The Blog of Frances Cole Jones

Best-selling Author / Corporate Speaker / Business Expert

Archive for the ‘Small Business’ Category

The Formula for Selling Anybody, Anything, Any Time

Originally published on AOL Jobs on Jun 30th 2010. The Formula for Selling Anybody, Anything, Any Time Here’s the thing: Sometimes we’re selling our ideas, sometimes we’re selling our products and, these days, many of us are selling ourselves as the best candidate for the job. With this in mind, here’s the proven formula for [...]

Christmas in July

I am quoted in this article titled “Christmas in July” published by Lawn & Landscape Magazine: About half of small business owners planned to give gifts to customers last holiday season – in one of the worst economic climates in history, according to American Express OPEN’s Small Business Holiday Monitor. Why? “Entrepreneurs understand the importance [...]

Three Memorable, Easy, Lasting Ways to Inspire Your Team

In this economy, keeping your team motivated can be difficult– with everything from travel to office supply budgets being slashed how can you ensure you keep your team working to their full potential? Following are three suggestions that don’t necessitate scratching around for additional funds. Additionally, each of these tools does more than motivate those involved: [...]