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Three Ways to Improve Sales

Hi Suraj is here. A lot of my clients want to know how to improve sales, how to increase the amount of money they’re making obviously. I routinely tell them there are only three ways, three big picture ways, to increase sales.

1. The first one is the most common which is more customers. How do I get more customers? People hire sales people to go out and generate more customers. They do web marketing, they do mailings, they advertise and so forth in hopes they can bring in more customers.
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Think Strategically For Business Success

Think Strategically For Business Success

Hi reader’s Suraj here, with a chess piece in my hand, it’s a king. The chess piece reminds me of how important it is for us to have a strategy in how we run our business. I like to play chess and I always look for opportunities to do it, but you know, every time I ask somebody “Would you like me to play me a game of chess,” the answer’s almost always the same, “No thanks, I don’t really care to play chess,” and I go “Why is that?” They say “You know, you have to think too much,” and I think that’s a crazy answer for someone to give me “I have to think too much,” to play a game of chess. Maybe it’s not your favorite hobby overall, but there’ve been some studies done that say people who play chess a lot are much more strategic, may think through opportunities, may think through risks far better than an average person does. (more…)

5 Secrets to Making Your Business New Year’s Resolutions Stick

Hi, this is Suraj, and here are 5 secrets to making your business New Year’s resolution stick.
It’s so incredibly important to take time at the end of the year for reflection, and reorganization, in order to make your business continue being successful for the new year.

Don’t just meander into the new year. Launch into it with gusto, and purpose. To start off your new year with a bang, here are 5 preparation techniques you have to master.

The first one is to extract lessons from last year:- Look over your last year. What were your biggest wins, and your biggest loses? What made those wins or losses happen? How could you replicate them in the new year?
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