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    Toxic Staff

    It's all about competence. Competence (or competency) is the ability of an individual to do a job properly. A competency is a set of defined behaviours that provide a structured guide enabling the identification, evaluation and development of the behaviours in individual employees. Getting the...
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    Can you make a good living on ebay?

    Yes you can make a good living with a Ebay business model. I have a friend who sells telephone accessories and does well. It depends on your what your selling, where you source your products; what your margins are and how you scale it up to make it sustainable. There's a great software...
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    How do you employ an SEO

    Seeking someone to deliver on SEO can be minefield. Its all about developing relationships, doing some research. What determines the rate you pay and the results you get will depends on the sector, niche, keywords, competition, and your business model. Do you want to capture leads, build a list...
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    Simple business questions

    Try asking one question at a time and you might get more responses - excuse my tone I'm only trying to help
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    Simple business questions

    Your not asking for much GMAN !
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    England, World Cup & Business?

    Football, being the most popular sport in the country, will always get the attention of customers who enjoy the sport. The trick is to connect with your business which needs creative thinking. Contests with prizes can work as part of a lead generation system. Depends what the prize is and what...
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    Innovative ideas required please

    Have you explored doing an online fundraising campaign, using twitter, facebook and getting everyone involved using social media. You could create humourous videos and get people to donate
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    Overcoming challenges of different products with the same name?

    Is the same product with the same name? or different product with the same name? Can't see anything wrong with the latter, unless there are legal implications in terms of trademark. Does name the describe the product? If the law doesn't prohibit, work or advantages and disadvantages of having...
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    meeting with competitor

    A bit sneeky, but not if your prepared to purchase service or product to experience sales process, service delivery, after sales service, quality, standards etc.
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    Individual emails or one long one? What to do?

    I would say 12 emails as part of campaign using an autoresponder after they have opted in to find out more
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    New Business

    You know that most partnerships end up not being partnerships anymore....and often end up in the courts... One needs to be clear about what each partner is contributing to the partnership. The money, the labour, the idea, the intellectual property etc...etc
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    business ideas

    Free or Paid ?
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    What should my marketting spend be?

    Ah.. but do you know where to spend your money... I'd say spend what you can afford. If you don't get the punter's in what's gonna happen. What is the business model, have you got a lead generation system. Can your spend be measured in terms of sales.
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    We have finally opened...

    Or even come in at look around around YOUR NEW PHOTO SHOP and get your special discount
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    We have finally opened...

    Looks inviting!....A suggestion why not have a BIG SIGN saying just opened come in and have a look and see what we can do for YOU!