Small Business Success Strategies

7 Tips for Getting Glowing Testimonials that Will Increase Sales

There are many strategies you can use to increase sales, but one of the simplest and most effective is to get glowing testimonials that perspective clients can read. Testimonials establish you as an expert; they say you deliver what you promised and that you get great results. And if someone is on the fence as to whether or not to hire you or purchase your product, testimonials can actually close the sale. Yet, most small business owners don't have a system for regularly getting testimonials even when they've been in business for a while.

If you are making money it means you have happy clients, which means you have people who would probably willingly offer you a testimonial. Even if you are just starting out, you can offer your services for free or at a reduced rate to several people in return for testimonials.

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Janis Pettit, our official Small Business Strategy Coach Expert

10 Essential Tips for Business Success

For a quick dose of inspiration and focus, read these 10 Business Success Tips to get you back on track and in the groove. I just sent these off to my Profitable Essence Mastermind group who are embarking on a 12 month revenue building adventure with me as their mentor. All of my Mastermind clients are experts in their fields, highly creative, and ready to make this an incredible year.

Please share this post- your network will thank you for the reminders of what's behind a successful business.

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Nancy Marmolejo, our official Visibility Expert

Etiquette for International Business Success

In the early 1980's when I started to plan international meetings we thought about freight forwarding, negotiating in foreign currencies, airlines to collaborate with, tax deductibility, finding something for the participants to enjoy while they were in that exciting location and producing a positive experience that would not be forgotten. The most important part of the experience was one we did not pay attention to -- international business etiquette.

Going global was the buzz-word of the day. Companies sought new markets outside of the United States and associations sought new membership. But there was a problem. We didn't think we had a problem. We as Americans thought that all we had to do was the same thing we were doing at home but in a different language. Using that belief we made lots of mistakes.

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Cynthia Lett, our official Business Etiquette Expert

Are You Poised for Success?

As a top level business coach, I have several tools and strategies for identifying how long it will take someone to be successful in their business. By successful, I mean attaining a certain level of profitability, along with having business systems that help support continued growth, and feeling a sense of purpose and satisfaction within their business.

It's crucial that all of these elements be in place- profitability, systems, and satisfaction. Of course, you can build a business missing any one or two of these, but the business foundation will never be as strong as it could be if all three of these elements were in place.

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Glenn Dietzel, our official Business Coaching Expert