Most of us are in business to make money. And there are as many ways to make money as there are businesses. But there are quite a few ways to lose money, as well.

Here are five sure-fire things to avoid.

5 Ways to Lose Money in Business

You can greatly increase your margins by offering premium alternatives beyond your standard product or service.

Here are five ways to do that. 

5 Ways to Increase Your Prices 

It may seem tempting to coast through life, but the only way you can coast is downhill. (Think about that for a minute.) To gain real success in business and in life, you’ve got to do things that are challenging.

Here are five challenging things that successful people make a habit of doing.

5 Difficult Things That Successful People Do

There is huge value in being able to get inside your customer’s head. And the best way to do that is by asking questions. But standard, run-of-the-mill stuff, doesn’t give you much insight.

Try these quirky questions instead.

5 Quirky Questions to Ask About Your Customers

It’s great to start a new business because you’re fired up about a product or service that you really want to offer. But does the idea make sense from a business perspective?

Here are 5 questions to ask before you get going.

5 Questions to Ask Before You Start a Business

Do you know that almost 70% of clients who stop doing business with an organization do so because of what they call “indifference”? When you consider the cost of acquiring a new client, you understand the true value of retaining those that you have.

Here are five approaches to keep your clients coming back.

5 Ways to Keep Clients Coming Back

Many women start a sales call as though it were just another conversation. Sure it IS a conversation, but so much more.

If you build your sales call around the five elements below, you’ll see a real jump in your new business.

5 Elements of a Winning Sales Call

The key to customer loyalty is to make every customer feel that she is one in a million. And the way to do that is through approaches that are out of the ordinary, communications that make them feel special, things that are just plain fun.

Who said business has to be “businesslike”? You want your key customers to think of you as a good friend who considers them special. Here are five ways to do that.

5 Ways to Keep Your Best Customers.

What’s the secret to success? You have to do the hard things…the things that others aren’t willing to do. Taking these actions makes the difference between living an average life or a wildly successful one.

What are those hard things? Here are five that come to mind.

5 Difficult Things That Lead to Success 

As far as I know, I’m only going around one time on this earth, so I go out of my way to live life to the fullest while also running a successful business. And I want no less for you. Here are five ways you can live a live a large life.

5 Ways to Live a Large (Business) Life