Recently you may have received a cold call from someone using an old-style linear sales script. If you�ve been selling for a while, chances are you�ve been asked to use sales scripts yourself.

Poker runs are a fun way to play a hand of poker and a great excuse to take your bike out for the day. Here are some helpful suggestions to help you throw your own poker run for fun or for profit.

It is not uncommon for a man to want to have a night out with the boys, maybe play a little poker. It is also not uncommon to have the plans of men thwarted by their wives.

Learn how to take your current small home based business to the next level from someone who has been where you are right now.

The old cold calling approach doesn�t distinguish between "genuine concerns" about what you�re selling, versus "resistance" to how you�re selling it. Resistance is almost always a negative response to perceived sales pressure.

Focusing on being helpful takes us away from the traditional sales mindset. To be perceived as helpful, we must actually be helpful. If we try to use "being seen as helpful" as just another sales technique, people will sense our hidden agenda and react with suspicion. Open the conversation with a question rather than a sales pitch.

Are you fed up with work? Maybe your boss is a grade-A pain in the behind. Well, don't fret about your current situation; it's time to look for an alternative route to income.

The most common mistake people make when starting their own business is trying to get too big too fast. Here are some tips to avoid the simple mistakes.

With rising fuel costs it just seems like everything we buy on a daily basis is going up in price. For some people it's becoming hard to make ends meet and getting another job on the side to work for eight dollars an hour isn�t going to make a huge dent in anyone�s pocket book. An easy way to make extra income as your own side job or business is to pick up a few cleaning accounts.

If you are hard working, blue collar person thinking about starting your own business from a scratch and have only a small amount to invest, you may consider janitorial cleaning service business. Every business needs immaculately cleaned once in a while and often times in a day if it is public premise.