Inspirational Quote Of The Day

“Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.”

Mark Victor Hansen

4 Sure-Fire Ways to Deliver First-Class Customer Service

Trading money for time and convenience is nothing new–it’s the basis for countless businesses, from fully-prepared, take-home meals to dry cleaning pickup services. But for frequent international travelers, the money/convenience tradeoff goes way beyond grabbing a ready-to-eat rotisserie chicken; it’s virtually a way of life.

Mind Your Business: A Scary Proposition

Taking the leap into entrepreneurship can be a scary proposition. That's especially true if you're betting all your chips (and dollars, for that matter) on the success of this one great business venture.

Inspirational Quote Of The Day

“Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be."

George Sheehan

5 Things Successful People Don’t DO

There are no formulas for who is successful. But there are statistical probabilities. For example, you are equally as likely to succeed if you go to Harvard as if you apply to Harvard and get rejected, according to Alan Krueger, Princeton economist.

Why the Next Steve Jobs Will be Asian

As Washington maneuvers on skilled immigration reform, the United States is losing its near-monopoly on entrepreneurship by forcing its educated Indian and Chinese immigrants to return home.

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Inspirational Quote Of The Day

“Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time.”

Arnold H. Glasgow

Does Your Business Have Banker’s Syndrome…or the Gratitude Effect?

When the phone lines are jammed and the pipeline is full and revenue is skyrocketing and glowing testimonials are pouring in it’s only natural to feel really good about your business — and yourself. At times you might even catch yourself feeling not only satisfied and fulfilled… but maybe even a little smug.

Piictu: Sharing Pictures and Making Money

As he was watching the progress of Argentina (his favorite team) in the World Cup, he never dreamed that his next project would be to try to revolutionize the world of photo sharing. But something strange happened.

Inspirational Quote Of The Day

"There is only one success--to be able to spend your life in your own way."

Christopher Morley

Conquer Your Challenges: 12 Great Ways to Do Things Differently

Instead of waiting until you’re forced to make a bad situation better, why not turn a decent situation into a great one and tackle your challenges head on?

The Characteristics of a Great Leader

Great leaders are often described as having a certain magnetism. But according to new research, that special something could have less to do with charisma than with a tendency to obscure the way they get things done.

Inspirational Quote Of The Day

"It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed."

Theodore Roosevelt

Effective Ways to Evaluate Leads| Selling Power

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How to Find and Attract Customers

New business owners might feel the world has all gone online in recent years and that the high-tech landscape has changed the very nature of the entrepreneurial game. While there is some truth to that, the old adage that “the more things change, the more they stay the same” also applies to hooking new customers.

Inspirational Quote Of The Day

“Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.”

Buddha

Stress Management Key to Keeping Business (and Owner) Alive

The challenges of owning a business aren’t always about hiring employees or satisfying customers. Sometimes, the struggles are a little more personal. And usually, the end result is stress.

Is Your Customer Service Sabotaging Sales?

It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that when the cost to acquire customers (CAC) exceeds the lifetime value of the customer (LTV) the business model is doomed to fail.

Inspirational Quote Of The Day

"Success and growth is about constantly pushing yourself to the extreme limits, getting out of your "comfort zone", and exploring "un-chartered territories!"

Chris Zapata Viado

Homework 101: 5 Business You Can Run From Home

So you want to start a business, but you don't have the funds for an office or a storefront? Don't worry. You might be surprised at how easy it is to run a business out of your home without your customers being any the wiser. Here are five entrepreneurs who've made a successful go of working from home and found a measure of work-life balance in the process.

Success? It’s Just a Decision Away

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Inspirational Quote Of The Day

"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan, 'press on' has solved, and always will solve, the problems of the human race."

Calvin Coolidge

How Do Successful People Respond to Setbacks? (Video)

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3 Steps to Bringing Your Invention to Market

So you finally have a great idea that is going to launch your company and make it a success. Now what?

Inspirational Quote Of The Day

"All great masters are chiefly distinguished by the power of adding a second, a third, and perhaps a fourth step in a continuous line. Many a man has taken the first step. With every additional step you enhance immensely the value of your first."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Simple Ways to Increase Productivity by 5% — In One Day

Want to dramatically improve your employee’s performance without spending any money? Want to dramatically improve your own performance without taking classes, attending seminars, or buying cool new gadgets that promise lots but deliver little?

Inspirational Quote Of The Day

"Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit."

Conrad Hilton

How Facebook’s New Features Will Affect Digital Marketers

With Facebook’s major changes set to roll out this week, little thought has been given to answering how Timeline and the revamped Open Graph will affect our interaction with rest of the web, and how websites stand to benefit. I believe that weaving Facebook even deeper into websites is going to yield a positive experience for consumers and sites alike.

The 3 Types of Procrastination (And What to Do About Each)

If you have a headache, there could be a variety of causes for the symptom — dehydration, the neighbor’s unbearable music, migraine or, in rare and terrible cases, something more serious. And what’s true of physical symptoms is also often true of behavioral ones. You’re snapping at your partner? Maybe you have unresolved anger issues or maybe you’re just hungry.

Inspirational Quote Of The Day

"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all."

Dale Carnegie

7 Ways to Up Your Sales Game

Not a natural born salesperson? Fortunately, sales is one of those things that can be learned, and improved upon over time. All you need do is copy what great salespeople do, learn their strategies, and practice.

Inspirational Quote Of The Day

"ETERNAL OPTIMISM and CONSTANT BELIEVING IN YOURSELF are THE ONLY KEYS TO SUCCESS, JOY, and TRUE HAPPINESS IN LIFE! And DON'T LET ANYONE TELL YOU SOMETHING ELSE OTHERWISE!" 

Chris Zapata Viado 

Entrepreneur, Founder and Proprietor
Excellerium Business Consulting Services
Author and Publisher, "Outsource Yourself!" Book