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	<title>Creative Business Musings &#187; Growing the Business</title>
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		<title>So, Deal With It!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 01:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohntheMentor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent post (Resistance is Futile&#8230;NOT!), we looked at identifying resistance that could result in sabotaging our goals. The resistance we discussed is not the stuff we encounter from the outside world &#8211; friends, family, competitors, environment and such. The most crippling resistance is that which is within ourselves. We talked about how the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Simple Way to Grow Your Busines</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohntheMentor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Want a simple way to grow your business? You do? Are you sure? You are? Okay. If you want to grow your business, then grow personally. I know. You were hoping for a gimmick. A quick fix that would skyrocket your business and put you on top with no pain, little effort, and no thinking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Low Cost Keys (to Finding More Sales)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohntheMentor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago, I posted 3 Low-cost Keys to Finding More Sales. In the current issue of my newsletter, I talked about a couple of more. Here&#8217;s a recap of it. Key 4 -Find ways to add value to a sale. The first step is to make sure that what you are offering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding the Ideal (Paying) Client</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohntheMentor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever have a problem with people asking your for advice or for a service from you (that you do&#8230; or are trying to do as a business) but not wanting to pay for it? Usually it is friends, acquaintances, relatives, or some such&#8230; people who don&#8217;t think of themselves as customers. If you are just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 Low-cost Keys to Finding More Sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohntheMentor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sure there has been a recession&#8230; some would say a depression. But even in the midst of it, there are creative businesses that are not just hanging on, but thriving. They prove that it can be done. Are you one of them? If not, what can you do to increase your sales in a down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sometimes, Coach is First Class</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohntheMentor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I confess that this post has been triggered by the Olympics. I was watching the pairs figure skating competition and they did a vignette on the coach whose performers ultimately took first and second place in the competition. The commentators (who were gold medalists in skating, themselves, from previous Olympics) said several times that if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stay alert to the trends&#8230; and find &#8220;found&#8221; business</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohntheMentor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Cricut (the crafting machine company in Salt Lake City, UT), close to 75 percent of households in the U.S. have someone who does crafting. This is why they make a variety of machines dedicated to helping crafters. If you are looking for an area to expand your business (and bring in another revenue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keep Plugging Away</title>
		<link>http://blog.careerandbusinessmentor.com/2010/keep-plugging-away/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohntheMentor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;80 percent of success is just showing up.&#8221; &#8211;Woody Allen It is amazing how true the above quote is&#8230; and how often ignored&#8230; especially by Creatives.  (I&#8217;m not talking out of turn here, because I am both a Creative AND an offender.) To me, this ties in with Seth Godin&#8217;s 10,000 hours to mastery, Isaac [...]]]></description>
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