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Don't Borrow; Sell

Editor’s Note: This is a continuation of Chapter II, so if you’re not caught up, do it here, or read all of our published excerpts from our work in progress here. In the last excerpt,

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Worth the wait …

So something new happened today. My daughter hugged me, and on the way to her school bus looked back and said, “bye dad. luvya.” To date, it stands as one of the proudest moments of

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How To Start Your Business The Wright Way

Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from the second chapter of our book in progress.  As usual, you won’t see the whole chapter (tentatively titled: Trim Down To Start Up) here, because we want

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Interview with Paul DeJoe of Ecquire

Apologies for the delay to those few who eagerly await excerpts from our book each week.  This interview with Paul DeJoe of Ecquire, part of our series of small business owner interviews, is worth the

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Selling, Guilt-Free

Know yourself If you’re confident with who you are and know that your intentions are in the right place (that being….for your customers, not just

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The 2nd Small Biz Commandment

Commandment 2: Pursue the Human Connection There’s a lot of paranoia flying around currently.  The news has covered it and moved on already, but everyone’s deepest insecurities love to be reminded that the government is

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The 3rd Small Biz Commandment

Commandment 3:  DON’T RUSH The sales funnel confuses more of my clients than even the most complicated WordPress plugin. And I can’t blame them. When I started out, I clearly didn’t get it either. Most

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MailChimp FAQ

What is MailChimp? Simply put, MailChimp is our favorite email newsletter platform.  It has other uses, from announcements to invites, and anytime in between when you might need a slick looking email.  If you are

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The 4th Small Biz Commandment

Commandment 4: Practice Confident Exclusion Whether you’re a small marketing firm, or a fashion magazine, or whatever, your business exists to help people.  Trying to be everything to everybody can make this difficult.  It can

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The 5th Small Biz Commandment

Commandment 5: Don’t Dilute As I search for examples for each of our commandments in action or being broken, I’m beginning to realize that many of these are complimentary. This commandment of “Don’t dilute” could

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