry right now. With hordes of people in desperate need for more, they are now turning to this business model as a solution to their problems. It is really the only opportunity to get started for a couple hundred dollars and create a walk-away residual income from home. <br /> Is it just a pyramid scheme? Well that is actually a two-part question. Is it a pyramid, and is it a scheme. Yes and no. It is a pyramid and it is not a scheme. Every industry is a pyramid, you have to understand this. But with network marketing, you have the opportunity to actually make more money then the person above you. <br /> Corporations have a structure that is pyramid from the president down to the little man. There is no company that I can think of that a &#8220;little man&#8221; employee can ever make more money that his supervisor or his supervisors supervisor. It network marketing there are no supervisors only uplines and sponsor. And yes you can out earn them if you work harder than they do. <br /> Why do companies choose the network marketing business model? This is a great question that I have heard time and time again. The reason a company chooses to use the mlm model is because it allows for them to pay you for your efforts instead of paying for advertising. Corporations spend billions of dollars in advertising every year, so why not just pay distributors to do all the advertising and promotion for them. It is a two-fold opportunity. They get the promotion and you get paid for your efforts. <br /> How Do you actually make money? There are two ways in a traditional network marketing business. Building a large customer base and recruiting other people to build a large customer base. This is a selling business regardless of what you hear from people. If you are not moving (selling) products and bringing in new distributors you are not making any money. Period. <br /> Is Home business network marketing hard? <br /> It is a business and you have to put in the work to see the results. Due to the residual income structure of the business it will take time to really build a solid foundation to support a full time income. The greatest network marketing of our time have implemented marketing systems to educate, train and help you duplicate their success so that you don&#8217;t have to spend years trying to master the learning curve that is required to be a home business owner. <br /> Do In my opinion is the best home business network marketing? Yes. If you stay around long enough to master some skills and really take massive action, you will see results like no other business opportunity in the world.</p>
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		<title>Building Your Home Business Website. Secrets of Website Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baemem</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a home business owner, your website can either be your most valued business partner or your most worst nightmare. A website can be used for so many things, including generating traffic, automating your marketing, building relationships, collecting information, and making money. But not all home business owners create websites that really do what they [...]]]></description>
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<p>As a home business owner, your website can either be your most valued business partner or your most worst nightmare. A website can be used for so many things, including generating traffic, automating your marketing, building relationships, collecting information, and making money. But not all home business owners create websites that really do what they should be doing, which is building your income on autopilot. Here are some secrets of website success&#8230;</p>
<p>SEO (Search Engine Optimization)<br />All business owners and internet marketers who use a website needs to take time to get their website found, listed, and ranked by the major internet search engines. SEO takes time to master and to practice, but the result it an automated source of free and targeted website traffic. If you are serious about succeeded as an internet entrepreneur, you should take SEO seriously, as it is one of the most valuable skills you can master.</p>
<p>Utilize Article Submission Sites<br />Article marketing actually has two traffic benefits, both in terms of search engine optimization as well as extra traffic. For starters, anyone who reads your article can follow a link to your website. And secondly, your articles provide valuable inbound links from credible websites to yours, which is one of the biggest components of search engine optimization. Write short articles (about 500 words) on topics that will attract your websites target audience. You can submit your articles to various free article sites which can lead to a nice traffic and more traffic from the search engines. You can search &#8220;article directories&#8221; at any major search engine to find plenty of them, and this one is also a great place to start.</p>
<p>Your Web Site Design Matters<br />The layout of your website matters, both to your site visitors and to the search engine spiders. Search engine spiders will only go 2 clicks deep into a website. Any pages that are not two click from your homepage are not likely to get found or listed. By ensuring that all of your pages are no more than 2 clicks from home, you can rest assured that all of your content is being spidered. As a rule of thumb, never have any pages, at least ones that you want to be found, further than two clicks from home. If you do this you will be most effective.</p>
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<p>Choose and use Keywords Properly<br />If you were going to spend time on one project, it would be best spend finding profitable keywords. Keywords allows you to target your market and draw in just the right kind of traffic. But be sure that you research keywords properly. Many keywords are so competitive that they are nearly impossible to win, but ones with low competition can be easily won to drive additional traffic your way. Using keywords properly also counts. Do not overstuff a keyword in attempt to trick the engines, they hate that. Aim for about 4-5%, which is 4-5 keyword usages per 100 words.</p>
<p>Use a Blog/RSS<br />There are two kinds of website traffic, fresh and return visitors. Both are great and both are essential to a long term thriving e-business site, and with one tool you can enhance both. If you play your cards right you can turn most new visitors into a repeat visitor who will come back to your site over and over again. A blog equipped with an RSS feed provides a perfect way to establish a large following of return traffic. Make it easy to sign up for your blog or to subscribe to your feed, and provide regular content. The search engines also love blogs because they provide a constant flow of content, so your search engine traffic may also increase substantially.</p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 12:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you find yourself in the quandary as a result of the economic meltdown, there can be a way out for you in a home based internet business. Finding a regular job that suits your needs and schedule is next to impossible now, many people search days on end and in the long run settle [...]]]></description>
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<p>If you find yourself in the quandary as a result of the economic meltdown, there can be a way out for you in a home based internet business. Finding a regular job that suits your needs and schedule is next to impossible now, many people search days on end and in the long run settle for position they are not content with. If you have a passion for being your own boss, a home based internet business will accommodate you, comfortably.</p>
<p>Internet business is suitable for individual of any age, education level and profession. There are three steps I have outlined here that will guide you in the right path to starting and succeeding in running a home based business.</p>
<p>Starting a home based business is not as simple as walking into a store and buying merchandise for sale. Success in home based internet businesses require a lot of time, both before and after the launch. The stages involved in starting one are many and only those determined to prosper manage to climb this ladder successfully.</p>
<p>The first stage in finding the appropriate home based business by researching and finding the best business model that you will not only be comfortable running, but can bring you enough income. The challenges here will many, with the vast amount of information available all over the internet. Understand well all business types that you feel will be good for you and finally make a pick. Even when you are interested in two or more businesses, it is best to start with one until it is firmly established before running another to avoid conflicts.</p>
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<p>Promoting your business will be the next tough part. There are so many ways of promoting your online business, but each promotion method suits different businesses. Most of these ways are free and equips you with many tools and resources to assist you attain your ambitions. Whichever way you choose, time is what this promotion needs most. You have to dedicate a lot of time promoting your business if you ever want to attract and retain clients.</p>
<p>With home based internet business, age will not be an issue. Knowledge and skill are the major factors that will shape your destiny businesswise. A good business owner need not be a master in online marketing or even a computer professional for that matter, they just need to have an open heart and mind, willing to learn new methods and catch up. The internet has a seamless character and focuses mainly on deliverable factors in its versatile nature. This means that people of different backgrounds and forms of life have equal shares in the big cake.</p>
<p>You have a greater advantage in home based internet business if you have few home responsibilities and even less distraction. Singles with no kids running wild around the house have higher chances to succeed in their endeavors because their attention and concentration will be on the business most of the time.<br />Finally, to be your own boss is a major challenge if you are used to employment where the supervisor always looked over your shoulder. You will be fully responsible for the whole business and its survival lies in your discipline.</p>
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		<title>Business Planning Templates: 3 Steps to Get Started</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 05:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baemem</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A business planning template can be an invaluable tool for a first-time entrepreneur or any entrepreneur working in an unfamiliar business sector. Using a template that is specific to your business sector can shortcut the work and formatting you have to do significantly. Here are three steps to make the best use of a template. [...]]]></description>
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<p>A business planning template can be an invaluable tool for a first-time entrepreneur or any entrepreneur working in an unfamiliar business sector. Using a template that is specific to your business sector can shortcut the work and formatting you have to do significantly. Here are three steps to make the best use of a template.</p>
<p>Read Through the Entire Template</p>
<p>First, read through the entire business plan template to understand the guidance it gives which you may make use of. Read both the sample text and financials and all comments and instructions given by the creators to help you along. By reading the template through, you get a sense of what the finished product might feel like and what type of work you must do to get your plan to this level.</p>
<p>Adjust the Financials</p>
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<p>Before you do any writing, work on the financials to make them consistent with your plans. Enter your startup costs (after you have researched them) cost of goods sold, operating expenses, and revenue projections. The financial model with the template should help by automatically updating the financial statements of the plan based on the changes in these basic drivers. Check that the financial results (profit, return to investors, and cash reserves on hand) are appropriate for your business before moving on to the next step.</p>
<p>Customize the Plan</p>
<p>Next, customize the text of the plan starting with the company overview, working through to the end of the plan, and ending with the executive summary. As the executive summary pulls from every other section of the plan it is always best written last. Be sure that the language you use is entirely your own. Use sample text from the business plan template only as guidance to the tone and type of content you should use. Refer to guidance within the template to be sure you are fulfilling the purpose of each section as you write.</p>
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		<title>Has Your &#8216;Small Business Development Center&#8217; Actually Helped You?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 22:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>baemem</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And especially, have they helped you learn effective, affordable and creative ways to market your business? I&#8217;m curious because I often hear mixed reviews. These organizations are often branches of a govt agency and the leadership within the group (the directors, etc.) many times has no personal &#8216;hands on&#8217; experience running a business. On the [...]]]></description>
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<p>And especially, have they helped you learn effective, affordable and creative ways to market your business?</p>
<p>I&#8217;m curious because I often hear mixed reviews. These organizations are often branches of a govt agency and the leadership within the group (the directors, etc.) many times has no personal &#8216;hands on&#8217; experience running a business. On the other hand, it seems that occasionally someone runs across an organization that has lucked out and has a great leader with tons of background.</p>
<p>I point this out because often &#8216;traditional&#8217; books and consultants will tell you to reach out to your local Small Business Development Center and/or your local Chamber of Commerce. I confess, I love my local Chamber of Commerce (especially our lovely, vivacious and charming Executive Director) so I&#8217;m certainly not suggesting you overlook this resource. But I AM suggesting that you recognize that they are only a piece of the puzzle. It&#8217;s critical that you drill down into exactly they type of support and information you need and get that help from people who know exactly what you&#8217;re dealing with every day.</p>
<p>As much as it may kill you to step away from the business of running your business for a few hours, you must force yourself to make the time. I am NOT going to encourage you to get a mani/pedi or watch a movie during this break.</p>
<p>Instead, gather the training and education material you&#8217;ve been planning to read but haven&#8217;t made the time. Turn off the phone, put our your mental &#8216;do not disturb&#8217; sign and dig in. Have a notebook with you and capture ideas that come to mind. It doesn&#8217;t mean you have to do them all today, it just means they are things to think about and you can execute on them when the time is right.</p>
<p>Or, use the time to connect with a fellow business owner&#8230;and DON&#8217;T waste the time with small talk. Prepare a list of 4-6 topics you want them to weigh in on. Maybe you need someone to brainstorm a new product or marketing idea. Maybe you are feeling frustrated or discouraged about another aspect of your business and need a new perspective. Make sure you stay on track and talk about the business issues you&#8217;re dealing with and get some objective input about the situation.</p>
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<p>Owning a small business can be isolating and often you may feel like you&#8217;re out there all alone. Sometimes we all have to force ourselves to make planning and collaborating a part of our business, even when we feel like we don&#8217;t have the time</p>
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