Social Media Klout or Influence… It All Comes Down to ROI

I like Klout for their “style” assignments, but this runs into a danger of limiting people into a “box” the way you’re forever branded by the Myers Briggs temperament indicators. Then people start to take these labels and limit you. I’ll admit, recently when my Klout style briefly veered into the “specialist” category, I was [...]

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No, I don’t want you to work for free… it’s just a test

“Free” is the reason why many of us have burned out. Those of us who started doing what we LOVE and feel so passionate about what we do that we’d jump out of bed the morning and look forward to Mondays (oh who am I kidding, most of us don’t care about weekends we just [...]

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Value of Playing EmpireAvenue

EmpireAvenue describes itself as “the Social Media Exchange, where you can invest in any social media profile by buying their shares, meet new people, unlock Achievement badges, and earn boatloads of virtual cash by being active and social online! Buy shares in your friends, your followers, people with similar interests, brands you love, celebrities – [...]

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Financing your microbusiness organization – Choose the best option to stay financially fit

Dear Microbusinessmentor.com readers: we have a special guest author writing about borrowing money to finance your small business. Please give a warm welcome to Mr. Marlon Powell! If you’re looking forward to buying a business or a franchise, financing is nearly one of the most important issues that you must be facing. Only with the [...]

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Working as a Free Agent – Freedom and Empowerment

There are various “benefits” of working as a “free agent”, which for many of us, means working as a consultant. The most obvious ones that come to mind include the freedom and independence to set our own hours, goals, and client profiles. Now, for some of us, this may mean we actually work much, much [...]

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Before You Get Too Excited about That Opportunity…

I know… it’s hard not to get really enthusiastic when you feel like you’re so close to getting that awesome deal. If your excitement generates enthusiasm about the opportunity that is visible to the purveyor of this opportunity, then your attitude may be memorable to the person making the decision about whether you will get [...]

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Discern Between True Prospects and Tire-Kickers

Tire-kickers are the people who came to you all excited about your consulting services. Once you start talking with them, they hem and haw and stall and hesitate. I spent the first years of my consulting life learning how to tell the difference between serious prospects and tire kickers. I even spent a good sum [...]

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