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The Entrepreneurial Toolkit

To get you up and running with your new business, SUCCESS brings you tips, strategies, inspiration and insights in this new Entrepreneurial Toolkit. You'll read why now is the right time to start a business and the personal benefits of entrepreneurship. The toolkit will be an ongoing component of SUCCESS.com, offering an array of articles with time-tested principles as well as new features posted throughout the month.

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Tips for Facing a Challenging Sales Cycle

Kevin Harrington on Top 10 Qualities of a Hot Seller

How to Motivate Your Sales Staff

Paul Zane Pilzer: Entrepreneurs, Start Your Engines

How innovation has helped create the greatest entrepreneurs.

Guy Kawasaki: Advice from an Apple Veteran

Seasoned advice for starting and managing ventures.

Darren Hardy: Goal Setting Doesn't Work

(And Santa Claus doesn't really exist.)

Entrepreneurs are in the Driver's Seat

Why now is the best time for creating your most successful future.

The Road to Your Future

Take control. Start your business... now.

Why You Should Start Your Own Business Today

Six reasons you should be an entrepreneur.

Quiz: Are You Tough Enough?

Discover if you're a natural entrepreneur.

Quiz: Do You Have the Entrepreneurial Mindset?

A self-assessment tool for you.

Stedman Graham: 5 Tips for Transformation

The journey to entrepreneurship.

Brian Tracy: It's Easier Than Ever to Start Your Own Business

Three keys to help you become an entrepreneurial success story.

How to Start a Business While Maintaining Your Life

18 questions to prepare you for the entrepreneurial journey.

SALES cont.
Are you Drowning Your Prospects?

How to avoid the data dump syndrome

Increase Your Sales Income Package by Paul Meyers

Paul shares his secrets to increased sales income with this set of audio CDs and booklets

Kevin Harrington on Top 10 Qualities of a Hot Seller

Shark Tank entrepreneur shares his secrets

Bob Burg: Tips on Dealing with Difficult People

Act your way into really, really liking them

Secrets of Closing The Sale

Zig Ziglar takes you step-by-step through more than 50 specific closes and 200 questions to lead the prospect to the decision table.

How To: Motivate Your Sales Staff

Fire up your sales team with these tips from the pros.

SKILL MASTERY
VIDEO: How to Master a Skill

Chet Holmes reveals the key to mastering any new skill and it's as simple as repetition.

How I Do It - Ron White

The memory marvel gives tips for remembering a name.

SOCIAL MEDIA
To Tweet or Not to Tweet: Using Social Media

Gary Vaynerchuk and others on using social media platforms.

TEAM BUILDING
How I Do It: Building an Effective & Inspired Team

Patrick Lencioni's tips for getting rid of dysfunction to build your dream team.

How To: Maximize Meetings

Tips for conducting efficient, productive and engaging meetings.

TIME MANAGEMENT
1-on-1: Time Management

Greg Reid, Cynthia Kersey and Vic Johnson offer solutions.

Steps to Take Control of Your Business

How to manage your time, sales, brand and network.

WEBSITES
Winning on the Web

How to start a business online today.

Amy Anderson

1-on-1: How to Increase Your Site Traffic

Joel Comm, Scott Fox and Joan Stewart weigh in.

WORKING FROM HOME
1-on-1: Working from Home

How to balance work and family life.

Providing Employee Perks: Flextime and Telecommuting

How to allow employees this benefit and help your bottom line at the same time.

ADVERTISING
1-on-1: Unique Advertising Techniques

John Assaraf, Mark LeBlanc and Nancy Michaels answer your questions.

1-on-1: Stan Rapp Explains How Digital is Direct Marketing

Social media enables everyone to be a direct marketer.

From the Corner Office:
Stan Richards

"Let's go have fun" has been the guiding principle of ad agency The Richards Group.

Debating Daily Deals for Your Small Business?

With preparation and knowledge, how discount sites can make your business boom.

BRANDING
Branding: Lessons from the Industry Giants

What Coca-Cola, Kodak and Harley-Davidson can teach you about lasting brands.

How To: Build Your Brand with Facebook

Strategies from experts and business owners.

Build Your Own Brand

Stedman Graham shows you how to build your own "Life Brand"

How To: Backyard Branding

Reach your core customers - your community.

CREATIVITY
1-on-1: Creativity in Your Business

Michael J. Gelb, Kevin Carroll and Niurka offer strategies to inspire motivation.

GETTING STARTED
Deutsch Delivers - A Fast Start

How to take your big idea and run with it.

1-on-1: Launch Lessons for the New Business Owner

John Assaraf, Tony Jeary and Nancy Michaels answer your questions.

GOAL-SETTING
1-on-1: How to Set a Goal and Achieve It

Jim Cathcart, Brian Tracy and Cynthia Kersey offer strategies.

How I Do it: Effectively Setting & Attaining Goals

Thinking big. It starts with a goal.

MARKETING
1-on-1: Maximize Your Marketing Online

The Internet can help you spread your message around the world 24/7.

5 Free Ways to Market Yourself

Blogs, referrals and other ways to get your name out.

MARKET RESEARCH
Doing Your Market Research

How do you know your idea will sell?

REINVENTION

Reinventing a Business

Give your business and new lease on life.

SALES
Tips for Facing a Challenging Sales Cycle

Tom Hopkins says stay positive and stay focused.

Sell Value by Differentiating Your Services

Don Hutson explains how to distinguish yourself from the competition.

Todd Duncan: The Velocity of Trust

Before you can make a sale, you must establish trust. The faster you can do that, the faster your business will grow.

Darren Hardy's SUCCESS Favorites Book/Audio Bundle

From the SUCCESS Store

VIP Profile Worksheet

Free worksheet from Darren Hardy

VIDEO: Never Eat Alone

Keith Ferrazzi's vital network building skill.

Win-Worthy Web Tools

Productivity tools on the web

Quiz: How Healthy Is Your Business?

Diagnose your business--stat.

Business Plan Outline

A PDF worksheet from Darren Hardy

Essential Small Business Sites

A starting point for launching your business.

Essential Tax Web Sites

IRS tax help and other startup information.

25 Books for Business Success

Read these. Achieve more.

13 Key Habits To Help You Seize the Day

Paul J. Meyer shares his traits of successful people.

Checklist: Get Your Small Business Started

Questions to ask yourself and answers from SUCCESS.com.

Online Opportunities

Real Estate

Service Startups

Consulting

Direct selling / Network Marketing Opportunities

Franchise Opportunities

Microbusiness

Marketplace

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