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sales tips
Sales Tip Number 52 of 99: What is the best way to get out of a slump?

Most salespeople who get into a slump are there because of something they did, and they are not really working hard enough to get out of it.


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Sales Tip Number 53 of 99: What are the biggest mistakes salespeople make?

Salespeople make tons of mistakes. They give their price too soon, they follow up incorrectly, they use worn sales techniques, or they are not friendly enough.

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Sales Tip Number 54 of 99: What are the fatal flaws of selling?

Salespeople make the fatal mistake of blaming other things, circumstances, and people for their own inability to create a buying atmosphere. And that mistake has double jeopardy: One, you're blaming the wrong party, and two, because you issue blame instead of taking responsibility. You fail to see the urgent need for more self-improvement training.



competitions
Power to the People - UPS Giveaway

Stand a chance to win the new feature-rich Ellipse ASR from MGE Office Protection Systems, which promises ultra-thin power protection for business computer equipment.

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Winner of the Toshiba Satellite Pro A200 Notebook PC

Congratulations to Gabie Vermeulen who was drawn as the winner of the Toshiba Satellite Pro A200 Notebook PC.
  Issue 57 27 June 2008

Welcome to another edition of the dynamic and informative BizSmarts Newsletter – South Africa's premier SME & Technology mailer.

bizsmarts news
Telkom Tariff Increase Favours Businesses Run From Home

Home-based small businesses can look forward to paying cheaper rates with Telkom, despite the fact that tariffs are set to increase on 1 August 2008.

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Helping Women Succeed In Business


Female entrepreneurs often face great challenges when doing business in South Africa , but an organisation promoting women in business has lifted some of that burden and is supporting women in the challenges they face.

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Developing the Youth of SA through the EDC


The 5th Annual Entrepreneurship Development Conference (EDC), Themed Youth Entrepreneurship for 2010 and Beyond: Unlocking, Unleashing and Empowering, and hosted by the Umsobomvu Youth Fund, will be held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre from the 1 to 4 July 2008.

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Keeping it Simple – How Entrepreneurs Can Succeed


There are many workshops and articles written on Entrepreneurship-which must be encouraged. However some are outside the ambit of the real world, with flowery words and little substance.

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Umtha Telecom has its head office in Cape Town. We have focused our operations on Internet Solutions, Managed business solutions, Apple Macintosh, IT Infrastructure and Software Infrastructure.

Driving our success are partnerships with blue chip companies and customers, supported by an ensemble of skilled engineers, Network Architects and a skilled sales team. We nurture these relationships because they give us international reach and first world quality in service and support.

who are we
Warwick Smith-Chandler
[Editorial Director]

After the sale of Your Business magazine in 2005, Warwick launched the SA Guide series, South Africa 's no.1 business & franchise opportunity magazine.

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Bongiwe Kubheka
[Web Content Assistant]

Bongiwe Kubheka graduated as a journalist from City Varsity School of Media and Creative Arts. She has a keen interest in small business and developing small business in South Africa.
     

tech news you can use
MWEB Expands Broadband Options

MWEB has signed a strategic partnership deal with MTN making MWEB the first MTN appointed Data Service Provider (DSP). Tech News You Can Use


Office National makes Epson products more accessible to SME market

The Epson brand has been given a boost in the small and medium enterprise (SME) market in South Africa , with the conversion of a number of independent office product stores to Office National stores, all of which stock and sell Epson products.

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Microsoft Launches New Product Category: Surface Computing

First commercially available surface computer from Microsoft breaks down barriers and provides effortless interaction with information using touch, natural gestures and physical objects.

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