Take This Into Consideration Before You Write Your Mission Statement
By Andrew E. Schwartz - 04/01/2008
What principles should a company keep in mind when developing a mission statement? Appropriate criteria must be chosen for defining the business. There are several alternatives for defining one?s services: by the products one produces, by unique resources that the company possesses, by a particular ...
Seeking Knowledge Will Give You Power
By Gary Simpson - 04/01/2008
What are you interested in? We all have a passion for something. So, what is your passion? Are you actively seeking information about your passion? Knowledge, providing it is correct knowledge, will increase your power. In this century there is an increasing demand for experts in so many fields. Eve...
Do You Hear That?
By Maria Boomhower - 04/01/2008
I read a report in the Toronto Star stated that 70% of workplace errors happen because of communication breakdown and that many of them directly relate to a lack of listening skills. The challenge is most people filter out sounds, noises and people talking as much as they filter out most of the thin...
Getting Referrals
By Bryan Brandenburg - 04/01/2008
Referrals A substantial part of your business can come from referrals. The key is to provide extraordinary customer service and educate your clients and influencers to this fact. You must actively cultivate referrals; otherwise you?re just leaving it to chance. Referrals Start with Great Service The...
Mother Said - Wash Your Hands
By Julia O`Connor - 04/01/2008
Think health articles are boring? This one isn`t, so read on -
it may save your life... Physicians and public health officials agree that the single
most important role you can play in your own health is to
wash your hands. Why is this old-fashioned idea coming to the forefront again
- and what ...
Problems with Group Decision Making
By Andrew E. Schwartz - 04/01/2008
DECISION BY AUTHORITY RULE:
Many groups start out with?or quickly set up a power structure that makes it clear that the chairman (or someone else in authority) will make the ultimate decision. The group can generate ideas and hold free discussion, but at any time the chairman can say that, having ...
Overcoming The Fear Of Cold Calling
By Will Turner - 04/01/2008
Do you like cold calling? Most salespeople don`t. In fact, many people avoid a sales career because the idea of cold calling is so distasteful. And many salespeople fail in sales or never reach their true potential because they have never mastered cold calling. So let`s look at the art of cold calli...
6 Reasons Why Complaining Customers are Golden
By Kevin Wirth - 04/01/2008
With Some Tips on How to Respond Tt has probably happened to you if you own your own online business. You get an email or even a phone call from someone who is upset or unhappy with this or that about your business. Most of us don?t really care to deal with whiners or complainers, but, if you?ll jus...
How To Turn $100,000 Into $1,191,817 In Just One Year Part II
By Andrew Cavanagh - 04/01/2008
Turning a modest $100,000 annual turnover into $1,191,817 may sound outrageous but if you really understand the fundamentals of marketing this becomes quite achievable. Once you realise that just improving every area of your marketing can create a multiplying effect on your turnover it`s time to loo...
Learn how to Compress Time
By Wil Schroter - 04/01/2008
In the popular 1980?s movie ?Dune,? man learned that by ?folding space? the distance between two points shortened and he could cover those distances faster. Around 1995, we found a substance that could bend time in the business community -- it was called Venture Capital. With enough of it, we could ...
Good Vibes/ Bad Vibes
By Maggie Jean Wahls - 04/01/2008
Have you ever walked into a store or business and felt uncomfortable there for no apparent reason? Have you ever walked into a store all happy and left quite frustrated? Have you ever wished your house could feel happier? The process called energetic clearing can make a significant improvement to a...
Strategic Organizational Learning
By Michael Beitler - 04/01/2008
The cost of training in North American companies exceeds $60 billion per year. Try to visualize that. Picture a stack of 1,000,000 $1 bills. Now try to picture 60,000 of those stacks. Amazed? Then consider this fact: estimates of training costs worldwide approach a quarter of a trillion dollars ($25...
Regional Hotels Give Cities Windfall in Wake of Katrina
By Lance Winslow - 04/01/2008
The Hotel Industry has surely seen a roller coaster ride with Hurricane Katrina. Many Hotels along the Gulf Coast were totally destroyed, many were damaged and others in the aftermath remain totally full. So full in fact that finding a hotel with vacancy within 300 miles is nearly impossible. This i...
Successful Email Marketing
By William Nabaza - 04/01/2008
No doubt email is still the best way to get a quick response from your prospect. Big companies on the web have realized this that they have implemented free email address service on their web site. This free email awareness has even reached Yahoo, AltaVista, Lycos, and InfoSeek. They knew that being...
It Isn`t A Sale Until You`re Paid
By Kim Duke - 04/01/2008
Back in the days when I sold for CTV and CBC Television I had a manager that once said " It isn`t a sale until you`re paid." Most salespeople absolutely HATE calling their customers to ask for payment as they feel like the GOOD GUY and BAD GUY rolled into one! Hey - we have all been there. We avoid ...
Selecting Bridal Jewelry to Suit Your Gown and Veil
By Amy Spade - 04/01/2008
In addition to choosing a stunning dress, you will also want to find some nice accents to go along with it. In many cases, this would be jewelry and a veil, but can include many other accoutrements. The jewels For each particular style of wedding gown, you need to choose particular styles of jewelr...
The Computer-Friendly Resume
By Laura Murray - 04/01/2008
The evolution of technology is changing the traditional methods for job searching and recruiting. More and more companies are now relying on computers to initiate the process of hiring and are filling their database with candidates with skills that are easily searchable. Traditionally, submitted r...
Using Outlook to Count Responses
By Robin Henry - 04/01/2008
Here`s a productivity tip that will save you a lot of time and trouble if you need to collate responses from staff for any reason, especially if you work for an organisation with a lot of staff. Case Study: I worked for a financial institution with 3,000 plus employees and had to identify how many e...
Why I Like The Ads I Hate!
By Yvonne Finn - 04/01/2008
It`s been said that the antidote to liking/loving is not hating,
but indifference. So, when an ad makes you angry or disgusted or
evokes any other strong emotion, it has done it`s job. That is
what advertising is supposed to do! Isn`t it? There is an advertisement currently running on T.V. that mak...
Getting An Offshore Bank Account Via The Internet
By T. O` Donnell - 04/01/2008
There is no need to use the many middleman websites you will find via a search engine. Most of these are *bogus*, even the slick-looking ones. More and more banks are offering offshore bank accounts direct. Just get a list of banks in the country you`re interested in, and go to their web sites. See...
Secrets to Running a Successful Carwash Fundraiser
By Lance Winslow - 04/01/2008
A car wash fundraiser might seem like a simple thing to organize. What do you need besides a hose, a couple of buckets, soap, water, some towels and volunteers? This might be fine to raise a few hundred dollars. But if you`re serious about raising a substantial amount of money and want to hold an ev...
Do You Really Need A Customer Database?
By Chris Le Roy - 04/01/2008
For over 20 years I have worked as an independent IT/Business consultant for some of the most prestigious organisations in the world including companies like Telstra, BHP, BMA Coal, Suncorp Metway and many many more. But it still astounds me, that there are still companies out in the market place, ...
How To Power Negotiate Your Next Bonus
By Dan Strakal - 04/01/2008
A raise in your base salary is a permanent source of increased income. However, to increase your take home pay, you can also negotiate performance bonuses on specific projects, activities, or time frames. In the sales world bonuses are often called commissions. That is, a person is paid a salary ...
Writing The Book On Great Customer Service
By Tim Knox - 04/01/2008
Q: One of the big chain bookstores recently opened up near my small book store. Already I can see my business starting to decline. Is there anything I can do to compete with the bigger store or should I just accept the inevitable?
-- Peter Q. A: A wise man once said, "The inevitable is never a sure ...
Using Flyers In Your Business
By Sue And Chuck DeFiore - 04/01/2008
If you are not using flyers in your business you are missing out. Flyers can be used to sell your product, promote your product, promote your services, and in a number of other areas.
Our lease purchasing students learn very quickly the importance of using flyers. Flyers, however, are not e...
Writing Effective Emails
By Graham Jones - 04/01/2008
Sometimes email messages can get quite long, especially when you quote much of the material that has been sent in previous emails. Also, emails often get long if you have a lot to say or you need to give a comprehensive overview of a particular business situation. Most people tend to find that the l...
17 Surefire Ways to Annoy Potential Employers
By Bonnie Lowe - 04/01/2008
Despite the President`s encouraging words, the job market is still in sorry shape. There are more job seekers than job openings, so do NOT make things harder on yourself by doing any of the things on this list! Never, ever do these! - Apply for jobs you are not qualified for.
- Send a g...
Building Wealth by Paying Yourself First
By Ryan McKenzie - 04/01/2008
When I look around at all of my friends, and a lot of my family, I see a lot of people living from pay check to pay check, under monetary stress. These same people watch the Calendar for payday like a hawk. Pay their bills, and then open up the spending flood gates, before they know it, they are i...
10 Steps to Escape the Job World and Create the Life You Really Want
By Valerie Young - 04/01/2008
1. GET THE POINT ? OF LIFE, THAT IS. How many of us will look back in our old age and wish we`d gone to more meetings or put in more overtime. The point? Despite pressure to "play it safe" by sticking with your day job ("......
10 Secrets for Women Leaders to Increase Visibility and Credibility
By Lynn Matlock Hicks - 04/01/2008
Being a leader must be one of the most rewarding careers you can ever do. Not only is the work interesting and challenging, but you are impacting the direction of many people and the direction of your company. You are able to see that you are making a difference in something very big.
In t...
Don?t Get Down ? Manage Up!
By Richard Gorham - 04/01/2008
"Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him."
- Aldous Huxley Ever have one of those supervisors that just didn?t quite get it? Perhaps you even wondered from time to time how in the world this person ever became a manager in the first pl...
Got A Meeting Planned? Ask This Question
By Kevin Eikenberry - 04/01/2008
Meetings ? they are a fact of our business lives. And while the number of meetings and the amount of time you spend in them may vary based on your job title, it is hard to argue that they are a significant part of business life today. Anything that consumes a major chunk of our time is ripe for ana...
Networking Skills: Arguing in Context
By Dina Giolitto - 04/01/2008
If you`re fond of a good debate, you know how to annihilate someone else`s position in an argument while still somehow managing to keep a friendly rapport with that person. This tactic is frequently used by politicians and lawyers, and one that will no doubt come in handy in online networking. Netwo...
The Power in Praising People
By Chris Widener - 04/01/2008
One of the keys to success is to have successful relationships. We are not islands and we don`t get to the top by ourselves. And one of the key ways to grow successful in our relationships is to be "life-giving" people to others. Every person we meet, we either give life to or take life from. You kn...
Bullseye Interviewing
By Tamara Jong - 04/01/2008
An interview is much like a blind date. You have sweaty palms, heart palpitations, shaky nerves and a preconceived notion of what could happen. The perfect scenario unfolds in your mind, where you are calm, cool and collected, dressed smartly, totally in control, enthusiastically meeting the other ...
The Jigsaw Virus
By Gary Durkin - 04/01/2008
Stay with me on this, the ?penny may drop? about half-way
into the article! Target - in very general terms, this article is targeted at
anyone involved in business, whether it be offline
?real-world? business, or online ?cyber? e-business. Let?s define the title. ?jigsaw? - a puzzle with multiple...
The Lazy Way To Build A Responsive Opt-In Email List"
By Adam Kling - 04/01/2008
If you`re in business on the Internet to make a profit, then you`re probably aware of how significant a list of prospects is to your success. But what if you don`t want to spend countless hours each and every week promoting, writing and managing a continuous email publication? Well, here`s a relativ...
PR Secrets for Small Business
By Doug Edge - 04/01/2008
Most small businesses do little to no public relations (PR) to promote their businesses. The reasons are fairly common. No one within the small business knows the mechanics of writing a press release, and if they did, they don?t know what to say. Instead, small business owners wait for a local re...
How to Find Those Niche Markets Your Business Can`t Afford to Overlook
By Allyn Cutts - 14/02/2007
How many niche markets are perched right under your nose? ...markets you`ve been overlooking? Hey, take a look at the customers you have right now. Are there any groups that stick out in your mind? Now let me ask you this...Do your advertisements and sales cater to any of these groups?
When I say...
7 Ways to Get to the Truth: When the Sale "Disappears"
By Ari Galper - 11/02/2007
You`re close, really close, to making a sale. Your potential client is in the market for your product or service and you`ve had a couple of good meetings.
Based on his most recent e-mail, "Everything looks good -- I`ll get back to you so we can move this forward"--everything points to a probable ...
What`s the Secret of Your Sucess?
By Damien Senn - 01/02/2007
I`m going to begin this article by sharing a little secret with you?
`If you want to experience success as an entrepreneur you must first experience entrepreneurial success.`
So what exactly do I mean by this?
Success is never an accident. To reach the pinnacle in any field of endeavour you mu...
7 Tips to Improving Your Cash Flow
By Pam Newman - 29/01/2007
Cash is King?That is what everyone tells us and it is true! You cannot function successfully in any business without proper cash flow. So if this Cash Principle is so well known, then why is it that so many businesses struggle? Sometimes the obvious is not always so obvious when you are entrenched i...
10 Ways to Develop Your Latent Leader
By Gala Gorman - 12/02/2006
latent (adj.) ? Not visible or apparent, but capable of developing or being expressed; dormant.
Everyone has leadership qualities. The visible difference lies in the degree those qualities are developed. Each individual chooses their own path and determines to what degree skills are developed and ...
Public Relations` 8 Fix Factors
By Robert A. Kelly - 04/02/2006
I say to business, non-profit and association managers, a key part of your job description is ? or should be ? do everything you can to help your organization?s public relations effort as it strives to persuade important outside stakeholders to your way of thinking. Especially when it?s YOUR PR ...
Three Proven Steps to Improve Your Home Business Advertising Response in Just 10 Days.
By Bob Markovsky - 03/02/2006
Newspaper advertising is a tremendous source of new business that for so many businesses doesn?t ever reach its true potential. These 3 steps will help you change that forever!
You?re about to find out the mistakes that your competitors keep on making, and to start using techniques proven to grab...
What? Home Business??
By John Cordice - 31/01/2006
Today?s world is accelerating at a pace never seen before, and there seems to be a lot of things people forgot about?
Home Business? Hmm? sounds like a lot of trouble, a lot of work. With a job you don?t need to worry about anything. Just do your job and get paid.
Now let?s think about what?s wr...
Outsourcing and Your Business
By Kate Smalley - 29/01/2006
Outsourcing is an established way of doing business today, allowing companies to maximize their budgets and resources ? and generate better products.
Also referred to as subcontracting, outsourcing simply means acquiring a product or service rather than producing it in-house. Outsourcing is suita...
A Renewed View of the Modern Business Culture
By Stephen Ainsah-Mensah - 27/01/2006
Life can sometimes be unexciting if not refreshed by the will to create according to one`s own conscience and freedom. Often, the power of passion fuses into unexciting or appealing activities. One sometimes expects to be free from the demands, the macro-strings of the society, so that one could do ...
Self Promotion Is Easy and Fun
By Michael Port - 27/01/2006
Stop thinking of marketing in the traditional sense of advertising ? the thousands of ads interrupting your day via mail, spam, television, radio and now even movie theatre advertising. These messages seedily creep into our lives and personal space and we resent it. Your self promotion activities wi...
Becoming A Solution To Your Customers Problems
By Sue and Chuck DeFiore - 22/01/2005
Those of us in home based and small businesses are in effect selling our product. So becoming an effective salesperson is very important. Remember, however, that selling is not the only thing you do. Don?t forget to use your time wisely.
What you want to do to help you move forward is to:
Plan ...
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