How applying sports strategies can guide you in building a business

Those who play any kind of sport know how to devise a strategy to make the way through. You may not necessarily have to be a professional sportsperson to play any game with the right approach. Even amateur sportsperson can have the right strategy and approach to win games. Sports teach you to devise a plan - a plan to succeed, a plan to overcome the crisis, and also a plan to compete against different opponents. 

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If you love playing team sports, you give yourself an added advantage of learning the value of team spirit. Building businesses can become much easier if you know how to interact within a team. I have seen greenhorns fail in their attempts to establish in the business world because they don’t see the value of interacting with others. Many first time entrants come with the mindset that they can succeed because they have the funds. Funds can just help you to stick to the business. In order to succeed, you need to have deft planning in place. 

Why it is important that your customers are delighted

Customers have become smarter these days. They have learnt the art of buying things. The numerous options available across the market certainly give them the edge to choose the product they want. The companies just can’t fool them anymore. Customers have been committing enough mistakes, and now know what is best for them. 

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The companies, therefore, needs to understand whom they are dealing with. Customers these days usually falls under two key trends. One who has just purchased your product and either he will become your regular customer, or may visit your store for another round of purchase, and then gallops away. 

The second trend of the customer is the one who will go on to become a loyal customer. Companies try hard to make sure that it has a strong base of loyal customers, but significantly, it is not the loyal base of a company that will ensure growth. There’s a twist here.

Grammarly review

Being a writer myself, I know how errors creep inside text. You may not necessarily write bad grammar, but the desire to accomplish a specific deadline, or perhaps, a slip in concentration, can make grammatical errors slip through. It will certainly affect the content you create.

That was something, I encountered, often. And then I saw this advertisement about grammarly. At first, the ad clipping didn’t impress me. I gave a miss. But then, I would come across banner and the text ads often during my online browsing. During one such session, I decided to click through the ad, didn’t read too much. There was something that struck me, though, and during my third visit to the site, I lapped on to the idea of a free trial.

Why the best sites pay a premium to their writers

Online writing has reached a new high. It has come down to a point where writers now have to struggle hard to find sites that pay extremely well. There are numerous writing opportunities on sites such as Elance, or freelancer, but, unfortunately, the prices have come down recently. It’s hard to imagine writers having to write a piece of content for as little as $1.50 per 500 words.

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It’s a shame that writing has just become a tool for creating back-links. Where are those original pieces, for which magazines are willing to pay a premium. What has been happening to the writing industry is hard to figure out. Where does all this lead to?

The Most Important U.S. Tax Filing Deadlines

The IRS publishes all filing deadlines in advance for the upcoming year, so you will always know which forms must be filed and when, and when payments must be made.

In the case of all mid-month (i.e., 15^th) dates, the deadline is extended to the next working day in the event that the 15^th falls on a weekend or a federal holiday.

If you are an employee only and do not own your own business, or rental real estate, or make a lot of money investing, then you may only need to know about the BIG ONE, April 15^th, when your personal income tax form is due.