Do you know your customers?

If you run your own business…or want to start one, you need a plan for success. It begins with understanding and getting to know your customers and where to find them.

Ask yourself…

• Who are my customers?
• If you are considering starting a business, ask “who would enjoy use of my products or services?”
• Are my customers local or would people around the world enjoy my products?
• What is the age of my typical customer? Their income level?
• How does my product or service compare to other products?
• Why should a customer buy from me?

This will help you to define and target who you should try to attract as a customer.

Once you have discovered who your customers are, you can begin to develop marketing strategies to attract clients and keep them. It is harder to sell ice to eskimos, than to people in a hot climate. Knowing who your customers are is one key to success.

The internet is a valuable tool for connecting with friends and family, but potential customers as well. You can attract clients 24-hours a day, 7 days a week. There are tons of effective ways to attract new clients using the internet.

Your Link to Success Talk Show will help you navigate through all the options. Our discussion topics will include successful ways to use the internet to attract new clients, and featured guests who have achieved success using the internet.

Join us for our debut live broadcast on BlogTalkRadio.com/SuccessPro on Sunday, January 27, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. EST

Callers are encouraged to call in with their questions and comments during our live broadcast to 646-200-0919

For more information, visit www.SuccessProPublications.com

Hello world on this day I am sad and understanding at the sametime… You see Sean Taylor has passed and although it is probably one of the worst fears his family could have had it is also a full circle of events in his life.. You see Sean Taylor had some off the field issues that I choose to not discuss out of respect for him. Early in his career it looked as if he was following the trend of athletes not knowing how to control themselves just acting foolish however after his trial ended and his girlfriend gave birth to his daughter he was a completely different guy he was a father he understood the importance of everyday. Where as he became more of a leader and his work ethic was like none other. His life had come full circle through God showing him the way. It is so sad for his daughter and family and just goes to show us you have to cherish every single second you have.. If you read my about me I am BIG on doing my business so that working from the comfort of my home is something I can accomplish to be able to spend all my time around my family even if it is doing business I am still with them. I pray that those of you married to the corporate field really look at Sean’s situation and take to heart what cherishing every second of your life really means . It’s not only him Joe Kennedy a 28 year old Major League Baseball pitcher scheduled to be a bestman in a wedding last week got up at 1 or 2 in the morning and collapsed at the door and was pronounced dead a few hours later. It is a sign and it is time for us all to hold ourselves accountable for our life and the time we waste. Everyone who reads this my prayer is that it motivates you to take bigger strides in whatever it is you are doing. Time is so precious and we never know when our time is up so naturally we are racing against the invinsible clock. If you are involved in something that will not give your family an enjoyable future which in other terms is a JOB find a Home based business on the side. Life is too precious to waste time. Imagine if you were to leave this earth tomorrow would you be happy with what you leave as a legacy? I am not only talking to you but also to myself . We are all alike and want the samethings. I pray that all entrepreneurs we all come together and build each other up instead of beating each other down why? because life is too precious ! For the simple fact of never knowing when your time is going to be up we should have an increased sense of urgency within us. To me this is all a sign that we must all pay attention to a message that we must put the foot on the pedal and enjoy our time with our families and friends.

Perry T. Heyer Jr

(410)903-3469 call me if this inspires you! let me know your story..

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I am desperate looking for an African American hair salon in Columbus. The one that’s listed in the black business section phone has been disconnected. I live in Westerville, but would be willing to travel any distant. I am famililar with African braiding shop on Cleveland Ave., however, I was looking for the standard beauty salon. Please help!

Just a reminder it is National Kidney Month and National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month.
These are serious illinesses that affect many African Americans today.
The next Healthy e-newsletter by Marguerite Wright, Certified Herbalist and Health Consultant, discusses natural ways to deal with these conditions that many people have found successful.

To subscribe to Marguerite Wright’s Healthy e-newsletter, visit http://www.motherknowsbest.net.

The First West Fresno Business Appreciation Breakfast is being held on Saturday, October 28, 2006 from 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Candice A.C. Hill, entrepreneur and sole owner of Hills Document Assistant in West Fresno, CA, is the founder of this event. She developed the idea as a way to display appreciation for the role that she and other local businesses have played in the development and growth of business in the West Fresno area. Hills Document Assistant is celebrating its first year in business, and the breakfast will also honor individuals and offices that were supportive during their initial startup.

The event will be held at the Cornerstone Banquet & Conference Center, 1545 Fulton Street,
Fresno, Ca 93721.

Free booth space will be available during the event, specifically for, but not limited to, West Fresno entrepreneurs. Tickets for the breakfast are $20 per person and include free booth space.

For more information, or to reserve your seat for the breakfast no later than September 30, 2006, call 559-237-1846, or visit http://hda.iwonpages.com/page/1cjpq/Upcoming_Events.html.

Registration Deadline September 30th
*Registration includes your booth set-up

The 21st annual Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo Finals and Rodeo for Kidz Sake is the only black touring show in the United States, visiting 11 cities across the nation, including Atlanta, San Diego and Denver.

The rodeo is named after Bill Pickett, an African-American cowboy who invented “bull doggin’,” a move in which Pickett rode alongside a steer, jumped onto its shoulders and brought it down by digging his feet into the ground. The move is still prominent today in the form of steer wrestling.

The rodeo will ride into the predominantly African-American community of Upper Marlboro, a suburb of Washington, for the sixth year in a row on September 22-23,2006 at The Show Place Arena and Prince George’s Equestrian Center at 14900 Pennsylvania Ave. in Upper Marlboro.

For information about the rodeo or Bill Pickett, go to billpickettrodeo.com. For tickets, call 301-343-7577.

Columbus, OH- American Diversity Magazine, the Midwest leading multimedia, television, print and online diversity magazine, is proud to present it’s Annual Top Ten Ohio Companies in Diversity Awards Luncheon and Expo at the Hyatt Regency Columbus on October 18th, 2006.

American Diversity Magazine will present its annual awards luncheon that will feature corporate diversity, government and community leaders as event speakers as well as presentation of awards to the top performing Ohio companies in workforce and supplier diversity initiatives and policies. In addition the event will feature a career expo with major Ohio companies and government agencies as exhibitors.

The American Diversity Top 10 Ohio Companies In Diversity Awards Luncheon and Expo will be broadcast live on Radio One Columbus radio stations, Power 107.5, Magic 98.9 and Joy 106.3 FM as well as recorded for television broadcast on the American Diversity Magazine Show with Paul Strong on WWHO-TV 53, The New CW Network.

To register your company as an exhibitor and/or sponsor of this annual multimedia diversity event or to place your diversity advertising message call 614-470-1031 or go to www.AmericanDiversity.com!

With the growing popularity of blogs, ShopBlack.biz has implemented new features on its website to allow registered users to submit their good news about events and news in their local community. The Black Community Blog is now accepting articles and stories of interest to the entire community in a blog format. The blog offers several categories, including info from Black churches, articles related to business, family, health, society and politics.

“We often hear negatives in the media about our culture and communities. We wanted to offer website visitors an avenue for sharing good news”, says webmaster Lori Whitmore.

Registration at ShopBlack.biz is free, and users can post comments on existing stories as well as post new ones.

We invite you to share your good news and stories of interest with others in the Black Community.

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