Growth Topics Articles

Business » Entrepreneurship » Growth Topics | By Scott Letourneau @ Saturday, 15th March 2008 @ 2:36 PM

Whether you are a brand new business, have been operating for a short time, or you have been in business for a while now, establishing and maintaining business credit is a means to keep your business growing and is a natural outgrowth of the reason you chose to incorporate or form the LLC, that is protection of your personal assets including the family home. Establishing and maintaining your business credit is important to: Build the credibility of your business, Preserve your business\&... more...

Business » Entrepreneurship » Growth Topics | By John Siegler @ Thursday, 13th March 2008 @ 7:28 PM

A vote is the voice of an individual making a choice. A vote can be given by ballot or voice. They can be delivered personally by the voter or by proxy. A decision on a submitted question is made by the majority of the votes delivered. An agreement is an understanding reached by two or parties about their rights and obligations relating to a certain subject or thing. In reaching consent between two or more people regarding the transmission of a property, right or benefit it is nece... more...

Business » Entrepreneurship » Growth Topics | By Katryna Johnson @ Thursday, 13th March 2008 @ 5:58 PM

Every successful entrepreneur has at one time or another spent time setting goals. Goal-setting is one of the most valuable activities anyone can do. People without goals don\'t know where they are going and they don\'t know how close or how far away they are from their desired destination. Would you attempt to drive from New York to California without a map? Not likely, unless you don\'t mind occasionally ending up in Louisiana. Goal-setting is nothing more than laying out the ... more...

Business » Entrepreneurship » Growth Topics | By Ron Richardson @ Friday, 7th March 2008 @ 7:37 AM

1) Buying or renting an opt in list. This has been a very popular and effective way for those who are new ebusiness owners. You can gain immediate access to hundreds or thousands of prospects within their target market. You can start to drive people to your sign up page, and see results in days rather then months. Using these lists can prove fatal if not done right. If you just send out a flashy sales copy, expecting just sales, you will just be wasting your money. The statistics show th... more...

Business » Entrepreneurship » Growth Topics | By Todd Ash @ Thursday, 6th March 2008 @ 2:52 AM

Branding yourself is a big task, but also necessary. Overall branding yourself is more important than branding one product.The notion of branding yourself is not new. Your idea of branding yourself is a dynamic strategy everyone should use if they plan on being a big success. In a nutshell, branding is about knowing what you do, and why you do it. I think personal branding is on the brink and is going to blow up big time online. Working hard branding yourself will get you opportunity. ... more...

Business » Entrepreneurship » Growth Topics | By Scott Letourneau @ Tuesday, 4th March 2008 @ 7:36 AM

You\'re a new business owner and decide you need items and services for your business. You take out a loan and your business is off to a great start. A few months pass by, so you take out another loan or open more lines of credit for necessities. You repeat this process a few times during the year. You\'re trying to be a good business owner by growing your business but you\'re making a critical mistake. You\'re using your personal credit for your business. This is bad. It\�... more...

Business » Entrepreneurship » Growth Topics | By Dave Kauppi @ Tuesday, 4th March 2008 @ 12:35 AM

If you are an entrepreneur with a small healthcare technology based company looking to take it to the next level, this article should be of particular interest to you. Your natural inclination may be to seek venture capital or private equity to fund your growth. According to Jim Casparie, founder and CEO of the Venture Alliance, the odds of getting Venture funding remain below 3%. Given those odds, the six to nine month process, the heavy, often punishing valuations, the expense of the process, ... more...

Business » Entrepreneurship » Growth Topics | By John Navata @ Monday, 3rd March 2008 @ 3:14 PM

Is affiliate marketing oversaturated? In fact, thousands of people come up with new products and solutions every day. These products need people to market and sell them. Is this you? In fact, if you are an expert product marketer, or if you want to become one, this is exactly what you need. This will give you a successful business. In fact, you can use affiliate marketing to get your business up and running fast. What does affiliate marketing do for you? It lowers your costs to market products, ... more...

Business » Entrepreneurship » Growth Topics | By Todd Ash @ Friday, 29th February 2008 @ 7:24 AM

Wouldn\'t it be amazing if there was a way to successfully brand yourself without selling products and or services.Now most new internet marketers starting out their businesses just want to make a quick buck so they do not brand themselves correctly. But smart folks like you and I know that if you try to brand yourself just by selling products and services if your customers don\'t like what you are offering, it is a lot harder to get your business off the ground. If y... more...

Business » Entrepreneurship » Growth Topics | By Mark Winder @ Wednesday, 27th February 2008 @ 5:26 AM

Have you noticed lately that your sales have hit a plateau? Or worse, have your sales started to slide a little - even though you seem to have a full sales funnel or pipeline of prospects and potential customers? This is something I see quite frequently. I often get my customers asking me, \"how can I move customers more effectively through my sales funnel or pipeline?\" They generally find my answer to be quite shocking: I recommend that they get rid of their prospe... more...