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Northland Pioneer College SBDC Newsletter
Small Business Success
April 2007
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Dear Mark,

Welcome to Northland Pioneer College SBDC's newsletter, Small Business Success. We named it this because that is the role of the SBDC - to help local businesses achieve success. We hope you get something useful from this issue. -Mark Engle, Editor

Directors Message
 
By Jessica Covey, Director
 

PUSHY VS. PEACHY! HAS THIS EVER HAPPENED TO YOU? Outcome 1: I needed to buy a pair of jeans and went to the store. While there, the clerk followed me around. I went to the sale rack, and she suggested some other jeans that were more expensive. I was pretty happy with the jeans I had from the sale rack, then she said I should try this belt and these earrings and that necklace matches the earrings and this blouse would be a great fit. She didn’t realize, I was buying the jeans for my daughter. By the time I was done buying the jeans, I thought. I really don’t want to go back to that store again.


 
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Interesting Facts....
 
....from Entrepreneur Magazine
 

           Interesting Facts from Entrepreneur Magazine • 65% of Americans spend more time with their home computers than with their spouses or significant others • 18% of entrepreneurs admit to checking their work-related email in the bathroom • 57% of consumers are willing to provide demographic information in exchange for a personalized online experience • Over 10 million workers travel over 60 minutes each way to work • 93% of managers say a person’s style of dress at work influences their chances of earning a promotion • In 46 states, employment for non profits grew faster than overall employment • 97% of marketers who say they will decrease offline spending in 2007 plan to increase online spending • 78% of global executives believe telecommuters are as productive or more productive than employees that work in offices

 

 
Making Exercise a Business Asset
 
Developing good business habits!
 

Making Exercise a Business Asset Exercise increases energy and improves concentration; people who exercise regularly are more productive and are better able to manage stress, says Dr. Alan Christianson, a naturopath and CEO of Integrative Health Care in Scottsdale, Ariz.


 

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Mark Engle, Editor
Northland Pioneer College SBDC

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