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The Growth Game 3%: How Much Self Investment?

The financial services industry has given many rules of thumb for planning when it comes to budgeting and investment strategies. Save between 10 and 20 percent of your income for retirement depending on your age.  Have six months of living expenses stores away in a liquid account. Keep your monthly debt obligations under 36 percent …

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Personal Branding Weekly – Servant or Salesperson?

To this day, the term “used car salesperson” still conjures up a specific persona that many feel is a very negative way to describe someone.  The generalizations around this title are “pushy, fast talking, aggressive, high pressure, deceptive, rude, pesky, annoying” (and these descriptions came up quickly on the first page of a Google search …

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Strategies to Improve Calls and Increase Sales

The successful sales professional will begin all conversations from the prospective client’s point of view. They encourage prospective clients to speak first and share everything on their mind. This is the simplest and most direct route for understanding what the prospective client truly needs, wants, and desires, and is the key for quickly getting to …

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Personal Branding Weekly – Developing Your Offline Connection Skills

Ever connect with someone who’s so witty, quick to respond online who has such an engaging online personality and then is a total dud when you meet them away from the keyboard?

Communication matters both online and offline. How do you connect in a more effective with people face-to-face?

Provide them an opportunity to be…
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5 Factors That Make a Great Boss

The best bosses are the ones who can turn a good organization into a great company. They are the individuals who consistently push their employees to become better, more engaged and enable them to adapt to oncoming changes in the corporate landscape.

Instead of suppressing employees, top-tier bosses encourage smart ideas, open conversation and creativity. …

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How a Twitter Chat Can Help Your Personal Brand

Twitter chats are a great way to engage with your audience and customers and help you create brand awareness. Based on particular topics, Twitter chats enable you to reach a wider audience and discuss particular issues that are of relevance to the audience.

As a creator and moderator of a popular Twitter chat, I have …