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Today’s economy is certainly lousy, but you might as well get used to it. Some financial experts think the de-leveraging process we’re now going through might last for another decade or two, with interest rates near zero for years to come

Today’s economy is certainly lousy, but you might as well get used to it. Some financial experts think the de-leveraging process we’re now going through might last for another decade or two, with interest rates near zero for years to come. Ugh

Today’s economy is certainly lousy, but you might as well get used to it. Some financial experts think the de-leveraging process we’re now going through might last for another decade or two, with interest rates near zero for years to come. Ugh

If you can't draw a hard line, you may end up losing both the sale--and your shirt. On Friday of last week, I posted a list of 10 strategies for outselling a huge competitor . Based on reader comments, one of those strategies ("No Free Consulting") proved a bit confusing

Entrepreneur advisor Melinda Emerson explains her six steps to end small-business failure.

The five questions you're afraid to ask a buyer are actually the key to increasing sales and ramping up efficiency. Hey, no one ever said sales was easy.

Believe it or not, there is a right (and very wrong) way of getting sales referrals. Check out these tricks to sales success.

Learning how to properly qualify a sales lead can be the difference between landing a juicy new business deal or wasting lots of energy barking up the wrong tree. Before the Internet flattened the business world, salespeople used to put significant energy into every single sales meeting. When sales prospects were few and far between, each one would warrant a high-level of attention and courting.

Crazy-busy people read their e-mail with their finger on the delete key. Sales strategist and author Jill Konrath shares her guidelines to increase your e-mail prospecting success

If the prospect of renting yet another Chevy Aveo or Ford Fusion leaves you yawning, consider this a wake-up call: Rental car companies are expanding their fleets of high-performance and exotic automobiles.

PGT: If Tiger Woods makes his knee condition worse by competing in this U.S. Open, then he might not hurt his chances to catch Jack Nicklaus.

Many people worry about the manner of their death. Death by car accident, death by cancer and death by gunshot are some of the more dreaded ways to go. No less awful is the prospect of death by snakebite.

You may not be a CEO, a billionaire philanthropist, a tech whiz kid or a saintly fighter for the rights of humanity, but you--yes, you--have a shot at the TED stage in 2012.

Here's a frustrating dilemma: having 500, a thousand plus Facebook friends and the prospect of zero fans on your new Facebook business page. If only you could migrate those folks right over and have an instant fan base