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		<title>Aspiring Managers: Learn to Behave Like an Adult</title>
		<link>http://www.sbnetwork.co.za/773/aspiring-managers-learn-to-behave-like-an-adult/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bester</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Steve Tobak
It’s relatively easy to be a successful child. All you’ve got to do is learn  how to be cute, get attention, and cry when you’re hurt or hungry. Learning how  to be a teenager is much harder; I’m not sure anybody’s good at it. I certainly  wasn’t. As for becoming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Your Business Have a Foundation? &#8211; Joe Costantino</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bester</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nobody would ever think of building or worse yet, living in a structure that didn&#8217;t have a solid foundation to support the structure.  Try to imagine it . . .  . a house without a foundation would eventually just topple over and crumble to pieces.  So why do so many business owners operate their businesses with no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is and how to derive a Value Proposition.</title>
		<link>http://www.sbnetwork.co.za/724/what-is-and-how-to-derive-a-value-proposition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bester</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do you do better than anyone does? What does your company offer that  competitors can’t match? Why would customers buy one company’s product or  service as opposed to another’s? What is your competitive differentiation? These  are all definitions of a critical business concept called “value  proposition.”
What’s the litmus test for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to do business in dangerous places</title>
		<link>http://www.sbnetwork.co.za/713/how-to-do-business-in-dangerous-places/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bester</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Terrorism, kidnapping, robbery, theft. In some lucrative emerging markets, these hazards come with the territory. The key to staying out of harm’s way: Be prepared.
The U.S. and the U.K. may be mired in what was once thought of as a Third World style of financial crisis, but what was once considered the Third World is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Efficient Market&#8217; Thinking Is Inefficient</title>
		<link>http://www.sbnetwork.co.za/708/efficient-market-thinking-is-inefficient/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:24:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bester</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know the joke about two economists walking down the street and seeing a $20 bill lying on the sidewalk. The first economist says, “Look at that $20 bill.” The second says, “That can’t really be a $20 bill lying there, because if it were, someone would have picked it up already.” So they walk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ABSA Parow Small Business Circle Breakfast &#8211; April 23, 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.sbnetwork.co.za/682/absa-parow-small-business-circle-breakfast-april-23-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sbnetwork.co.za/682/absa-parow-small-business-circle-breakfast-april-23-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fanie van der Merwe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Extract from:
       &#8221;No one can climb the ladder of success with their hands in their pockets&#8221;
      – Tanya Jovanovski 
 
The following advice may be used for any occasion at which you need or want to market yourself and your business.  
 
 
How to network and promote yourself effectively



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		<title>Parow ABSA Circle Breakfast &#8211; 19/03/2009</title>
		<link>http://www.sbnetwork.co.za/656/parow-absa-circle-breakfast-19032009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fanie van der Merwe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Sharon for leading the meeting today!
We had some new faces today and we welcome all of them. Some faces are becoming good friends and I hope to get around to the other people as well. As usual it was an enjoyable experience.
You can download the slideshow here.

A quick summary:
1. Market to your existing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>8 Tips to Help You Become a Networking Guru!</title>
		<link>http://www.sbnetwork.co.za/484/8-tips-to-help-you-become-a-networking-guru/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sbnetwork.co.za/484/8-tips-to-help-you-become-a-networking-guru/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bester</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Effective business networking is the bringing together of like minded individuals who, through relationship building, become walking, talking advertisements for one another.

Keep in mind that networking is about being bona fide, building trust, and seeing how your relationship can genuinely help others.
1. Always figure out before you even walk into a room, what your specific [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Ways To Make More Money In Network Marketing</title>
		<link>http://www.sbnetwork.co.za/449/10-ways-to-make-more-money-in-network-marketing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sbnetwork.co.za/449/10-ways-to-make-more-money-in-network-marketing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bester</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Network Marketing is an excellent way for the average Joe or Jane to make an extra income.  This business concept has been around for decades, and it will not disappear any time soon. The reason for its popularity is simple&#8230; It Works!  It does however, require lots of work and most importantly, dedication [...]]]></description>
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