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Welcome to SCORE
Greetings!
SCORE, Service Corp Of Retired (and Working) Executives, Counselors to America's Small Business offers free counseling to St. Louis area small businesses. For more information contact us at 314-539-6600 Ext. 242 or www.stlscore.org to learn more about what SCORE offers. Main Office - 200 N. Broadway, Suite 1500, (In St. Louis Place), St. Louis, MO 63102
St. Charles EDC office - 636-447-5000
St. Charles Development Center
5988 Mid Rivers Mall Drive
St. Charles, MO 63304 |
The Psychology of Winning
By Dennis Waitley
Three types of people in the game of life:
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Spectators that watch life happen
2 Losers, people who put themselves down
3 Winners set and achieve goals
Winning is taking the talent or potential you were born
with, and have since developed, and using it fully toward a goal or purpose
that makes you happy.
Your attitude toward your potential is the key.
You always want to play to win regardless of how lofty your
goals are.
Ten Qualities of a Total Winner.
1. Positive self awareness and eager to
learn. Winners are honest with
themselves. And they
show empathy towards others and adapt to the stresses in life.
2. Positive
self-esteem is one of the most important and basic qualities of a winning
person. It is a deep down feeling
of your own self worth.
3. Positive
self-control means taking full responsibility for determining your
actions. The philosophy that life
is a "do-it-yourself" program, making decisions, not procrastinating.
4. Positive
self-motivation is a force that moves us to action. People who want to change the "status
quo" and move in the direction of goals.
5. Positive
self-expectency - Winners expect to win. They have the desire to win,
self-control to make it happen, and are prepared to win.
6. Positive
self-image determines personality and behavior. People do not behave in accordance with
reality but rather with the perception of reality.
7. Positive
self-direction is a game plan for life. Winners are goal and role oriented. They are self-directed on the road to
fulfillment. Goals are targets you are shooting for.
8. Positive
self-discipline are the daily actions you take that will help you
achieve your goals. This alone can make or brake a habit.
9. Positive
self-dimension is looking beyond yourself and gaining the respect of
others. Winners create other
winners without exploiting them.
10. Positive
self-projection is being naturally open and friendly. Projecting confidence. First impressions are powerful and
create lasting attitudes.
Brought
to you by SCORE "Counselors to America's Small Business." Need help To Win? Our SCORE counselors can help. Come in to our Main office downtown or our Branch office in St. Charles and meet with a counselor for FREE.
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New Feature!
Ask a Counselor
Send us a question about your small business, try to make it general and not specific to just your own situation, and one of our SCORE volunteers will answer your question in a future issue of this newsletter. Let us know if you want your name published or not. Send your question to Ask a Counselor at SCORE St. Louis. |
Member Meetings
There has been a change in schedule for the upcoming member meetings. The meeting scheduled for September 25th has been cancelled due to the SCORE luncheon being the week after. Instead that Membership meeting will be held Thursday, October 30th. Originally there was no meeting scheduled for October.
SAVE THE DATE!!
Event: Annual SCORE Luncheon
Date: October
2, 2008
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Improve Your Business!
REGISTER NOW!!
SCORE Seminar
"How to Start and Manage Your Own Business"
Thur., Sept. 18, 2008
SCORE has several Entrepreneurial Educational programs to help you learn more about running your business successfully. SCORE programs include:
"How to Start and Manage Your Own Business"
Sept. 18, 2008
St. Louis C.C. @ Meramec
Oct. 18, 2008
St. Louis C.C. @ Meramec
SCORE Workshop
"Relationship Marketing"
Sept. 27, 2008
St. Charles EDC
To learn more about these courses and dates, times and how to register-
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Check out this website for small business information -
And recently launched on the National SCORE web site is a site for women entrepreneurs. Jump start sales. Set goals. Achieve success. Sign up today!
http://www.score.org/women/site.html
Looking for SCORE, St. Louis, information?
Go To - www.stlscore.org |
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Solutions
to Common Web Site Errors
E-commerce
sales by small businesses are increasing rapidly and could double, triple or
more during the next five years. Web sites are no longer a novelty; they are a
necessity for small firms, solo operators and home businesses of almost any
type.
Meanwhile,
customers have become vastly more Internet savvy than they were just a few
years ago.
Today, the "less is more" axiom
applies and often spells the difference between a Web site that delivers for
your small business, and one that doesn't.
Daily Updates
Don't neglect your site. If you want
the Internet to help build your business, make your Web site a top priority in
your daily operations. If your products, services, prices, location, hours,
contact information and marketing messages change, make the updates
immediately. Outdated information frustrates customers. Place your contact
information in a prominent location.
Keep it Simple
Flashing images, scrolling text and
blinking buttons may have seemed clever and high-tech when first introduced,
but now they are simply annoying. Dump them in favor of graphics that enhance your
site usability. Avoid the temptation of cute bells and whistles. Make a
fast-loading site a top priority.
Track It
And set up a system for tracking your
site activity. Don't be in the dark about what's happening on your site. Simple
and inexpensive Web analytic tools can point to areas that need improvement.
Two top sources for Web analysis tools are WebTrends.com and SiteCatalyst.com. |
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