Archive for January, 2006

From The Sales Trainer Newsletter by Keith Rosen…
Perfectionism/’Either Or’ Thinking: “Either I create the perfect (prospecting, time management, goal setting, management, etc.) system to use or I don’t do it at all. There’s no middle ground here. Therefore, I can’t take action just yet because my system isn’t perfect! Once I create the perfect system, [...]

You’ve no doubt seen the Lesko commercials (and others) telling how to “get rich” with government grants.
Those opportunities are rare at best - I’m beginning to wonder if they even exist.
But state and government service contracts do exist… normally your state or federal representative can help you identify them.
But there’s a downside.
I know a [...]

It never ceases to amaze me how much money there seems to be in doing taxes so much so that if the tax code were actually simplified, a whole new class of people would be unemployed.
I realized I was onto another one of these little tax goldmines when an informant started spilling the beans.
For years [...]

A friend of mine is pulling it off it appears. I didn’t think he would.
He wanted to create a “drop in” secretarial service.
Entrepreneur Magazine has an article about it, I think he used an ebook like this one.
Basically he’ll be hiring folks as independent contractors for contracts he finds himself.
He’ll use the local career center [...]

When introducting newbies to the computer, I routinely tell them… don’t worry there’s NO WAY you can destroy this thing just by clicking the keyboard.
Yesterday my wife got a frantic call from someone in the neighboring office.
“Look what I’ve done to my computer!”
When she went to inspect the damage, she asked “what did you do?”
“I [...]

Here’s an article on CBMall that was sponsored by Money ‘N Profits.
CB Mall is one of a variety of search tools that let you access the entire ClickBank system of products.
Clickbank is so cumbersome to use, you almost have to purchase one of these tools to find the things you want to promote! Here’s another [...]

From Entrepreneur via Dane
The array of product and service businesses for pet owners is only limited by your imagination. Many people treat their pets like their children and, following that logic, most products that people want for themselves, they’ll want for their pets. Just look at recent trends in the industry–organic foods, homeopathic products, luxury [...]

Safety Grass makes their money by helping pre-schools replace wood chips with their product.
As you may know, at any moment a state official can come into a preschool and threaten to close it down if there’s only ordinary lawn under the “monkey bars”.
For most pre-schools the cheapest alternative is wood chips.
You may have a different [...]

From Phil Dunn via Dane’s blog…
A Little Personality Goes a Long Way
Another drawback for customers shopping online is that the Internet can feel a bit impersonal, isolating, and detached from reality. You can achieve the opposite effect by implementing a few simple strategies to personalize your customer interactions. Small efforts to reach out to customers [...]

More support for the saying “the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world”…
From Business Roundtable…

New Research Shows Americans Concerned U.S. Will Lose Its Competitive Edge in the Future
Key findings of the research include:
1. Anxiety about the Future: Americans are confident about the competitive position of the U.S. today, but unlike a decade ago [...]