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		<title>Why Coaching Works</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why does nearly every professional athletic have a coach? Some have more than one coach and each has a specific role: marketing, finance, contracts, tactics, public relations, etc.
Why do most larger companies have a board of directors. The role of the board is to hold the management team accountable for executing strategy, clearing out obstacles, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not recognizing or Ignoring What YOU don’t do well and Not Seeking Help.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Not recognizing or Ignoring What YOU don’t do well and Not Seeking Help.
As a business coach, All business owners think their business is unique and no one can understand it like they do.  Wake up! All businesses have a set of clearly defined rules, when understood, make great sense. All businesses have some aspect [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.yourbusinesscoach.net/117-not-recognizing-or-ignoring-what-you-don%e2%80%99t-do-well-and-not-seeking-help.htm</link>
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		<title>Being Overly Optimistic About Sales and Money</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Being Overly Optimistic About Sales and Money
Do you want to make more money and grow sales. One of the hallmarks of an entrepreneur is that they are typically a confident bunch. You need that confidence to start a business. I often hear people say “they would be profitable in year one.” I also hear “I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.yourbusinesscoach.net/113-being-overly-optimistic-about-sales-and-money.htm</link>
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		<title>Not Pricing Properly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  Not Pricing Properly
As an experienced business coach I often see what people do, without knowing, to fail.
Today I want to address another reason businesses fail: not pricing properly.
A strong argument could be made that the pricing issue should be addresses in the business plan. Let’s assume it was addressed in the plan but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.yourbusinesscoach.net/107-not-pricing-properly.htm</link>
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		<title>No cost, No Obligation Assessment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are a business owner looking for a business coach and you live in any of the following communities, I will visit your office and provide a one hour, no cost, and no obligation, to see if it makes sense for us to work together.
Nothing is off the agenda. We can discuss lead generation, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.yourbusinesscoach.net/101-no-cost-no-obligation-assessment.htm</link>
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		<title>Ineffective Prioritization</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ineffective Prioritization
A business coach&#8217;s view on ineffective prioritization.
Many business owners, especially first time business owners, confuse accomplishments that are achieved with results; Think of it as the difference between being effective and efficient. Effectiveness is doing the right things, efficient is doing thing right.
Maybe an example will help.
I am a small business owner. If I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.yourbusinesscoach.net/96-ineffective-prioritization.htm</link>
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		<title>Ron&#8217;s Top 10 for Small Business Marketing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ron’s 10 Rules for Small Business Marketing
 
1.   Get clear on what you want, make a decision to go for it, then take action.
2.   Stay focused on what you want. 
3.   Surround yourself with people that will hold you accountable and tell you want you need to hear, not what you want to hear. Research, research, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.yourbusinesscoach.net/94-rons-top-10-for-small-business-marketing.htm</link>
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		<title>Businesses Fail Because</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Businesses Fail Because
According to SCORE, businesses fail for many reasons. I listed the top eight below.
Lack of a well-developed business plan  78%
Not pricing properly  77%
Being overly optimistic – sales, money  73%
Not recognizing, or ignoring, what they don&#8217;t do well
 and not seeking help from those who do  70%
Ineffective prioritization  66%
Denying problems exist  65%
Minimizing the importance of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.yourbusinesscoach.net/91-businesses-fail-because.htm</link>
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		<title>Four Generations Working Side by Side</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Four Generations Working Side by Side
According to Terri Murphy, there has been no other time in history where we have four generations working side by side. All required different communication style when you are marketing.
The Civic group is ages 61 and up. They demand respect. For effective communications, they like written or spoken communication and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.yourbusinesscoach.net/89-four-generations-working-side-by-side.htm</link>
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		<title>Business Advisory Board</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Business Advisory Board
 
Would you like to get objective feedback from your peers (business owners)? They have no hidden objective except your success. 
Would you like to learn small business marketing strategies that work? We share best practices all the time.

Do you feel overwhelmed because you have so much to do? If so you are [...]]]></description>
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