The Changing Values Landscape of the U.S. and How It Impacts Midlife Job Searchers
By Cheryl Lynch Simpson - 4/3/2009
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...
Please, Don`t Blame The Photographer
By Eric Hartwell - 4/3/2009
If things can go wrong, they will. And they will go wrong in the most distressing of circumstances. A local press photographer was covering a school shoot. The schoolchildren were putting on a stage play. All the parents were there together with a few school dignitaries and the inevitable grandmothe...
How To Acquire One Way Inbound Links
By Salihu Ibrahim - 4/3/2009
How can one get a good ranking in the major search engines ? This is a question, I`m sure, agitates the minds of every newbie as well as professional webmaster. Even those that are doing well are fighting to keep their place. But isn`t there a way to consistently appear in a good position at the maj...
Find Your Niche in the Business World
By Cheryl Johnson - 4/3/2009
Who am I and what do I love to do? Well, isn`t this the twenty million dollar question! A more appropriate question might be "Who was I and what did I love to do?" As you search to find yourself, and what it is you love to do, you may find the task harder than you thought it would be. Try to think ...
How to Attract New Business Like George W. Bush Wins Elections
By Thomas Murrell - 4/3/2009
THE LITTLE-KNOWN SPEECHWRITING SECRETS THAT WON GEORGE W. BUSH THE US ELECTION He`s been accused of "mangling the language, destroying its meaning by avoiding the use of verbs, twisting nouns into verbs, and endlessly repeating phrases until they become zombified" (Source:`Bush and Blair accused of ...
Technologically Boosting the Medical Transcription Company
By Joe Miller - 4/3/2009
Medical Transcription Company Virtually every medical service provider dictates SOAP notes into recorders for transcription and sends them off to a medical transcription company to transcribe and return a refined copy of necessary medical information. In fact, without the medical transcription compa...
Image is Key to Your Marketing Success
By Debbie Dahmen - 4/3/2009
In virtually any business first impressions are lasting impressions. Most people have heard this statement for years, and yet some people completely ignore the first impression they are conveying to potential customers or clients. Regardless of the industry you are in image is a part of your marketi...
The Almighty Buck
By Sue And Chuck DeFiore - 4/3/2009
The almighty buck can actually be detrimental to your business. Think about it, if all you think about is how much you can make, are you really focusing on the other aspects of running a business. For example quality control, safety of your product, etc. If money is your only motivating factor, what...
The 5 Musts of Marketing
By Helaine Iris - 4/3/2009
For most of the small business owners I work with, marketing has become the equivalent of a four-letter word. Inevitably, when I ask the question, "Do you have a marketing plan?" or "What marketing activities do you engage in?" I get the full gamut of responses from the proverbial deer in the headli...
Customer Service - How Good Are YOU?
By James Yuille - 4/3/2009
At 8.30 am a wealthy client (on his way to make a presentation to the local council at 9 am) walked into a store that sells photocopiers. They also provide a copy service. He wanted to make a back-up copy of his lengthy presentation. The shop appeared to be open - doors unlocked, lights on, etc but ...
How Managers Hit PR Paydirt
By Robert A. Kelly - 4/3/2009
As a business, non-profit or association manager, you?ll know it?s PR paydirt when you?re able to persuade your key external stakeholders to your way of thinking, then move them to take actions that lead to your department, division or subsidiary?s success. Proof of the pudding will be outside stake...
What`s In a Business Card?
By Indra Books - 4/3/2009
Over the years as I have attended trade shows, networking meetings, chamber events and more; I have noticed a few things about the successful and the not so successful. First of all, do you have a business card?
If you belong to a large corporation, you were probably issued business card...
I AM My Supervisor!
By Dr. Gary S. Goodman - 4/3/2009
There is a scene in the very interesting movie, ?Crash,? where a character played by Matt Dillon demands to speak to someone?s supervisor. Having some good personal reasons to resist this demand, the person he?s speaking to replies: ?I AM my supervisor!? It?s arrogant, a power play, and not what we ...
Content for Coders
By Daniel Robson - 4/3/2009
The one thing that any new Webmaster hears when searching for tips on how to improve their site is this: Content is King. And its true; good, high quality content is what gets other people interested in your site, and makes other webmasters link to you. However to me at least there is always far to ...
Tradeshow Booth Cures - Knick-Knack Knockouts
By Patty Stripes - 4/3/2009
Okay, we were kidding about the smoke, but not about the mirrors. Mirrors are exceptionally useful Feng Shui devices, especially in regards to manipulating the flow of energy. In addition to their reflective qualities which help brighten up your booth, they are capable of deflecting negative energ...
Dealing with Aggression
By Dave Ferruolo - 4/3/2009
Sometimes life can be very confusing. We strive to walk a spiritual path, being accepting and forgiving. We smile and send blessings unselfishly to all that cross our path. We meditate and pray, but how do we deal with negative people when their wrath is directed at us? We are all still human, an...
The Up and Coming Small Business Trend for 2006: Teleconferencing Networking
By Leanne Hoagland-Smith - 4/3/2009
According to the U.S. Business Administration in 2003 of the 5.7 million American businesses, 99% are considered to be small businesses with less than 500 employees. Small business owners continue to grow at a phenomenal rate. Many business strategies are employed to grow sales including: Search Eng...
Hook Me Up With A Human
By Harry Hoover - 4/3/2009
Oh, what has happened to the carbon-based organizational interface? Many organizations have digitized humans ? aka carbon-based units - out of existence in their customer service operations. Now, I love digital technology as much as anyone, but it is time to bring the people back into their appropri...
Living Freelance -- The Definition Dilemma
By Chris King - 4/3/2009
I find one of the most challenging situations I face as a freelancer is telling people what I do. I have a "portfolio career" (many different careers at the same time), so when I am asked, "And what do you do?" I don`t have a straight-forward answer, like "lawyer, doctor, or football player." I feel...
How to Ensure Your Resume is Read by Recruiters
By Laura Adams - 4/3/2009
Even the most qualified candidates with the strongest qualifications sometimes get bypassed by recruiters when they are looking to fill an open position. Why is this? Don?t recruiters want to interview and hire and the best of the best? The answer to this question is, of course, yes! Recruiters ...
6 Tips For Building A Successful Life & Business
By Brent Dees - 4/3/2009
1. Define Success. Everyone has a different definition when it comes to success. For some, it may be primarily focused on the financial. Others may see success as achievements primarily in the personal realm. I suggest defining success from financial, personal, and spiritual areas of life. 2. Develo...
The Truth About Google?s Adsense Affiliate Program
By Shawn Ventura - 4/3/2009
The truth about Google?s Adsense program is that it is amazing. It?s the greatest affiliate
program ever invented. There is no affiliate program that even comes close. If you are not
using Google?s Adsense, you?re truly missing out on a great opportunity. I?ve tried several
other affiliate progra...
Reward Your Employees with Travel Incentives
By Sheryl Strasser - 4/3/2009
Reward your Employees with Travel Incentives Motivating employees, especially highly competitive employees like inside and outside salespersons and telemarketers, can be a challenge. Sure, everyone likes cash, but what if you could offer a incentive that was worth more than cash? That`s what travel ...
Raid Your Autoresponder Attic For Content
By Roy Thomsitt - 4/3/2009
Why you need new website content. Finding or creating good content for our websites is a chore. It is, though, a necessary chore, for the following reasons: ? Search engines want to provide quality content to their searchers. Your website is likely to get a higher ranking in the major search engines...
Share a Vision for Your Business with God
By Kelly McCausey - 4/3/2009
I have a friend who is caught up in some serious `paralysis of analysis` where her business life is concerned. I advised her to simply follow God`s peace and just get moving! She looked at me like I had suggested that she jump off a cliff. I could tell that she was literally frozen by her own fear o...
Come Home Rich - How to Get the Most out of Your Next Conference
By Steve Kaye - 4/3/2009
Success in your career depends upon how well you manage your professional
development. A prime source of this development comes from being a member of a professional association that relates to your career. As a member, you can attend conferences where you advance your skills and meet people who ca...
Brand to Sell Well
By Dev Bhatia - 4/3/2009
Branding is an application of appropriate marketing techniques in the right proportion to a product. Brand management is to manage the forces in a market suitably to win favors for the product. Branding essentially has to work on both mind and heart of consumers so that the product`s perceived value...
The Biggest Problem With Your Marketing Is...?
By Karen Fegarty - 4/3/2009
What is the biggest problem most marketers have? Who knows. We don`t, and they certainly don`t either. That is exactly the problem. Most marketers don`t know whether or not their campaigns are working because they don`t know how to track the results. I can`t count the number of people I know who cre...
The 10 Commandments of Survival for the Entrepreneur
By Bill Truax - 4/3/2009
It seems as if everyone wants to have their own business these days. With so many large companies permanently downsizing, Entrepreneurialism is attracting many people. Having our own business for the last 28 years has given us a tremendous amount of freedom and opportunity. However, there were so...
Marketing Success Defined
By Mark Levit - 4/3/2009
How do you personally define success? High income? Substantial net worth? A fine home? Peer recognition? On a personal basis, there are likely almost as many definitions of success as there are people in the world. In marketing, though, there are just four measurable elements of success: Profitabili...
Getting Serious About Network Marketing
By Brent Payne - 4/3/2009
Network marketing is a business model that has very similar characteristics to franchising. However the advantage that it has over traditional franchising includes a low cost of entry and high potential revenue possibilities. What types of people are attracted to a network marketing opportunity? ...
Being Politically Correct When Selling Can Cost You Sales
By Virden Thornton - 4/3/2009
In our culture it is basically un-American for a prospective customer or client to help a sales representative or service industry professional in the selling process, by answering the probing questions required in an effective consultative selling approach. However, many sales trainers, coaches and...
10 Ways to Increase Your Website?s Traffic
By Tim Shaw - 4/3/2009
1. Trade links with other websites. Websites that are related are best, simply because the user is more likely to be interested in the related link. For example, if someone was looking around a web design site, they are more likely to be interested in a web hosting links than a sausage appreciation...
Email: When You Don`t Get a Response
By Meryl K. Evans - 4/3/2009
The lack of an email response is an issue I have grappled with many times especially since I rely on email as a primary means of communication rather than the phone because of my hearing loss. You email a client, follow up, and whatnot. Hubby has been dealing with this for over a year, only instead ...
Easy Marketing Methods with Letters, Post Cards, Referrals and Testimonials
By Jeffrey Dobkin - 4/3/2009
Easy Direct Marketing Methods for Insurance Agencies This Month: Strategies for Letters, Post Cards, Newsletters,
Testimonials, Referrals. Selling insurance is tough: too many agents selling too few clients, and
ouch - trying to show value when all you are selling is a piece of paper
that no one ...
Public Relations Productivity
By Robert A. Kelly - 4/3/2009
Should it be measured in ?publicity by the pound,? or by how well external audience behaviors help achieve the organization?s key objectives? I opt for holding public relations responsible, first, for recognizing that people act on their perception of the facts leading to behaviors about which somet...
Workplace 911
By Nan S. Russell - 4/3/2009
I`ve watched a few episodes of Nanny 911 and with the chaos, out of control children and seemingly irreparable behavior, it strikes me as a precursor to Workplace 911. No, not a new reality TV show, but everyday workplace problems. You see, kids who don`t get their way, who learn to hit, manipulate,...
Managers: Yes, You DO Need Public Relations!
By Robert A. Kelly - 5/12/2008
Why? Because sooner or later, virtually all business, non-profit and association managers must alter individual perception leading to changed behaviors among their most important outside audiences.
And they must help persuade those external publics to their way of thinking, then move them to take...
Changing Paradigms (Beliefs) Means Opportunity For YOU...
By Thom Reece - 4/30/2008
"...one of the marks of a paradigm shift is that what used to be considered peripheral, moves to center stage." (Thomas Kuhn)
What Thomas Kuhn is talking about, in the quote above, is a perfect example of the major paradigm shift that has occurred in the peoples relationship to WORK. A paradigm c...
The Great American Customer Service Unawareness Campaign
By Tim Knox - 4/29/2008
Q: I`m so sick of you so-called business experts always saying the customer is always right. This is my business, not the customer`s, so I`m the one who`s always right. Sure, they can have an opinion, but in the end it`s up to me to decide who`s right and who`s not. And if the customer doesn`t l...
Builders Beware
By Danny Tangredi - 4/21/2008
Considering Building Your Own Software Solution ? Read This First!
Every now and again a shop owner decides to take on the challenge of building an estimating/business management system from scratch. The one?s I have come across usually have a little bit of technical knowledge, maybe some previous...
How To Get Started In Forex Trading
By Hana Lee - 4/20/2008
You may have been hearing about the foreign exchange market (FOREX) and the investment advantages it offers. You would like to try it out, but don`t know where to start. This short guide will give you the basics in FOREX and tell you what you need to participate in this fast growing field.
Foreign...
Seven Deadly Trading Mistakes - Part Six
By Harvey Walsh - 4/19/2008
If you`ve been following these lessons through so far, you might by now be wondering if this trading thing is really worth it. What with all the planning, testing, and continued effort, it perhaps seems much more complicated than you first thought.
Mistake Number Six - Overcomplicating It
It`s e...
How Beneficial is a Sample Cover Letter ?
By Roger Clark - 4/17/2008
You can benefit from sample cover letters as they can help you learn about the constructs of a high quality cover letter.
However, there are some dangers in doing this ...
If you have been sending out tons of resumes and cover letters and are not getting interviews you are probably wondering wh...
10 Habits Assuring Career Self-Sabotage
By John McKee - 4/15/2008
:::Expert?s Classic ?Fatal Flaws? of a Doomed Employee:::
You?re fired! This succinct phrase strikes more fear into the heart of the working man than any other. Why is it, then, that many well-intentioned and reasonably astute professionals hear these words chronically throughout their career de...
Now Appearing: 9 Tips for a Well-Attended Event
By Jenna Glatzer - 5/15/2007
When I made the decision to do free workshops and book signings for my latest book, Make a Real Living as a Freelance Writer, I thought it would be easy to draw an audience. I had, after all, done all the right things to prepare for this big event: I had a successful e-zine, Time Management Tips for Solo EntrepreneursBy Jean Hanson - 5/14/2007 Does it seem like everyone and everything is vying for your attention all at once? It can be hard for solo entrepreneurs to know what to do first, let alone try to find the time to get caught up. Here are some time management tips that will help you to stay on top of it all:
1. Put your to-do list... How To Evaluate A Product OpportunityBy Catherine Franz - 4/21/2007 Day after day my in box, and I`m sure yours as well, fills with opportunity propaganda on how to make money. Do this, and poof, you`re rich. Become an affiliate and sell my ebook, and poof, you`re making lots of money. I don`t know about you, but I can`t tell what?s a good opportunity and what?s not... The Secret To Beating Tiger Woods At Golf ? And, Its Correlation To Success In Business!By Paul Shearstone - 5/4/2006 The game of Golf, although difficult to master, can nevertheless be narrowed down to three fundamental disciplines: 1) The Power Game [Driving & Iron Play], 2) The Short Game [Finesse / Shots within 100 Yards] and 3) Putting.
Success in golf is largely focused on mastering each skill ?to the best... Get In The Game With a Stellar ResumeBy Linda Matias - 4/29/2006 During the job hunter`s market of the 1990`s, employers were settling for less than qualified candidates because the candidate pool was so small. Job hunters were able to name their price and employers were meeting their demands.
The job climate is much different today than it was a few years ago...
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