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Are You A Trusted Professional Advisor? Do your clients trust you explicitly or do they often say, "We'll have to think it over" when you propose a solution or plan of action? Do your prospects trust you the very first time they meet you, or do you often hear "We want to check with some other..." before they are willing to commit to engaging your services? Business Succession is the ONLY Success for Successful Businesses You can blame whoever you want but that won't change the fact that it is your responsibility. Will the future be the time you'll be happy with the decisions you make today, or not? Who's in charge of your business succession process? Who is going to have to live with the outcome? You know the answer, now it's time for you to do something about it. Peasant to Merchant to Peasant in Three Generations About three thousand years ago a group of Chinese business owners were sitting around after their local businessman's group meeting. Their guest speaker that day was a very ancient and widely respected management consultant. It had been raining for days and the roads were a mess, so the ox cart that was picking him up to take him to the next village was running late. Dominate Your Market Like Wyatt Earp Dominated His The first step toward dominating your marketplace, your industry in fact, is understanding your business and then establishing clearly defined strategic objectives. These strategic objectives are a lot more than just vague goals that you mention on your web site, were part of your incorporation papers, or are in the never ever read by anybody since they were written corporate minutes. Web 2.0 Has Business Owners Blogging The Success Stories of Their Company People want to read about other people. People who want to be more successful often learn from their contemporaries who are already successful. And truly successful people want to share their vision, to help others take advantage of what they had to learn the hard way. Email Mistakes That Destroy Customer Trust Are poor email practices killing your company's marketing and customer service efforts? Inside are three experiences that ruined my opinion of companies I was planning to or already doing business with. Don't make these mistakes. Life Insurance For A Successful Business Owner, Life Insurance is ALWAYS The Answer If life insurance is ALWAYS the answer, what's the question? What's the Formula For a Successful Career as a Business Advisor? I expect that you are already successful at what you are now doing, I hope you are because it will help you to recognize the truth of what constitutes the formula for creating a successful career, because you already know it intuitively. Company Profile: "Just Bagels" is Not Just Bagels, it's Big Business! After hearing first hand the story of Just Bagels as recounted by one of the founders, Clifford Nordguist, I will never again think of my daily breakfast as, "just bagels." Over 300 Life Insurance Articles: How Much? What Kind? and Why? How much and what kind of life insurance do you need? What is right for you today? How can you figure that out on your own - so you won't fall prey to sales people who are better prepared at selling what they have than you are at buying what you need?