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<title>Akhil Shahani - EzineArticles Expert Author</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Hi, I'm a serial entrepreneur & I want to help you succeed I created the Smart Entrepreneur Network to help you become one of the world's smart & successful entrepreneurs. Over the years I've had spectacular business success & even more spectacular failures. I've learned many business lessons the hard way & I realized that the entrepreneur who works smart is often more successful than the entrepreneur who just works hard. Every month the team at Smart Entrepreneur Network looks for the best quality information & solutions to help you succeed in your business. Before you go further, please make ... ]]></description>
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<title>Internship Programs - Catch Them Young</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:03:28 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Most chiefs of successful companies will attribute a major part of their success to their team of employees. Arguably, people are the most important resource in any organization. The right team can work wonders; on the contrary, below-par staff can be an onerous burden for any business.]]></description>
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<title>Bring a Shine to Your Home Based Jewelry Business</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:02:39 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Christina shopped for jewelry as though there was no tomorrow. On her 30th birthday, she received a gift that changed her life completely - a jewelry making tool box. She was thrilled by the thought of making jewelry herself. Lots of catalogs and jewelry making supplies found place on her shelves as Christina began turning out dozens of pairs of handcrafted jewelry.]]></description>
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<title>Link Building - Create a Chain Reaction!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[No doubt you've heard of word-of-mouth advertising, whereby products or companies get a boost when people talk positively about them. The online equivalent of this kind of advertising is link building. What does it mean? Link building involves getting other websites to link to your site.]]></description>
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<title>Leveraged Buyout - The Name is Bond, Junk Bond!</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:53:30 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Investors in a leveraged buyout have several options, including purchasing the bonds as mentioned above or buying equity through a specialized leveraged buyout fund.  Although the large debt component increases risk to investors, it also holds the promise of significant returns at the time of exiting the investment.]]></description>
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<title>Debt Consolidation - Is Debt Tearing You Apart?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1327235</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:53:16 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you are perpetually neck deep in debt and the darling of your credit card company, debt consolidation must have crossed your mind. For those who are compulsive spenders and live life like there is no tomorrow, the promise of easy payments at low interest rates is the stuff of dreams. But remember, there are no free lunches and debt consolidation might not always be the end of your financial troubles.]]></description>
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<title>Information Technology - Building Business for Small Website</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:01:20 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[IT is an area that has countless prospects for everyone. Besides becoming the address for many small businesses, IT is also a place from where you can choose from different types of jobs offered.]]></description>
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<title>Offshoring - To Go Where Other Men Have Gone Before!</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:21:15 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Offshoring is hardly a revolutionary concept. Since time immemorial, businesses have looked to procure various factors of production from the cheapest source. With advancement in transportation and technology making quick work of physical distance, buyers have looked further ashore for sourcing their requirements.]]></description>
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<title>5 Steps to Effective Inventory Control</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:23:47 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Inventory control involves the optimal procurement, care and disposition of material required in a manufacturing or retailing process. The three kinds of inventory that are of concern to any business are raw material, work-in-process and finished goods.]]></description>
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<title>Investable Surplus - Dealing With the Extra Bucks</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:20:55 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Investable surplus is what remains after all liabilities have been taken care of and therefore could be plowed back into the business. Growth and business expansion is impossible without timely reinvestment and hence, any investable surplus should be dealt with appropriately.]]></description>
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<title>IPO - Making the First Impression!</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:18:28 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[An IPO, also known as the Initial Public Offering is a favorite with new ventures. For those not familiar with the term, an IPO is the first time a company decides to make its shares available to the general public. It enables you to raise funds from people by promising them a portion of your profits later. Sounds good?]]></description>
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<title>Intellectual Property Protection Primer</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:16:32 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A lot of small businesses are founded on high technology or a breakthrough concept. If you're a technopreneur, and the inventor of a property (software, technology, idea or process), have you looked at how to protect your ownership of the same? Don't look puzzled - protection of your intellectual property (IP) rights is as important as creating the property itself.]]></description>
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<title>How Job Sharing Can Work For You</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:15:58 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You've got a handful of employees you really value, who want to leave - not to take up another job, but to do more with their lives. They like to work for you too, but are simply unable to find time for other things like family, leisure and different pursuits, and have therefore decided to choose one over the other. But it need not be that way.]]></description>
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<title>Joint Venture - To Be Or Not to Be?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A Joint Venture, popularly known as a 'JV', is a strategic partnership entered into between two or more firms to take advantage of opportunities, share in profits and distribute risks. But like they say, every coin has two sides. If you are already tempted to pursue a Joint Venture, be careful to find out more than just the bare minimum.]]></description>
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<title>Improving Your Interpersonal Skills</title>
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<description><![CDATA[These are the skills that enable you to work efficiently with others without any personality conflict. These skills will help you build good working relationships with your clients, employees and business associates.]]></description>
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<title>How to Make a Just-In-Time Inventory System Work For You</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:01:38 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The just-in-time inventory system works well in manufacturing industries that repeatedly produce large volumes of undifferentiated products, by facilitating production of the right part in the right place at the right time. In addition, there are a few prerequisites for a just-in-time inventory system to be successful.]]></description>
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<title>Knowledge Based Business - Know What and Know How</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:00:44 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Such businesses are characterized by high growth, technology intensity, a high rate of obsolescence and are hugely human capital dependent. While the scale may vary from a lone freelance consultant to giant corporations, a knowledge based business can be set up with relatively low capital.  Knowledge resources are unique in the sense that they are used, but never consumed. In fact, sharing knowledge invariably enhances it.]]></description>
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<title>Leaders - What Makes Them Tick</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:57:14 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["Leadership is lifting a person's vision to higher sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations." - Peter F. Drucker      Entrepreneurs are indeed a breed apart - otherwise why would anyone want to take the kinds of risks that they do and be willing to sacrifice so much?]]></description>
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<title>Intrinsic Motivation is Its Own Reward</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:53:23 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Intrinsic motivation is defined as a state in which an individual is motivated by internal factors, as opposed to external agents. In simple words, you just feel very strongly on the inside about doing something!]]></description>
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<title>Which is the Most Important Trait of a Leader?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:53:09 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way". - John C. Maxwell. Have you ever wondered about what makes a good leader? Why is it that some people can inspire others to greater heights of achievement while the rest leave them cold? Are there any special qualities that these people share? ]]></description>
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<title>Managing Your Older Employees</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:52:09 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Dealing with multi-generational employees is an art in itself. Young workers want to make a quick impact, they seem to be more up to date, more prompt and more energetic; while the older employees bring an entirely different perspective. They are, in general, more trustworthy, more dedicated and they seldom violate rules.]]></description>
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<title>What an Internet Marketing Strategy Can Do For You</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:51:47 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[An internet marketing strategy has, you guessed it, everything to do with the internet! It helps you use the internet to advertise or sell goods and services.]]></description>
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<title>The Many Faces of Internet Advertising</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:51:41 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Internet advertising forms a one-to-one link between your company and the users of its products and services. The beauty of it is that it not only helps to spread awareness, but can also facilitate the immediate closing of a sale, through a mere mouse click. Once you have decided to go for internet advertising, the choice of vehicle will depend upon your budget. Here we'll take a look at some of the options in internet advertising.]]></description>
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<title>Learn How to Delegate</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:51:37 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Delegation does not mean to simply hand out assignments. It is a science and an exercise in understanding oneself.]]></description>
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<title>Should You Be Leasing Technical Equipment?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1330228</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:51:22 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of the biggest expenses that any enterprise faces is the purchase of new technical equipment. Given the cash flow crunch in most small businesses, outright purchase of new equipment might not be feasible. Added to that is the fact that computers and other technological equipment quickly become obsolete.]]></description>
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<title>Internet Fraud - Watch Your Step, Virtually!</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:51:12 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Most internet fraud cases occur in financial transactions ranging from fake credit card payments to online auction of items that do not exist. If you are planning on starting an e-business or conducting transactions online, then it is best that you familiarize yourself with the tricks fraudsters have been pulling, and the legal antidote to them. Simple precaution can save you a lot of trouble.]]></description>
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<title>Mentoring Programs - Playing Big Brother</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:50:27 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Mentoring programs have become increasingly popular, mainly because they have been so successful in achieving results. Nowadays, you can find several organizations that help set up mentoring programs based on the specific needs of the protege. They recruit potential mentors from different walks of life and match them with the requirements of a younger person seeking guidance.]]></description>
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<title>Legalities - Business on the Right Side of the Law!</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1330234</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:49:20 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Starting a small business is no child play! The rules and regulations governing enterprises might seem quite complex and more than anything...endless! While it might be a bit frustrating, it is very important to get the rules right before contemplating a new business. Starting with naming the business, right until expansion plans and beyond, the legalities must be taken care of to avoid greater trouble later.]]></description>
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<title>International Venture Startup Cost</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1327907</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:49:03 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The US based venture capitalists are stepping up more and more their leadership internationally. An emergence of real international venture capital firms is there but arranging the international venture startup cost and succeeding in the market is a real challenge in itself.]]></description>
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<title>Internal Communication - At the Heart of Every Business</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:48:26 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Internal communication is an effective tool for handling many problems at the workplace. It is also known to decrease absenteeism, alleviate grievances and reduce turnover of employees, thereby improving productivity and profitability of the company.]]></description>
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<title>Motivating Employees - What's Money Got to Do With It?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:48:19 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many times bonus or commission checks are cashed, spent and forgotten very quickly. An alternative for motivating employees is to give gifts through a reward point system. This system enables you to award equivalent points instead of cash, which can be traded for gifts or a vacation. The advantage of a reward program is that it promotes individual performance and competition, while transforming the situation into a friendly contest!]]></description>
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<title>Identifying a Legitimate Home Based Business</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:48:17 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, a proposal which might seem like a legitimate home based business on the surface may actually be a smokescreen for something more sinister. If you're already into it, but haven't seen any returns so far, there's not much point pouring good money after bad. Most businesses that have a leg to stand on turn in a profit within a couple of years.  It's wise to work to a deadline for success, failing which opt out of the business.]]></description>
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<title>Things to Consider While Moving Office</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:47:35 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The most important factor in any decision to move office must be the impact it will have on the business. If your business has a number of posh clients coming in, a tacky basement office will do nothing for its image.]]></description>
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<title>Multicultural Staff - I Speak Your Language</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1330381</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:47:06 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One among the many attractions of any cosmopolitan city is cultural diversity. Therefore, it is only to be expected that businesses located in such places would have multicultural staff. Having people with different backgrounds work for you can be an advantage, but at the same time, this may give rise to greater conflict and misunderstanding. Therefore, the key to managing your multicultural staff is to be sensitive and sensible...]]></description>
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<title>Locating Your Business - Being Seen in the Right Places!</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:46:02 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The fortunes of many businesses have been made or unmade by their location, so think carefully about where you want to be. Before zeroing in on the spot for locating your business, consider various factors such as the nature of activity, the facilities and other resources required and most important of all, the target customers.]]></description>
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<title>Multilevel Marketing - Network Or Perish!</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1330384</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:45:33 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Multi level marketing (also known as network marketing or matrix marketing) is a business form that combines direct marketing and franchising. It helps you build an unseen network of people, a kind of people's franchise, as we would say. You do not see them, but the network is everywhere, probably one right in your neighborhood.]]></description>
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<title>Get a Move on With Logistics Management</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1330281</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:45:19 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If there's ever been a time of your life when you lived by the clock, waking up, getting dressed, organizing breakfast, dropping kids to school, getting in to work, picking kids from school, dropping them off for baseball practice, catching a hurried sandwich, getting back to work...]]></description>
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<title>Exploding the Multi-Tasking Myth</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:45:10 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Multi-tasking is simply the art of doing more than one thing at the same time, only it's not all that simple. A number of research studies have revealed a few home truths about multi-tasking. Contrary to popular belief, multi-tasking does not really help you do more, at least not to the fullest extent.]]></description>
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<title>Makeover Strategies For Your Retail Store</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1330296</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:44:27 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Today, society is highly image-conscious. Everything is judged first by how it looks, even a retail outlet! Further, in this changing retail marketplace, consumers' likes and dislikes change overnight.  If you want to retain your share and fight sluggish sales, your shop ought to be more customer-friendly, more modern and more competitive.]]></description>
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<title>Making a First Impression - Love at First Sight</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:43:28 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Raring to impress, there are some people who just won't stop talking.  Sure, you may have a list of accomplishments as long as the river Nile, but, hey, who wants to know, just yet? Give the other people equal, if not more, opportunity to present their credentials, and listen attentively without displaying your eagerness to say your piece.]]></description>
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<title>Must-Have Gizmos - Good Living, Here We Come!</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:43:25 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Technology is growing in leaps and bounds to automate everything we do through must-have gizmos. You will need them too, if you have to keep pace with the world around you. From smart phones to slim laptops, these gadgets rank high on performance and style! You can't imagine being a smart entrepreneur without at least one of these by your side.]]></description>
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<title>Naming Your Business - Identity Crisis?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:41:57 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[First child or first business, finding a nice name for it can make people work up a sweat. Looking for that perfect name which is suitable for your business, and is yet memorable and "creative sounding" could prove especially difficult. While we're not going to run up a list of "baby" business names, we could certainly help you go about finding "the one".]]></description>
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<title>Making Your Business Card Mean Business</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:41:42 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When someone looks at your business card, can they immediately tell what your business does? Create a one-line slogan that will help people remember what you sell. Include the slogan on your business card. Typically 6 words are enough to get the message across - if they are the right words.]]></description>
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<title>Negotiating - Hard Talk at Work</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:35:58 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Body language is everything in a business negotiation. The deal might make the difference between life and death for your business, but don't let it show. If they know that you want it so bad, they'll waste no time pinning you in a corner. Act like you've got other options to choose from - that will teach them to treat you with care.]]></description>
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<title>Negotiating Skills - Dealing With 'em Smart</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:34:54 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Kevin Spacey made it seem like very serious business in "The Negotiator" and we agree with him! It is important that budding entrepreneurs equip themselves with a strategy for effective negotiation. Why, you ask?]]></description>
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<title>A Close Look at Network Marketing</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:34:07 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Network marketing or direct selling companies are part of a global, thriving industry employing more than 43 million people and generating sales of over $ 75 billion. Network marketing owes its success to the following...]]></description>
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<title>Inheriting a Business - Stepping Into Dad's Shoes?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:33:31 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Most small businesses start out as a family business and are passed on from one generation to another. Starting your own business allows you to set your own terms at work; inheriting one, more often than not, comes with its own baggage.]]></description>
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<title>Setting Up an Online Home Based Business</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1330501</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:31:29 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[To conduct an online home based business, you will need to publish suitable content on the internet via a web page. And you don't need to be another Larry Page to do that! The best thing is that this won't cost you an arm and a leg; in fact it costs nothing except for the domain name and web hosting charges at less than US$20 a month.]]></description>
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<title>Managing Business Data - Putting Information to Work!</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:30:37 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Business data comes in unending variety! Whether it's informal market intelligence gleaned by an enterprising sales executive, a gut feel for something based on past experience, or hard data neatly arranged into spreadsheets of a gazillion megabytes - it's all worth nothing unless managed the right way.]]></description>
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<title>Customer Segmentation - Total Breakdown!</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:29:56 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Customer segmentation is defined as the division of a market into smaller, distinct consumer groups, based on shared characteristics.     The traditional way of dividing the market into different user groups is to segregate customers on the basis of their demographic or psychographic characteristics, such as...]]></description>
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<title>Information Architecture - Building Blocks For Techies!</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:29:05 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Information Architecture is the art of building a structure for managing information. For example, you might use it to organize your company website's content into groups and create an interface to support those categories. Information architecture has unlimited application in the knowledge universe - you can use it to organize data on your system, make your email more manageable or simply compose a document.]]></description>
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<title>Get Connected Through Online Meetings</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:28:50 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Online meetings can help bridge the distance to your customers, partners and employees who are located far away. The availability of the internet has led to the creation of web conferencing technology which allows people across the world to log into a single meeting. So, an online meeting not only solves your problem of space and time, but does the same for all the other participants who are crucial to the discussion.]]></description>
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<title>Managing the Business Cycle - You Can't Stop Pedaling!</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:28:17 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Isaac Newton taught us that anything that goes up must come down. So, why should businesses be any different? Managing the business cycle is one of the biggest challenges that entrepreneurs and their senior management team will face. And the reality is that it will never go away.]]></description>
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<title>8 Tips For a Successful E-Mail Broadcast</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:27:06 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[E-mail is a powerful tool for gaining a customer base faster than by traditional methods. E-mail broadcasting is a service that enables you to distribute thousands of customized e-mails per hour and collect information right after they have been sent out! Not only can you gather real-time feedback on your campaigns, you can also simplify surveys and referral campaigns.]]></description>
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<title>New Hires - Breaking Them in - Gently</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:26:58 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Most of us remember our first day at work in some detail. I can recall the anxiety, expectation, heightened sense of anticipation and the agonizing question of whether I made the right choice, even to this day.]]></description>
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<title>Expand Your Business Through Customer Satisfaction</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1327208</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1327208</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:26:36 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We all agree with the adage that the customer is king. It is a well known fact that no business can survive without a customer base. Regardless of what business you are in, satisfying customers is really what it's all about.]]></description>
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<title>Protecting Your Business Against Lawsuits</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1330330</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1330330</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:25:57 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In our previous article, we spoke about how to protect your business against natural calamities. Continuing along the same line of discussion, let us see how you can keep defend your small business from a disaster of another kind - a big lawsuit!]]></description>
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<title>No Startup Free Home Jobs - A Few Ideas</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1330450</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1330450</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:25:46 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The WWW or the World Wide Web provides you the opportunity of having your own home-based business in online marketing which is becoming popular nowadays because there often is no startup fee. Home jobs like this are lucrative enough.]]></description>
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<title>Obtaining Small Business License In Florida</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1330456</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1330456</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:24:58 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Online business or retail business, obtaining small business license in Florida is as easy as it can get. Every state in the USA has its own laws of allowing outsiders to open business. And fortunately, none of the states discourage you to start business on its soil.]]></description>
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<title>How to Create That Perfect Online Storefront</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1330515</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:24:40 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A brightly lit department store entices passers-by to step in, and your online storefront should be no different. Design it like any other physical store. Make it exciting, enjoyable and easy to walk through for customers by putting up an attractive and well laid out display.]]></description>
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<title>Participating in a Trade Show</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1330559</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1330559</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:24:17 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A trade show is an exhibition where companies with similar or related products serving the same markets showcase their latest offerings, meet customers, learn new trends and identify new prospects. For small businesses looking to succeed, trade shows can be effective promotional and sales tools.]]></description>
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<title>Office Equipment For a Small Business</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1330463</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1330463</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:24:04 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When you are in the process of starting a business, besides deciding on financing, market research, business location and more, you also have to attend to mundane matters like choosing the right furniture for your office. While this might not be on the top of your must-do list, it is something that you have to devote some time to. Getting the right office furniture might not make or break your business, but it's still important when it comes to comfort, productivity and the image you will project to your clients.]]></description>
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<title>Handy Advice For Good Startup Businesses</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1327738</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1327738</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:23:42 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Once you have reached the decision of setting up a business of your own, everyone around you will start to give you some kind of suggestion or the other regarding good startup businesses. Not all the suggestions you get will be useful and helpful, some may not be that good.]]></description>
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<title>The How and Why of Participative Leadership</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1330565</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1330565</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:23:13 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Leadership means different things to different people. However, a generally accepted definition is that it "is a process that takes place in groups in which one member influences and controls the behavior of the other members toward a common goal.]]></description>
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<title>Open Source Solutions Small Business Problems</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1330517</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:22:35 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We aim here at taking a look at the ways in which one might utilize open source solutions. Small businesses often find themselves in a soup when they are faced with the problems of evaluating themselves. They actually find themselves with very little record of what they had been doing for the previous years, which results in great difficulty in obtaining an optimum evaluation for the company.]]></description>
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<title>Partnerships - When to Say I Do</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1330569</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1330569</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:22:35 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The conflict among partners usually comes to a head when they don't know how to resolve a disagreement. However, it need not be that way at all. Successful partnerships The Partnership Charter: How to Start Out Right With Your New Business Partnership (Or Fix the One You're in) can and do exist, and what's more, there is a deliberate process behind them.]]></description>
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<title>Get Your Sales Call Right</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1327736</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1327736</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:21:43 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Regardless of the type of business you are running, whether online or offline, in products or services, SALES always has the last word. If you don't sell you have no business. It's a tough market out there and the competition to get the consumers to listen to you is intense. Your sales pitch may be made via email, over phone, or in person.]]></description>
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<title>Operations Management - Be a Smooth Operator!</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1330524</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1330524</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:20:20 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The management is responsible for uninterrupted conduct of day to day business. Various mechanisms such as delegation, evaluation and compensation, can be utilized to set standards. Delegate responsibilities according to skill levels, follow a set pattern for evaluating performance and outline a compensation scheme accordingly.]]></description>
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<title>20 Questions to Ask Before You Buy a Franchise</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1330746</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1330746</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:19:39 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you are contemplating buying your own franchise, you are sure to have myriad questions running around in your mind begging for answers. To ease your mind and to give you control during the decision-making process, we've prepared a checklist of 20 questions that you have to get the answers to before making the big leap...]]></description>
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<title>Payroll Software - Salaries Made Simple</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1330584</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1330584</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:18:21 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Payroll software tools can be used to speed up the process of calculating pay accurately, and making payments on time. They save you the burden of understanding complex payroll legislation and payroll systems operation, and thereby reduce administrative costs.]]></description>
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<title>Free Credit Report - Watching Your Wallet</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1327639</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1327639</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:18:19 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This is no paranoid fantasy of an imagination running riot. As per the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) enforced by U.S.A's Federal Trade Commission, each of the three consumer reporting companies that operate across the country must provide a free credit report once a year on demand.]]></description>
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<title>Paying the Price For Raising Money</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1330756</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1330756</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:18:03 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Raising money for an entrepreneurial venture is indeed difficult as you need to convince investors about the viability of your idea. Most often, entrepreneurs do not take into account the hidden costs of raising money. You're probably raising an eyebrow too, as we speak.]]></description>
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<title>Starting Out With a Personal Bank Loan</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1330588</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1330588</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:17:49 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A personal bank loan may be secured or unsecured. In the former, the lender will insist on some kind of guarantee that can be enforced in case of default. Typically, this takes the form of collateral - where certain assets are pledged with the lender, who will have rights to the same in case the borrower does not pay up.]]></description>
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<title>Planning a Meeting?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1330594</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1330594</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:17:21 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Planning a meeting contributes nearly as much to its success as the actual goings-on itself. If you've got a big meeting ahead of you, don't put off thinking about it till the previous weekend. There's a lot more to planning a meeting than planning to meet (and no, we're not sounding corny on purpose).]]></description>
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<title>Getting Away With Raising Prices</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1330764</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1330764</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:17:18 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If your business is competing on price alone, sooner or later, some rival will undercut you. Being the cheapest in the business is not a sustainable USP and doesn't make a great business model either. If your business has teeth and customers see value in your product or service, raising prices is not going to sound a death knell.]]></description>
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<title>Reading to Succeed</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1330770</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1330770</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:17:03 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Running a business is no mean task. There's always a challenge round the corner, or a new fire to be put out. While success at work has its rewards, it extracts a price, which could be considerable.]]></description>
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<title>Franchise Location - Your Place Or Mine?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1327634</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1327634</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:15:54 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The decision to award a franchise is highly influenced by territorial considerations. Very often, the franchisor will seek partners in specific locations, where their business might be unrepresented. So, when you sign up as a franchisee, you will have to work within a geographical boundary.]]></description>
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<title>Playing the Critical Number Game</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1330602</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1330602</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:15:51 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Leave heavy weather stuff like Operating Ratio and IRR to the guys that really care about them. Critical numbers must be broken down into easy to understand bits that everyone can identify with. If you're talking to the guys on the shop floor, discuss yield and productivity and how improvements in those areas can increase profits (that's a number everyone understands!).]]></description>
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<title>In Business With Your Spouse</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1327848</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1327848</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:15:40 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The key to a successful marriage lies in communication. The same holds true for a business relationship. Develop an effective way to sort out differences and resolve disputes.]]></description>
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<title>Real Estate Agent Startup Money</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1330805</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1330805</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:15:03 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Are you thinking of becoming a real estate agent? If yes then you should have knowledge about certain things about real estate agent startup money before you start off. You will need to work very hard to be successful in this field. You will also need to take care of many expenditures and fees. ]]></description>
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<title>Trade Off - Import and Export Documents</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1327826</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1327826</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:14:31 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In today's shrinking world, there is hardly any business transacted which does not require goods and services to cross national shores. Import and export activity is routine for many businesses, and the lifeblood of others. No doubt, you have used imported materials in your company before, but if this is the first time that you are importing or exporting something directly yourself, the following checklist will help you.]]></description>
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<title>Understanding a POS System</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1330605</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1330605</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:14:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[POS or Point of Sale refers to the system that records financial transactions in stores and restaurants. It could either be an electric cash register or an integrated computer system that records the data pertaining to the sale of goods or services. A typical POS system consists of a cash drawer, receipt printer, monitor and  input device.]]></description>
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<title>IT Portfolio Management - Techies, Get Your Basics Right!</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1330613</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1330613</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:12:47 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[While an IT portfolio management exercise could take on different dimensions in different companies, it basically refers to making and managing an investment in an IT project or firm. Regardless of the size or composition of an IT portfolio, managing it well is of vital importance. Ask the bigwigs and they'll tell you the same thing.]]></description>
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<title>The Real Costs of Owning a Franchise</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1327628</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1327628</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:12:30 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[So, you want to own a franchise but are wondering what it would cost you to start one. Read on and get the scoop on the actual cost of owning a franchise. Like all things in life, you have to pay a price for owning a franchise - remember, there are no free lunches.]]></description>
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<title>The Business of Reseller Hosting</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1330892</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1330892</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:12:20 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Reseller hosting is the business of providing web hosting services owned by another web hosting company to end customers. Reseller hosts provide website design and management services as well as hosting services to users.]]></description>
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<title>Prepaid Credit Card - Easy Money</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1330626</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1330626</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:11:27 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[These cards, also called stored value cards, have found application in a number of other areas, such as payroll, with over 10% of people with no bank accounts having one. Gift cards are another growing segment. A lot of fancy research reveals that more people prefer to gift a card rather than cash or paper certificates.]]></description>
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<title>Finding The Best Franchise Startup For You</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1327622</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1327622</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:10:46 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Franchises are of three kinds consisting of services, products and wholesale distribution. There are certain factors which you will have to take into account before deciding on the type of best franchise startup you should open. These factors include the things you like to do, the amount of capital you have and your experience in the industry.]]></description>
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<title>Preparing For an Audit</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1330635</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1330635</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:10:40 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[An audit is not a welcome event for any organization or individual. But remember, many audits result in no change if the detailed information on the return is accurate.]]></description>
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<title>What Can a Retail Inventory Management System Do For Your Business?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1330898</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1330898</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:10:33 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Today's retail inventory management system is a sophisticated animal. It straddles the entire logistics and supply chain, enabling inventory planning across all stocking locations from vendor sites and warehouses to redistribution centers and points of sale.  Not only that, a retail inventory management system also provides critical inputs necessary for making accurate demand and replenishment projections.]]></description>
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<title>How to Write a Business Plan (And Also How Not To!)</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1327821</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1327821</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:10:14 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This is something everybody should do before even thinking of starting a business. Yes, it's all about how to write a business plan.]]></description>
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<title>How to Manage Stress in Your Work Life</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1327812</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1327812</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:09:49 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Stress is a result of a series of complex reactions that occur in response to certain events and situations in your life. There are many ways of defining Stress. Some researchers categorize it either as Eustress or Distress depending on whether something changes for the better or worse respectively]]></description>
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<title>Entrepreneurship After Retirement - What's Age Got to Do With it?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1330908</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1330908</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:09:39 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Senior citizens look for financial security as they approach retirement. Starting their own enterprise gives them the kind of security that a hot-shot job with a mega corporation does not guarantee anymore.]]></description>
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<title>A Quick Look at How to Buy a Business</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1327802</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1327802</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:09:16 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Acquiring a company is a tricky business, and could be much harder than setting up a new one in certain cases. We've prepared a set of quick guidelines on how to buy a business, which can serve as a useful reference. However, before you get around to the buying process, there's something very important that you need to do, which is to identify what kind of business you'd like to take over.]]></description>
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<title>Pricing Objectives - Playing the Numbers Game</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1330639</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1330639</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:09:09 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[For entrepreneurs, it's quite common to aim for short-term profits, especially from products that are "revolutionary" or in the initial stage of the life cycle. At this point, your aim is to make as much money as possible from fewer customers, which naturally means charging a premium price for your products.]]></description>
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<title>Pricing Strategy - Points to Ponder</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1330648</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1330648</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:08:57 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Pricing your product or service is one of the most important issues that you need to tackle. You must be wondering as to what is the procedure to follow to develop the best pricing strategy for your company. While there is no particular approach that you must adopt, definitely, there are some important things that you should bear in mind while creating one.]]></description>
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<title>A Guide to Private Equity Investing</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1330656</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1330656</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:08:02 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Private equity investing means making an investment in securities through a negotiated process. Majority of these investments are in companies that are not listed on the stock exchange. While private equity investing can deliver impressive returns, it is more prone to risk than other forms of financing, such as debt.]]></description>
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<title>How To Start A Small Business At Home</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1327798</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/1327798</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:07:01 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The idea of beginning a business from home has two sides to it; on one hand it can be hard graft while on the other hand it can be stimulating. You should be aware of this if you are planning to start a business at home.]]></description>
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<title>Productivity Consultant - Unsung Hero?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1330662</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:07:01 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A productivity consultant is an expert whose aim is to improve, you guessed it, the productivity of resources, be it manpower, money, time or space Ask one of them for an opinion, and they'll tell you that productivity is a way of working smart, by doing more with less. Also, it's not just a question of quantity; a productive resource is one that creates quality, first and foremost.]]></description>
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<title>5 Quick Steps to Improving Productivity</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:06:22 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of the most important skills for any business person is effective communication. When you are communicating with staff or clients, verbally or in writing, there are two vital Cs of communication that you should keep in mind - Clarity and Conciseness.]]></description>
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<title>Retirement Planning - Save a Penny, Gain a Penny!</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:04:32 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This goes for all age groups. Think of all the expenses you are likely to incur and make provisions for them. Do you have visions of lavishing gifts on your grandchildren, or taking that long awaited Caribbean cruise? Painting a realistic picture will help you determine what you need to set aside for your retirement from your current income]]></description>
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<title>The Right Type of Insurance For Home Based Businesses</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:02:31 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Liability coverage protects your business against lawsuits arising from personal damage or injury that has occurred on your premises. Your homeowners' or renters' insurance may not protect you against liability to business visitors. A general liability policy covers damages that your business is ordered to pay to an individual who is injured on your property.]]></description>
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