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Lead or Stand Aside

by Joe Costantino on December 9, 2009

I don’t mean to get carried away with the title of this post, but since reading John Maxwell’s book, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, I’m convinced that one of the key factors to being a successful business owner is becoming a better leader. Here’s the good news – becoming a better leader is a learned behavior, just like [...]

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Lead generation is the process of turning a “suspect”, one that you believe needs what you have to offer, into a prospect, or someone who has “raised their hand” and engaged you or your company in some way.  But in order to turn that prospect into a happy, repeat customer and referral partner your “marketing” [...]

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On Tuesday, I presented a workshop to a group of small business owners titled – How to Build a Rock-Solid Foundation For Your Business. Because it was the first time I delivered this seminar, I wasn’t quite sure how well the content would be received by the audience.  Guess what?  I was floored in a [...]

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