5 Secrets for Making Your Logo Stand Out

Your logo is the face of your company. It will often be the first thing people see and the main thing they remember...whole point: You invest time in crafting the perfect logo so it will stick in people's minds.

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http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/227017

5 Ways to Build Customer Retention Into Your Growth Model

by Karl Stark and Bill Stewart

As you build your business, think about how to ensure that your customers stay with you as you grow.

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http://www.inc.com/karl-and-bill/5-ways-to-build-customer-retention-into-your-growth-model.html?cid=em01017week36b&nav=su

9 Tools for Building Customer Loyalty

Don't let customers go after one purchase. Win them back with a follow-up program.

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http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/54792

5 Ways to Improve Cash Flow

by Matt Quinn

If you're looking for a quick fix for cash-flow problems, good luck. But if you're serious about making strategic changes, read on for five tips on how to increase your cash flow. Plus: More accounting advice on managing your company's numbers.

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http://www.inc.com/guides/2010/06/how-to-improve-cash-flow.html

2 Radical Ideas for Start Up Success

It's a pretty well-accepted fact that entrepreneurs typically approach business differently than traditional Corporate America workers.

But many successful entrepreneurs take it a step further and completely flip the script in order to subscribe to a new business paradigm. Would your business benefit from a new way of thinking?

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http://www.inc.com/khary-cuffe/radical-ideas-for-start-up-success.html?cid=em01012week29

Dealing With Anxieties & Stresses Of Managing Your Own Business

by Stanley Popovich

Owning a small or large business can cause a lot of stress and anxiety. Many business owners have to deal with a lot of stress and anxiety nowadays. It can be tough to own your own business and to be successful in what you do...

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http://wemagazineforwomen.com/dealing-with-anxieties-stresses-of-managing-your-own-business/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook

7 Questions Every Business Owner Should Ask!

by Rai Chowdhary, MS, CQE, CQM, Six Sigma Coach

We all seek to find the right answers to our problems – Why do customers walk away? Why do employees leave? Why are sales low? How can we bring in more customers? How can we increase sales to existing customers? The first thing we need to understand is that the right answer can come only if we ask the right questions. This isn’t as simple as it sounds. There are some fundamental questions that are vital to the survival of any business...

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http://www.nationalbusiness.org/NBAWEB/Newsletter/972.htm

Kick Start Your Business With a Five Day Action Plan

by Denise O'Berry

"Creating an action plan doesn’t need to be a long drawn out process. You can create one in five days (or less!) and then be kicking it in gear creating success for your business. Here’s how."

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http://www.deniseoberry.com/index.php/2010/01/02/kick-start-your-business-with-a-five-day-action-plan

14 Attention Grabbing Tactics for Launching New Biz

by Denise Wakeman

You’ve created a blog for your business. Now what? You’re probably asking yourself, “How do people find out about my new blog?”

The simple answer is: You have to promote your blog and let people know it exists.

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http://blogsquad.posterous.com/14-attention-grabbing-tactics-for-launching-a

10 Ways to Grow Your Homebased Business

by Rosalind Resnick

While such homespun wisdom might be fine for common folk, it can be awfully frustrating for an ambitious homebased business owner determined to take his company to the next level of growth and profitability... Fortunately, there are some ways to take your homebased business to new heights without sacrificing your business's profitability or losing your peace of mind.

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http://www.entrepreneur.com/homebasedbiz/homebasedhowtoguides/article71910.html