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Business Know-How ® Small Business Newsletter
http://www.businessknowhow.com
Practical strategies for growing businesses and careers
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The 10 Deadliest Words and Phrases
in Business |
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Take a look at the next four or five
letters, e-mails, and memos that
cross your desk. Are they written in
such a way that you come across as
human, caring, up to date, and
personal? Use these tips to make
your business writing more
effective.
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Opening Sentences That Close the
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After the headline, the first
sentence in your copy is what gets
read most often. After that point,
customers usually skip to the next
section unless they feel compelled
to keep reading. Here are some
examples of how you can improve your
opening sentences so that they
entice your customers to keep
reading.
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Will You Have Enough Cash
To Meet Payroll Next Month?
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Avoid unpleasant surprises. Get
an instant picture of your
receivables, payables and other
financial info whenever you need it
without running any special reports.
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Tips for Dealing with Distractions |
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When you work from an office in your
home it is easy to get distracted
from work, especially work that you
do not particularly enjoy. Watering
the plants, running errands or even
doing laundry can be a welcome
change. Here are eight things you
can do to make distractions less of
a problem.
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Public Speaking: Use Visuals for
Maximum Impact |
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PowerPoint and other visuals are
tools to supplement your
presentation. Many presenters,
however, hide behind their visuals
as a way to avoid interacting with
the audience. Here are some ways
your visuals can enhance your
presentations, rather than put your
audience to sleep.
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