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The late J. Paul Getty's rules for accumulating wealth are simple and to the point. In fact, it is so simple that most people who read them either dismiss them as sweeping generalities or falsely believe they have known and used them most of their lives ...

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UK Business Start-up Advice

There are so many things to look at and understand when you are considering a business start up. From the law of the land, accounts and bookkeeping, to the practicalities of where to get the best value office supplies and where to get support from like minded business people ...

UK Market Research Tools

Market Research Tools. Thanks to the internet, most of the tools you need to do any market research are readily available – if you know where to look. In this briefing, we’ll point out some of the best ones ...

Product Development by Neil Tennant

Well, first of all, what I actually said was product development was simple, not easy! And simple it is, however, if it was easy everyone would be doing it. I’ve always said product development does take a bit of work and effort but the rewards are tremendous ...

UK Franchising

If you have never been in business for yourself before, the first thing you need to evaluate is yourself. Finding a franchise that offers genuine interest to you (rather than just a means to make money, or 'work for yourself') will go along way to helping you find the enthusiasm you will need ...

Brand Marketing

How do people See You? Are you properly 'Brand Marketing' Yourself? Steven Van Yoder takes you through some simple steps to help you identify Your Brand in his article ...

The Big Secret - Internet Marketing

I started marketing on the internet before it was cool. Back in early 1996, the commercial internet was just beginning to fully emerge. Now that I've carved out a niche for myself ...

Write Attention Getting Advertisements

Write attention getting advertisements: The most important aspect of any business is selling the product or service. Without sales, no business can exist for very long. All sales begin with some form of advertising. To build sales, this advertising must be seen or heard by potential buyers, and cause them to react to the advertising in some way ...

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