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		<title>Find It Easier to Get the Dollar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The person who would be freakishly productive needs to quit focusing on the cut-the-costs-to-save-a-buck mentality of doing business, and embrace the one that increases production which increases value which increases sales which increases profits.]]></description>
		<link>http://anniemueller.com/2011/10/find-it-easier-to-get-the-dollar/</link>
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		<title>[Key Success Factors] Have an End in Mind</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Producing creative work, freelancing, starting and running your own business is difficult, demanding work. If you don't know why you're doing what you're doing, you're guaranteed to flounder and get frustrated and have more than your fair share of failures.]]></description>
		<link>http://anniemueller.com/2011/07/key-success-factors-have-an-end-in-mind/</link>
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		<title>The Rules of Genuine Authority</title>
		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: Emi ♫ Rule number 1: If you have &#8220;guru&#8221; anywhere on your profile, Facebook page, website, blog, or email signature, I don&#8217;t trust your authority. Rule number 2: Valid experience &#8211; plainly and clearly stated &#8211; is the best way to establish authority. Rule number 3: Peer reviews and client recommendations are the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://anniemueller.com/2011/07/the-rules-of-genuine-authority/</link>
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		<title>Do You Have What It Takes?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Being a small business owner &#8211; whether you&#8217;re a one-man shop or you&#8217;re overseeing 50 employees &#8211; is not easy, not for the faint of heart, and definitely not a sure ride to success. While I have, and will continue, to sing the praises of small business, micro business, home business, and freelancing, and while [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://anniemueller.com/2011/04/do-you-have-what-it-takes/</link>
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		<title>What Demand Does Your Business Satisfy?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re talking about the 4 questions you need to ask yourself for business success, as summarized from the book How Companies Win by Dave Calhoun and Rick Kash. We just discussed the need to find your most profitable customers&#8230; which, for small businesses, freelancers, and creatives, means taking a break from the simply daily work [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://anniemueller.com/2011/02/what-demand-does-your-business-satisfy/</link>
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		<title>Who Are Your Most Profitable Customers?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, we talked about the 4 questions you need to ask yourself for business success. The first question is worth looking at again: 1. Who are my most profitable customers or clients or networks or relationships? What&#8217;s tricky about this question for small/micro/home businesses and freelancers? We don&#8217;t tend to invest thousands [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://anniemueller.com/2011/02/who-are-your-most-profitable-customers/</link>
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		<title>4 Questions You Need to Ask for Business Success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been reading the book &#8220;How Companies Win,&#8221; by Dave Calhoun and Rick Kash. Kash and Calhoun share a basic premise which is that we have moved from a supply-driven economy to a demand-driven economy. Thus, in order to succeed in today&#8217;s economy, businesses need to shift the way they think, manage, organize, produce, market, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://anniemueller.com/2011/02/4-questions-you-need-to-ask-for-business-success/</link>
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