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Alicia Forest's Articles in General Self Help

  • 3 Super-Simple Ways to Use Tell-a-Friend
    Everyone prefers getting a recommendation for a product or a service. It means they don't have to do the research themselves, or find out whether or not it's for them through trial and error, shouldering all the risk.
  • 5 Easy and Effective Holiday Marketing Ideas for Your Business
    Learn 5 easy and effective ways to market your business for the holidays.
  • Asking: A Key to Your Business Success
    Here are 5 easy ways that you can ask for the business that if you implement on a consistent basis will guarantee that your business - and your bottom line - will grow.
  • Crown Yourself Queen
    A key to building a successful and sustainable business is to do yourself the favor of crowning yourself queen (or king), and not to wait for someone else to give you the nod of validation. Being known and sought after as an expert will put you on the fast track to success.
  • Guarantees: Why You Should Offer Them
    There are many questions that often come up for new small business owners around offering guarantees - what kind, how long, am I risking too much by doing so, and even if they should offer them at all. This article tells you want you need to know about offeirng guarantees for your own offerings.
  • How to Tame the Niffler in You
    Are you a constant gatherer of the things that you think will move your business ahead, but not so much the implementer of them? Do you get distracted by anything and everything that's new in your industry? Do you come up with one great idea after another, but you never fully commit to completely one of them? Read this article for a easy and proven strategy to maintaining your focus and moving your business forward.
  • How to Use Bonuses to Boost Your Sales
    To boost your online sales, create partnerships with colleagues, and increase the overall value of your product or service, add a bonus (or several) to your offering. This article gives you 5 ideas on the how-to of adding bonuses to your offerings.
  • Imagineer Your Success
    Creating a powerful vision for your business is one of the best pull marketing strategies that can use to turn your dream business into a reality.
  • Pick a Topic, Pick a Date
    Have you been thinking about offering a teleseminar, webinar, or live workshop, because you know that it will increase your list numbers, showcase you as an expert, bring you new clients and customers, and be just plain fun, but you haven't actually moved forward with the idea?
  • Turn Your Competitors into Collaborators
    Do you get discouraged or stuck in building your business because you think there's too many others to compete against in your niche? A lot of solo business owners feel this way, especially when they are first starting out. Don't give up before you really get started. Read this article to dramatically shift your mindset around competition.
  • Your Personal Development Plan
    The following article was excerpted and revised from my Polished, Planned & Prepared Program. This is one of my favorite parts of the program. I love defining goals because I know that the simple act of writing them down increases the likelihood of actually achieving them by 70%!