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Veda Evelyn Hounshell daughter of White Fulkerson Hounshell and Vergie Mae "Doll" Pace was born 16 Mar 1940 in Rose Hill , Lee County, Virginia and died 25 Oct 2008 in Ewing, Lee County, Virginia. She married Glenn Frazier Ayers born 14 Aug 1928 and died 07 Aug 2008 in Ewing, Lee County, Virginia. They are both buried at Hounshell Cemetery, Jonesville, Lee County, Virginia. Veda Evelyn Hounshell is the greatgrand daughter of Sarah Jane DeBusk the daughter of Palser DeBusk and Mary Sarah "Sally" Surber.
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It is for the side and tip of my nose.I am petrified. Have hype-ventilated numerous times, can't sleep...just thinking about worst-case scenario of losing my face or them finding that I am full of cancer. Would it be inappropriate for me to take a valium before the surgery?I'm afraid my extreme anxiety will make it even worse. I'm not looking for an "It'll be ok", just an explanation of how to get through it and how to communicate this to Dr.
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Mohs on nose
The nose is a very sensitive area of the face. Many of our patients get their Mohs reconstruction done under IV sedation
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Nervous before surgery
I tell all of my patients that it is ok to be nervous before surgery. In fact, I'd be worried if they weren't a little nervous before undergoing an elective procedure. I see no problem with taking a little sedative, like Valium, the night before the procedure and, if fact, freely prescribe this to those who need it.
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Nervous About Mohs Surgery
It is perfectly normal to be nervous about Mohs surgery. Many, if not all of my patients, have similar concerns. They worry about the extent of surgery, the amount of reconstruction they might require, and the scarring that will be left behind. However, the vast majority of my patients are incredibly surprised (and relieved!) when they see how minimally invasive the Mohs procedure is and how difficult it is to see any scarring afterwards.
I have prescribed Valium to some of my patients prior to surgery, but often find that it is not necessary after they better understand the procedure. While the risk of taking this medication is minimal, I prefer not to put my patients at risk at all unless they need it.
Having opened and worked in the very first Mohs surgery clinic in Ottawa, the capital city of Canada, I know Dr. Zloty in Vancouver very well. He is a skilled surgeon and a very approachable physician. I encourage you to share your concerns and feelings with him. He is open minded and as long as you communicate your concerns, I am sure he will help you through the process and through the day.
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Nervous about Mohs surgery
I'm sorry you are so nervous and while I'd like to waylay your fears, your best bet is to call the office and discuss your concerns with them. I wouldn't have any concern about prescribing a Valium for you if you are that nervous and this wouldn't affect anything in your procedure, but your physician needs to understand what you are afraid of and why. He or she can discuss the procedure, your concerns, what will happen and why, any risks, etc. If you know more I'm sure you will be more comfortable. And if the two of you decide a Valium may help you get through the procedure, I'm sure that could be of benefit to you both. Talk to your doctor!
Concerns regarding Mohs Surgery
Best option is to communicate your concerns to your doctor. Tell him what your fears are, and perhaps he can explain so that the procedure is less frightening. I would not recommend an anxiolytic, such as valium, unless absolutely necessary and only with the consent of your surgeon and most imprortantly after you have given informed consent to the procedure.
Most patient are frightened by a surgical procedure, especially if they have not undergone a similar procedure before. Speaking for our patients, most of them are much more comfortable and less fearful after we explain what we're going to do (usually at the office visit). It is the "unknown" portion that I think is most frightening.
As a general rule, Mohs surgery starts with the smallest surgical margin possible and then the roots are traced out. As a result, you get the highest cure rate (i.e. best chance that it won't come back) and you preserve the greatest amount of healthy tissue (i.e. only cancerous tissue is removed).
Best option is for you to discuss your concerns with your doctor, whether this is regarding the Mohs surgery or the reconstruction. Ask what your options are, what are the risks, what are the complications? Hopefully, your doctor can relieve your concerns. Best of luck.
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This is an amazingly funny book. The crazy ways people can leave this world is expressed in this book as stories about there deaths. I almost did not buy this book because I thoght "Making A book about people doing stupid things, and then dieing? What horrible person would make a book about this" But soon I found out that Wendy Northcutt has found one of the funniest subjects in comedy. I didn't know that people would do such crazy and stupid things. Jason Harris also contributes to the laughs with his great narration of this book.
I will probobly read this book over and over again.
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Good stories, good narration, but extremely, extremely annoying clown music between chapters. No reason not to get it.
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Chocolate Strawberry Truffle Brownies Recipe
Some of the strawberry jam I put up every year makes its way into these brownies. I like to bake up a batch as a special treat for the learning-disabled students I teach. My husband and three sons enjoy them, too. —Teresa Jansen, Advance, Missouri
- 1-1/4 cups semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup butter, cubed
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon instant coffee granules
- 2 tablespoons water
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/4 teaspoon instant coffee granules
- 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 1/3 cup strawberry jam or preserves
- 1/4 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
- 1/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 teaspoon shortening
- 1. In a microwave, melt chocolate and butter; stir until smooth. Cool slightly. In a large bowl, beat brown sugar and eggs. Stir in chocolate mixture. Dissolve coffee in water; add to chocolate mixture. Combine flour and baking powder; gradually add to batter.
- 2. Spread evenly in a greased and floured 9-in. square baking pan. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool.
- 3. Meanwhile, for filling, melt chocolate chips and coffee granules; stir until smooth. Set aside.
- 4. In a small bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Add jam and confectioners' sugar; mix well. Beat in melted chocolate until well blended. Spread over brownies.
- 5. For glaze, in a microwave, melt chocolate and shortening; stir until smooth. Drizzle over filling. Chill at least 1 hour. Yield: about 2 dozen.
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After being postponed a day due to cold rain and snow, the Section 5A Cross Country Championships took place with the top three Tiger boy runners achieving new personal records.
As a team the boys came in 13th out of 21 teams at Pierz Golf Course last Friday, while the girls team finished 17th.
Junior Garrett Larson was the first Tiger boy to finish, taking 24th out of 143 competitors with a new personal record (PR) of 17:39.1.
Sophomore Kevin Nelson came in 57th with a new PR of 18:40.6, while freshman Ethan Rundquist also created a new PR, placing 60th in 18:43.6.
Freshman Devan Larson finished 75th (18:53.6), sophomore Zeth Langworthy 100th (19:47.5), senior Colton Baldwin 101st (19:48.2) and sophomore Mason Stevens 126th (21:14.6).
Eighth grader Riley McGough was the first Tiger girl to cross the finish line coming in 84th out of 130 runners with a time of 18:06.2.
Junior Sammi Oscarson placed 86th (18:12.1), and sophomore Payton Ramberg 91st (18:26.5).
Eighth graders Brooke Necowitsch crossed the finish line in 119th (20:07.1), Elly Johnson 126th (21:51.2) and Lydia Moe 129th (22:57.4), while seventh grader Ella Blazek finished 130th (22.57.9).
"Garrett really worked hard to lower his best time, going out very fast on the first mile and holding his position to the best of his ability," said coach Kevin Smith. "Ethan came in with a strong finish as did Devan. Hopefully the boys will work hard next summer and show the improvement we saw from last season. We only lose Colton to graduation, so this is a young team and next year looks promising for big improvements in the team results."
Smith added, "The girls team also is very young and inexperienced. Today we had three girls run their first varsity race, so they were over-matched by the strong competition of the older girls from other squads. We were happy with the effort today, but we need to see lower times to improve our team place. This can happen with good summer running next year. We need the girls to get stronger with more miles and then their race times should improve. Overall both teams had a nice season,with many highlights, though we hope to see improvements next year."
The 2012 season ended for the Rush City boys and girls cross country teams at the Section 5A Championship, since only the first and second place teams and the top eight individuals who are not a member of the first or second place teams, qualify for the state championships.


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HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT that the crow sitting on your garbage can was giving you the eye? Not just watching you, but thinking about you? Turns out, you were right. New findings by wildlife biologist John Marzluff and his students at the University of Washington in Seattle suggest crows are highly adept at recognizing human faces. What's more, the research has uncovered evidence that the birds use their keen perceptive abilities to distinguish between what they consider to be good and bad humans, forming opinions that can last for years.
The results verify suspicions Marzluff has had since he began studying crows in the early 1990s. "As soon as we started paying close attention to them—either catching them or going to their nests—you could tell they were acting differently when we were around," he says. "If you got within several hundred meters, the birds were alert, they stopped whatever they were doing, and they were watching you as opposed to what you wanted to do, which was watch them."
In 2006, crow behavior that had been an inconvenience was put to the test with an experiment in which researchers netted and banded sets of crows at various sites on campus and around Seattle while wearing rubber human masks.
A few days later the researchers walked through the same areas wearing assorted masks and recording how the birds responded. At each site the crows ignored all but the particular mask that had been worn during the banding, which they greeted with loud scolding cries and the formation of small mobs. The effects were the same regardless of what clothing the researchers wore or who wore which mask. "The interesting part was that not a whole lot mattered except the face," Marzluff says.
The ability to recognize human faces may not be as rare among nonhuman animals as one might think. After banding western gull chicks on California's Southeast Farallon Island in spring 1980, biologist Larry Spear, then of the Point Reyes Bird Observatory, found himself mobbed whenever he reentered his study site, a problem he eventually rectified by donning a Halloween mask. In lab research, biologists have found human facial recognition among species ranging from dogs and pigeons to sheep, octopuses and even honeybees. More recent studies have found similar skills among free-roaming magpies in South Korea and mockingbirds in Florida.
But the most interesting aspect of the Seattle study may be the degree to which campus crows have clung to their memory. Today, close to seven years after the study began, the birds continue to harangue the banding mask even though they see it only twice a year for a few hours at a time. Even more remarkable, the percentage of birds joining the ruckus has roughly doubled since the experiment began, even though most have never been banded and likely didn't witness the original traumatic event. Some are young birds born in years since.
Given the variability of human behavior, Marzluff suspects that the crow's skill at telling us apart helps explain why the bird thrives in cities. At least some of his scolding crows also recognize people who regularly offer food. "It would be a rare hawk that would be nice to a crow," he says. "But with humans you have to classify us as individuals. Clearly, they're able to do that."
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Pittsburgh Ices San Jose 5-1 - Recap
Pittsburgh cruised to victory on Thursday, earning an easy 5-1 win over the Sharks at Consol Energy Centre.
The Penguins were a -110 favorite in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 5.5.
Pittsburgh got goals from Chris Kunitz (2), Pascal Dupuis, Kris Letang, and Jayson Megna in the victory. Dupuis opened the scoring at 0:27 of the second period.
Marc-Andre Fleury turned in a 44-save effort for the Penguins.
Tomas Hertl scored for the Sharks, finding the net behind Marc-Andre Fleury.
Antti Niemi stopped 23 of 27 shots for the Sharks, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Pittsburgh went 1-for-2, while the Sharks were 0-for-3 with the man advantage.
San Jose outshot Pittsburgh 45-30 in the game.
Pittsburgh looks to continue their winning ways next game with a battle against the Bruins. The Sharks will aim to get back on the winning track at Carolina.


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Chelsea have no plans to move home
Chelsea have denied they are set to quit Stamford Bridge and buy the nearby Earls Court Exhibition Centre in a £400 million deal.
The reigning champions reiterated their desire to improve and extend their current home rather than build a new stadium after speculation linked them with the exhibition and conference centre.
The world famous centre is currently up for sale but until the club have exhausted all the possible options regarding an increase in the capacity of Stamford Bridge, Chelsea will not consider moving out.
A spokesman for the club said: 'We have made our position clear several times on the issue of ground redevelopment at Stamford Bridge.
'Despite that, there has been speculation linking us with a whole variety of sites in London including Wembley, the Olympic Stadium at Stratford, White City, Battersea Power Station, Earls Court, Chelsea barracks and the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.
'Whether these sites are available, or not available, is irrelevant.
'Our position is that we would like to increase the capacity at Stamford Bridge, and ideally we would like to take it to a figure of just over 50,000 but there are constraints on our current site, which are well documented.
'Only after all possible scenarios for the redevelopment of Stamford Bridge are exhausted can a debate start about other options.'
The Earls Court and Olympia complex is owned by St James Capital and while they have 'received approaches' for the purchase of the site it is understood that it must remain a conference and exhibition centre.
St James' entrepreneurs put the 36-acre Earls Court and Olympia site up for sale in December for £400million.


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One of the top credit agencies in the UK has said that payday lenders are not taking the proper steps to record individuals' loans on their credit files.
Equifax has warned that not all transactions being carried out are being logged on credit files, which could lead other lenders to make the wrong decision.
Any transactions carried out on a loan in the UK should be registered with the appropriate credit agencies. This allows other lenders to see how much you already owe and whether you have kept up to date with payments.
However, Equifax has said that in many cases, this is not happening, meaning credit scores for individuals will be wrong and could affect future applications for loans.
But it isn't just other lenders who could suffer because of the lack of information recorded on a credit file; the person borrowing the money could also lose out.
Payday lenders are notorious for targeting individuals who are unable to access credit from a mainstream lender, hence the extortionate rates of interest charged. There could be many reasons why a high street bank refuses an application for finance, but one of the most common is a poor credit history.
Taking out any kind of new borrowing – including payday loans – and paying them back in full and on time, will boost a credit rating and could mean that next time a loan is needed, a mainstream lender could give the thumbs up to an application. Payday lenders failing to record that an individual is paying in a timely manner, means they do not get the 'points' on their credit file that they deserve.
The Business, Innovations and Skills Select Committee recently decreed that all transactions connected with a payday loan must be centrally recorded, but Equifax has said that many are failing to comply.
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Rising ocean acidity tips delicate balance
LOS ANGELES - Peering into the microscope, Alan Barton thought the baby oysters looked normal, except for one thing: They were dead. Slide after slide, the results were the same. The entire batch of 100 million larvae at Whiskey Creek Shellfish Hatchery perished. It took several years for the Oregon oyster breeder and a team of scientists to find the culprit: a radical change in ocean acidity. The acid levels rose so high the larvae could not form protective shells, according to a study published this year. The free-swimming baby oysters would struggle for days, then fall exhausted to the floor of the tank. "There's no debating it," said Barton, manager of Whiskey Creek that supplies three-quarters of the oyster seed to independent shellfish farms from Washington to California. "We're changing the chemistry of the oceans."Rising acidity doesn't just imperil the West Coast's $110 million oyster industry. It ultimately will threaten other marine animals, the seafood industry and health of humans who eat affected shellfish, scientists say. The world's oceans have become 30 percent more acidic since the Industrial Revolution began more than two centuries ago. In that time, the seas have absorbed 500 billion tons of carbon dioxide that built up in the atmosphere, primarily from the burning of fossil fuels. By taking in that amount — more than one-quarter of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere — the oceans have buffered the full effects of climate change, scientists say: Temperatures have not risen as much as they would have, glaciers haven't melted as fast. Yet the benefits are coming at a cost to marine life, especially oysters, clams and corals that rely on the minerals in alkaline seawater to build their protective shells and exoskeletons. The ill effects of the changing chemistry add to the oceans' problems, which include warming temperatures and expanding low-oxygen "dead zones." By the end of the century, French biological oceanographer Jean-Pierre Gattuso said, "The oceans will become hot, sour and breathless." He was one of 540 scientists from 37 countries who met last month in Monterey, Calif., to discuss their findings on oceans in a "high-C02 world." The full brunt of ocean acidification won't hit for decades. But scientists say the only sure way to avoid the worst is to significantly reduce carbon emissions. Some have been explored ways to restore the ocean's alkalinity through artificial means, such as spreading vast amounts of limestone or other minerals on the ocean surface. It's not yet clear whether either approach is realistic. The West Coast provides a jarring glimpse of what lies ahead if trends continue, said Richard A. Feely, a chemical oceanographer for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Feely and a team of scientists have been tracking particularly acidic waters as they well up from the deep ocean and wash onto the continental shelf off California, Oregon and Washington. "We found corrosive water everywhere we looked, particularly off California and Oregon," he said. The cold, nutrient-laden waters from the deep sea are naturally more acidic than surface waters. Human contributions of CO2 only add to that acidity. A few years ago, the shellfish industry became alarmed that 80 percent of oyster larvae at hatcheries were not surviving. Initially, they blamed an aggressive strain of bacteria. After Feely found evidence of corrosive waters reaching the West Coast, industry officials asked him and other scientists if there was a connection to the die-offs. And scientists found a link by studying the Whiskey Creek hatchery at Netarts Bay, Ore., whose larvae were bathed in acidic waters drawn in by intake pipes. Oyster larvae are very sensitive in their first few days of life. As ocean acidity rises, the abundance of calcium carbonate, which they need to build shells, is gradually reduced. At extremely high levels of acidity, lab tests show, seawater no longer provides this material and can cause shells of corals, snails and other animals to dissolve. Now, the hatchery tries to balance the acidity of its waters by adding soda ash. Costs are up and production hasn't fully recovered.
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Tuba Man: Seattle is sadder
Updated 10:00 pm, Tuesday, November 4, 2008
If they notice at all, violent-gang segments of Seattle's youth won't get why the death of Edward McMichael, aka Tuba Man, has so saddened the city. Why pay attention to some 53-year-old dude playing for tips on the streets, other than to note him as an easy target?
But, as columnist Robert L. Jamieson Jr. wrote, people had already begun to wonder where Tuba Man was in the days before he died after being injured in an Oct. 25 attack by clueless young thugs. McMichael's presence outside sports and cultural events meant something to tens of thousands. He meant something to the city. He should be memorialized, perhaps with a tuba-themed work of public art.
Statistics show no violent crime wave. But there are youth violence problems to address, as the City Council and Mayor Greg Nickels realize. Belltown is also a worry.
Of course, young people who don't understand the fuss about McMichael's death also won't relate to why the city cares about its youth. Beyond whatever difference police and politicians can make, there are responsibilities for families, neighborhoods and communities to communicate to children the value of life, not abandon them to "entertainment" glorifying violence.


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- Frame-and-panel construction ensures that the unit will last for years to come.
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- Corner unit has one fixed shelf.
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Uncompromisingly sporty - uncompromisingly eco-friendly: lightweight softshell hooded jacket for motion intensive tours and fast mountain running. Windproof 80 fabric at exposed areas, thin stretch material at less-exposed zones and exceptionally breathable inserts under the arms and at the back provide an optimal micro-climate. With a pocket on the upper sleeve and two slide-in pockets for smaller items that need to be kept close at hand. The textile materials are produced from sustainable resources and eco-friendly manufacturing in accordance with the stringent bluesign® standard. This product was manufactured with Eco Finish and is eco-friendly, water repellent and fluorocarbon-free (PFC-free).
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Hard Rock Hideout has posted video footage of AIRBOURNE, STONERIDER and ENDEVERAFTER performing at Lexington, Kentucky's Club AIA on Tuesday, April 8.A couple of the AIRBOURNE clips can be viewed below. The rest of the footage can be found at this location. AIRBOURNE recently shot a video for the song "Runnin' Wild" with director Nathan Cox, who has previously worked with QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, MARILYN MANSON and LINKIN PARK, among others. The track is the title cut of the group's new album, which landed at No. 106 on The Billboard 200 chart in the U.S. after shifting 7,000 units in its first week of release. "Stand Up For Rock'N'Roll":
AIRBOURNE: Lexington Footage Posted Online
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I remember the neighborhood pool from my childhood — water with far too much chlorine, a snack bar with treats we didn't have at home like snow cones and Fun Dips, and a locker room where you had to wear flip flops because the floor looked like it had seen better days.
So far, the neighborhood pool of my youth is not all that different than the one my kids go to now. Sure there's a water slide, but not a fancy one, and there's a few more items at the snack bar like hot pretzels and something called "Nerds," but it's basically the same down to earth, simple summer fun.
It's a place where my kids play foursquare, the real one with a ball on the pool deck, not the kind on Facebook, a place where they endlessly come up with new moves to do off the diving board, and a place to find a shady spot on a lounge chair to read their favorite books.
But most of all, it's a place to connect with friends, summer friends, who we don't always see during the school year, and do handstands in the water or collectively beg their parents for snack bar money until the sun sets.
There is something very comforting about this summer ritual, a tradition from a bygone era that still cannot be replaced by Netflix and computer games.
I remember those summers like they were yesterday, and hopefully so will my kids …
Amanda is the mom of two, a reporter for WRAL-TV and the author of several books including three on motherhood. Find her here on Mondays.


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Shantytown Heritage Park
Shantytown provides a real sense of what it was like to live in New Zealand by allowing visitors to participate in and observe our country as it was.
- Adult
- $33.00 - $76.00
- Child
- $16.00 - $76.00
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Shantytown is one of New Zealand's premier cultural and heritage attractions. A faithfully recreated 1900s pioneer town, born out of, and stimulated by, the great West Coast gold rushes of the 1860s.
Shantytown, nestled amidst regenerative native rain forest provides a real sense of what it was like to live in New Zealand then and what it means to be a New Zealander now, by allowing you to be both participant and observer in this most dynamic period of its post-Maori colonisation.
Shantytown is also one of the West Coast's leading functions, conferences and weddings venues. Shantytown is located approximately 10km south of Greymouth.
Open daily until 5pm, 7 days per week.
Physical address
Shantytown Heritage Park, Rutherglen Road, Paroa, Greymouth, West Coast, 7805, New Zealand.
Opening times
- Business hours:
- 8.30am - 5.00pm, seven days a week, 364 days a year (closed Christmas Day).
- Months of operation:
- All months of the year
Facilities and Features
- Proximity to airport:
- 20 minurtes from Hokitika airport
- Proximity to town:
- 10 minutes south of Greymouth. Well signposted from SH6
Pricing and Conditions
|$33.00 - $76.00
(16 year(s) and under)
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With the internet making several new forms of funding available to entrepreneurs who want to sidestep the hassles and qualification of getting bank financing, there's a little confusion about peer-to-peer lending sites and how they're different from crowdfunding.
I'm going to explain the difference, and some of the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Peer-to-Peer Lending
Peer-to-Peer (or P2P) Lending transactions occur between individuals without going through a bank or traditional intermediary. Without the middleman, borrowers can get better terms and access to more capital than before, and lenders can earn higher returns.
And as can be expected, there are several popular websites that connect borrowers and lenders directly, such as:
The downside of P2P lending is that supposedly less than 10% of loans applied for on these sites get funded. And you have to pay back the loans.
With crowdfunding, you' can tap a lot more investors and raise unlimited amounts of money. And, you provide rewards for those who give you money rather than needing to repay a loan. And, your chances of raising crowdfunding are much higher than with P2P lending; statistics show that 50% of entrepreneurs who try to raise crowdfunding successfully do so.
With regards to rewards, with Crowdfunding you want to offer something to the people who help fund your project, such as future redemption of the product or service you are creating, discounts, prizes, gifts and bonuses.
A percentage of the money raised will in all likelihood come from friends, family, and people in your existing contacts. However, crowdfunding sites give you an organized and safe way to advertise the opportunity, and people can see the social proof of others getting on board and funding your project.
Examples of crowdfunding sites are:
{Note: There is also a type of funding called "Micro-funding," which is a means of offering funds to impoverished people who don't have access to traditional forms of loans. These funding amounts are generally very small and are used by the recipients to launch personal businesses, such as sewing, trading, making crafts, and other manageable ventures where a little funding can go a long way for the person and their family.}
I prefer crowdfunding over Peer to Peer Lending because of the potential to raise more money through a larger group of people, and not having to pay the money back (nor interest). However, I like diversifying my funding, so you should also check out the peer-to-peer lending sites to decide if they're worth pursuing for your business.
Suggested Resource: Do you want Crowdfunding? If so, don't try to raise it from scratch -- the 14-step blueprint already exists. Get the Crowdfunding blueprint here.
Here's a recent development that is a great sign of things to come for entrepreneurs like you and me, who want to raise capital for growth and would consider crowdfunding as a source.
The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (called the JOBS Act) was passed with support from Republicans and Democrats alike and signed by President Obama in April, 2012.
The JOBS Act makes equity-based crowdfunding much easier
What the JOBS Act does is make it possible to raise funds from investors and donors through certain crowdfunding sites in exchange for equity in your company, starting January 1st, 2013. This opens up more possibilities in equity funding without the tedious requirements to register your funding as a public offering with the SEC.
If you have tried to raise funds in the past by going the public offering route, you'll know that it's expensive. Being able to bypass all that is huge, especially if you are raising smaller amounts of funding that don't justify such expenses.
The passing of the JOBS Act also means you won't have to seek out accredited investors specifically (people with incomes of $200,000 or more, or a net worth of $1,000,000 or more-not including their residence). You can receive funds from people of all income ranges, which makes the pool of potential investors MUCH bigger.
Imagine how many regular folks are out there, who might want to reallocate some of the funds they already have invested in savings, stocks, mutual funds, or other investments that aren't paying so well at present. In the future, funding other businesses might be a much more common way to diversify your capital-that anyone can do and not just accredited investors. Even you!
But there are going to be conditions set by the SEC which they will also make clear by January 1st. As of now, we know that there will be some kind of yearly maximum dollar amount that one person can invest in this kind of opportunity. It will depend on their income and net worth. Stay tuned to see the other conditions as they are announced.
How can you prepare for this?
If you want to raise equity capital in 2013 and would consider announcing it through crowdfunding sites, here's a quick list of things you can do in the meantime to be ready when the time comes:
Broaden your network
One advantage crowdfunding sites offer you is having access to more investors and donors than there already are in your personal network. The sites generate their own traffic, and a percentage will come across your project online by searching or stumbling across it.
As it turns out, enough projects have been successfully funded (using the donation-based Crowdfunding model, not the equity-based Crowdfunding model that will go live on January 1st 2013) for experts to be able to look back and say that your project is much more likely to be successful if the first quarter to third of the funding comes from your existing network first. Reason being, they are the ones most likely to believe in and trust you already, and strangers want to see some social proof and credibility in advance before they jump on board.
Deepen your relationships
Do this for the same reason I mentioned above-to get the ball rolling on your funding from your existing contacts. So in the months between now and 2013, you should be out seeking new relationships and strengthening the ones you have-specifically with those who are more likely candidates for funding you, or those who are in a position to spread the word for you.
You don't even have to mention funding during this time. Just spend the time necessary to confirm that they have the means and would be interested in your project, while at the same time showing your willingness to serve them and build trust and experience together.
If you're already in business, keep growing it
As with any kind of funding, you will be in a much stronger position to ask for funds if you can demonstrate success in the past. You will have more data available to work into your plan and forecast. And, people want prefer to invest in something that looks like a sure thing-with the least uncertainty. So keep doing what you're doing and you'll be able to show prospective investors 2012's financial statement and smile.
Work on your business plan
Also, as always, have a solid plan for how much funding you need, how you will spend it, and what effects it will have on your operations and revenues. People want to lend to someone who has thought things through and looks less likely to run into unforeseen problems-especially strangers online! Remember that.
It will also take some time to craft your presentation and pitch. If you plan on using a slideshow or video of some kind (or even just writing it out on your project's page), it will take some time to put that together in advance. But, it's something you can be doing now.
So there it is...equity-based crowdfunding is one more way to get the funds you need to launch or grow your business. Stay tuned to the developments (you'll hear them from me) and prepare for funding like you normally would. This might just be the key to your company's growth!
Suggested Resource: Do you want Crowdfunding? If so, don't try to raise it from scratch -- the 14-step blueprint already exists. Get the Crowdfunding blueprint here.
Smart marketers know that as much as 80% of their revenues come from repeat customers. Once you transform someone from prospect to customer and then give them a great experience, your next sale to that customer will be much easier. In fact, oftentimes the next sale will be initiated by the customer without any effort on your part.
So the best way to get more sales from repeat customers is...make more sales to first-time customers!
For instance, if your initial sale to a customer is $40, but the average customer will purchase four more times within the first year, then a new customer is actually worth $200 in the first year. Much more than the initial $40! So, clearly, you want to attract as many new customers as possible (and take care of them so they keep purchasing from you).
To help you do this, below are three tips for attracting first-time customers. Since it's the most important sale you'll make, it pays to make your offer truly attention-getting and irresistible.
First-Time Customer Strategy #1: Give Them a Deal
Some companies go as far as to lose money on their first sale (known as a loss-leader), knowing they'll make it back with an immediate upsell, monthly service, or future sales. Your goal is NOT to make as much money as you can on the first sale. It's to make a first sale!
But of course, it's better if the first sale naturally leads to selling your next item or service. For example, I know a pressure washing company who will clean your house's exterior at cost the first time. But then it upsells 80% of these customers to their "twice yearly" plan -- this is where it derives tons of profits.
Restaurants offer specials, phone companies offer you deals if you switch providers, etc. -- you know the drill. Give customers a powerful offer to which it's hard to say no, either in the form of a low price or incredible value for their money.
You see coupon offers and deal-of-the-day sites like Groupon offering $20 massages and other great deals all the time. This works in getting tons of new customers, but be careful. A lot of businesses have reported "The Groupon Effect," in which they will post a special, get a herd of penny-pinchers in the door that take advantage of the offer and then disappear to find the next deal at whoever's cheapest tomorrow. In other words, it can attract the wrong crowd and may not produce repeat business-which is the whole point of making a first sale.
So use these special offers carefully. One idea is to use direct mail. Doing so allows you to target the specific customers you want with your special offer.
First-Time Customer Strategy #2: Give Them an Experience
Think about how much money people spend on vacations, sports, dining, and entertainment. What do these all have in common? They're experiences that people want and are willing to pay for.
You can try positioning your service as a personal experience. It's one thing to offer a massage, it's another to offer a "spa experience" with music, lights, nails, and a free facial.
You can also plan and conduct group experiences like luncheons, parties, open houses, or tours. Or find a way to piggyback on existing events going on in your community, like parades, festivals, expos, etc.
These will take a little creativity, but remember that people are naturally drawn to fun times. Make it memorable and do it a few times per year.
Look to Zappos.com as inspiration. Even though it sells a commodity (shoes), it provides a great experience through exceptional customer service. For many other businesses, providing a great experience is much easier than this.
First-Time Customer Strategy #3: Give Them Information
Every business needs to educate its customers, whether you charge for that education or not. I love it when my mechanic, Vinny, explains to me my car's problem, what caused it, how to fix it, and what it will cost. Sometimes we even go through options together, and I couldn't make a decision on the right one without getting the facts first.
Providing education demonstrates that you're an expert, increases your trust, and gives you higher credibility in the customers' mind. It also gives you an easy segue into showing the benefits of what you're offering and how it will help.
Some lead generation methods tie in very well with education. For example, if you're trying to get blog posts ranked in the search engines, you'll need to write articles on topics of interest to your readers-like how to do something, the pros and cons of different products, etc. These posts will show your expertise and educate the reader.
You can do the same with videos. Simple, informative videos can get the attention of prospects and warm them up before contacting you. End each video with a special offer or a "call to action" that encourages the prospect to contact you.
To reiterate, consider how you can give first-time customers a deal, an experience, or the information they want/need. Use this to gain your first sales. Once you do, make sure you deliver quality, and then you'll be on track towards generating more repeat business than you can handle!
Suggested Resource: Growthink's Ultimate Marketing Plan Template allows you to expertly create your marketing plan. This marketing plan will give you multiple proven strategies for attracting new customers, show you how to overcome customer objections, and dramatically boost your sales and profits. Click here to learn more.
In the process of business consulting and coaching, I've learned quite a few things that growing companies seem to have in common no matter what industry they're in or what they sell.
We all have cash flow to deal with, projects and teams to manage, and marketing campaigns to plan and carry out. Every business.
But here's another common characteristic...pretty much all business owners face the four universal objections that their prospective customers have. What should you do about them? I suggest that you assume they have all four objections. Then, have a way to prevent each of them in advance through solid marketing and positioning and as they arise at the time of the sale.
Do this for every product or service, but start with the one that needs the most help (or would create the most revenues if improved). Come up with answers to these four objections-don't worry, I'll help-then have your whole sales process incorporate it.
Check each of the ads you're running to make sure they don't agitate one of these concerns. Or show people in advance that it's not a concern. Check the language on your website and sales pages. And make sure your salespeople have been trained in answering the objections.
Okay, enough explanations! Here are the four universal objections for which you should be prepared:
Objection #1: I'm too busy
This makes it hard to even get your foot in the door in the first place. At the advertisement level, people will skim over your ad and never commit to focusing on and reading it. You've got to show prospects fast that what you're offering is worth their time.
The solution is to get their attention. Tease them with something, promise something, use memorable messages, and/or give prospects value up front.
Objection #2: Why do I need you?
Particularly if prospects are not actively seeking the product or service you offer, you must show them why they need it. Show them what life can be like with your solution - how it solves a key need or pain.
Objection #3: I don't have the money
This objection comes up earlier than you'd think. It's partly because people and companies are both more cost-conscious these days, and partly from people's aversion to spending more money on something at all. So "I don't have the money" is their excuse to bail before getting too invested in the decision-making process.
The solution here is to show prospects the value of what they are getting. Will your product or service enhance their lives, save them money in the future, position them to be more successful, etc.? Let them know the answer to this question!
Another solution (which is not mutually exclusive) is to offer payment plans if possible to alleviate legitimate cost concerns.
Objection #4: I'm not sure I believe you
People are skeptical, and don't believe everything you advertise-and rightfully so. They want to know you're for real and they want to see proof that your product or service does what you say.
Show them you're legitimate by letting them know your credentials, seeing your work, knowing your clientele or how long you've been in business, and also that you're honest, have integrity, and really care.
One of the best ways to prove you can get results is showing testimonials from other customers. This is why "before and after" pictures are used in most weight loss commercials. This can be done with many products.
Other things you can do to overcome skepticism include offering money back guarantees and simple return policies.
Getting new customers is one of the hardest things a business must do. By considering the objections prospective customer have, and preparing for them (via adjusting your marketing materials and training your sales team), you will more successfully attract new customers. This can and will give you a competitive advantage, and allow you to grow a successful company.
Suggested Resource: Growthink's Ultimate Marketing Plan Template allows you to expertly create your marketing plan. This marketing plan will allow you to overcome customer objections, attract tons of new customers, and dramatically boost your sales and profits. Click here to learn more.
When you're starting or growing your company, you'll face lots of challenges and unfortunately realize failures more often than you'd like. One of the hallmarks of successful entrepreneurs is that they routinely overcome these obstacles.
To do the same, follow these six steps to respond to failures:
1) Admit the mistake. Knowing the true cause of a failure is the first step to overcoming it, after acknowledging that there's a problem or failure in the first place. Leaders who practice denial might feel better about themselves temporarily, but nothing gets done to make things better. Face it-no one wants to admit they messed up and it's hard to accept when something's just not working anymore.
2) Be kind to yourself - Even if you directly caused the failure, remember that it's a matter of your actions and their results-not from some personal defect. It's not always about you! Try to separate yourself from the problem and look at it objectively.
3) Talk it through with someone who can offer insight or support. Don't be afraid to ask for help! Again, asking for help does not mean you're not good enough. It means you're committed to achieving outcomes without letting ego get in your way.
4) Find out what you can learn from the failure. The odds are you did things that worked and things that didn't. Examine them and the reasons why they worked or didn't. What you learn here will form the assumptions you'll rely on when making a plan of action in the following steps.
5) Attack, not shrink - When people run into financial problems or serious crises, they usually go in one of two directions. They can shrink back, become more risk-averse, and try to cut expenses and do less to avoid the problem. It's basically cowering and hiding. Or they can attack the problem like a foreign army invading enemy territory. Which strategy do you think has won more wars?
6) Make a new plan and move forward. Thinking about the past is helpful-for the purpose of learning from it. But ruminating and dwelling in the past, reliving your mistakes and thinking about how things could and should have turned out differently just isn't productive.
It's time to think about the future! Take what you learned from the failure and apply it to a new or revised plan towards the same goal. Look at the bright side-you now have more information and knowledge than you did making your last plan! This should give you a little more confidence, knowing your odds are better this time. This is the same mindset that Thomas Edison had when he said, after years of trying to create a light bulb, "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
So rather than reacting negatively to failures and problems when they occur, or getting stressed out about what happened (as if you're somehow exempt, unlike all the other entrepreneurs throughout history), learn how to react productively instead.
Guard your thoughts and mind with the same diligence as you would protect your assets and follow your plan. Allowing negative thinking and fear to creep in will cloud your vision, lead to less effective plans, and will short-circuit your ability to remain consistent and motivated.
On the other hand, if you form the habit of failing forward (productively), then nothing will be able to permanently stand in your way of success. The choice is yours.
How do you define success?
I have seen it defined as consistently achieving your pre-determined goals. Others have said it's your level of "grit" or ability to fail consistently without losing your motivation or giving up from self-doubt.
Your business goals and dreams are unique to you. While the object of success is different for every person, we have been able to determine the characteristics that are shared by those who have found success and fulfillment, as they define it.
The industries and pursuits of successful people are very diverse, so mimicking their actual day-to-day behavior is not always a true model of how to get what you want (unless you're trying to succeed at the same thing they are).
Watching the actions of successful business people reveals their mindset that motivates them and, more importantly, gives them the perseverance and consistency to take the actions needed every day to achieve what they dream.
This is a humbling reminder that growing your business is more than just knowing what to do, or finding out the secret technique or method that will make you more money.
While that helps in choosing your strategy and making the execution easier, the reality is that anyone with a strong enough success mindset will have the attributes needed to find out what to do, commit to it, and then get to work through thick and thin, changing their course as needed until they've realize their goal.
What are the elements of this "success mindset?"
They are:
Confidence in your dream and your abilities
How strongly do you believe in your company's potential? How strongly do you believe that you have the knowledge and skills necessary to pull it off? This is self-confidence. Entrepreneurs who don't fully believe in themselves are more likely to quit, or make excuses that keep them from trying in the first place.
Part of confidence comes from experience. After all, if you've made money in business in the past, it's not too hard to see yourself doing it again, or more of it. When you see your hunches pay off, you'll learn to trust your gut even more.
Part of confidence is knowing that you are probably going to run into challenges and fail at a few things along the way. It means you can handle setbacks without questioning your own ability. There will always, I repeat, always be setbacks. The difference is that a confident entrepreneur knows he can figure out what to do when the time comes and overcome them.
My point here is that when things don't work out the way you planned, it does not mean that you are personally lacking in some way. The point is to achieve your goal, not to have a flawless plan.
Flexible and willing to learn
The sharpest entrepreneurs are continually learning from whatever source presents itself. This means getting expert knowledge in their field and learning how to run a business in general. But it also means listening along the way for ideas that you can implement directly in new or current projects.
It doesn't matter who the ideas come from. Constantly look outside yourself for new ideas and be flexible. After all, there is no one right way to run your business, and copying your competitors exactly is more of an exercise in flattery than a strategy for success.
Your results are also a source of learning if you'll listen to them. This applies to both successes and failures. If you succeed at something, it's not because you're invincible-it's because you took certain actions that produced a certain result. Same goes for failures.
Focus more on actions and results and what they can teach you through trial and error, rather than making things personal.
Persistence and determination
The most persistent entrepreneur will usually win. There are plenty of talented, highly-intelligent, and educated people out there. Why aren't they all successful?
My guess would be their mindset. Perhaps they don't believe they can achieve what they want, or set their sights low to avoid the risk of failure and pain.
We can learn a lot from entrepreneurs like Henry Ford-a man of average intelligence who surrounded himself with the very best people. His job was to consider their input and make decisions accordingly. People look to the leader to press forward-that's you!
So even if you don't currently have the know-how or the funds (or whatever you think is holding you back) to achieve your dream right now, know that you will eventually if you continue to make proactive efforts towards your goal. It's just a matter of time!
Focused concentration
Ask any fighter and he'll tell you that focus and concentration are crucial. Would you want to get distracted by shiny objects in the crowd if you were in the middle of a heavyweight battle? You'd probably get your clock cleaned, or at least fail to be effective at attacking.
Why would your business be any less important? Every day, you will have a ton of information, thoughts, and cries for your attention coming at you. The average person comes in contact with as many as 2,000 advertising messages per day, for example.
How well do you focus on your goals? Do you review them often? Do you make plans for their achievement, and revise them when they don't work as well as you thought?
At any given hour of your workday, ask yourself, "What am I doing right now, and is it helping me achieve my goal or is it busy work, a distraction, or something I could delegate?"
The topics of confidence and self-esteem as well as mindfulness and concentration are not only fascinating studies in self-knowledge. They can help you make money. They can help you grow your business, and find success.
To apply this, take a look at your own mindset lately. Has it been conducive to success, or do you find yourself getting in your own way? The process of developing the right mindset is not as simple as a one-time task list. It's based on setting the habit of consistently paying attention to your thoughts and feelings, which reveal your higher thought patterns and beliefs.
Every good plan for massive growth will address how you intend to generate leads and turn them into sales. Unless 100% of your sales take place online, you'll need real, live people to take phone calls, process orders, and follow-up after the sale for retention and support.
Who is going to do this? Not you personally, if you plan to grow.
Not an in-house sales team of employees, either, for many business owners who prefer to outsource these positions to freelance sales reps or call centers.
Outsourcing your sales staff is becoming more popular because:
#1: It's less expensive than hiring and paying employees. It's easier to pay independent contractors by commission without a base salary, which you'll probably need to do with employees to comply with your state's laws.
#2: You're not that great at sales yourself. There's nothing wrong with this, but if your company is going to have salespeople, someone who knows how to get the job done effectively is going to need to train and manage the team. If no one else in your company is qualified, it's just easier to go with outside specialists.
#3: No managing a team. Like I said above, someone will need to manage the sales team. This takes time to do and I don't blame entrepreneurs for wanting to pass it on to another company. If not you, who in your company could take charge of that responsibility? Can you bring in a sales manager or new partner to handle it?
For these reasons, it seems like outsourcing your sales is the way to go. And maybe it is. But it depends and has its downsides like anything else.
The biggest downside to outsourcing your sales
But assuming we're talking about filling an ongoing need, my experience is that most of the time, the companies and individuals you outsource selling to just don't get the same results as an in-house team.
They can do well, but the companies who have tested sales from in-house teams versus outsourcing the sales usually show that you can make more doing it yourself. If you had 25% more revenue for each precious dollar you spend on advertising, you might do the math and see how much more you can make.
Some of the possible explanations are that outside salespeople often make sales for multiple clients, so they aren't focused on selling your product. They may push other offers with higher commissions or make more time one week for someone else, neglecting your customers.
And although they usually take some time up front to get acquainted with your product's details and how it's marketed, the salesperson is the last chance to make the sale as your customer goes down the marketing funnel. They have got to know the product inside and out to be able to answer any question a prospect could ask without giving them a reason to say "No."
So which is better? It depends...
How quickly do you need to set up and for how long? If you're in a rush, there are places that can get set up to take incoming calls or start setting appointments for you within a few days-not weeks, as it would to run ads, process applications, interview, and train a team on how to sell your product.
If you're just testing a campaign that involves a salesperson, you may not want to invest in a whole team of people you may not need anymore in a few weeks or months. You could also outsource it at first to get the ball rolling and then take your time building a terrific sales team to replace them.
It's up to you. You're the leader...you make the tough calls. But hopefully now you've seen the pros and cons of both ways and can choose how you do it with confidence.
According to the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire, last year 66,230 ventures received angel funding.
Compare that to the only 3,673 ventures that raised venture capital, and you quickly see that nearly TWENTY TIMES more companies raise angel funding than venture capital.
Importantly, the Center for Venture Research found that the number of angel investors providing the funding last year was 318,480 individuals. That's a lot of angel investors.
So, the question that entrepreneurs always ask me is "how do I find these angel investors." The good and bad news is that there's no directory of angel investors. This is bad because if there was, it would be easy to find them. On the other hand it's good, since if these angel investors were easy to find, they would be bombarded with deals; and thus raising capital from them would be harder.
The best way to find these angel investors is through networking. The first part of networking is asking everyone you know (e.g., friends, colleagues, family, advisors like consultants, lawyers and accountants, etc. ) who they might know. And you should definitely do that.
The other part of networking is meeting new people. In many cases you should target individual angel investors directly. For instance, you may realize that a certain executive in your industry would be perfect, in which case you should call them and/or seek an introduction from a mutual acquaintance. (Note that business owners, executives and others with high paying jobs comprise the majority of angel investors).
In other cases, you should "get out there" and meet them at different venues. Here are the 7 best venues I've found for meeting angel investors.
1. Local Business & Networking Events
Every city has local events that attract business owners and entrepreneurs (note that other business owners and entrepreneurs are often angel investors and/or can introduce you to angels).
You can find out about these events on sites like Meetup, Eventful and EventBrite.
For example, if you go to Meetup and type in "entrepreneur," you'll find lots of local events.
2. Industry Conferences & Trade Shows
Industry Conferences & Trade Shows are great places to meet angel investors. These events are crawling with successful people who have the means and often interest in funding a company like yours. And, based on the fact that they are attending such a conference, they know your industry. This makes educating them on your venture easier, and also often gives them the ability to give you valuable strategic advice.
3. Alumni Events
Particularly at college alumni events you'll find lots of successful people. Many of whom would be very interested in funding your company as an angel investor. You already have a connection with these individuals since you share the same alma mater. So go to these events and meet them.
4. Chamber of Commerce Meetings
There's probably no better place to meet a large concentration of business owners (and potential angel investors) than local Chamber of Commerce meetings. So attend these meetings.
5. Continuing Education Classes
In most communities there local colleges that teach continuing education classes. Some of these classes will attract successful business owners and others who might consider investing in your venture. A class teaching "bread baking" may not be the best fit. But a class teaching "online marketing for your business" might be a perfect way to meet angel investors.
6. Volunteer at Local Organizations & Charities and/or Attend Charity Events
As a general rule, you should volunteer to give back to people less fortunate than you. But as a bonus, when volunteering you'll often meet very successful people, including large donors to the cause. These individuals might also be interested in funding your company.
7. Online Forums
While there are lots of offline places to meet angel investors as specified above, don't forget about online venues. There are plenty of online communities that you can join. Ones filled with business owners. And ones filled with people who are experts in or are passionate about your industry. Likewise there are LinkedIn and Facebook groups. Go online and join the right groups, and use them to connect with prospective angels.
Armed with this knowledge, go out there and network. There are hundreds of thousands of angel investors out there. It's up to you to find them and tell them about your venture.
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According to research from Bradley University, 70% to 80% of new businesses fail within their first year. To make matters worse, half of those who survive the first year will fail within the next four years.
And the number one cause of this failure? According to Dun & Bradstreet, the primary cause is lack of business planning.
Yes, entrepreneurs and business owners don't plan to fail. Rather, they fail to plan (which causes them to fail).
In my view, there are two types of business plans. The first is the business plan you must create when you start your company. The purpose of this plan is to ensure you have fully thought through your venture.
Among other things, this plan includes significant market research. It assesses your market size to ensure the opportunity is big enough. It analyzes customer segments to confirm that customer needs match your company's proposed product and/or service offerings. And it analyzes the competition to determine how your company will position itself and how you will most effectively compete.
From a strategic standpoint, the business plan must document your marketing plan (how you will secure customers), your human resources plan (who you will hire) and your operations plan (what key milestones you will accomplish and when).
When you're done, your business plan will confirm your market opportunity and give you a roadmap to follow. It will also be required should you wish to gain funding from investors and lenders.
Now, once your business is up-and-running, you still need a business plan in order to succeed. I refer to this type of business plan as a "strategic plan." I term it as such because this type of plan requires much less research (since you already know who your customers are, the market fundamentals, and lots of information about your competitors). Rather, the focus of this plan is strategy.
Specifically, this plan needs to identify precisely:
1. Where you want your company to be in five years
2. What you need to accomplish within the next year to progress you to that point, and
3. What your strategy is to complete your key milestones in the next 12 months
In determining the optimal strategies, you need to consider your company's strengths, and opportunities that can best leverage them. If you don't take time to do this, you become too tactical. That is, you continue to use the same tactics that have gotten you to the point you are at. And oftentimes, the strategy and tactics that got you where you are today are NOT the strategy and tactics that will get you to the next level.
So, spend time figuring out the best strategies to follow. The good news is that you've already proven you can execute on strategies (which is what got you to where you are now).
After you figure out the big picture opportunities to go after (which often fall into the categories of further penetrating your existing market, going after a new market, or creating new products/services for existing and/or new markets), you need to revisit the three core strategies you developed in your initial business plan.
To start, you need to modify your marketing plan. Importantly, your marketing plan should always be adding new marketing channels (e.g., direct mail, print, radio, search engine optimization, etc.) as the more channels you have, the more customers you will get and the less risk you have of one channel losing effectiveness (think about businesses who used to get all their customers from the yellow pages).
Next, consider your human resources strategy. What new people will you need to hire to accomplish your key goals in the coming years? And finally, you need to develop your operations strategy. Figure out what key tasks and milestones you need to accomplish over the next year and break them down into smaller projects that you and your team must accomplish. And then create a master schedule showing who, how and when these projects will be completed (I like using a Gantt chart to do this).
Creating a business plan when you start your company, and annually creating strategic plans to grow your company is absolutely essential to your success. Research proves it. So, if you want to avoid failure, and achieve maximum success, make sure you are continuously creating, updating and following your business and strategic plans.
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A press release is simply an announcement about your company. For example, your release may announce the launch of your company. Or it may announce the launch of a new product or service. Or, it could announce a new hire, partnership or investor. Or the press release could mention new information you have discovered, for example, that customer preferences have changed.
Whatever, the case, if there's news to share about your company, you should document it in a press release. In creating your press release, the rule of thumb is to answer the key questions reporters will have, mainly: Who, What, When, Where, and Why (or How).
Now, creating a press release by itself has little value. Rather, it's the distribution of your press release that generates big value. For example, if you can get your press release in front of the editor of a major newspaper, the editor may assign a journalist to write a story based on your release. And then your release and story could be seen by thousands if not millions of people.
Importantly, press release distribution has changed dramatically over the past 10-20 years due to, you guessed it -- the internet, which has changed how news and other information is dispersed.
Today, there are press release sites and services that will distribute your release to thousands of reporters. Below are answers to some key questions about press releases and press release distribution services.
Are press releases dead?
Press releases are certainly not dead. However, because it has become so easy to create a press release and distribute it, if your release is boring, it may not be worth issuing. That is, your press release is competing for the attention of journalists against lots of other releases. So make sure yours (and particularly your press release title) stands out so editors and journalists feel compelled to read it.
If my release doesn't get picked up by a journalist, was it a waste?
The goal of your press release is to get it picked up by a journalist. So they do a story about or mentioning you or your company.
But, there is a secondary goal. Virtually all of the press release distribution services also post your releases on their website. And because several of these websites are looked upon favorably by Google and other search engines, oftentimes prospective customers will find your press releases on their sites when they search relevant terms.
So, even if your press release doesn't get you picked up by journalists, it still might be read directly by prospective customers who can then find you (based on the contact information you include as part of the release).
What are the main press release distribution services?
There are three core types of press release distribution services, that vary mostly based on their cost as follows:
Free services:There are several free press release distribution services including:
The benefit of these sites is that they are free, and that they post your release on their sites. The negative is that they don't get read nearly as much by actual journalists than the paid services.
Value-Based Paid Services:The press release distribution service I use most is PRWeb.com.
PRWeb is relatively inexpensive ($89 per release), posts your press release on their site (where real people do come and read it) and gets good exposure from actual journalists.
Also, many times the press releases you submit on PRWeb get automatically syndicated (meaning posted along with links to your website) on other sites like Yahoo News and the websites of major newspapers. This syndication gets your release read by many more reporters and/or prospective customers.
And, if you want to submit multiple press releases, PRWeb offers big discounts when you purchase multi-release plans.
Premium Paid Services:The two premium paid press release distribution services are PRNewswire and BusinessWire.
The benefit of these services is that you get the best possible exposure to news editors and journalists, exposure on their websites, and syndication on other websites.
The negative is the cost, which is often several hundred dollars per release. I use these sites sparingly, and only when I have a press release that I'm confident warrants great media attention.
Press releases are a great, no or low-cost way to get news about your company out to both the media and customers. And they take very little time to create. So, add this strategy to your marketing mix today.
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Beating the best
Central trumps Montrose's ace with timely hits in key SWL victory
MONTROSE — After Central High School's 10-5 Southwestern League baseball toppling of Class 4A No. 1 Montrose on Tuesday, there was a discussion regarding Jeremy Champlin's RBI triple.
Champlin, who was 4 for 4 at the plate and a home run away from the cycle, banged a triple off the 396-foot sign in straightaway center field at Montrose High School.
Is that the hardest ball Champlin, listed at 5-foot-11 and 160 pounds, had ever hit?
With teammate Michael Price urging him not to lie, Champlin said it "probably was." Coach Chuck Yost was much more blunt.
"I don't know if he could hit a ball any further," Yost said. "I mean, he put that one out there with a lot behind it, and he had good swings all day. He was focused in and that's what you need against a team like Montrose. And a lot of guys had great swings today. I don't how many two-out RBIs we had, but our guys putting the ball in play was a big difference.
"It was big, every time they scored runs in the bottom half, we were able to score runs in the top just to get momentum back. We never really let them take over the momentum of the game, which was huge. It's the reason we won."
Central put the ball in play against Montrose's ace Tyrus Lopez. Central handed Lopez his first earned run of the season during a three-run second inning, capped by a bloop single from Champlin. Until that point, Lopez had gone 26 innings over five starts without giving up an earned run, striking out 45 batters in that span.
But Lopez was pitching on short rest, having tossed a complete-game shutout during the Indians' 16-0 five-inning win over Durango on Saturday. His control, typically razor sharp, was suspect at times. Lopez walked four batters in three innings of work, giving up five runs, four earned, and striking out four.
At the plate, Lopez finished 2 for 3. Kam Devincentis aided the Indians with a double to the right-center gap.
Lefty Cameron LeBlanc threw three innings in relief and Jake Miller, throwing sidearm, gave up one run in the seventh inning.
"We weren't sure who they were going to bring on the mound, but we knew that no matter who it was that we'd have to be ready," Yost said. "They're a good team, and they do have more than Lopez on the mound. While we like facing the best pitching, we knew we had to be ready no matter what."
On top of Champlin having a big day at the plate, Cole Rupe and Trey Garcia both had multi-hit games. Rupe, batting eighth, went 2 for 4 with two doubles and Garcia was 2 for 4 with a double and a triple.
Michael Price went the distance on the mound, striking out eight, walking two and hitting two batters.
Price said although he struggled to settle in during the first inning, once he found his change-up, he felt his confidence peak.
"The first inning was really shaky and I was just losing my control a little bit," Price said. "I settled down in the later innings and as I lost some of the velocity on my fastball, I started locating my circle change a little bit better and that helped me get guys out."
Price said he relishes the opportunity to face Lopez.
"We want the best," Price said. "We want to beat the best to show we are the best."


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April "County Magazine" to Spotlight Lead and the 4-H
Fairfax County Office of Public
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 551
Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
April 2, 2004
April "County Magazine" to Spotlight Lead and the 4-H
The April Fairfax County cable Channel 16 television show, "County Magazine," promises to provide a wide range of topics of interest to county residents. The program will look at lead and what residents can do to minimize the effects of lead exposure. Since there are so many ways we are exposed to lead – through deteriorating paint, household dust, bare soil, air, drinking water, food, ceramics, home remedies, hair dyes and cosmetics – the Fairfax County Health Department will provide several tips to reduce lead exposure in viewers' homes.
"County Magazine" also will focus on the 4-H program as it continues to build on a 100-year legacy of empowering youth to reach their full potential, provide information on how to help save the Chesapeake Bay, and take viewers to the Fairfax County Police Department's Traffic Information Center to learn how that agency helps drivers during major traffic events.
"County Magazine," with host Gail Eskew, can be viewed on cable Channel 16 each Monday at 7 p.m., Tuesday at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 3:30 p.m. and Sunday at 1:30 p.m. The program may also be viewed on the Internet at anytime during the month through Channel 16's video-on-demand service. Just visit the county's Web site at www.fairfaxcounty.gov and click on "Channel 16 Live!" on the left side of the homepage. For more information about "County Magazine" or any of the other award-winning Channel 16 programs, call 703-324-5930, TTY 711 or visit Channel 16's Web page at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dtcs/channel16.
The winner of 13 CableACE Awards and over 100
other national awards for video excellence, Channel 16 provides high
quality information and educational programming to the residents of
Fairfax County. Channel 16 programming includes live meeting coverage of
Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, Planning Commission and Board of
Zoning Appeals as well as regular programs such as "Consumer Focus,"
"Parks Plus+" and "Senior Times."


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'Over You' to be The Voice Champ Cassadee Pope's First Single [VIDEO]
A song written by Miranda Lambert about her husband Blake Shelton's late brother will become the first single release for new The Voice champion Cassadee Pope.
Cassadee Pope's rendition of 'Over You' gave her the emotional, dramatic moment she needed to overtake her competition on NBC's hit reality talent competition. The song has special meaning for Pope's mentor Blake Shelton. 'Over You' was originally recorded by country superstar Miranda Lambert who co-wrote the track with Shelton after his brother Richie died in a car accident.
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Toddler in hospital after near-drowning
A 14-month-old girl is in a serious but stable condition after a near-drowning incident in north Queensland.
Police spokesman Mark Dwyer says emergency services were called to a home in Sarina, south of Mackay, about 6:00pm (AEST) last night.
The girl was initially taken to the Mackay Base Hospital but she has been transferred to Townsville.
It is the third near-drowning incident involving a toddler in Queensland this week.
Police are investigating the incident.
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Panini America Provides Detailed First Look at 2012-13 Gold Standard Basketball
This 362nd day of 2012 is proving to pack quite a golden punch. This morning, we shared the first gilded glimpses of the 2012 Draft Class Redemption cards from 2011-12 Gold Standard Basketball. Now, we're providing a precious-metal peek at 2012-13 Gold Standard Basketball.
Due out in late April, 2012-13 Gold Standard Basketball (10 cards per box) marks the polished evolution of a brand that has made quite an impact in two short years on the market. Year Three promises even more bells and whistles while also returning some of the set's calling-card inclusions — most notably the Solid Gold 14kt gold 1/1s, the Bullion Brand memorabilia cards featuring oversized pieces of game-worn jersey tags and the Black Gold Threads oversized memorabilia cards.
Other highlights of 2012-13 Gold Standard Basketball include:
- A break that should deliver four autographs, one memorabilia card and one metal card in every 10-card box
- A base set paralleled by Black and Platinum versions
- Gold Strike Signatures featuring autographs from the NBA's best rookies and rising young stars
- The Mother Lode autograph insert honoring the biggest superstars in the game
- Autographed Rookie Cards feature the addition of memorabilia swatches for 2012-13
- A 305-card base set featuring 80 autographed memorabilia RCs, five base inserts, three memorabilia inserts and four autograph inserts
- Look for 25 base-set SPs featuring selected stars wearing the jerseys of every team for which they played
We'll have much more on 2012-13 Gold Standard Basketball right here on The Knight's Lance in the coming weeks and months. But for now, enjoy this extended first look at the product . . .
blastman permalinkDecember 28, 2012 2:38 pm
Looking forward to seeing some nasty patches in this release.
Matthew Chan permalinkDecember 28, 2012 2:38 pm
Eric Cabreros permalinkDecember 28, 2012 2:52 pm
Those pictures just suggested how high level Gold Standard is. Mckayla would be definitely be impress with this! We are definitely looking forward for this. Kudos again Panini for a great preview. Salute Tracy!
Have a Peaceful and Prosperous 2013 everyone!
December 28, 2012 3:44 pm
Love the addition of memorabilia to the rookie cards!
Overall this set looks unreal again!
Jonathan permalinkDecember 28, 2012 4:12 pm
That Kd laundry tag is what I need for my Pc. I could honestly say it would never leave my collection if I pulled it. Very nice job
Lucky Jim permalinkDecember 28, 2012 4:53 pm
A golden product;) I think "luminous heroes" would be a nice addition to this product for oncourt heroes like Lebron or Kevin Durant- even better- "golden touch" for clutch shooters. Let me know what you think-
December 28, 2012 8:05 pm
May as well ask about the checklist since someone will if I don't
December 28, 2012 8:39 pm
Awesome looking set, to me they are the pinnacle of the NBA release and have that instant classic look to them. The bullion brand tags are just phenomenal
Steve McCartney permalinkDecember 28, 2012 10:50 pm
One of my favorite products each year with each sport. Looks like this year's basketball is no exception. Thanks for the look Mr. Hackler. Blessed New Year wishes for you and yours!
Sport Card Collectors permalinkDecember 29, 2012 10:09 am
gotsheed permalinkDecember 29, 2012 10:24 am
My Favorite Product next to Certified! When will a Checklist be available? Any chance Rasheed Wallace will be in there? *crossing fingers that he is*
Bj permalinkDecember 29, 2012 3:50 pm
Are "Private Signings" cards inserted in this product?
Jordan permalinkDecember 30, 2012 10:26 am
I would do some crazy stuff for that Durant card. That thing is BEAUTIFUL. I was a big fan of the Black Gold last year but now I think I have a new favorite (other than the tag cards) that Anthony Davis card is SLICK. I really like the thinking on jersey size and placement. Plus it being an on card is always a plus! Look forward to seeing some pulled that are patches!
Travis M. permalinkDecember 30, 2012 1:54 pm
Looks awesome! My favorite product every year! I can't wait to bust a few boxes. Happy New Years Tracy, and everyone at Panini!!!
deloreanfan81 permalinkJanuary 16, 2013 6:35 am
awesome look…1 question though is that solid gold card real gold or is that just the name of the insert?