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Top 10 Facebook Apps for Building Custom Pages & Tabs
By Andrea Vahl, Social Media Examiner
July 7, 2011 |
 Are you looking for an easy way to create attractive pages on Facebook? Are you wondering how businesses are creating Welcome tabs
In this article I'll reveal a number of applications that make it very easy to add functionality to your Facebook page. Click here to read complete article |
| How Entrepreneurs Can Conquer Fear of Selling
By Carol Tice, entrepreneur.com
June 6, 2011
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It may be the hidden epidemic that's driving high business failure rates: Owners who hate selling.
So says Julie Steelman, author of the new book The Effortless Yes: Get the Sales You Want & Make All You Need. Women in particular, she says, are reluctant to sell and find it distasteful. They're either afraid to ask for business or just plain hate selling.
So how can entrepreneurs overcome their reluctance to sell? Here are five tips from Steelman, plus a few of my own:
1. Have a chat. You start conversations all the time, Steelman says, so why clam up when the person is a potential customer? Simply talk about your products and services as you would to a good friend.
2. Be inspirational and heartfelt. Recall your own "aha" moment that led you to start your business, and communicate your faith in the value you offer your customers.
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