A Checklist For Drafting Business Letters And Emails This Article is About: Business Plan Software by Sushanth B, Sus. Write Right - You have an all important business letter or email drafted, proof read and waiting to be sent. Before you dash it off, use this self questionnaire to ensure that you have written to Express and not to Impress.=> Is it actually...
Networking - Outside The Box This Article is About: Business Plan Free by Sue and Chuck DeFiore, Sue. We receive numerous emails regarding how to network. For those of us in lease purchasing it's easy, for others not so easy. For example, those in the travel business have been hit hard by business slowing down. Why not try to network with some of...
Finding Your Niche This Article is About: Estate Financial Planning by Sue and Chuck DeFiore, Sue. Have you found your niche? If you really want to find out, you need to answer the following questions:1. Is your business the only one of its kind in town?2. Do people consider your service first and price later?3. How can prospective customers tell...
The Top Ten Benefits of Having a Web Site This Article is About: Low Cost Business by Sharon Kirby, Sha. Do you need a web site? Are you considering getting one but are unsure? Here we take a look at the main reasons why a web site could be beneficial to your organisation.1) It will give you the competitive edgeIf you do not have a web site people...
How do you Find a Topic to Speak On? This Article is About: Low Cost Business by Sandra Schrift, San. People are always looking for solutions to their problems. Do you have an expertise that can help people solve their challenges and frustrations? Ask people to see what bothers them. Find out what they need to achieve their goals. First, you...
PROVEN Online Business Success In 3 Easy Steps This Article is About: Online Financial Planning by Mal Keenan, Mal. Some marketing experts would have you believe that the key to a successful home business is limited to a select few and that this chosen bunch have tapped into vast secrets where riches are to be found in abundance. Others will push forward the...
Are You A Google Junkie This Article is About: Starting Business Cost by Debbie Reyes, Deb. Google this, Google that, Google Google Google....... My name is Debbie and I am a Google PR Junkie. I have to laugh at myself as I say that. Because to me I was a Google PR junkie. I had to know what my PR was everyday! Sometimes more than once a...
Does Money Make Money? This Article is About: Starting Business Cost by Colin Dunbar, Col. If it is your goal to accumulate wealth, believing the fallacy that money makes money, will hinder your progress to no end. This belief stifles many to a life of failure, and misery.The goal setting theory of motivation means that you need to be...
Home-Based Business Safety and Security Issues This Article is About: Fee Based Financial Planning by Vishal P. Rao, Vis. Anyone that operates a business from home knows that home-based business security issues often come up. This is just part and parcel of running any home-based business.Realistically, in order to be successful at a home-based business, a business...
Playing the High-Stakes Biotech Game This Article is About: Financial Planning Firms by Sam Subramanian, Sam. Shares of biotechnology companies have declined, after the much anticipated American Society of Clinical Oncologists meeting in early June in New Orleans. This sector has been on a roll ever since Genentech (NYSE: DNA) vaulted 45% on May 19, 2003...
Choosing a Merchant Account This Article is About: Cost To Start A Business by Michael Zittel, Mic. 3 Points of Choosing A ProviderPoint 1:Do you need a merchant account? If you are a new business, with limited funds and you anticipate processing less than $1000 a month in credit card payments, we do not recommend a formal merchant account. The...
Delegation: When to Delegate, Who to Delegate to This Article is About: Cost To Start A Business by Kate Hufstetler, Kat. There are some very simple guides for delegation. Most people delegate based on not wanting to do something. They simply walk out to their secretary or the closest sub-ordinate and ask them to do/finish the project. These people use delegation as...
Fail Your Way To The Top This Article is About: Cost To Start A Business by John Assaraf, Joh. Have you had a challenging day or week? Feel a little tired or discouraged with a current situation? Ready to throw in the towel and quit something?Don’t worry. It’s very normal to go through times of feeling that something in life stinks and all...
What is Optimum Performance? This Article is About: Low Cost Businesses by John Assaraf, Joh. What is Optimum Performance? This question raises different responses from different people. It causes people to ponder issues like: Have you ever thought about how much better you could be doing in your business? How about your career? What about...
The Power of Visualization This Article is About: Low Cost Businesses by John Assaraf, Joh. Professional athletes and other highly successful people use the power of visualization technique on a regular basis. Why? Results of a 20-year study of the effects of visualization on results revealed an amazing discovery. Humans see pictures on...
Your Dolphin E-mail Caught In Spam Tuna Net? This Article is About: Funding For Businesses by Erwin Steneker, Erw. Let me ask a couple of questions: If (potential) customers sends an e-mail to your company, do they want to receive an answer? If you, in return, e-mail your customer, do you expect that your e-mail is delivered to the customer? Well, in my case, I...
What Many PR Users Ignore This Article is About: Business Plan Writing by Robert A. Kelly, Rob. Simply that the behaviors of their most important outside audiences rank pretty low on their list of things to worry about. And this despite the reality that, properly cared for, those behaviors can affect whether or not those managers achieve their...
Strategies for Creating a Niche Business This Article is About: Small Business Funding by Al Hanzal, Al . The customer told me, “My immediate goal is to get more customers into my business. My second agenda is to move slowly towards becoming more specialized as a business.” Here are the six steps we used with this business owner to make his transition...
No Load Mutual Funds: Boost Your Portfolio's Returns This Article is About: Financial Planning Software by Sam Subramanian, Sam. Investors who exclusively use broadly diversified, no load mutual funds for their stock investments often lose out on opportunities to increase the reward potential of their portfolios. This article looks at two methods investors may use to enhance...
The Dreaded Direct Question... This Article is About: Financial Retirement Planning by Rick Hoogendoorn, Ric. (Please have a glass of water within reach before reading this article.)Your personal financial planning is the topic of discussion here today, but not quite yet. First I would like to bring your attention to the issue of bragging. The other day I...
How To Market Your Home For A Quick Sale and High Price This Article is About: Cost Online Business by Neeraj Varma, Nee. Marketing can be one of the most frustrating things to do when you are selling your home without a realtor. Here is a quick checklist to help you: 1. After you have prepared your house for sale, Take a fresh look at all the good and bad features of...
Public Relations' 8 Fix Factors This Article is About: Cost Online Business by Robert A. Kelly, Rob. I say to business, non-profit and association managers, a key part of your job description is – or should be – do everything you can to help your organization’s public relations effort as it strives to persuade important outside stakeholders to...
