Being a Disciplined Home Business Boss
Leaving the corporate world for a home business is exciting. Being one’s own boss and making one’s own decisions is a great feeling. However, one still needs to have discipline to be effective at being a home business boss. In my home business I...

Performance Reviews That Actually Improve Performance
Employee performance reviews are one of the most dreaded tasks by most managers. It is hard to win here – you can never say enough good things, and one word of criticism is generally the only thing they will remember. Taking the easy way out and...

How to Start A House Cleaning Business In 7 Simple Steps
One of the main reasons people start businesses is to make money. For some it’s a blessing to make money doing something they love. I’m not saying that you have to love house cleaning in order to have a successful house cleaning business; however it...

BEAP Is Creating A Substantial Income
There are currently over 52 million active mortgages in the United States today, and only 2% of these mortgage holders are aware of the savings created by Biweekly Equity Acceleration Programs (BEAP). This dilemma poses a thrilling opportunity for...

PR Advice You Didn't Ask For
Although, as a business, non-profit or association manager, you may be glad this came your way. Especially if your current public relations effort is delivering more publicity plugs than real behavior change among your most important outside...

Gracefully Accepting Feedback a Key Employment Skill
With the long-term trend of protecting employees' individual self esteem added to an overriding concern over expensive employee lawsuits, accountability is more a buzzword than a way of life at most companies. This is a state of mind that has...

Managers: Paying for PR-Lite?
As a business, non-profit or association manager, your public relations expenditure may give you names in the newspaper or product plugs on radio. But what about key stakeholder behavior change – the kind that leads directly to achieving your...

Top 5 Reasons To Check Your Credit Report Regularly
#1 Make sure mistakes aren't hurting your credit. Reviewing your credit report can help you avoid costly errors. In one recent study, more than 50% of the credit reports checked contained errors. Other studies have shown similar results with as...

27 Tips For An Effective Presentation
So you’re not a professional speaker. That’s no excuse for NOT giving a professional presentation. You have a great product or service! You’ve put together an awesome presentation with great content! You really know your stuff! You’re an expert!...

You Can't Do It All Yourself
As the economy improves, so does the outlook for small business. That may mean you'll find way too many things to do and not enough time for you or your staff to complete them. Or maybe you've been solo for a while and have decided your business is...

Three Business Lessons From The US Postal Service
There was a buzz in the air recently about the US Postal Service. Seems as though they were running into a budget deficit in the billions. The Postal Service claimed they must cut Saturday service to customers to stay afloat -- a service they had...

What? Home Business??
Today’s world is accelerating at a pace never seen before, and there seems to be a lot of things people forgot about… Home Business? Hmm… sounds like a lot of trouble, a lot of work. With a job you don’t need to worry about anything. Just do your...

Want to Work from Home? Ever Given a Thought to Telecommuting?
There are many mistaken definitions of what telecommuting means. The very name gives the impression of someone answering work telephone calls from home or typing furiously away at their computers. Traditionally, telecommuting meant that an employee...

How To Make Good Use of Spreadsheets
Most computer users use spreadsheets software such as Microsoft Excel in their daily home and office. However very few are aware of the potential of spreadsheets in helping them in financial accounting and statistical analysis. There are many uses...

Keep Your Credit History Clean. Remove A Negative Credit Record From C..
The three major credit bureaus, Experian, Equifax and Trans Union are similar and feature a "Credit Score", which is created from credit report data submitted to them about you. But very often your credit report includes inaccurate, wrong or...

Minimize your Risk for Identity Theft
Identity theft is the fastest growing crime in America. According to the Federal Trade Commission, the number of identity theft incidents reached 9.9 million in 2003. These crimes are estimated to have taken the average victim $500 and 30 hours to...

Do you Know the Benefits of Checking your Credit Report?
Do you know why you should check your credit report? Of course you do, because you have undoubtedly experienced one working in your life! No matter where you roam, your credit report follows you through life, updating all aspects of your life: your...

Identity Theft Exploding: Here’s How you can Avoid Becoming a Victim
Americans are more concerned about identity theft than unemployment or corporate fraud, according to a survey of 2,000 people conducted by Star Systems. Nine out of ten Americans demand new federal legislation, while two-thirds say the financial...

Find a Job in a Fast Growing Field Using Labor Market Information For ..
The question confronting most people who want to find a job is "what's a good paying job with growth potential?" At one time, the Conestoga wagon building trade boomed as people joined the wagon trains heading west. Today, the boom is long gone...

The Organized Job Search
Many people, under financial or other pressures to find work quickly, feel they can’t afford to take the time to get organized. On the other hand, conducting your job search in an organized manner will reduce the amount of time you spend looking for...

Lessons In Leadership: What Not To Do... From A Canoe!
When it comes to fishing, my husband takes the lead. But his lack of leadership ability in a recent canoe trip on the Boundary Waters in Northern Minnesota offered wonderful lessons on how leaders can unknowingly screw up. (1) Assign responsibility...

Should You Be In Business?
To be or not to be an entrenpreneur! Get a mirror, take this quiz, and find out! Your face says a lot about you, so be truthful and answer yes or no. DO YOU HAVE THE "RIGHT" FEATURES TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN BUSINESS? 1 - Do you have high cheekbones? 2...

3 Simple Keys Will Make Your Customers Stick
Do you spend a lot of time and energy courting prospective new customers, hoping to pump up your bottom line? If so, you're probably missing an untapped source of sales that exists right inside your company -- there's truth in the statement that...

Investors: Avoid These 5 Common Tax Mistakes
For many investors, and even some tax professionals, sorting through the complex IRS rules on investment taxes can be a nightmare. Pitfalls abound, and the penalties for even simple mistakes can be severe. As April 15 rolls around, keep the...

Cash Advance Payday Loans
The ads are on the radio, television, the Internet, even in the mail. They refer to payday loans - which come at a very high price. Check cashers, finance companies and others are making small, short-term, high-rate loans that go by a variety of...