Picking the price for your service isn't as easy as picking a number out of the air. Go to low and you might lose money. Go to high and you might lose (or never get) customers. Here are 12 ways to get your pricing right!
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Kevin Daum spent the afternoon at my office and after our interview he was kind enough to pose for a quick picture. In his left hand is his copy of The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, and he is proudly showing of his "New York Times Best Seller" tattoo. Kevin is so committed to his vision for his new book ROAR! that he tattooed his goal of being a NY Times best seller on his chest:
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It’s YES. The most dangerous, damaging word in business is YES. I know what you are thinking. “What the hell, Mike?" Let me tell you why I'm right...
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There are many steps in this process so it is going to take time. Manufacturing (making things) is the easy part. Finding a the right manufacturer is the challenge. Think of this process as a treasure hunt with the finished product as the pot of gold at the end of a long journey. This will be fun, frustrating, enlightening, challenging and rewarding.
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Every entrepreneur at some point or another gets stuck in a rut. Things just come to stand still, and the ideas flow like tar. Cold tar. As always, the TPE community stepped up and shared their best ideas on how to get the brainstorm going again... and to get the good ideas flowing.
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An amazing interview with Gary Vaynerchuk, where he addresses the cynic's comments on that he wouldn't have had this success if it wasn't for his father...
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Worried about your entrepreneurial venture being a disaster? Too many of us are frozen with fear of the worst case scenario. The TPE community, shares their worst case scenarios AND the actual outcome.
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Oh, that elusive first client. We desperately need them to get our neophyte business off the ground. Their referrals are the key to subsequent business… to sustaining our business. And, to be truthful, until you service them we don’t know if we really can pull it off.
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Talk about an inspirational video! If you want to be a world class entrepreneur, you need to listen to the wisdom that Will Smith shares...
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It's that time of year... TAX SEASON. There is no question that you need a good accountant. And thanks to the TPE community, here's how to find a good one.
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Trying to make clients out of your Facebook friends? That is a mistake. In this video you will learn the proper way to cultivate relationships from Facebook and turn them into paying clients.
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They say that youth is wasted on the young. Not so quick, bucko. Young entrepreneurs have natural strengths that many of the older folks don't (like risk aversion, for example). Here is a list of the best business ideas for young entrepreneurs prepared by, you guessed it, the TPE community.
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Less than five percent of the folks who make New Year’s resolutions actually make the change permanently. For everyone else it is around now, a mere three weeks after resolution d-day, that all those great plans get dropped. Three weeks of great expectations, yield to the realization it takes long term, consistent effort to succeed.
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Check out the huge list of amazing tips (over 190 in total), on how to raise a true blue entrepreneur or just a child who is going to be an entrepreneur of their own life.
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Are your children going to be entrepreneurs? I don’t know if mine are. In fact, of the three of them, I think it may only be right for one. But I do know, no matter what they choose in life, they will need to have a strong foundation in money management.
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Most new businesses fail. That's a fact. But blaming it on cash flow every time is a mistake. In fact there are 25 additional reasons why entrepreneurs fail...
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In this interview, Kevin Daum reveals what his new book ROAR! is all about. He shares the four buyer strategies and how to navigate them to get more sales...
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Of course you want to make the first million with your business. Every entrepreneur does, but few make it. Instead of me rambling on what differentiates the wanna-be's from the achievers, I thought it best to get the varying opinions of the TPE community. You want to achieve your first million, right? Here's how...
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I used to think winning an award was just a silly thing. More of an ego stroke than anything else. But once I learned the power of an award (think PR, clients, and good will), I figured out the method to increase my odds on winning them. Here is the secret.
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There are millions of questions about entrepreneurship, for sure. Here are the top 50 most frequently asked questions about being an entrepreneur and the answers:
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Thinking about marketing your product and services on the internet, through email. There is in fact no better way. But if you make this mistake, you will go no where...
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