Weekend Business Post October 12th

Check out these articles after you're done raking the leaves this weekend.  What are you planning to do to winterize your small business?

Value Inflection Points at Ideas To Deals  this week's I2D post of the week ~ Diving into the achieves I found one of my favorite posts on how to prove you can execute to an investor.

What Two Botched Sales Calls Taught Me at Fearless Selling ~  You can learn a lot from making mistakes. It's even better when you can learn from someone else's mistakes.

Six Tips to Clear and Effective Communication at Spin Sucks ~ Here are six focus points to help bring clarity to your writing, and ensure the right message is being heard.

Making No Decision is Still Making a Decision at thoughtLEADERS ~ "If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice." - Geddy Lee

How to Create a Killer Personal Branding Campaign at Mashable ~ Personal branding, self-marketing, whatever it is are you doing it?

Don't get caught empty-handed: conduct a financial SWOT analysis for your business  at Metropreneur ~ Applying a SWOT analysis to your financials can keep your business on the right track.

Concentrate on Business, Not Payroll at the  ASBDC BizBlog ~ When small businesses get into tax problems it usually revolves around payroll taxes. Here are some tips to help you outsource this and get on with business.

Podcast Tools For Beginners at  Savvy Sexy Social (video) ~ Looking to get your podcast on? Here are some tools to get you going.

8 Qualities of Fearless Entrepreneurs at Inc. ~  Are you a "business badass"?

Three Tips to Resolving Workplace Conflict from the Colorado Small Business Development Centers  ~ Tired of breaking up fist fights at work? Maybe it isn't that bad but the South Metro Denver SBDC has some tips to help you stay ahead of workplace conflict.