Entrepreneur Success Blog

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07/09/2008 11:40 AM

Creating a Budget

It is so important that you create a budget for your business. Quickbooks allows you to easily set up a budget for the year. I want to preface this by saying that before you can create a budget, you need to make sure your books are in order. Make sure you itemize everything correctly and [...]

06/23/2008 07:30 AM

Extreme Sales Techniques

Use these four sales techniques to get deals done–or piss people off along the way. 1. Call someone by the wrong name on purpose: This one has worked for me a few times. If you are really having trouble getting someone to respond to you, call him or her by a totally different name, and try to [...]

05/29/2008 03:43 PM

Setting Appointments with Clients

Usually I write longer posts but this is a little trick that you should definitely use. I hear it time and time again from my sales people. They set up an appointment with a client and when the time comes they cannot track the client down. There are 3 things you should do to ensure [...]

05/21/2008 07:30 AM

Top 10 Items To Bring On A Business Trip

If you travel a lot, then you need to make sure you have products that make your life easier and better. Every corporate exec should be rolling with these goods, or ones like them. Next time you’re running out the door, make sure you have the necessities. 1. The bag: I own the Tumi Alpha Travel & [...]

05/12/2008 08:59 AM

Forget the “out of office” autoresponder

If you own a business, there is no such thing as an “out of office” autoresponder. You know, that little message you can set up that bounces back to people when they try to email you and you are on vacation? If you own a business, I hate to break it to you, but there [...]