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Do you have a vision for your business? How about a plan? Check here for some great tips on how you can develop both.

The 4 Secret Questions You MUST Answer Before Seeking Joint Venture Partners
Donna Gunter
The 4 Secret Questions You MUST Answer Before Seeking Joint Venture Partners Joint venture partnerships are a very effective way to rapidly increase your sales and grow your business. However, if done the wrong way, this strategy will blow up in your face. There are a few simple steps you should take BEFORE seeking out any joint venture partners or strategic alliances. Here are 4 secrets to success in your joint venture partnership request: . . . keep reading
Six Sanity-Saving Scenarios to Turn a Massive Breakdown into a Powerful Business Breakthrough
Melanie Benson Strick
Six Sanity-Saving Scenarios to Turn a Massive Breakdown into a Powerful Business
Breakthrough Every business owner has a breakdown in systems and processes. A breakdown means that something very valuable is happening and that you have the opportunity to gain insight into how you can improve your process, your attitude, or your belief so that the problem never happens again. Here are Six Sanity-Saving Scenarios that can turn that breakdown into a breakthrough. . . . keep reading
10 Steps to Testing the Viability of Your Online Business Idea That Won't Break the Bank
Donna Gunter
10 Steps to Testing the Viability of Your Online Business Idea That Won't Break the Bank Starting an online business is a very low-risk way to put your toe in the entrepreneurial pond because the start up costs are minimal. Despite these benefits, an online business is just like any other and needs to be researched before starting to determine if there's a need in the marketplace. How do you determine if your online business idea will sink or swim? Here are 10 steps you can take to test your idea without breaking the bank: . . . keep reading
DOWNLOAD: 33 Keys to Thriving During a Recession
Marcia Yudkin
DOWNLOAD: 33 Keys to Thriving During a Recession This 12-page report is jammed with 33 specific tips and plenty of examples of how to thrive during a recession. . . . keep reading
6 Steps to Creating an Effective "Sticky Note" Business Plan
Christine Kloser
6 Steps to Creating an Effective "Sticky Note" Business Plan The thought of writing a business plan is not the highest item on the priority list of most entrepreneurs. They would rather do almost anything than to dedicate time to writing a business plan. To help you track your business goals and plans, try this unique sticky note business plans. . . . keep reading
Marketing Plan: How to Create an Internet Marketing Action Plan That Gets Results
Marketing Plan:  How to Create an Internet Marketing Action Plan That Gets Results Keeping up with ongoing marketing tasks can be overwhelming. Many online business owners are so wrapped up in working on their business that they don't make time to work in the business, like performing regular marketing tasks. Consequently, they often experience slow times in their business because they begin to market themselves only when the prospect pool has dried up. . . . keep reading
How Perfectionism Kills the Online Entrepreneur
Donna Gunter
How Perfectionism Kills the Online Entrepreneur How many times have you failed to take action on releasing a new product or service because it wasn't perfect? Probably more times than you care to admit. The need for perfection is simply another excuse to procrastinate and take no action. Inaction is safe because you're not putting yourself out there to the world to face possible criticism. . . . keep reading
DOWNLOAD: Your Marketing Calendar 2008: Using Holidays, Events, and Celebrations to Promote Your Business
Heidi Richards
DOWNLOAD: Your Marketing Calendar 2008:  Using Holidays, Events, and Celebrations to Promote Your Business With this unique guide you don't have to wait until the holidays to start creating a marketing calendar for the year. You can start where you are -- today! You'll discover more than 240 marketing ideas to investigate, initiate, celebrate, and formulate to grow your business in this 88-page ebook. . . . keep reading
Comfort Zone Buster: 5 Ways to Re-Energize Your Online Business
Donna Gunter
Comfort Zone Buster:  5 Ways to Re-Energize Your Online Business One of the greatest pitfalls of online business owners is getting stuck in your own comfort zone. How would your life or business be different if you forced yourself out of your comfort zone? What is it that will make you move forward to get where you want to be? Here are 5 strategies that I use re-energize my online business when I get a bit too cozy in my comfort zone rut: . . . keep reading
Master Time Management with One Question
Donna Gunter
Master Time Management with One Question What I've come to realize as a service business owner that my most valuable asset isn't my contact database or my marketing materials or my business plan. It's my time. Use this simple question to discern what's important and what's not! . . . keep reading
How to Conduct Your Online Business Checkup
Donna Gunter
How to Conduct Your Online Business Checkup Is your life exactly what you want right now? Use these simple 6 steps to evaluate your online business and develop an action plan to get where you want to be! . . . keep reading
Create Systems to Leverage Your Time and Knowledge
Wendy Gray Maynard, Your Friendly Marketing Maven
Create Systems to Leverage Your Time and Knowledge There are two things that I commonly hear from my marketing clients. The first is that they don't have enough clients - they are struggling to keep their sales pipeline full. The second problem is one of capacity. The good news is that there is an answer to this problem --creating systems - to leverage your time and your knowledge. . . . keep reading
Have You Inventoried Your Intellectual Capital Recently?
Donna Gunter
Have You Inventoried Your Intellectual Capital Recently? Starting a new business or changing directions? Capitalize on an often forgotten resource by taking an Intellectual Capital inventory. . . . keep reading
How to Make More By Working Less
Donna Gunter
How often do you take a break? When you're stuck or feeling overwhelmed, do you continue to plug away, becoming increasingly frustrated and stuck and not accomplishing anything, and then become resentful? All work and no play makes Jane a dull girl. I've discovered that if you want to make more, you should work less. . . . keep reading
Just Sit There and Do Nothing
Donna Gunter
Relaxing can be tough for a Type A personality, even on vacation. Sometimes, just sitting there and doing nothing brings the best rewards for your life and business. . . . keep reading
10 Steps to Creating Your Online Business Disaster Plan
Donna Gunter
10 Steps to Creating Your Online Business Disaster Plan As a solopreneur, what can you do to make your business disaster-proof? We seem to have an increased number of natural disasters like hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, wildfires, mud slides, ice storms, blizzards, etc. that can potentially permanently close your business. Here are my ten secrets gained from a recent hurricane evacuation that helped me get my business back up and running quickly. . . . keep reading
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