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Happy 2010 New Year

 
Please accept my best wishes for the New Year.   This is a season when many
of us take stock of our past, while we also plan for the future.
Its time to usher in the New Year in style. New Year is one occasion that is
celebrated all over the world, irrespective of religion or country. A New
Year [...]

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A Merry Christmas to you all. December 2009

Christmas is for most of us a time for a break from work, for family and
friends, for presents, turkey. But we should not lose sight of the fact that
these are traditional celebrations around a great religious festival, one of
the most important in the Christian year.
Christmas is a busy season. Streets and stores are filled with [...]

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Public Relations

As an entrepreneur/small business owner, public relations should play an integral, strategic role in your company’s marketing effort. Your products/services and corporate name should be in the main stream-and have top of mind awareness among all your key audiences. A concerted public relations and publicity effort can achieve this.
The easiest way to garner widespread media [...]

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Sales forecasting

I believe that good forecasting techniques contribute so much to an entrepreneurs overall sales effectiveness. Forecasting, of course, provides the salesperson with a current listing of those prospects who, hopefully, will buy product. Forecasting presents the sales manager with an up- to-date summary of projected business. It also can give the current status of each [...]

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