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		<title>Joint Venture Marketing: A Subset of Relationship Marketing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 22:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wealth Method</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Author: Christian Fea Article: Joint venture marketing is a rapidly growing arm of relationship marketing, and a highly effective one. Relationship marketing holds as its central tenant the importance of building strong, solid and long lasting relat...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By Author: Christian Fea <BR>Article: Joint venture marketing is a rapidly growing arm of relationship marketing, and a highly effective one. Relationship marketing holds as its central tenant the importance of building strong, solid and long lasting relationships with your customers and clients.<br />
Joint venture marketing exists under the umbrella of relationship marketing precisely because it is still ultimately concerned with stalwart customer relationships. </p>
<p>When implementing a traditional relationship marketing platform, your company will work directly with a client to forge a relationship and will usually handle all of the customer service itself. With a joint venture marketing partnership, there are many ways to structure your deal, but one of the main advantages can be that some of the customer service piece of the maintenance of your business is shared among your partners. </p>
<p>This also means that you take on an additional commitment to the customer service of your partners, but this also creates a win-win situation, because ultimately you are sharing customers and both gaining new and loyal customers through your joint venture marketing partnerships.</p>
<p>Joint Venture Marketing: Also a Relationship</p>
<p>This may seem obvious, but it is still worth pointing out: a joint venture marketing partnership involves embarking on a new relationship with your partners. This is another way that joint venture marketing falls under the umbrella of relationship marketing. </p>
<p>Through your joint venture marketing partnerships, you have the potential to develop a tremendous rapport with your partners, and these strong business relationships have the potential to increase your sales and profits almost as much as the business agreements that you come to through these partnerships.</p>
<p>It is human nature that we tend to assist people that we like, or feel some connection to or affinity for. It is no different in the business world. As people work more and many jobs become virtual, the lines of business lives and personal lives are becoming increasingly blurred. So what starts out as a business relationship often grows over time, sometimes developing into a personal relationship. Even if your business relationships don&#8217;t turn personal, developing a strong rapport with your partners is a great way to increase your business.</p>
<p>If you have an equally good product, company and customer service in the same industry as one of your partner&#8217;s other colleagues, but you have a stronger rapport with the mutual partner, then he or she is much more likely to recommend and suggest your business and products to its clients than the third party, with whom he may not have as close a relationship. Again, this is human nature &#8211; all things being equal, we give preference to people that we like.</p>
<p>It may sound calculating to intentionally go after developing a bond with your joint venture marketing partners, but it doesn&#8217;t need to sound so seedy and manipulative. You are not going to hit it off with everyone &#8211; this is natural and cannot be forced. But sometimes just a few extra minutes of conversation, or steering the conversation towards personal subjects, taking the time to find out about your partners on a personal level can open up beneficial avenues for your business. </p>
<p>Again, it is about being interested in and caring about people enough to get to know more about your partners, not using them! Putting a relationship at the central focus of your business holds true for customers, as well as your joint venture marketing partners. Syndication Source: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://articlemind.com/Joint-Venture-Marketing-A-Subset-of-Relationship-Marketing-40900.html" >ArticleMind.com</a> Christian Fea is CEO of Synertegic, Inc. A Joint Venture Marketing &#038;<br />
Consulting firm empowering business owners to discover and implement<br />
profitable Joint Venture marketing tactics to solve specific business<br />
challenges.</p>
<p>http://www.christianfea.com</p>
<p>christian@synertegic.com</p>
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		<title>Distractions a Problem? Successful Entrepreneur Shares Ten Easy Solutions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 22:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wealth Method</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Author: Kendall SummerHawk Article: "Kendall, how DO you get it all done?"  I hear this question all the time. "What's the big deal?" I asked as I initially shrugged off the question. But over time, I've come to understand that how I run my business...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By Author: Kendall SummerHawk <BR>Article: &#8220;Kendall, how DO you get it all done?&#8221;  I hear this question all the time. &#8220;What&#8217;s the big deal?&#8221; I asked as I initially shrugged off the question. But over time, I&#8217;ve come to understand that how I run my business is very different than how a lot of people run theirs.</p>
<p>So I sat down one day and quickly listed all the little habits, behaviors and strategies I use on a daily basis. When I looked at the list of the small practices, I realized that wrapped together, it was a big deal!  The daily actions I was taking for granted were the very things many business owners were overlooking.</p>
<p>As I began to share these habits with my Brand Authenticity business coaching members, they also started seeing powerful results. My success coaching clients found that they were more creative, made more profitable decisions and stayed calmer. By implementing these habits, they now have more energy to focus on achieving their high-payoff goals.</p>
<p>So here are ten easy solutions to avoiding distractions. These strategies gained from years of business coaching experience will keep you focused on your high-payoff activities.</p>
<p>   *  Every day, make a list of your high-payoff actions, prioritize the list, and then work the list IN ORDER.</p>
<p>    *  Answer the phone only once or twice a day. (I know this sounds radical, but trust me! Successful entrepreneurs thank me when they see how much they can get done when they ignore the phone.)</p>
<p>    *  Batch emails and phone calls. (Yes, even from your team.) Batching might well be the &#8220;Ninth Wonder of the World&#8221;! My success coaching team sends me a &#8220;batch&#8221; (think &#8220;grouping of questions&#8221; here) only on Tuesdays and Thursdays.</p>
<p>    *  Commit to taking one marketing action each day.</p>
<p>    *  Do the big stuff first. (The little stuff will somehow fit in.)</p>
<p>    * Make time for you first thing in the morning. For me, I take time with my horses. Because this allows me less time to work, it demands that I be more productive during my working hours!</p>
<p>    *  Don&#8217;t look at anything that pulls your energy down. (Be ruthless about this!) For example, I choose not to view the &#8220;unsubscribe&#8221; emails from my website. I avoid anything that is negative. A successful entrepreneur doesn&#8217;t waste time complaining or whining about things like the dry cleaner, the rude driver or the line at the grocery store. Complaining is a huge time waster!</p>
<p>    *  When there is a problem, focus on a positive solution instead of wasting time churning on how ridiculous or unfair the situation may be. This practice alone has saved me hours every week. And it&#8217;s helped me stay positive, upbeat and happy while I work. Sound silly? Perhaps, but happy people get more done!</p>
<p>   *  Hire out house cleaning, grocery shopping and errands. This costs very little (you can hire a high school student or retired person.) The hours and energy that you save can be used to focus on the things you love and the activities that make you money.</p>
<p>    *  Set bold, outrageous income goals. Creating a &#8220;Bold Money Goal&#8221; will shift your focus from what is demanding your attention to that which really pays off. As a success coach, I have seen many clients change their lives by implementing this practice.</p>
<p>Well, the business coach in me asks for one commitment from you: pick one solution from the list and implement it immediately. Then, next week, choose a new item. In as little as ten weeks you will set new habits that keep you focused on achieving your vision of a &#8220;money-AND-soul&#8221; based business. You are now on your way to becoming a more successful entrepreneur! Syndication Source: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://articlemind.com/Distractions-a-Problem-Successful-Entrepreneur-Shares-Ten-Easy-Solutions-88500.html" >ArticleMind.com</a> Business coach Kendall SummerHawk, the &#8220;Horse  Whisperer for Business&#8221; delivers savvy ways for entrepreneurs to turn hectic  businesses into 6-figure successes. Get her &#8220;7 Quick and Simple Tips to  Brand, Package and Price for More Money, Time and Freedom&#8221; at http://www.kendallsummerhawk.com.</p>
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		<title>How To Invest In Passive Real Estate</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 22:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wealth Method</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By Author: David Gass <BR>Article: If you do not want to deal with the hassle of active real estate investments, don&#8217;t worry. You can still stay in the real estate industry, as there are various passive ways to earn huge profits. All you need to do is follow a proper strategy and money will keep coming to you. In fact, real estate investments consist of tremendous possibilities, and anybody who is knowledgeable, can make massive income without any hassle.</p>
<p>Liability Up To The Amount Of Your Investment<br />
Investing in limited partnerships is one of the best and safest ways to build huge passive income. In limited partnerships, you just have to make a partial investment for the property and you only have the liability up to the amount of your investment, but you can benefit from the appreciation and the tax deductions for the total value of the property. Moreover, if you have the ability and time to do a project, you can make much larger passive income. All you need to do is, buy, build, or rehabilitate rental housing projects. Do not worry about the investment. You can easily raise capital, as you have the opportunity to use other people&#8217;s money. If you do so, it can really work wonders for you, because you have a limited liability, but unlimited scope for a share in the profits. Moreover, unlike corporations, your profits are taxed just once.</p>
<p>Investing In Commercial Triple-Net Lease Properties<br />
When it comes to passive real estate investments, investing in commercial triple-net lease properties can also be an ideal choice. It yields an excellent profit and you can enjoy some great benefits from such investments. Just have a look at a few of the advantages. Almost no risk, no management hassles, and significant monthly income from the lease payments are a few of the reasons to invest in triple-net lease properties. Investing in commercial triple-net lease properties is quite different from owning duplexes, apartments, land, or office buildings. It is a complete headache free investment. Collecting the rents, refurbishing the premises, paying the property taxes, insurance premiums, maintenance, accounting, legal, and other operating expenses are all taken care of. The triple-net long-term lease agreement works in such a way that your tenants perform all these functions for you. Another great benefit is that unlike other renters, your tenants do not abuse the property. Rather, they do everything they can to make the location attractive to customers. </p>
<p>You can generate massive passive income without going through any of the hassles of management work and with little or no risk at all. Syndication Source: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://articlemind.com/How-To-Invest-In-Passive-Real-Estate-71182.html" >ArticleMind.com</a> David Gass is President of Business Credit Services, Inc. His company publishes a free weekly e-newsletter on Small Business Consulting at their <a href="http://www.smallbusinessconsulting.com/"    >web site http://www.smallbusinessconsulting.com</a></p>
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		<title>Small Home Business Decisions: Don&#8217;t Stop Yourself Before You Even Start</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wealth Method</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Author: Michael Laleye Article: For many people, starting a home based business may seem like an incredibly daunting task. After all, there is much risk involved. For people who are used to subsisting on a regular salary, the thought of not having a...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By Author: Michael Laleye <BR>Article: For many people, starting a home based business may seem like an incredibly daunting task. After all, there is much risk involved. For people who are used to subsisting on a regular salary, the thought of not having a regular stream of income is frightening. They may have a multitude of ideas, but it just seems like the implementation of those ideas are too impractical. </p>
<p>Unfortunately enough, many people live in a small financial world. They just don&#8217;t have the courage or the imagination to venture out on their own. After all, there just seems to be too many obstacles in one&#8217;s path. Here&#8217;s a list of what most people have to say about using a small home business idea: </p>
<p>Not enough capital. This is one of the primary obstacles to starting a home based business. After all, what business can begin without capital? What most people do not see, however, is that a home based business requires less capital than other, more traditional business models. After all, you already have your headquarters/office the house itself. So you already save money on that. With a small home business, overhead is drastically reduced. </p>
<p>Too risky. This is what really gets the goat of most people. Receiving a salary is comfortable. As long as you go to work and achieve a few standard goals, you can be sure of getting a regular paycheck. At least, that&#8217;s how the thinking goes. But did you ever stop to reflect that it is the comfortable salary that presents the real risk? By saying that a home business is too risky, you are assuming that your job is completely safe; that you have this job for life. Unless you own the company though, that&#8217;s probably not true. In other words, by thinking that you are secure, you might neglect to prepare for the future an all too common mistake. </p>
<p>Will take too much work. This is another excuse that most people will use when confronted with a home business opportunity. If you feel that your idea will take too much work, it most probably will! Your negativity will defeat you even before you begin. However, if your idea will help you reach your dreams, why should you shirk from a little honest work? If you have been in this world long enough, you should know two very basic things: First, that life is short; and second, that there is no such thing as a free lunch. </p>
<p>In other words, you have limited time to enjoy this little planet of ours, and the only way you will be able to do that is if you work. If you have a good small home business idea, why not give it a try? You never know: this just might be the first step to the rest of your dreams. Syndication Source: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://articlemind.com/Small-Home-Business-Decisions-Don-t-Stop-Yourself-Before-You-Even-Start-76330.html" >ArticleMind.com</a> A Successful Home Based Business Takes Time and Effort. Luckily, This Site Was Designed To Fast Track Your Profits As You Learn..</p>
<p><a    href="http://www.myaffiliatestarter.com/pips.html"><br />
Top Small Home Based Business Idea<br />
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		<title>What To Consider When Starting A New Home Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Author: Donald Pope Article: Starting a new home business can be both exciting and overwhelming at the same time.  You are finally venturing out on your own and starting a career with something you enjoy.  When starting a home business, there are a ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By Author: Donald Pope <BR>Article: Starting a new home business can be both exciting and overwhelming at the same time.  You are finally venturing out on your own and starting a career with something you enjoy.  When starting a home business, there are a number of things you will have to take care of.  Because of this, there are some things you will want to consider prior to starting your new business from home.</p>
<p>The first thing you want to think about is whether you are going to make this your sole career or if you are going to do this part time.  There is nothing wrong with starting a business for part time work.  But you have to realize it will take much longer to build up a business online if you are just working part time.</p>
<p>Once you have determined this, it is time to consider what type of business you are going to start.  You obviously want to enter a field that has public demand so that you stand a chance of generating a business.  However, at the same time it is vital you do not get into something that has too much demand.  The internet is flooded with competition, but you want to give yourself as good of a chance to succeed as possible.</p>
<p>While you want to gear your decision around the public, you also want to take into consideration your wants and needs.  If you are going to start a new home business, you might as well start one that you are interested in.  You finally have the opportunity to do what you want, so take advantage of it.</p>
<p>As soon as you know what field you are going to start a business in, it is time to lay out a plan.  Inside of your plan should be what products you will sell, who your target market is, how you will reach this target market, and how you intend on creating your web site.  In addition to planning out all of this, you want to set a general timeline for when you would like to have these steps completed.</p>
<p>The last step to starting a new home business is purchasing a domain name and hosting company.  The domain name is what acts as your identity and the hosting company provides you with space on the internet.  Once you have these two things set up, you will have a live and active web site.  From there, it is up to you to devote the time and energy it takes to create a quality web site people will enjoy. Syndication Source: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://articlemind.com/What-To-Consider-When-Starting-A-New-Home-Business-114838.html" >ArticleMind.com</a> Donald Pope creates Online <a href="http://starthere.blackbeltrecruiting.com"    >With Absolute Marketing Everyone Makes Money</a> and for passionate people who want a peice of the online Trillion Dollar Industry. More information http://starthere.blackbeltrecruiting.com</p>
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