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Month: May 2009

Building a business — cooperation beats competition

Building a business — cooperation beats competition

The other day I was driving down a road that I hadn’t driven in a while when I noticed a grand opening sign at an eatery of sorts. Someone had decided to make an attempt at building a business where a barbecue restaurant had earlier failed. photo credit: akeg I initially thought it was a biker bar that had moved from about a quarter mile down the road. The sign looked like the sign I had seen there. But when…

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Network marketing online: Using proven strategies in a new arena

Network marketing online: Using proven strategies in a new arena

Anyone who’s been in multi-level marketing (MLM) for long realizes the old way of doing the business doesn’t work anymore. That’s why many successful professionals have learned network marketing online. photo credit: MShades In years past, MLM trainers would teach distributors to make a list of friends and family. Then they’d encourage their reps to buy leads. This continues even though the opportunity exists to build a downline by network marketing online. Unfortunately, even some who recognize the benefits of…

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Play like a champion, then celebrate

Play like a champion, then celebrate

Last weekend I had the pleasure of watching both my daughters play on a fast-pitch softball team that won the state championship. My oldest daughter played on a team that took the state title three years ago, but this was the first for my younger daughter, an eighth-grader who was called up from the junior varsity at the end of the year. After the game, one of the coaches was talking to the team about the accomplishment. One of the…

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Looking ahead to reach your goals

Looking ahead to reach your goals

I have a new car. Well, it’s not a new car, but it’s nice and I like it. It’s a 1997 Buick Park Avenue with low miles. It needs a paint job, but other than that it’s in pretty good shape. It’s doing a whole lot better than the last car I bought. One of the coolest features is something called “head-up display.” I had heard of the technology on Air Force jets, but didn’t know it was available on…

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How to be a great leader in one easy step

How to be a great leader in one easy step

The other night I listened to a business training call about making decisions. It got me thinking about how great leaders are good at making decisions. They decide what to do and do it. If you want to make money in network marketing, you have to be a leader. That might sound scary, but once you understand how to be a leader, you just have to do it. Leaders get to be leaders by making decisions. If you want to…

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Leadership techniques: Know your prospects

Leadership techniques: Know your prospects

I’ve noticed how people react to different leadership techniques. I thought about this today when the pastor made an interesting observation during his sermon. He pointed out the difference between cows and sheep. photo credit: qhienle Cows, he said, have to be prodded. Cowboys herd them in a direction by yelling, shouting and carrying on in various ways to make the cows move in a certain direction. photo credit: Antikris Sheep, on the other hand, prefer to be led. They…

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