Chart Your Course

MARCH 4, 2013

When a business shortchanges their labor or quality – its products, services, or level of customer service can suffer. To weather economic storms, businesses must continue to invest in their leaders and employees – and hire, train and retain the best people with greatness in mind. Equip your staff.

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DECEMBER 21, 2010

So, in keeping in this spirit and following those much wiser than me, I offer to you today a holiday gift that I hope will help with your marketing in 2011. The 3 Elements of Infomercials Every Business Should Employ Infomercials help brands sell over four billion dollars of products. Is Your Marketing Authentic?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

» Thought-full Thursday: Appreciative Leadership September 9th, 2010 | Author: Mary Jo Asmus Every Thursday, we provide you with a thoughtful way to coach yourself – something all leaders need to do. It could be argued that all leadership is appreciative leadership. Well done and keep the great content coming!

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

We assume that people automatically understand the value of our products and services when we introduce ourselves and hand out our business card. Don’t offer to give away too many free products or services. What product or service positions you best? 4. We give away too much. Engage in a dialogue, not a monologue.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 19, 2011

Don’t Forget to Enter to Win Healthy Products from Agro Labs Just a reminder to enter the contest here on Women. Categories : Contests 1 Comments 1 Stacy January 25th, 2011 at 12:26 pm Oh, I would just love, love, love to win! I can surprise my husband with a great show.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

In the public arena, we vote for our leaders (this may provide the most obvious connection to our responsibility for bad leadership): In this case, we might ignore bad past behavior before we cast our vote. How can followers possibly be responsible for bad leadership in our organizations? Let’s consider this. We tolerate them.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

Posted on January 21st, 2011 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? Which hat, or hats do you wear? CEO…that title sounds good doesn’t it? Priority number two is team building and talent management.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

What about competing against the innovation of others that could cause the obsolescence of your product or service? What about competing to maintain key business relationships with vendors, suppliers, partners and the like? You will also be competing to retain talented employees that other companies would like to lure away.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 18, 2011

They certainly would not go out of their way to do business with you or talk about you with others just because of your product or service offering. There’s often a direct correlation between the quality of your relationships with prospects and clients, and the rate of sales and growth in your business.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 2, 2010

But let’s assume that Buddy is indeed an elf, developed and created by the North Pole to fill a need…to make toys. In the movie, Buddy failed dismally to keep up with the production of Etch-a-Sketch toys against the skill and speed of the other elves in the workshop. Are your customers feeling good about your product or service?

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 28, 2010

The deepest concerns that are facing us, population control, climate change , leadership and flexibility in the workplace call out to women to take charge. We are here to cooperate with them in a new and more productive way. Women Leaders and the Gift of Authenticity Leadership is a front-and-center job. It’s hard to hide, and.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Sell relationships not just a service or product. Yes, a good product may encourage sporadic customers but a good relationship will establish long-term, loyal customers. Develop networks Strong networks provide endless opportunities to get more things done in a more efficient and effective manner. Sell what you love.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 23, 2010

This rule has been in effect in past years and has been resurrected for 2010 and 2011. Also, since the bill was passed so late in the year, taxpayers can make a RMD gift made through January 2011 attributable to the 2010 tax year. She also writes and presents on trusts, estate planning and charitable giving arrangements.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 9, 2011

Here are 10 ways to increase your team’s productivity and overall chance for success. Please visit www.hervoice.org 3 Comments 1 Check Out the Women on Business Post by Echo Garrett « Share It January 9th, 2011 at 11:14 pm [.] 3 Kim Willoughby January 10th, 2011 at 3:40 pm This is a fabulous post, Echo!

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Persuasive Powerhouse

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. We partner with great leaders to help them become even greater at developing, improving, and sustaining relationships with the people who are essential to their success.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

If your small business plan can move the nation forward, you’re a step closer to winning Uncle Sam’s financing and support. Specifically, the state is pinning its hopes on small business, with a portion of federal R&D funds “set aside for small business to develop and commercialize innovative technology.&#

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Brand loyalty is key to cultivating repeat customers who spread positive word of mouth feedback about your product or service. If you understand your customer and what keeps them up at night, you’re on your way to developing a deep emotional relationship with them providing you can deliver the promise in your brand message.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 12, 2010

About the author Lena Rizkallah of Mosaic Consulting is an attorney who focuses on legislative developments, tax and fiscal policy, and advanced strategies for investment and retirement planning and products. She also writes and presents on trusts, estate planning and charitable giving arrangements.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 23, 2011

How to Create a Squeeze Page that gets Strong Results The Internet is saturated with content, sales pitches and products. . Read this… A solid press release gets the attention of the media. A press release.

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Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

HP announced Whitman’s appointment on September 22, 2011 but given the public comments, customers seem to think it’s a bad choice. HP has not had a stellar track record when it comes to leadership and their choices have often gotten them into sticky situations. HP Has Decreasing Product Quality. So let’s look.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 17, 2011

This, of course, varies according to the product/service offered. Generally, Monday mornings are good for news digests but bad for email campaigns. Fridays are often weak days for email campaigns as well. Look at the number of prospects who buy (or become clients) from each email or campaign.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 24, 2010

What’s worse is that barring any Congressional action on this, the Bush law mandated that the estate tax would return in 2011–at 55% with an estate exemption of $1 million, the lowest exemption amount we’ve seen for many years. She also writes and presents on trusts, estate planning and charitable giving arrangements.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 19, 2011

It costs 5 to 10 times more to attract a new customer than it does to keep an existing one.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 27, 2010

I have a feeling that if you are, your leadership and the work of your organization is effortless. We were productive to no end! Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. Thanks for the mention and for the great post.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 14, 2011

Both Katie and I had, and still have, a great love for travel, and in our travels we had developed an appreciation of the brands of both established and emerging designers from around the world. Of course, we believed that our true claim to originality was with the concept behind the sister site to ShopitUPchic.com: Iwantyouroutfit.com.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Time Management: As a solo entrepreneur, I find myself toggling between prospecting for new business, meeting with clients, administrative responsibilities, networking, planning, strategizing, and, oh, I almost forgot…actually doing the work! Figure out what is sucking up your time preventing you from being productive and profitable.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

For example, we might call a long-term customer on the day his annual report is due, and take it personally when he doesn’t have the bandwidth to give us feedback on our new product offering, or we might take rejection personally when a new sales call tells us it’s not a good time, not knowing that he’s late for his anniversary dinner.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 26, 2010

Consider how Apple has been able to capitalize on the first I-Pod with additional, similar products that capitalize on its attractive design and user interface features. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Social media opens your business to the scrutiny of the. Nine steps to developing a social media plan Social media is not longer an option for entrepreneurs and. Maximize Productivity Using Social Media In this day and age, there are so many different.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

While impending Boomer retirements represent the immediate issue, developing a knowledge culture is a best practice that serves an organization well when any employee leaves. At TechProse, he drives business development for the consulting firm that specializes in knowledge/content management, training, and documentation for major U.S.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 8, 2011

I am not a big fan of any method, procedure, service, or product that requires a hard sell to friends and family. I keep on message, I network, and I make my network work , for me and for others. I am not a big fan of collecting associates and friends just to collect associates and friends.

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OCTOBER 28, 2010

Improve productivity, Enhance the bottom line… StrategyDriven Premium Subscriber Login Align Your Organization and Become StrategyDriven! To read Kathryn’s complete biography, click here. and oh, if you want a pic to show with your comment, go get a gravatar ! Click here to cancel reply.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 20, 2010

The thankyou doesn’t cost the company anything and consider the benefits in productivity and loyalty! Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. When I have been thanked in the past I am so ready to work harder.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 22, 2011

Also consider having someone else maintain your social network, if you’re too busy to do so. We have been considering this as an option in our own product offerings. Use your Twitter, Facebook, Friendfeed, or Ning community to share your information.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 27, 2010

The power to communicate is the key to forging productive relationships. A simple change of tactic can bring you from “you have a problem with your piece of the product,&# to “I could be wrong, but it seems there’s a problem with the piece you worked on.&# Your comments and answers to the questions are most welcome!

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Greg helps gang members who are looking for a way out to become productive members of society through the motto, “nothing stops a bullet like a job&#. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JANUARY 30, 2011

So, the leader’s job is to strive for and encourage a balance that allows for healthy discussion, respectfully and productively conducted. Jones January 31, 2011 at 2:26 am Gwyn, I couldn’t agree with you more. The group perspective is much more broad and will help people to produce the best final product.

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