Online Attacks on Forums and Blogs
By Lance Winslow - 1/4/2008
So often folks on the Internet cannot handle themselves and they turn to attacks and verbal abuse. Occasionally these attacks move from opinion to slander and libel. Even worse many of these slanderous folks will use fake names to conceal their identity. The attacks on good folks are a complete nega...
Poor Customer Service - Are Your Customers Driving Away Other Customers
By Rick Weaver - 1/4/2008
Every customer you have is a word-of-mouth
advertiser for you. Unfortunately 90% of this free
advertising is negative. Your goal is to get
positive-word-of-mouth advertisers. Think about it, how do you decide where to shop? Your chief consideration may be location or price, but service is a silent...
Case Study: The Golf Industry in Japan - A Well-Kept Secret to Successful Marketing
By Cameron Switzer - 1/4/2008
While working on developing the world`s first global launch of a 100% biodegradable/compostable corn-based polymer fiber sock in 2005 I came across some very interesting information about the golf industry. For those of you not in this industry you may not be aware but apparently Japan is the most b...
Busting Your Assumptions: Effective Probing Techniques for Sales Professionals
By Nicki Weiss - 1/4/2008
Do you find yourself making these kinds of assumptions? - ?I lost the sale because my price was too high.? - ?I know exactly what my customer wants.? - ?I can?t hold a member of my team accountable for the delays in our project because she won?t like me if I do.? - ?I don?t delegate often enough be...
Earn More and Get Hired Faster By Improving Your Grammar
By Mark Baber - 1/4/2008
Good grammar in spoken and written communications can dramatically increase your value to both current and potential employers. In the business world, and especially in the job interview process, an important part of your value is the perception you present of the profitability of your past performa...
Managing Creativity - An Oxymoron! Not
By Kal Bishop - 1/4/2008
Interrogated on a beach in Barbados by friends insistent that there was little validity to my speciality, I have felt compelled to answer the most common objections in the field of Managing Creativity and Innovation. a) Managing Creativity and Innovation is an oxymoron! When ideas are required, lead...
5 Steps to a New Job
By Don Goodman - 1/4/2008
The economy is picking up, budgets are new, positions are open and companies are hiring. Now is the time to rev up your job search efforts. Use these tips to dramatically improve your results. Get on the job boards and make sure you setup search agents so you get a daily e-mail whenever a new job is...
Effective Branding...What`s in a Name!
By Matthew Keegan - 1/4/2008
Ask any marketing executive and they will tell you that a company`s name is golden. There are certain associations that people have with a name, one that invokes emotions -- good or bad. Let`s examine three case studies of branding involving companies that have merged and where the buyer kept the na...
What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up? Something That Hasn`t Been Invented Yet!
By Cathy Goodwin - 1/4/2008
Most of us were brought up to study hard, get good grades, choose a
"practical" college major, and strive for a "good job." Talk to a stranded midlife career-changer and you realize the game has
changed. Yesterday`s rules prepared us to be passengers on a large
ocean liner that promised a smooth ...
Retain Your Best People
By Dorene Lehavi - 1/4/2008
Many managers and team leaders ask me how to deal with employees in a way that will maximize their potential, create loyalty and respect, and cut down on high turnover and destructive behavior in the workplace. The single most common reason people stay or leave an organization is based on the relati...
Building High Performance Teams
By R.G. Srinivasan - 1/4/2008
Your managerial success is tied to your team. Teams are the most valuable resource of an organization. The times of lone leadership are over with Alexander the Great. These are the times of the team leadership. If you can build a successful team and work as the leader who is just a little more e...
Choosing a College Right For You
By Casey Eaves - 1/4/2008
College, College, College. The ongoing debate on whether you need a degree or not to succeed in today?s world. Let me digress a bit here and fill you in on my career decision. I was a so-so student in High school, graduated basically a "C" student and almost repeated my junior hear for failing Algeb...
Content Management: Wise Investment for Business Prosperity
By Alex Polonski - 1/4/2008
The time when a website was just a simple set of HTML pages has gone by. It?s true, just five or seven years ago simple websites developed with HTML and JavaScript were usual. Nobody thought there could be another option. However, year by year, Internet becomes a place where companies can interact w...
Job-Seekers, Be Ready to Walk
By Liz Ryan - 1/4/2008
It`s a tough notion for job-seekers to get their heads around, but the essence of negotiation is choice. If you don`t have options, you can`t negotiate - you just can`t. If you have no roof over your head, for instance, and someone offers to let you stay in his barn in exchange for ten hours a day o...
Interviewing: How to Stay Out of legal Hot Water
By Marcia Zidle - 1/4/2008
Some interviewers ask great questions; others ask dumb questions; and, worst of all, some ask questions that can get them into legal hot water. Every recruiter, hiring manager, executive, and department manager must realize that asking the wrong questions or making improper inquiries can lead to dis...
A Tutorial on Capitalization of a Startup Corporation
By Don Bell - 1/4/2008
When you create your corporation and make it a legal entity in the principal State of Business, Nevada, or Delaware, one of the requirements is to Capitalize your company to give it value. What this means is to create a number of shares (stock) in the company and give it a "par value" (which may be ...
How to Change Career Horses in Mid-Stream
By Merci Miglino - 1/4/2008
You?ll get wet but the reward just might be a more fulfilling ride! In Survival is Not Enough, author Seth Godin says change is the "new normal.? Rather than thinking of work as a series of stable times interrupted by moments of change, Godin says we ?must now recognize work as constant change, with...
Selling A Business: What is Yours Worth?
By Don Beezley - 1/4/2008
What drives a company`s value? How does it translate into the price you should put on your business? Should you put a price on it at all? Cash is King Different businesses have different things to offer a buyer. A buyer may be interested in specific industries, certain lifestyle requirements (e.g.,...
To Sell Successfully, You Have to Be Willing to Be Different
By Doug Smart - 1/4/2008
We are complex. We confidently assert that we are independent thinkers but then we can feel uncomfortable -- even embarrassed ? if we break out of ?the norm.? However, in business the biggest rewards often go to people who are willing to be different. One night, I was in a mall at suppertime. There ...
Sales 101
By Sue And Chuck DeFiore - 1/4/2008
For many individuals in business the hardest part is selling. For the majority of business owners, the jobs they had before don?t prepare them for dealing with selling products. So, this article will deal with some basic tips to help you with sales.
Always be sure to go to the head honcho. A...
How To Run A Successful Fundraiser
By Keith Smith - 1/4/2008
This is the first article of a multi-part series on this topic. Part One of this SPECIAL REPORT is about: Organizing Your Group Would you agree that it`s easier complete a job when you have a blueprint to follow? Yes? Also, the exact opposite maybe true which brings us to the old axiom: "Fail to pl...
How Your List Affects Postage Costs
By Sasha Peters - 1/4/2008
HOW YOUR LIST AFFECTS POSTAGE COSTS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT! The quality and accuracy of address information in mailing lists is one of the areas least understood and largely overlooked by most businesses using direct mail. To get an advertising message delivered the address must be correct! ...
Running A Business Economically
By Mark Jacobs - 1/4/2008
The business in the 21st century is far from what it was 200+ years ago. Centuries ago business was mainly traditional. With people or organizations trading goods with other parties for their goods. Now business is fast. The ?Global Village? is becoming smaller and smaller. There is a science to run...
Distinguish Your Business From The Competition
By Biana Babinsky - 1/4/2008
You followed time-honored online marketing techniques to the letter: you have a great web site, the site has a high search engine rank, and you created a compelling marketing message that showcases your unique selling proposition. Unfortunately, your competitors are reading the same playbook and are...
To Outsource or Not to Outsource
By Valerie Swisher - 1/4/2008
In these days of restricted head count and tight budgets, the question of whether to outsource or hire in-house staff is more critical than ever. The technical publications function, however vital, is undergoing more scrutiny and also facing greater challenges than ever before. Companies that a...
Formal Report
By Anthony Bush - 1/4/2008
A formal report collects and interprets data and reports information. It may, in the course of doing these tasks, include an analysis and make recommendations for a course of action. Reports are used to inform, analyze, and recommend. They are usually written in indirect order. These reports are oft...
6 Reasons Why Complaining Customers are Golden
By Kevin Wirth - 1/4/2008
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 Make More Money with Google AdSense
By Pinyo Bhulipongsanon - 1/4/2008
Like any Google AdSense Publisher, you will want to increase your Google AdSense revenue. Your AdSense revenue depends on 3 factors: (1) the number of visitors to your site, (2) the number of visitor that clicks on the ads (Click Through Rate, or CTR), and (3) how well the ads pay (Cost Per Click, ...
Career Change: Tips to Making the Move
By Fiona Young-Brown - 1/4/2008
One of the things many women tell me is that they would love to switch careers, but ?I?m stuck in this field.? Upon closer inspection, what I find is that these women have years of valuable workplace experience. However, as their current job has dragged along, it has also diminished their confidence...
Discover What You Really Want To Do
By Graham Harris - 1/4/2008
Are you doing what you really want to do or did you just fall or wander into the job you now have. As a friend of ours once said,? I am one of twenty two doctors in our family. The only ones in our family who are not doctors are the dogs and cats?. Did you decide what you wanted to do or are you one...
Understanding Image Resolution
By TJ Tierney - 1/4/2008
Resolution is a term used a lot in photography these days - regardless which type of photography you do, or which type of camera you use, understanding image resolution, pixels and the different properties attributed to them is so important. Whether you are printing, scanning or sending an image by ...
Conflict Resolution Training- When Personal Safety is an Issue
By Maria Boomhower - 1/4/2008
Conflict generally arises by having your needs, desires, perceptions and values challenged. When a person feels that their values are being challenged they generally respond the strongest. Inwardly they feel their personal safety threatened and desire to stop that threat. Surprisingly for most peopl...
100% of Nothing
By Cathy Stucker - 1/4/2008
What would it be worth to you to receive a steady stream of new customers with little or no effort on your part? Would you be willing to pay 10% of the revenue they generate? 20%? 50%? Or do you believe that you can`t afford to pay anything? During a recent discussion, I was surprised that people sa...
Stress Management: How to Cope with Compassion Fatigue
By Jeff Herring - 1/4/2008
This one is for all those folks who are in what is called "the helping professions." Although I am sure I will leave someone out, and my apologies in advance, this list includes teachers, doctors, nurses, guidance counselors, therapists, psychologists speech pathologists, and emergency personnel. Th...
Can You Sell Your Business Without a Broker?
By Don Beezley - 1/4/2008
Yes, you can sell your business yourself, but you have to do it the right way! As a professional business intermediary, I have many clients with quality businesses who come to me after failing to sell their businesses on their own. The flaw in their effort to sell always comes down to the same fou...
The First Rule of CRM for Financial Services
By Kelly O`Brien - 1/4/2008
Things have to change. Cross selling is not going to happen simply by installing new CRM technology. A corresponding movement from a transaction mentality to the underlying CRM principle of focusing on the long-term relationship is required. What does this mean for financial services? Stop pushing p...
Tales from the Corporate Frontlines: Workplace Ethics: Reaching the Highest Standard
By Josh Greenberg - 1/4/2008
This article relates to the Ethics in the Workplace competency, commonly evaluated in employee surveys. It gives examples of how employees and customers consider ethical behavior and sound values an integral part of your organization. This competency covers a variety of topics like customer treatmen...
Fair Measures Corporation
By Philippa Gamse - 1/4/2008
A case study in online ?thinking outside the box?
The Fair Measures Corporation Web site, at http://www.FairMeasures.com contains over 500 pages of free in-depth legal information and analysis, provided for both employers and employees....
10 Ways To Have People Keep On Coming Back To Your Site
By Darren Yates - 1/4/2008
1: Original and Fresh Content
Present your visitors content they cannot find anywhere else. Not all your content
has to be 100% original, but a good percentage of your site should have original
content. People are more likely to read information they haven?t read before.
Add new content to your ...
Online Retirement Opportunity: Freelance Copywriting
By Nick Usborne - 1/4/2008
For most of us, the idea of retiring simply on our pension is not a happy prospect. While we may have always had dreams of a retirement that is worry-free and with a few luxuries thrown in, the stark reality is that our pensions will likely give us only the most basic living conditions, with none of...
How to Budget your Household Accounts
By John Mussi - 2/9/2007
It is so easy to despair when you encounter your first financial crisis. You`re not alone. Many people face a financial crisis some time in their lives. Whether the crisis is caused by personal or family illness, the loss of a job, or overspending, it can seem overwhelming. But often, it can be over...
The History of FOREX Trading
By Divyansh Sharma - 2/6/2007
The origin of FOREX trading traces its history to centuries ago. Different currencies and the need to exchange them had existed since the Babylonians. They are credited with the first use of paper notes and receipts. Speculation hardly ever happened, and certainly the enormous speculative activity i...
?Renting Back? After Your Home Is Sold
By Raynor James - 2/5/2007
Sometimes it?s helpful to sell your home before you really want to move. This often happens when you are having a new home built, but aren?t sure of the completion date. Is there any way you can sell your home so you?re sure of the funds available for the new purchase, but continue to live in your o...
Benefits of Personal Finance Software
By Jon Martin - 1/24/2007
In this age of information, keeping track of your finances does not mean an archaic jumble of ledgers, calculators, and papers filled with calculations in chicken scratch. Now everything can be taken care of on your computer through personal finance software.
Personal Finance Software: Organize Y...
Ten Ways to Save a Bundle on Your Next Lease
By George A. Parker - 2/13/2006
According to the Equipment Leasing Association (?ELA?), U.S. businesses lease every thing from laptop computers to commercial airplanes, racking up more than $ 200 billion in equipment leased each year. Although four out of five U.S. companies use leasing to acquire equipment, many don?t know the in...
NETWORKING 17 Essential Strategies in the 21st Century
By Patricia Dorch - 2/3/2006
It is virtually impossible to succeed professionally and personally without developing a network of people. There is no career or business opportunity where you can be rewarded entirely for what you know and how well you know your work.
Networking requires a mission, goals, vision and a willingne...
Coaching Tips for Powerful Presentations
By Sandra Schrift - 1/30/2006
Tip #1 The purpose of your speech is to get results; to help people make changes and think or act differently. So start with the end in mind. What do you want people to do as a result of your speech? What do they need to know to do this? What do they need to feel to do this?
Tip #2 Show y...
Networking - It`s Important!
By Sue and Chuck DeFiore - 1/25/2006
Networking opportunities are everywhere. Don`t let them pass you by.
1. Recognize that there is more to networking than greeting people. Develop a step-by-step plan for how you`ll build relationships and how you can effectively tell your story. Don`t forget your 30 second commercial to tell your s...
Refinancing your home - How and why?
By Jakob Jelling - 1/19/2006
Chances are you may need a little extra money to get some work done around the home or perhaps your current interest rate is 7.5% and the prime interest rate is 6.0% there is a benefit to restart the clock on an existing mortgage and save thousands of dollars over the life of the loan. The first thi...
How To Realistically Set Your Fees - Part 3
By Sue and Chuck DeFiore - 1/29/2005
Effect of Benefits
We have previously examined realistic billable hours and the effect of business expenses on your hourly rate. Now we`ll look at the effect of benefits.
Once upon at time, when we were employed, we received a benefits package from our employer. This usually included health, lif...
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