Use Email and Save Our Planet
By Diana D`Itri - 1/4/2008
Make it a habit to always ask new clients for their email address and include a space for email addresses on all your contact forms and sign up sheets. If a customer feels uncomfortable giving you their email address, remind them that it saves trees and keeps your costs down. Tell them you have a st...
The Well-Dressed Photographer - Winter
By Carolyn Wright - 1/4/2008
Some of the best images can be captured during the winter months, so don`t let the cold stop you. For the best photography experience, wear clothing that will keep you comfortable and safe. Dressing in layers and choosing clothes made of suitable materials are the best ways to fight cold weather. La...
Sell Yourself, As Well As Your Product
By Jay Conners - 1/4/2008
When selling a product to a consumer, one of the things we tend to overlook, is that it is as equally important to sell ourselves. A consumer wants to know that the person behind the product believes in what they are saying, and they want to be convinced that the person making the presentation would...
Media Training 101: Mastering the Television Interview
By Thomas Murrell - 1/4/2008
As I travel around the world I always enjoy sampling the media in different countries. Even if I don`t speak Thai, Bahasa or Mandarin, watching local news services always provides a unique insight into local culture. I was recently watching a story on a new biotech company on Channel News Asia in Si...
Why Smart People Don`t Know How to Market
By Kelly O`Brien - 1/4/2008
As an educated professional, your success is based on what you know, your education, your intelligence, and your creativity. Even if you?re just starting out, you?ve achieved success just to get your many degrees and pass those licensing exams! Your clients return and refer because you apply your ex...
Showing Appreciation to Workplace Un-Sung Heroes
By Althea DeBrule - 1/4/2008
Millions of Un-Sung Heroes are born every minute! They are found everywhere?on street corners, in our homes, offices, and communities?wherever there are people in need of rescue. These special people, whose positive actions and initiatives are performed to benefit others, are not famous or ...
Five Ways to Influence Change in Others
By Kevin Eikenberry - 1/4/2008
Because of my work as a consultant, trainer and coach I deal with change and people?s reactions to it all the time. When a Client decides to work with us, they are recognizing that some sort of change is needed. After all, if they want more effective teams, better Customer Service, higher creativi...
Four Steps to Better Performance Reviews
By Linda Henman - 1/4/2008
Direct reports?people who need direction and leadership?rely on their leaders to give them feedback and mentoring, not just management and evaluations. However, these people who most need their boss?s help frequently lack the guidance that would enable them move to the next levels of success?theirs,...
Simple Marketing Strategies Versus an SEO Line of Attack!
By Charlene Rashkow - 1/4/2008
Each and every day those of us on the Internet are bombarded with information about Search Engine Optimization and all that goes along with it. For the majority of folks who are promoting a business online, this can often lead to confusion especially when it comes to understanding key words, meta t...
Effective Cost Cutting - The Competitive Edge
By William Wood - 1/4/2008
Business today requires more ingenuity in operating profitably than ever before. High costs are not just related to labor, pensions and corporate benefits. Excessive costs can be found throughout the organization and take many forms. Where does the company start to look for waste and excessive cost...
Steps to Build ISO 9001 Compliant Program
By Chris Anderson - 1/4/2008
Implementing an ISO 9001 system represents a major effort. However, all of that effort can represent a significant shift for a business - from quantity to quality. And this could make sure your business gets the desired results. Shift Policy and Procedures Focus to Performance Developing, implementi...
How To Build Your Greatest Opt-In List
By Sopan Greene - 1/4/2008
I get e-mails all the time from people on my list asking about how to build their lists. This is the most important part of your business. The more subscribers you have, the more joint venture offers you`ll get, the more money you`ll make, and the more people you`ll connect with. The best tip I ha...
Popular Business Misconceptions Cost You Money!
By J. Stephen Pope - 1/4/2008
Faulty information costs you money! Which of these
popular business misconceptions do you believe? Popular Misconception #1:
"We Only Need Our Books Done Once A Year For Tax Purposes."
Are Your Accounting Records Adequate To Run Your Business? Although it is important to keep records for tax purpo...
The Key to Distributing Articles
By Leon Chaddock - 1/4/2008
So you have written a great article on your area of expertise, but how are you going to distribute it? This is where many people fall over in the article publishing business. If you create an article and put it on your site people aren?t just going to turn up and read it. This reminds me of an old s...
Reciprocal Link Exchanges - A Foolproof Technique That Will Never Die
By Michael Turner - 1/4/2008
On the Internet, links are very important for websites to accumulate because they have such a heavy bearing on a website?s relevance and ranking when certain keywords are searched for. As a result, many websites are working hard to get more links to their site than their competitors so they`ll have ...
The Cost of Workplace Violence Prevention and Awareness
By Felix P Nater - 1/4/2008
The Threat of Violence is On the Rise... A safe and productive workplace is in everyone`s interest, but
the number of violent acts, including threats of violence, has
increased over 400% over the last decade. Workplace Violence
Prevention and Education initiatives are paramount before an
incident ha...
Is Reciprocal Linking Dead?
By Mark White - 1/4/2008
There was a time when reciprocal linking was a number one
priority among webmasters and SEO?s for
obtaining a good search engine position, that time alas is
no longer with us. This is in no small part because webmasters are no longer
dedicating as much time to link pages. Why
should they spend hours...
Costly Link Exchange Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
By Michael Turner - 1/4/2008
When you are trying to promote your website, you want to make sure that you make as few mistakes as possible. However, there are a lot of mistakes people commit when making link exchanges that can be costly for their websites. Read the following ways to avoid making those costly link exchange mistak...
Competition in the News Creates Spin
By Lance Winslow - 1/4/2008
In larger cities with many outlets they are competing for more news that other outlets cannot get as fast. ?THE SCOOP? and also the spin, this spin thing is so that articles can cater to the readership or so they say. I have found that many reporters including at the Wall Street Journal, Business ...
Advertising Your Holistic Business
By Jennifer Shapiro - 1/4/2008
The most basic answer is the same answer as to the question, how does advertising work? Advertising works through repetition, and Holistic Hometown offers you that repetition. What all successful companies know is that advertising it a process. It?s been stated in marketing files for over 50 years...
The Case For Taking Your Company Public On The Pink Sheets
By Joseph Quinones - 1/4/2008
Over the course of history there have been events and legislation that has transformed the financial markets, our economy and the way we conduct business , such as the legislation that form the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Internet has also has transformed the way we do business and commu...
Effective Affordable Website Promotion Can Be Achieved
By Daegan Smith - 1/4/2008
Seeking effective affordable website promotion should begin with listing your site with the top search engines. High rankings in search engines can drive a significant amount of traffic and business into your website. Submitting your web site to directories isn?t difficult and not very time consumi...
Knowing versus Doing - Execution In The Workplace
By David Meyer - 1/4/2008
Have you ever worked with someone who always seemed to have the answers; who always seemed to know what should be done; who could always quote the experts view on a certain situation, but for some reason, just couldn`t perform as expected? Working with a client last month I was struck by the fact th...
An Online Degree Has Never Been Easier to Obtain
By Shama Sankaran - 1/4/2008
Online education is steadily gaining acceptance in the academic world and more people than ever are completing courses online, working toward a degree. Online education at the higher level is no longer looked down on by the rest of the academic world and more colleges and universities are offering ...
Three Quick Ways For New Website Traffic
By Tim Bossie - 1/4/2008
How do you get good quality traffic to a brand new website? A question for the ages. There are countless tips and strategies that a person could set into motion for getting traffic to a new website. There are plenty of people who will tell you the exact step-by-step method to getting web traffic if ...
Trade Show Events ? Do?s and Don?ts
By Patty Stripes - 1/4/2008
You can love it or you can hate it but there is no escaping trade shows in a business environment. If you happen to be in the Sales and Marketing division in an industry where trade shows are a part of the marketing plan, it is more than likely than not that you will be involved in them sooner or la...
What To Do When You`ve Blown It
By Lisa Packer - 1/4/2008
It?s bound to happen sooner or later ? yes, even to you and your business. Sometime or other, you will make a blunder that upsets a customer. It may be an employee mistake (honest or intentional), it could be a defective product, it could even be an unreasonable expectation on the part of your custo...
Does It Really Take Money To Make Money (Online or Offline)? A Reality-Check of 2 Case Studies
By Xavier Nelson - 1/4/2008
The short and simple answer to this question is NO! Now, before you start screaming that I am crazy, out of my mind, have lost my marbles and all the other things that generally get tossed around when someone has the nerve to state something like that, let me clear a few things up. It does not take ...
Why Your Business Need a Website
By Julia Tang - 1/4/2008
Web Presence gives your business a distince edge over your competitors, especially when you want to expand your current customer base.
For exmaple, if Jane wants to find a real estate agent but she does not know who is the best in her area. Then she goes to the yellow book to find out the po...
17 Surefire Ways to Annoy Potential Employers
By Bonnie Lowe - 1/4/2008
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...
Is Your To Do List Too Long?
By Dorene Lehavi - 1/4/2008
Are you one of those people who is overwhelmed by the number of items on your to-do list? Unwieldy to-do lists often have a mix of daily tasks, projects and long-term goals, and can sometimes look so overwhelming, we procrastinate even the simplest of tasks. An easy solution is to create more than o...
80,000 Americans Work in the Oil Change Industry
By Lance Winslow - 1/4/2008
There is a huge shortage, which effects franchises costs in labor, availability of labor and quality of workmanship. For instance 80,000 Americans are in Oil Lube Facilities alone and over 50% are franchised lube centers. Companies like; Jiffy Lube, Lube Pros, Grease Monkey, All-Tune and Lube, Oil C...
The Changing Values Landscape of the U.S. and How It Impacts Midlife Job Searchers
By Cheryl Lynch Simpson - 1/4/2008
Imagine a huge river that has been flowing for centuries: See the thick underbrush that has grown up on either edge of the river?s expansive banks and the moss-lined stones that litter its shallow edges. Feel the power of water so deep and so strong because it has been pulsing through this lan...
If the Shoe Fits - The Soul of Customer Service
By Don Doman - 1/4/2008
My Aunt Virginia worked selling shoes in a downtown department store. I remember listening to adult conversation, while I played. She talked about other clerks not caring for anything other than the sale and the resulting commission. Aunt Virginia?s main concern was always the fit. She even took ext...
Is Adsense Going To Turn Associate Programs Obsolete
By Rich Hamilton, Jr - 1/4/2008
When Google introduced their new Adsense revenue sharing program, people began to wonder if things would change. Certain questions have been burning in people`s mind like: what`s going to happen to Associate Programs, how do they compare against Google`s Adsense and will Adsense cause Associate Prog...
Summer Observations About Rest and Guidance
By Jennifer Louden - 1/4/2008
I had tea with my dear friend Billy on Friday. She had just returned from two weeks in a small town in Mexico, where her daughter surfed and she rested. It was the first time in a very long time that Billy allowed herself a deep rest. She was telling me how depressed she had been since coming home b...
15 Strategies to Re-energise Your Career Without Leaving Your Company
By Denise McCausland - 1/4/2008
How happy are you in your work on a scale of 1-10, using 10 as ecstatically happy? If your response is less than 7 your career may need reenergising. If this is the case it is likely to affect your morale and your performance. Eventually it may have an impact on your overall well being. The impac...
Time Management - Keeping a Clean Desk
By Catherine Nellissen - 1/4/2008
I have worked with so many people over the years that have made me wonder how on earth they can work at their desk when everything that was in their drawers and in their filing cabinets have ended up in piles on top of their keyboard. One co-worker of mine couldn?t remember what colour the top of hi...
The 9 Critical Steps To Success In Demolishing Your Money Worries For Good!
By Alain Diza - 1/4/2008
Articles on `How to make money` come a dime-a-dozen. How about a fresh, new perspective? Here`s a rather unique, untapped, revolutionary article about the 9 Simple (Yet Powerful) Steps You can use right now to Demolish Your Money Worries for Good,...for Life,...Forever! 1. Evaluate Your Options Wh...
Don`t Think Like A Package Designer - Think Like A Customer
By JoAnn Hines - 1/4/2008
Some of the most successful package introductions have come from people who knew nothing about package design. How can that make sense? Designers are creative. They get paid to design packaging, which may or may not necessarily be what the customer wants or needs. Good designers keep up with the lat...
Why Companies Perform Random Drug Testing
By Damian Sofsian - 1/4/2008
Perhaps the most controversial of all drug screenings is the random drug test. Employers have the legal authority to request a random drug test, whether they have a reasonable suspicion or not. Many companies have implemented a policy of completely random drug testing. This practice can be likened t...
Best Practices Plan: Dissemination of a Great Idea
By Steve Singleton - 1/4/2008
Good news spreads quickly
News of the invention of the wheel must have traveled in every direction as quickly as horse or camel could run. Those who learned of its advantages over the litter and the sledge adopted it right away. And no sooner was it adopted than it began to be adapted: mad...
Guide on How to Land Computer Jobs
By Russ Walter - 1/28/2007
To become a lawyer, you must graduate from law school and pass the Bar Exam. But to become a computer expert, there`s no particular exam to pass, and no particular piece of paper that "proves" you`re an expert or even competent.
You can get a job in the computer industry even if you`ve never had a...
Structure Your ADD Coaching Business for Success
By ADD Coach Jennifer Koretsky - 1/27/2007
The Structure Problem
Structure is an issue that most self-employed service providers struggle with. ADD coaches, in particular, often suffer from self-imposed pressure to always "be there" for the client. ADDers frequently need accountability and follow-ups, and many coaches fall into the trap ...
What Are We Teaching PR Students?
By Robert A. Kelly - 1/26/2007
How to do brochures, throw parties, talk to reporters and write press releases? Or, are we teaching them what PR?s fundamental premise says we should be teaching them?
In so many words, whether they go to work for a business, non-profit, government agency or association, students will soon discov...
How to Size an Emerging Market
By Dave Lavinsky - 1/25/2007
In developing their business plans, companies of all sizes face the challenge of determining the size of their markets. To begin, companies must present the size of their ?relevant market? in their plans. The relevant market equals the company`s sales if it were to capture 100% of its specific niche...
How To Become A Data-Feed Super Affiliate
By Konstantin Goudkov - 2/6/2006
I am not going to describe what a product feed (or a data-feed) is. There is a lot of information out there about how to use one to build sites. Instead, I want to talk about how you can actually make more sales with data-feed sites.
The program that I manage offers a product feed, and I get a cha...
A Rough Guide to Everyday Mental Calculation!
By Murdo Macleod - 1/23/2006
We all need to check a bill from time to time.
The problem is, how do you do it when you`re in a rush, when you`re under pressure, and when you don`t have a calculator handy?
Actually, it`s not at all difficult if you know what to look for. Here`s how to do it...
Example 1 ---------
Supp...
Corporate Holiday Gift Ideas Start With a Possibilities List
By Gregory A. Fort - 1/19/2006
Plan ahead this year for your corporate clients and associates holiday gifts.
Now is the time to prepare for this year?s corporate holiday gift ideas. The holiday season is fast approaching and you need to get your plan in order now. A possibilities list is your rough draft of gift ideas for clien...
Generating Publicity: Will The Media Be Interested In My Product/Business?
By Todd Brabender - 1/21/2005
When it comes to launching a new business or product, some marketing consultants might say that EVERY product is appropriate for a publicity or media exposure campaign. That is true to a degree, but as a PR/publicity professional and former media person, I would qualify that statement by saying that...
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