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Self Employment Blog | Small Business Planning Guide by Cheri Alguire

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Self Sabotaged by Research
A woman in one of myĀ mastermind groups posed a question today: why did she spend all her time doing research and never actually go on with “doing” the thing she was researching? She loved looking up information, finding resources, interviewing people, gathering facts. But taking these facts and applying them to her business seemed to [...] Related posts:
  1. "Ground Truth"¯ and the Importance of Market Research
  2. Understanding Entrepreneurship: A Research and Policy Report.
  3. Why Marketing Fails #1: Market Research
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Be Daring – Ask People to Unsubscribe
Today I’m sending an email to my entire mailing list, asking them if they’re receiving two emails from me — and suggesting that they unsubscribe from one (or both!) in order to help them deal with email and information overload. Here’s how it happens: someone signs up for your mailing list by registering for a free [...] Related posts:
  1. Why Do People Unsubscribe?
  2. Why People Need You
  3. What’s New in Internet Marketing – Part 3: Email Marketing
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Another Icky Marketing Email
For your amusement… Another email from another icky marketer; my “comments and edits” are in brackets [ ] ===== Dear Sir [sigh--"Madam," if you please] I would like to offer you a partnership with my seo company [funny -- I already offer SEO to my clients. I'm listening...maybe you've got an amazing offer that will sweep me off my [...] Related posts:
  1. What’s New in Internet Marketing – Part 3: Email Marketing
  2. Email Marketing Tips
  3. Suggested Books on Email Marketing
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Increase Your Income Teaching What You Know
Designing Effective Workshops & Teleclasses begins September 23. A good workshop design allows: students to learn with ease teachers to speak with skill, comfort and centeredness both to build a trusting business relationship which can continue long after the class ends For many years, I was the International Director of Education for a software company and creating new educational class [...] Related posts:
  1. Increase Your Income With a Powerful Marketing Plan
  2. Which Teaching Method Is Right For You?
  3. Designing Effective Workshops and Teleclasses
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Free Information Isn’t Enough Anymore
I have ebooks and audios sitting on my hard drive that I’ve never consumed. I bet you do, too. Free information is everywhere, and even if it’s excellent, it’s not always easy to digest it and create a strategy around it. I think the next place of growthĀ for service professionals and information marketers is to take all [...] Related posts:
  1. Are Ebooks and Downloadable MP3s a Good Strategy for Information Product Marketing?
  2. David Newman Speaks about Information Products
  3. The Green Office: Give for Free, Get for Free with FreeCycle
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