A Virtual Assistant (VA) could be many things to your business;a personal assistant a marketing executive an administration coordinator an office manager a copywriter an editor a proofreader a bookkee..

Negotiating a business deal, whether as a buyer or a seller, can be a rewarding experience, but too often people approach the table with a distinct sense of trepidation. Viewing negotiating as a form ..

As a writer and a lover of words, I try to express myself clearly. But in business, that's not enough.And as business owners, we're constantly challenged on how to express ourselves diplomatically. Th..

I recently had a client begin marketing mentoring with me. Before getting started she said, "I've never been mentored before. What’s it like?" So, I thought it would be a good idea to explain. I can..

In 2003, I took my business on the road for three months while traveling by car around much of North America. In 2007, I took almost as long for a road trip from Massachusetts to Alaska and back. In..

It seems rather unnecessary to say that important steps should not be taken without careful consideration, but experience shows that such steps are often taken from caprice or without serious thought...

The human brain is the most advanced organ and technology on the planet. It is able to outperform the most powerful supercomputers ever devised, and is capable of staggering creativity and ideas, ofte..

Ideas are the very fabric of the world we live in today. From the smallest ideas grow the largest businesses, and from the largest ideas grow nations and cultures. Generating ideas is something we are..

The statistic has shown that about 50 percent of the businesses fail within the first year of operation and almost 95 percent fail within five years. Here are the top 10 list of common mistake that th..

In both life and business, a great idea may be all that separates the winners from the also-rans, the remembered from the forgotten. Take two random business owners, each working all the hours they ca..

Working a day job has long been the norm for vast numbers of us, waking early and punching a clock in the morning before beginning a day exactly the same as the previous one. All that could be changin..

Many people see the idea of starting a small business as their ticket to freedom, both financially and otherwise, but there are some basic reasons why most startup businesses fail to reach their full ..