January 30, 2008
Are You A Powerful Telephone Salesperson?
The Growth-Logic team needs a small handful of powerful telephone sellers. We pay fantastic commissions. If you're the right person for this, please contact Matt at our office right away. His direct line is 508-620-5875 and his email is matt@joelblock.com. More on Are You A Powerful Telephone Salesperson?
Filed under Business Growth, Real Estate by Joel Block
January 28, 2008
Growing Your Business: Should you be David or Goliath?
Yesterday morning I had a very interesting breakfast with a friend who called me up and asked for my opinion on a new venture he is undertaking. This gentleman is a former Fortune 500 senior executive, and although he has no experience in the start-up business, he has an idea that he knows would be perfect for Fortune 500 companies such as the one at which he once worked.
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Filed under Business Growth, Growth Minute by Joel Block
January 23, 2008
Don't Make A Bad Situation Worse
How many times have you been in a tough situation where you have had an opportunity to make it just a little bit better so that you could help to stop the slide and reverse the momentum? Or, when faced with this opportunity did you take actions that actually made the situation worse?
Filed under Business Growth by Joel Block
January 21, 2008
Growing Your Business: When Random Isn't Random
I talk business with entrepreneurs and business owners all day long, every day of the week. It's my passion. It's what I love to do more than anything else. Business owners frequently misunderstand a concept that I call "stacking the deck." Stacking the deck in cards is a form of cheating in which the dealer places the cards in an order that allows him to know how the cards will fall before they are dealt.
Filed under Business Growth, Growth Minute by Joel Block
January 16, 2008
Learn How to Raise Money for Real Estate through Syndication
By now, you are probably well aware of the fate of Countrywide Financial Corporation, the leader in the sub-prime mortgage debacle that has gripped the United States' economy as fiercely as a shark that thrashes its prey before consuming it.
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Filed under Business Financing, Business Growth, Raising Capital by Joel Block
January 14, 2008
Growing Your Business: What Gets You In Takes You Out
A friend recently shared a pearl of wisdom that he learned from his father many years ago: What gets you in can take you out. If you compete on price, price can knock you out, while if you compete on quality, the competition has to beat you on quality - and that's a much tougher task.
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Filed under Business Growth, Growth Minute by Joel Block
January 11, 2008
Growing Your Business: The Best Productivity Tool for 2008
My favorite tool in my arsenal of efficiency products is my dictation service. Nothing helps me more. The following material has been taken from our very popular "Successful Entrepreneurs Resource Guide Volume 1 - Top 9" which you can find at www.joelblock.com. Be sure to read this one all the way to the end because there is a special offer (free service!) for my readers.
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Filed under Business Growth, Growth Minute by Joel Block
January 9, 2008
Charge Nothing
Many of us have a problem that is in many ways paralyzing — and that is that we're good at lots of different tasks and activities. But being good at many different things can be both a blessing and a curse, and unless you crack the code on dealing with the special gift that you've been given, you'll find yourself left out in the cold, at least as far as business and making money goes.
Filed under Business Growth, Guru Marketing, Raising Capital by Joel Block
January 7, 2008
Growing Your Business: Coming Out of the Gate Strong in 2008
I want everybody who reads my column to come out of the gate strong in 2008. You know that I talk regularly about ways to market our services and ways to improve our businesses. If you read my blog and my Growth Minute column, you will know that small things can make dramatic and impactful changes to the way that you do business.
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Filed under Business Growth, Growth Minute by Joel Block
January 2, 2008
Growing Your Business: Update on Southwest Airlines
Happy New Year. We wish you and your family a safe and healthy 2008. We also hope that it is prosperous and productive for you.
Filed under Business Growth, Growth Minute by Joel Block
