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MaryAnn Shank is an innovative pro in the world of business plans. Catch the best of tried and true techniques, as well as top emerging tips, at Business Plan Master.

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Get Your Writing Fighting Fit - A Book Review
Systemize! Strip it down! Eliminate! Accentuate! It sounds like a college cheer. Rah! Rah! Rah-Rah-Rah! Actually, it's a lot more than a college cheer. It is the way professional editors polish writing. Even Asimov and Hemmingway had editors. In fact, without their editors, they wouldn't be the acclaimed writers that they are. I... Read
By: Maryann Shank | 09/05/2008 | Writing
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10 Top Network Marketing Products
The best network marketing products have a few things in common. First, there are plenty of items to go around. An original oil, no matter how beautiful, just doesn't qualify here. A quality giclee reproduction does count. Second, there is solid profit in it. You can either make a lot of money... Read
By: Maryann Shank | 09/05/2008 | Internet
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Network Marketing: Create Multiple Streams of Income
Who sez that MLM is the only way to make money? Balderdash. Network marketing techniques encompass dozens of ways of making money on the internet. Read
By: Maryann Shank | 02/03/2008 | Internet Marketing
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Real Estate And Network Marketing -- A Natural Partnership
The real estate industry has flocked to the internet, but Network Marketing for Real Estate is very much an ignored art. "Network Marketing" sounds a whole lot like "MLM". But they aren't the same thing at all. While MLM draws people in with promises and hides commissions in multi layers of... Read
By: Maryann Shank | 10/02/2008 | Marketing
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Lenders And Investors -- 5 Ways Of Getting Personal
Everybody says it. "Get a personal introduction and you'll fare much better." So, what? I walk up to this guy when he's at lunch and introduce myself, noting that I'd like $850,000 for my new business?" No, I don't think so. Read
By: Maryann Shank | 05/07/2006 | Business
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Your Business Plan: 9 Places To Look For A Great Opening Line
There it is. That blank screen with the little blinking line. And everything sounds so mundane. Jake's Bakery will serve the best cakes in the county. (Yawn.) I researched the industry and found that it is fail-proof. (Yawn. Read
By: Maryann Shank | 05/03/2006 | Business