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Make your posts more valuable by adding images

February 12, 2015 By Lindsey Allen

Lego blocks

Added after I initially forgot the purpose of this post.

Dr Jan and I have worked together to create this website

We try to be faithful in adding appropriate images to each post.

I was reminded of this today when I wrote a post on my website  regarding the importance of images for increasing reader interest.
Please take a look at it and tell me what you do about images on posts.

Oops, almost forgot to add an image. As an afterthought, I posted it above. It came from the source mentioned in my article. It doesn’t have much to do with this post except that I was talking about adding images. Be sure the image that you add has at least something to do with the post. Let it be obvious.  I only added it because I spent 2 hours yesterday with my 3-year grandson playing with … Legos.

Filed Under: Business Improvement

Does Your Sales Process Fit The Buyer’s World

June 30, 2014 By Jan Triplett 1 Comment

The buyer’s world is key. Want more sales? Stop looking at it from your point of view. It’s not about you. It’s about the buyer. It’s about their buying process and your role. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business Improvement, Sales Tagged With: Big Gridders™, buyer's remorse, Buyer's World, Buying Triggering Event, Little Gridders™

Heroes and Mentors

May 15, 2014 By Jan Triplett Leave a Comment

Heroes and mentors are inspiring. They are both unique. They can be household names or unknown and unsung. Both are remarkable in their own ways. Both have the potential of great power and influence over others.

Everyone needs heroes and everyone needs mentors but they are not usually the same person. If you listen to others, you will hear the names of both. You will also get an idea of the value of each one. This can help you in your own quest to find the right person to help you develop and grow your business and your life. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Growth Readiness Tagged With: Heroes TV series, Mentor.Hero

Your Mentor May Be Close at Hand

May 11, 2014 By Jan Triplett Leave a Comment

Where can you find someone who is just what you need? They may be sitting next to you reading the paper. Look around.

Personal Mentors

I’ve had several wonderful personal mentors. My godmother, Northwestern University professor Alvina Krause, had “teas”. At these salons, I learned the fine art of  conversation. My grandmother taught me the importance of family. My mother  helped me find my voice and be comfortable being myself. She always said, “We grew up together”. Maybe so, but she was also my guide. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Growth Readiness Tagged With: Business Mentor, Daniel Diener, Mentor, Personal Mentor, Role Model

Mentoring Is All About Choice

May 5, 2014 By Jan Triplett Leave a Comment

Do you want to find a mentor? Do you want to be a mentor? As Pamela Ryckman says, the author of Stiletto Network: Inside the Women’s Power Circles That Are Changing the Face of Business.,  “Mentoring—or at minimum connecting with a variety of people in all industries and age groups—has never been more important.”

Having a successful experience as a mentor or as a mentee is dependent on the choices you make before and during the relationship.  You can be better prepared to use mentoring if you understand what each side is expecting and what choices have to be made. If you already use mentoring, consider how you made your choices.  There are ways to improve the experience for both of you. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Growth Readiness Tagged With: Mentee, Mentor, Mentoring, Networking

Networking Rules for Friends

April 29, 2014 By Jan Triplett 1 Comment

4 More Networking Rules: Successful Networking with Friends

There are standard Networking Rules that can be applied most of the time. But friends aren’t just anybody and they deserve some special attention. Consider using these rules with the most valuable people in your formal and informal networks and when doing personal networking with friends, family, and others who are close to you. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Networking Tagged With: Networking Rules, Personal Networks

Networking Rules for Success, Part 1

March 31, 2014 By Jan Triplett Leave a Comment

If you want to be more successful when you network for business, follow the golden rules. These help you get the most of your Networking experiences and opportunities. Used regularly, they will save you time and help you find, maintain, and grow the best networks to meet your goals. They do take discipline. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Networking Tagged With: Business Networking Rules

Tweet Me Some Tweets

March 12, 2014 By Lindsey Allen Leave a Comment

Work lazier not harder.

I like to create a post or a page then tweet about it. In the past, I have created the post / page, run its URL through bit.ly to get an abbreviated URL, then tweeted about the post / page just created.

A friend of mine, Dr Jan Triplett of the Business Success Center, web site of ownersview.com wanted to be able to tweet directly from a just completed post /page without the extra steps I just described above. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Growth Readiness

Ghost Competitors Are Out to Get Your Sales

February 28, 2014 By Jan Triplett Leave a Comment

Photo by Adam Kusmierz from flickr.com

Photo by Adam Kusmierz from flickr.com

Ghost competitors. They come out at night. They come out during the day. They come when you are awake. They come when you are asleep. They come when you are at work or at play. They are always there. Lurking.

There are four of them; like the four horsemen of the apocalypse. They ride down on you. You can’t fight them so you need to be vigilant and get out of the way. They seem harmless or well meaning. But, beware!

Who are they?

Your worst nightmares:

  1. Government
  2. Non-profit and tax exempts
  3. DIYers
  4. DNAAs [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business Improvement, Sales Tagged With: Business Coalition for Fair Competition, Carole Keeton Strayhorn, Ghost Competitors, Mayor Lee Leffingwell, Morningside Research & Consulting, Unfair Competition, White House Conference on Small Business

Sales and Use Tax Could Be Your Nemesis

January 7, 2014 By Daniel Diener Leave a Comment

Tax sign

Sign of the times for buyers & sellers. Photo by 401(K) 2013

Sales and use tax is not logical and it can’t be ignored. It’s tough to understand, hard to follow, and frustrating at the least.

According to a recent Fred Pryor seminar, when you charge sales tax, you aren’t taxing the property or service itself, but the retailing of it. Use taxes are complimentary or supplemental to sales tax and are designed to help the state get all the taxes due for the storage, use or consumption of goods or services in a state. They are used to help prevent tax evasion by those who make out-of-state purchases, level the playing field between in-state and out of state sellers, and  to deal with transfers or sales  of property or used equipment between division or subsidiaries. Use taxes are usually remitted by the buyer. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Small Business Advocacy Tagged With: Internet Taxes, Multi-State Tax Commission, Nexus, Permanent Internet tAx Freedom Acto of 2007, Sales Tax, Streamlined Sales Tax Project, Use Tax

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