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Business Vision and Planning

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

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
Top 10 Steps to Creating a Successful Business Retreat for Self-Employed Entrepreneurs
Donna Gunter
An Annual Business Retreat can be the most powerful thing you'll ever do for your business. Knowing where you're going and how Iyou're going to get there and developing the financial picture of that plan wasis incredibly empowering. . . . keep reading
The Solo Entrepreneur's Success Secret: Planning Time for Business Development
Donna Gunter
Planning time to work ON your business, rather than IN your business, is absolutely crucial to the future growth and development of your business. Below is a proven time management strategy that will get you out of the client service rut and enable you to create the kind of business you truly want. . . . keep reading
5 Internet Marketing Mindsets Required for Online Business Success
Donna Gunter
Over time, independent service professionals become tired of trading time for money. They want to turn their website into a money-making machine but aren't sure how. There are 5 Internet marketing mindsets that are prerequisites for success in an online business. . . . keep reading
The Truth About Starting an Online Business
Donna Gunter
It is possible to make a decent living from online sources. However, to be successful, you'll need to do your research, be willing to invest your time, and persevere when the going gets tough. Here's my list of 10 things I wish I'd known about Internet marketing when I started my online business: . . . keep reading
Successfully Self-Employed: How to Create a Lifestyle Rather Than Just a Living
Donna Gunter
"Small is beautiful" is a novel concept of running a business.. What I discovered in my journey of business creation was that I was creating a lifestyle rather than a living. If you've been sitting on the fence, with those dreams of self-employment floating by just out of reach, here are 7 strategies to consider if you'd like to create a lifestyle, rather than a living, for your life: . . . keep reading
What Business Are You In?
Donna Gunter
Many times we are not in the business that we think we're in, and shifting that mindset may make all the difference in the success of your venture. Take a look at how you help your clients and determine if you're in the "right" business and are marketing yourself accordingly. . . . keep reading
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