How Your Attitude Can Win You Sales + MORE

We live in increasingly volatile times, as there are a host of social, environmental and economic threats that continue to cause considerable consternation among business owners. Whether you appraise growing political unrest, the implications of global warming or pronounced economic decline in the Eurozone, it is clear that business owners can ill afford to ignore these external threats if they are to achieve long term success…

Being successful at selling isn’t about your product. It’s about your personality. Here are three ways to harness the power of a great attitude to close even the toughest sale.

In recent weeks both J.C. Penney and Procter & Gamble replaced a sitting CEO with his predecessor. This back-to-the-future approach to succession isn’t common — and surely most company boards aren’t seeking to make it so. After all, returning the reins to a former leader smacks of desperation and failed succession planning…

Personal finance expert and author Linsey Knerl tells AllBusiness.com about the best ways for home-based businesses to save money while building a fully functional home office.

Great education, helpful mentors, and a willingness to foster new skills make the U.S. ideal for starting a business, said panelists at a White House event.We recently asked whether Americans are overconfident about entrepreneurship, but apparently immigrants are excited to work here, too. On Wednesday, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy honored eleven immigrant innovators in conjuction with the Champions of Change project, which hosts weekly panels on entrepreneurship…

Seamless and GrubHub are merging, but there’s no word yet on the combined company’s new name. Brand experts explain why the decision is so important – and which name would be best.
 

The more elegant and straightforward your product design, the easier it will be for you to attract customers. Here are three ways to streamline the way your product looks.

Recently I’ve been working with a small group of people who manage the records for a medium sized business.  As soon as I arrived they made a point of telling me that in their newish building, they were located in an area with no view while their IT colleagues were on the other side of…
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