Winning The Fight Between You And The Clock
This Article is About: How To Start Business, Start Business, Business Strategies
"Slaves to the clock" was the cover story in the March issue of CEO magazine. "You can never out work a problem, you have to out think it." said A.G. Lafley, Proctor & Gamble's CEO." Too much to do. ......

Managers: Why PR is SO Key
This Article is About: Business And Money, Strategy Business, Business Capital
When outside audiences important to your operation do not understand what you are all about or, worse, harbor misconceptions, inaccuracies, untruths and false assumptions about you, you are likely......

New Book Demystifies How To Protect and Grow Wealth With Ease
This Article is About: First Financial, Us Financial, Financial Report
Ask investors what their primary financial concern is and most will respond with how to protect and grow their wealth properly. There is an easy solution; the answers are in Optimal Investing: How to......

Top 7 Steps to Better Public Speaking
This Article is About: Business Coach, New Business, Business Help
Whether you want to be a part time, full time or BIG time speaker you must speak, speak, speak. At first, deliver 25-30 minute free talks to service clubs and community organizations. Consider it ......

Retirement is never urgent until...
This Article is About: Business Loan Uk, Business Financial Services, Business Credit
If you’re like many people, your retirement savings have not been growing consistently over the years. We’re not referring to the wild fluctuations in the stock market, but rather the fluctuations in......

Retirement or Financial Freedom?
This Article is About: Real Estate, Business And Money, How To Start Business
In the past most people never retired. They died. The average life expectancy was much less than it is these days, and there were no financial planners around to help people save up enough to quit wo......

6 Ways Small Businesses Can Survive In A Crazy Economy
This Article is About: Strategic Plan, Business Strategic, New Business
Contrary to popular belief, small businesses can survive a crazy economy by taking some proactive steps. 1. Provide spectacular customer service -- every time. Have a friend or colleague visit your ......

The Three Largest Factors In Your Interest Rate
This Article is About: Mortgage Broker, Mortgage Brokers, Business And Money
There are three major factors that affect how much you pay for a loan. Understanding these factors can save you time, money and frustration. 1. The Federal Reserve Discount Interest Rate. Banks and......

Business Writing Tip: Question & Answer Format
This Article is About: Business Tips, Business Strategic, New Business
Traditionally, business writing uses the "one thing after another" format, which usually means a plain recitation of the facts, circumstances, or whatever else needs to be said. But, we have a number......

Managers: Why Not PR Like This?
This Article is About: Public Relations Professionals, Strategy Business, Business Capital
I mean public relations that presumes from the get-go that the right message, strategy and communications tactics can change perceptions among each of your business, non- profit or association audien......

Speaking Body Language
This Article is About: Business Capital, Business Tips, Business Tools
I observed an almost surreal event when I was a business student. At the front of the classroom, an entrepreneur was practicing a pitch he would make later to venture capital firms. Specifically, he ......

The Cost of Going Public in the United States
This Article is About: Money And Finance, Risk Finance, Capital Finance
The following data is taken from "Going Public" by James B. Arkebauer (1994) and the IPO cost website at: http://www.intranet.ca/~tgil/p2.html You should keep in mind that costs vary based upon the c......

Let The Market Choose Your Price?
This Article is About: Business Tools, New Business, Business Help
Setting the correct price is hard for any on-line business, and there are plenty courses and manuals dedicated to this delicate subject. You want to have a price that will make you a profit, obviousl......

Help Your Kids Learn More About Managing Their Personal Economy
This Article is About: Money And Finance, Business And Money, Risk Finance
Remember when cash was a tangible commodity in all of our personal economies? As kids, we went to the bank, shopped with our parents and frequently watched them pay with cash. Now with cash on the en......

Alarming Marketing Trend
This Article is About: Marketing Communication, Marketing Communications, Marketing Professionals
One key discipline of successful direct marketing has been to test marketing communications tactics to continually improve results. There is now an alarming trend according to a recent survey that we......

Buying New Construction...How Do I Begin?
This Article is About: Real Estate, Market Strategies, Business Insurance
The prospect of shopping for a new construction residence can be quite daunting, but the rewards of owning a brand new home out-weight the disadvantages if you know the potential pitfalls. The follow......

How Well Do You Speak?
This Article is About: Business Skills, Business Coach, New Business
The ability to speak well can enhance your career, clinch a sale, sell a point of view and increase your business productivity. 1.The most important objective of any speaker is to appear credible a......

Construct Diversified Mutual Fund Portfolios
This Article is About: Healthcare Pr, Research Finance, Money And Finance
‘Sector funds are too risky.’ ‘I doubled my money with Fidelity Select Technology in 12 months!’ ‘Avoid sector funds.’ If all of this sounds confusing, you are not alone. Sector funds are among the m......

Increase Your Income Through International Trade
This Article is About: Business And Money, Business Ideas, Business Marketing
If you operate a small business, you may feel that your income potential is quite limited. However, you can increase and diversify your income through international trade. 1. Importing Retail store......

In Praise of Personal Pronouns
This Article is About: Finance Stock Market, Business Tips, Strategic Planning Process
Rudolph Flesch, a pioneering advocate of readability, put great stock in the liveliness of the written word. One way of getting that liveliness into our writing, he said, is to use the personal prono......

Don't Sell Your House--Ever!
This Article is About: Mortgage Rate, Mortgage Broker, Mortgage Rates
Keeping your existing house when you buy a new one could be THE most profitable financial decision you could make. Consider the following: 1. Second stream of income: When you move to another place a......

How a Photoswitch Saved My Job
This Article is About: How To Start Business, Start Business, Startup Business
In 1996 I was employed as maintenance supervisor at an olive cannery in the heart of California’s fertile San Joaquin valley. We were restarting the cannery after an extended shutdown while the cann......

Why Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses Should
This Article is About: Pr Consultant, Business And Money, Business Analysis
As the owner or an employee of a small- to medium-sized business, you might have never thought about media monitoring. Maybe you are not even sure what exactly is meant by this and have thus ignored ......

The Seven Secrets to New Age Leadership
This Article is About: Business Change, Business Building, Business Coach
Did you ever notice that In our American culture, we have the tendency to look outside of ourselves for leadership? That’s a trap. Isn’t it time we looked inside ourselves to see how we can be the le......

Top 10 Ways to Turn Clients Into Raving Fans
This Article is About: Business Change, Business Building, Business Coach
Do you find great joy in being a coach? If so, you will find that your enthusiasm is contagious and will attract clients. Be sure to develop a superb and supportive community. Enlist them in bu......