DeckFive » strategies http://www.deckfive.com One Link. One Source. Your Encyclopedia to Business Success. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:20:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Get the Most from Your Written Testimonials http://www.deckfive.com/2009/11/01/get-the-most-from-your-written-testimonials/ http://www.deckfive.com/2009/11/01/get-the-most-from-your-written-testimonials/#comments Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:54:24 +0000 admin http://www.deckfive.com/?p=102 Make it standard practice to ask clients and contacts for testimonials and you’ll build your credibility and your business….

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Author: Ivan Misner

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]]> http://www.deckfive.com/2009/11/01/online-ad-deals-are-clicking/feed/ 0 7 ways to join the billion-dollar club http://www.deckfive.com/2009/10/05/7-ways-to-join-the-billion-dollar-club/ http://www.deckfive.com/2009/10/05/7-ways-to-join-the-billion-dollar-club/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:08:15 +0000 admin http://deckfive.com/?p=11 What does it take for a company to hit $1 billion in sales? It’s a rare feat, says David Thomson, who spent three years studying exactly what it takes for a startup to reach that milestone, and published the results in his new book Blueprint to a Billion.

In fact, just 387 of 7,454 U.S.-based corporations (5 percent) that went public after 1980 had achieved that magic revenue threshold by 2004 (another 49 firms hit a billion in sales last year). All of them followed a similar plan for growth, Thomson found….




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