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If you are running a business that has anything to do with sales, there is nothing more important to your bottom line than good leads. After all, good leads can turn into new customers, who can become continuing customers and will be the dollars that come in to keep your business afloat. So, wher...

When it comes to customer relations, what type of mindset do you really have for working with your customers? While you may know you need to try and be there for your customers and support them throughout their time with you, do you really give them the level of respect they deserve? In many case...

Just saying you are starting your own business is not enough to cause people to take you seriously and want to hand you their money in a professional manner. No, if you want people to believe you are a professional, you are going to have to exude professional from all parts of yourself. You need ...

One of the hardest things to do when you are running your own business is to manage your time. When you work for corporate it's easy enough. There is a clock to check in with at the beginning of the day and out at the end. But when you are working for you, that clock never starts or stops. It see...

While you may have seen courses and lessons on marketing your business, when is the last time you thought about marketing yourself. In some respects these two things are one and the same.  While you know you put all of yourself into your business, have you considered just how much of you is your ...

Bill Bartmann says a powerful loan presentation will get lenders to want to invest in a business by loaning them money    Tulsa, OK - Bill Bartmann has already explained to his students how to create a winning business plan which is an important part of a loan proposal.  Bill Bartmann's lecture s...

Bill Bartmann says many businesses that fail do not have a good business plan; a business plan clearly defines the goals of what the business is doing    Tulsa, OK - Bill Bartmann has a lot to say about the importance of a winning business plan.  "Your business plan is an essential step in your e...

Bill Bartmann explains the process that entrepreneurs must go through in order to meet their goals in business    Tulsa, OK - Bill Bartmann continued his lecture series by discussing the myths of business ownership.  "There are many elements involved with starting and growing a successful busines...

Entrepreneurs must perform their due diligence before buying an existing business    Tulsa, OK - Bill Bartmann, Business Coach, continues his lecture series by teaching students how to do their due-diligence as they think their way through everything they need to understand before making the comm...

A lecture on the pros and cons of going into the franchise business    Tulsa, OK - Bill Batmann, business coach, has completed a series of lectures on the essentials of business ownership.  He's been covering the advantages and disadvantages to various avenues of business.  In part 5 of his serie...