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It Is Time to Quit!

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Quit blaming Time for your lack of Productivity. Everyone is given the same number of hours every day. The poor do not get fewer hours; the rich are not blessed with extra. Einstein did not invent more time for himself, and no one can save time for another day. And don’t beat yourself up, we all have committed the crime of wasting time.

Newsflash: Cause-Related Marketing Is Not Philanthropy!

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Cause marketing or cause-related marketing refers to a type of marketing involving the cooperative efforts of a for-profit business and a non-profit organization for mutual benefit. Make no mistake, cause marketing differs widely from corporate giving philanthropy.

Small Business Go Green For Profits

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As an incurable optimist, I cannot even imagine the place where many small business owners are: the panic mode. The stunning data clearly provides evidence for a larger than usual number of small businesses who have seen their profits decline and a smaller percentage who are enjoying growing profits. Improving sales strategies and expanding the…

Profits, Do You Know the Value of an Hour?

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Profits are king. When running your small business you see costs everywhere. They are obvious in your space and equipment. In your supplies and utilities. Many of these costs are fixed over the short term. There is nothing you can do to reduce them and maintain your business presence. And other costs including materials, packaging, and shipping are purely variable. You only incur these costs when you are sending out an order.

The Biggest Time Management, Productivity and Profit Killer – the Phone

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We need to find solutions, ways to avoid each productivity trap – or at least minimize the
negative impacts. When it comes to productivity, many new skills wrap around improved Time
Management. Productivity suffers tremendously when time traps are not neutralized. So, without
further time loss, consider learning a few techniques to solve one of the worst productivity traps:
the telephone.