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February 8, 2009

Kicking around a business idea that would be (initially at least) directed at mid to high end building and remodeling, so looking for feedback and opinions... Curious how many of…

February 8, 2009

Zig offers about an opinion that categorizes the types of prospects he's facing. He's got: Gary Gullible Sidney Skeptical Hostile Helen Indecisive Ivan Betty Bargain Hunter Oliver obnoxious Heloise Hurry-up…

February 8, 2009

So...I've pulled out my Zig Ziglar book and was re-reading it because I'm back selling for myself again. I am actually enjoying the challenge. Anyways, Zig made some good points…

February 8, 2009

Instead of us working ourselves into the ground, we should charge more. To bad it's not that easy, maybe if the gov't was to regulate trade work the way they…

February 7, 2009

So how do you convince people to pay more than the absolute minimum?   Decades ago I took a job selling lite bulbs. It was an intensive training course where…

February 6, 2009

In All my years in biz i never heard this, Now in the past year i have heard it 4 times, I give a BID to do a job, do…

February 6, 2009

I am finally learning how to do the business part of my renovation business, and even hace a business coach developing plans I can actually use.  The question came up…

February 6, 2009

What does a small business (4 employees) have to do, so that they can deduct employee cost of medical insurance from gross pay BEFORE tax withholdings are calculated? Some kind…

February 4, 2009

Well, in early December I was laid off from my corporate job. Been giving it a lot of thought and thinking I might not be able to go back to…

February 4, 2009

I Tivo some of the judge shows and then watch it my exercise bike. I saw this one last week. In April the painter bid a job for external painting…