Why Would Anyone Hold a Bad Meeting?
By Steve Kaye - 1/4/2008
Pssst, want a stock tip that will make you rich? Okay, here it is: phone a public
corporation and ask to speak with the CEO. If a secretary tells you that the CEO expects to be busy in meetings for the next six
hundred years, call your broker and sell the stock short. Any company unable to
manage...
Joint Ventures Increase Profits Quickly
By Nathan Holland - 1/4/2008
A joint venture is when two or more businesses join
together to work on a project for a set period of time.
Doing joint ventures with other businesses can increase
your chances of beating your competition, increase your
sales and increase your profits quickly. Plus: -you can save money when business...
Photography A - Z the Easy Way: N - Noise
By Eric Hartwell - 1/4/2008
Pixels in your camera?s sensor pick up light. This light is converted into an electrical impulse which is then transferred as an image to your LCD camera screen or stored on the memory card. Sometimes the electrical signal is not ?clean? but muddied and ?noisy?. This can lead to a degradation of the...
Interactive Press Releases Affect Year-End Projections
By Daniel Dessinger - 1/4/2008
It`s that time of year again. Millions of people are wrapping up their Christmas shopping and stores are gearing up for post-Christmas markdowns. Last season`s inventory has to be moved out quickly as the new floods in. Sales teams everywhere are hustling to meet year-end projections. Enter the onli...
Are Your Prospects Walking Out on You?
By Ed Gandia - 1/4/2008
After 11 years in sales, I?ve put together and delivered more sales presentations, briefings, and demos than I care to remember. But the nice thing about repetition is that after a few dozen presentations you get very good at reading body language. You can easily tell when the audience is engaged, ...
Outsourcing - Get Your Work Done At A Lower Cost
By Sebastian Schneider - 1/4/2008
The globalization phenomenon of the 90s brought about two significant changes, which were looked quite an unrealistic proportion just few years before the dawn of the 90s. The internet revolution, the ultimate thing that helped globalize the world, caused physical distances to shrink and economies b...
Delegating Responsibility
By Andrew E. Schwartz - 1/4/2008
Too many managers waste both time and energy performing tasks an employee could perform just as well, thereby lowering productivity while raising operating costs. The answer to the problem is easy?delegation. However, many managers still limit their own effectiveness, create imbalances in the organi...
Industry Analysis Section of Your business plan
By Lance Winslow - 1/4/2008
Writing a Business Plan for your next entrepreneurial endeavor is crucial. You will need sufficient capital and a guide to keep you on track. One important part of any business plan is to size up the Industry and attempt to figure out your pecking order and specialty niches for your best chances of ...
Coupons that Work
By Bette Daoust, Ph.D. - 1/4/2008
Turn a coupon into a business card (or vice versa). Coupons are seen everywhere; you clip them from the newspaper to save on groceries, you get them in the mail to save on brand name items, you even get packages in the form of booklets delivered to your door. Almost everyone believes in doing coupon...
3 Fastest Ways To Get Traffic To Any Website
By Jim Edwards - 1/4/2008
After all the debate over website design, shopping carts and credit card processors, every website owner eventually comes to the startling realization that they need one more thing to survive - website traffic! Without website traffic it`s the same as building an expensive billboard and, instead of ...
Inexpensive Address Labels Will Give Your Organization The Identity That You Are Working For
By R Ksiazek - 1/4/2008
One of the most serious threats to your organization is the lack of visibility. If your target market does not recognize you, you will not succeed. It is a basic marketing principle. But how does your organization get access to this vital visibility? There are many viable alternatives, depending ...
Wrong Way People Write Ads (and why they don`t work)
By Daniel Wadleigh - 1/4/2008
There is an old saving "they can call me anything as long as they spell my name right" This form of publicity, even if it has a negative slant, is appreciated by some people who want to be recognized or significant (this is sometimes why little kids act naughty). Like the Bible says "it`s vanity, no...
Close the Performance Gap
By Julane Borth - 1/4/2008
One of the most difficult and emotionally draining situations you face as business owners or executives is employees not meeting your expectations. How can you handle it if they are not keeping up their end of the employee contract? Begin by taking a look at your team. Do you have the right peo...
Beware: Marketing Sinkholes Ahead!
By Michele Schermerhorn - 1/4/2008
Life provides your business with enough opportunities for failure. Don?t help it along by creating sinkholes to consume your limited financial resources. There are seven key mistakes most businesses make in the game of marketing. Learn to avoid them! Marketing Sinkhole #1: Indiscriminate Lust Many c...
4 Simple Steps to Successful Delegation
By Inez Ng - 1/4/2008
Last month, my featured article was about creating a ?Stop Doing? list. Hopefully, if you followed my suggestion, you now have a list of tasks that you are looking to delegate away. It seems a natural progression that I now disclose a few simple steps that will ensure your foray into delegation is...
Can`t Get the Staff - Part One
By Adrienne Davis - 1/4/2008
In this article you will find out ideas and techniques to help you get through the minefield of laws and regulations to find the right people to help your business success, not hinder it. Hiring reliable, motivated staff to add to your success is becoming harder for employers. Employment Legisla...
Technology Outsourcing and Domestic Consequences
By Patrick Flaherty - 1/4/2008
The increase of human capital in developing countries has impacted the United State?s workforce through domestic firms? increasing overseas subcontracting. The industries specializing in information technology have been utilizing this increase of foreign human capital the most. From a study of 179 I...
The Forgotten Advertising Tip
By Anita DeFrank - 1/4/2008
I`m sure while you have seen many tips on advertising, many that talk about testing and tracking your ads, I`m sure that this one important tip is rarely mentioned: Running more than one ad at a time isn`t the greatest idea. While it seems like a good idea to spend your monthly advertising budget al...
What Cross-cultural Training Can Do for You
By Brenda Townsend Hall - 1/4/2008
International business is more complex than ever before. Success in every sector is now seen in global terms. Yet success in working with colleagues from different cultures is no easy goal. In order to connect, we have to communicate effectively and we can only do this in an atmosphere of mutual res...
Video Podcasting
By David Childers - 1/4/2008
The original audio Podcasting concept was developed by Adam Curry. It was created as a alternative content distribution method that allows people to produce and distribute audio programming. Video is a recently added feature. Video Podcasting is the combination of video files made available for down...
Clearing the Path: 4 Ways Fear Wreaks Havoc on Your Dream and What to Do About It
By Kim A. Castle - 1/4/2008
Please take a moment before you read any further and answer these three simple questions: 1. Are you making daily progress towards accomplishing your business vision? 2. Do you find that despite a strong desire to make your vision happen, obstacles always seems to pop up and slow you down? 3. Do you...
Classic Leadership Styles
By Martin Haworth - 1/4/2008
Much has been said over the years about leadership styles. Yet research into the best and most practical overview leads to the easiest conclusion (there will always be variables on these, as well as mixes of them), are that there are four distinct leadership styles. With one to avoid as well! 1. ...
Stop Selling by the Month!
By Frank Rumbauskas - 1/4/2008
I can always tell what part of the month it is by my book sales. Want to know how?
At the end of the month, everyone is scrambling to make sales so my sales are
down. At the beginning of the month, most salespeople are surfing the web instead
of working so my sales are way up. Did you know tha...
The Online Equivalent of an Effective Newspaper Advertisement is FREE
By Christopher Kyalo - 1/4/2008
Ask anybody who has been in business for a long enough and they
will tell you how newspaper advertisements have for decades
helped to build countless small businesses. The advantages of a newspaper advertisement are many, but what
has attracted small business entrepreneurs for decades is the
spe...
How To Stop Chasing Prospects Forever!
By Frank Rumbauskas - 1/4/2008
Perhaps the biggest challenge faced by salespeople is the problem of chasing prospects. In this article I?ll explain exactly why that happens, and how you can avoid it entirely and make prospects chase you instead. I once heard Donald Trump say, "In selling, you must never appear desperate. As
so...
Hello, May I Help You?
By Susan Nettles - 1/4/2008
There is nothing in this world more annoying than being place on hold for an extended period of time. Not only is the music mostly horrible, but many companies use it to try and fool you into thinking you`re really not holding for very long. Wrong! Most telephones today have the ability to track ...
Opportunity Does Not Knock
By Tim Knox - 1/4/2008
Q: I?m graduating this year with a degree in business and would like to start my own business rather than get a corporate job. I have a few business ideas, but none of them really gets me excited. Should I just put my business plans on hold and get a job until the right opportunity comes along?
-- C...
131 (Legitimate) Link Building Strategies
By Robin Nobles - 1/4/2008
In search engine optimization, "off page" factors have become more and more important as they relate to rankings. In particular, solid link popularity can literally make or break a site with the search engines. Before we go any further, what is "link popularity"? In very simplistic terms, link popul...
Top Bluetooth Wireless Headsets
By Bradley James - 1/4/2008
Bluetooth headsets make up one of the fastest wireless markets here in the US and around the world. Headsets with Bluetooth wireless technology are capable of working with a variety of other Bluetooth enabled devices such as cell phones, PDAs, and digital music devices (like the iPod). Unlike conven...
Count Down To An Advert
By Robert J Farey - 1/4/2008
There are hundreds of books available to teach you how to write a good sales letter/advert. If you were to read them all it would be possible to distil all of the recommendations into a `What to do list` similar to the one below. This list is not exhaustive. No two people would set it out in exactly...
Does Your Management Style Remind People Of Something They Read In Dilbert?
By Jeff Altman - 1/4/2008
With thanks to Jeff Foxworthy, the comedian who does the "You might be a redneck series of jokes. If you really believe people in your group are lucky to have a job, you might be a jerk. If, when you call a meeting, people suddenly call in sick, you might be a jerk. If you tell people, "It`s my way...
How to Reach Your Next Job Faster with Fewer Potholes, Roadblocks
By Marta Driesslein - 1/4/2008
Complacency damages your career more than lack of qualifications. The most obvious roadblock you?ll encounter on the race to find your next job is usually regrets about skills, education, and professional knowledge. However, be careful that you don?t possess an inner smugness that rests on past succ...
Getting Prizes for Raffle Fundraisers
By Sandra Sims - 1/4/2008
Raffles are one of the most popular and cost effective ways to raise money for a non profit organization. However, it would not be a raffle if you had nothing to give away! So what kind of prizes should you have? First of all, put yourself in your potential supporter?s shoes - What if someone comes...
What a Washing Machine Can Teach You About Getting the Most Out of Your Advertising Investment
By Jeremy Tuber - 1/4/2008
If you could cram all of your dirty laundry in the washer at once, wouldn`t it make more sense than putting in the recommended load?
After all, if it saves time and money, why not?
It`s simple: not only might you blow up the washer, but you become painfully aware that most of...
The Secret to Increasing Website Revenue with Pay Per Click Ads
By Christopher J Enders - 1/4/2008
Pay per click ads placed by advertisers in the Google AdWords
program can be displayed on your website to generate revenues
from click-throughs resulting from the Google ads. Once upon a
time putting pay per click ads on your website for the purpose of
revenue generation was a difficu...
Innovational Marketing - Pondering Tips for 2006
By Laura Ghedotte - 1/4/2008
Innovation - is a talent that everyone has, yet they think they don`t. If you`ve ever marveled at somebody`s creative prowess, guess what, you can create and innovate too. It just takes time. Everyone is born creative. The box of crayons in kindergarten was not limited to only those who possessed po...
Consulting Versus Selling
By Gordon Goh - 1/4/2008
Consulting Vs Selling, How we can make sales by not doing selling but consulting. As we know, everybody loves to buy but hates to be sold. We need to engage in non-manipulative selling, and ask deeper questions that will make the sale. View Yourself As A Consultant One particular self-image posses...
Pre-Cleaning and Updating Addresses in Your Database
By Sasha Peters - 1/4/2008
When you send a direct mail piece using the Addressed Admail reduced postage option, it can cost you anywhere from 60 cents to $1.25 or more for printing, mail production and postage. Items that cannot be delivered will be ?recycled? by Canada Post resulting in your money going down the drain. Not...
Summertime Blues
By David Handler - 1/4/2008
It?s hard to believe the year will be half over in just a few weeks. All the planning you did is either turning out great, coming along slowly but surely or hasn?t really gotten off the ground because other issues keep getting in the way. With so many things to distract you from your small business ...
The Benefits of a Marketing Plan
By Peter Viliamu - 1/4/2008
What is a Marketing Plan?
Marketing is to do with matching the features and benefits that your products and services are able to provide with specific customers and then telling those customers why they should buy them from you. Your marketing plan details how to do this. A Marketing Plan is a d...
Time Your News Release For Maximum Publicity
By David Leonhardt - 1/4/2008
"Cindy, where`s that story? I need it yesterday!" "Coming right up, boss. I`ll have it to you soon," Cindy shouted back. "Yesterday isn`t soon enough!" Cindy clicked on her screen. "You have mail." She looked at the messages. "Three news releases," she murmured. "I don`t have time for this now...
How to Build Your Mailing List
By Choochat Kosit - 1/4/2008
1. USE POP-UPS
Pop-ups are one of the most common methods you can use to capture email addresses and build your email list quickly and with ease. Simply construct a web page containing code for a form and set the page to open (pop up) when visitors ENTER OR EXIT your site.
Make sure the pop-up o...
How To Recover Your `Almost Customers`
By Bob Leduc - 1/4/2008
You`ll always need to find new prospects for your business. But don`t overlook the prospects you already attracted. Many are close to buying. Use these four simple procedures to convert those "almost customers" into paying customers. 1. Make A Memorable Impression Create a reason for prospect...
Business Marketing Strategy
By Joy Gendusa - 1/4/2008
The term business marketing strategy might sound like it is esoteric or stratospheric, so let?s take the mystery out of it so you can devise and implement your own business marketing strategy that fits in to your small business plan. Strategy comes from a Greek word ?stratagein? meaning ?to be a gen...
Protecting Your Business With Non-Disclosure Agreements
By Richard A. Chapo - 1/17/2007
Every business should protect proprietary information when dealing with independent contractors, vendors and other businesses. The best way to do this is to use a non-disclosure agreement, often referred to as an ?NDA.?
What is an NDA?
An NDA is an agreement between two parties to protect conf...
Surprise! Accounting is the Hot New Major
By Donna Monday - 2/1/2006
There was a time when accounting was the boring college major that many people regretted signing up for. A constant barrage of numbers, statistics and spreadsheets was none too interesting.
Boy, have times changed! Thanks to recent accounting scandals by companies like Enron, there is a high deman...
Reminding Yourself of Prosperity
By Stephanie Yeh - 1/20/2006
Have you ever heard the phrase, ?Thoughts are things and words have wings?? This phrase is the perfect expression of the principle of prosperity. How you think about and talk about your level of prosperity is what actually manifests in your life. How many times a week do you wistfully say to your co...
Nine Sure Fire Ways to Boost Your Career
By Dr. Tom Olson - 1/19/2006
1. Differentiate yourself using a Personal Value Proposition. A PVP a description of how your unique mixture of five key elements creates and/or adds value for an organization and the people in it. A personal examination of these elements reminds you of all the strong, positive things you bring to t...
Long Distance and Phone Systems for Small Business
By Gobala Krishnan - 1/19/2006
Telecommunication cost is always an obstacle for small business owners, especially if you need to call domestic or international long distance. The long distance cost factor alone, depending on the type of business you`re in, can make the difference in the success of any small business.
The t...
Slovenia - The Star Pupil
By Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. - 1/17/2004
The most exciting event in Slovenia last week was when a group of young army recruits spat on the national flag and sang the anthem of the now defunct former Yugoslavia. They were sent to a military psychiatrist for observation. Indeed, economically speaking, a preference for any other part of the l...
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