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10 Crucial Business Lessons

Chad Barr

As 2020 is coming to a close and as I was reviewing this year’s lessons, I’ve come to realize the following crucial business lessons: Setting one goal a month will generate 12 of them a year. Our marketing initiatives and our mindset have significantly more influence on our success than the economy.

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Now Is the Perfect Time to Raise Your Consulting Billing Rate

Successful Independent Consulting

Do some market-rate benchmarking to learn what other consultants are charging, or what clients are paying. Subject: New rate policy for 2019 or Kicking off 2021: Upcoming Changes Dear Joe, As a crazy 2020 comes to a close, I’ve been reviewing the books, client load, and bandwidth to clarify my business goals for next year.

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Friday Fusion: July 10, 2020

Tsavo Neal

What’s the best website for freelancers looking for work in digital marketing, content writing, designing, etc.? Here’s an example of what he does taken from one of his services pages : I’ll make many recommendations, but the four areas we’ll examine the most closely are these: The first is benchmarking.

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"UberCab" vs. Al Gore' $90 Trillion Plan to Rid World of Cars: Uber CEO Asks Tesla for 500,000 Autonomous Cars in 2020; Peak Cars?

MishTalk

Richard Uber CEO Wants 500,000 Autonomous Cars In 2020 Richard emailed a link to the Green Car Reports article Uber CEO To Tesla: Sell Me Half A Million Autonomous Electric Cars In 2020. If Tesla can build a fully-autonomous car by 2020, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick says his company would it. Nor is a precise date of 2020 important.

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2020 Database Strategies and Contact Acquisition Survey Report

47% of marketers said they have a database management strategy in place, but there is room for significant improvement. Marketing and sales teams are feeling pressured to deliver authentic messaging to buyers at every point of their customer journey. New tactics to acquire data to reach marketing goals.

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Fed Staff Accidentally Posts Bearish Economic Forecast and Prediction Inflation Would Not Hit 2% by 2020; Upset Over Leaks? Why?

MishTalk

Federal prosecutors are currently probing an alleged leak at the Fed of market-sensitive information to a private financial newsletter in 2012. "It Unintentional Projections One hike in 2015 : The staff expected policymakers would raise their benchmark interest rate, known as the Fed funds rate, enough for it to average 0.35

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Wearable Technology in Healthcare

Tom Spencer

Based on a recent study by Global Industry Analysts , the global market for wearable medical devices is projected to eclipse $4.5 billion by 2020. 1 In the United States, the predominant market in this space, it is estimated that roughly 20% of Americans currently own a wearable fitness device. Potential Benefits.