Frustration is all around these days as many businesses struggle to get customers in.
Advertising can sometimes be black hole that simply sucks the money out of a business with no return. Therefore, it is not uncommon for business owners to feel that they may be better off not doing any advertising or marketing. Are they right? We will explore this question and find the real answer to the advertising black hole problem.
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Even if you have never been into sports most business
professionals have heard of
and admired Coach John Wooden. On June 4Th 2010 the world lost this great basketball coaches and wise leader at the age of 99. Fortunately we still have access to his ideas and strategies that can help any business owner succeed.
There is an old saying that I have always
liked, " It aint over until the fat lady sings". This is as true in sports as it is in business. It is so easy to prematurely give up when the odds appear to be totally against us. The annals of business are full of stories of small, new, and under capitalized companies being able to overcome the efforts of multinational corporations.
In the previous post, How Credit is Effecting Your Business, we discussed how the credit crises has changed the way that business owners are operating. We also discussed the value of knowing the true FICO score and where to get it.
Sure there are more things to deal with now than before as a result of the fear that many vendors have. For example only a few short years ago it was not necessary for principals or executives of a business to have to provide their personal credit information when applying for credit or services for their businesses. Today, it is a totally the opposite and many times it is very common for vendors to require a credit check of the company's executives.
It seems that these days just about anyone who is in the public eye is
constantly being watched closely. The public and the cameras are watching not only what we do but what we may even whisper. Case in point is what happen a few days ago as U.S. VP Joe Biden recently dropped the "f-bomb" in a comment... not realizing that his microphone was still on.
On this new year eve we are looking to celebrate not only the new year but the start of a new decade. This is a good time for us to take a look back and see what we have achieved these last 10 years, and also look forward to the next period in our lives.
In this post we will take a look at where we stand now economically speaking and what 2010 has in store for us given the current state of the economy. We will also take a brief look at the opportunities that are now present and some that will shortly be appearing. So let's jump right into it.
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