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Retaining current customers and selling to your existing customers can be less costly than acquiring new ones. Read more on how selling to your existing customers can help with growth and increasing your cash flow.

Bill Camarda is a professional writer with more than 30 years’ experience focusing on business and technology. He is author or co-author of 19 books on information technology and has written for clients including American Express Private Bank, Ernst & Young, Financial Times Knowledge and IBM.

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There are quite a few considerations business owners should address before an international expansion. This business owner offers a few that you may want to keep top of mind.

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