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- Finances, an important aspect of an individual’s life - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from Chintan ShahThe belief that the government does nothing for its citizens is a complete myth. The United States government understands that finances are an important aspect of an individual’s life and people need money at all walks of life to materialize their dreams. Every year the government provides ...
Views: 579(1 vote) - Finding Pitfalls in Your Small Business and Turning Them Into Profits. - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2013 from Donna Marie ThompsonWhen asked how to increase profits, most small business owners will readily answer with “increase sales.” I definitely agree. There is nothing like enjoying a healthy top line. And yet, while working feverishly on that goal, there are many owners who have not yet discovered the hidden profits ...
Views: 1255(4 votes) - Five Questions to Ask Before Setting Your Goals - by Submitted on Oct 03, 2011 from ANTHONY RICIGLIANOAnthony Ricigliano - Business articles and advice by Anthony Ricigliano: So you’re ready to start a business and it’s exciting and daunting at the same time. Here’s a way to handle on whether your goals are reachable and whether you can experience the level of success you desire. Setting your ...
Views: 2379(3 votes) - Franchise vs Start-Up's - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2010 from CBS PlansHere at Coastal Business Strategies, we have several customers who face the decision to start a business using a franchise or to pursue their own business venture with a start-up. There are pros and cons of each with several discussions on the Internet that weigh in on the subject of which is ...
Views: 1056(3 votes) - Freelancing Career- New Ray of Hope - by Submitted on Sep 25, 2009 from Alina jamesIn prevailing financial crisis millions of professionals across the world are heading towards freelancing. It is an exciting career for many as it offers multiple benefits. Now any professional can render his specialized services to a freelance project from anywhere and anytime. Here are ...
Views: 706(3 votes) - Fund and secure your educational degree - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2011 from Chintan ShahPeople often assume that securing government grants is based on luck and only a certain section of society gets this benefit. The key to receiving a grant from the government is not exactly magic or a mystery. The application process may seem daunting to individuals but it is fairly simple. The ...
Views: 561(1 vote) - Getting to know the different types of welding rods - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2012 from Patrick SlaterA welding rod, whether formed into welding wire, welding cable or electrode, is an essential welding supply. Welding rods and welding wire are consumable pieces of material that help form the electrical arc. They are typically made of the same material as the material being welded, but additives ...
Views: 608(2 votes) - Good Business Plan Will Get Venture Capital Firms To Invest In Your Business - by Submitted on Sep 12, 2012 from Adams bradA new business or a business with limited operating history will find it tough to raise capital from the market or secure a loan from a bank. Venture capital firms that provide financial capital to start up ventures, usually come to the rescue of such businesses when they are in a nascent stage. ...
Views: 1104(1 vote) - Good consultancy makes good SEO output - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2013 from topy redWith the time flowing out, the use of various types of machineries has been increasing day by day. It’s the world of creativity. It’s the world to follow your dreams. It’s the world to live up to your passion. Yes, it’s the world to be you. Today’s youth are getting more hooked to the creative ...
Views: 703(2 votes) - Hiring Business Plans Consultants: Beware Of False Promises! - by Submitted on May 25, 2012 from Adams bradA lot of people get help to draft their business plans. Some hire a single consultant while others sign up with a consultancy firm. In some cases, these consultants work out well and the proposal delivers great results, whereas in others the work gets stalled or the client ends up unhappy with ...
Views: 849(1 vote) - How an Ingenious Footwear Idea Snatched Defeat from the Jaws of Victory! - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2009 from Geoff FickeSeveral years ago my marketing consulting firm reviewed a most clever, novel, exceedingly commercial concept in casual footwear. We met with the designer who had created the collection and were excited by everything we saw in the initial presentation. The footwear possessed a universality of use ...
Views: 1177(1 vote) - How can business meet mission objectives - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2012 from Gautam SinghThere are many corporate executives that are wondering how to best mobilize their workforce to drive the mission of their organization forward to meet their goals for the fiscal year and beyond. This has been a major puzzle for many companies that are both successful and companies that are on ...
Views: 839(2 votes) - How can digital marketing help your business in getting a competitive edge? - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2018 from Vipin NirwalIn case you are carrying any business irrespective of its size you must want that it should grow as well as you can generate maximum returns on the investments you have made. However, in this regard, the major question arises that how a business owner can achieve this dual goal of growth and ...
Views: 1427(2 votes) - How Debt Affects Your Credit Score And What You Can Do To Repair The Damages - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2010 from Johnson RobesonA good rating on your financial background is a must when you have to apply for a loan or take out mortgage. That is the first thing a prospective lender will look for when he receives your application. If the information available is not satisfactory, you need to take immediate steps to do some ...
Views: 591(4 votes) - How Do Investors Read Business Plans? - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2009 from Geoff FickeThere are hundreds of thousands of business plans floating around and attempting to find a funding home. I receive hundreds of business plans annually myself, and can definitely state that 99% of these documents are laughable as presentations of an exciting investment opportunity. I am not ...
Views: 1374(3 votes) - How Do You Maximize Profits on Declining Sales? - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2013 from Donna Marie ThompsonIn a small business, there’s no denying that there are products that reach the end of their life cycle. There comes a point where sales and profits are no longer growing, but instead, they are declining. The good news is that orders are still arriving, so you have time to make a plan of ...
Views: 1388(5 votes) - How IT industry is developing for the benefit of modern world - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2012 from Jeny PitterWhile growing from end to the other, IT industry has been a major role in building businesses and this is playing a primary and pivotal role for every small and medium business owner. Services that begin from web design to online advertisement and marketing, there is much to extend by the IT ...
Views: 671(2 votes) - How to Attract All the Clients You Can Handle - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2011 from Jan Marie DoreOngoing marketing is an important aspect of any business. If you can 'systematize' your marketing, this will leverage your time more effectively, so that you can focus on what you do best, and still get the word out. There is a myth among self-employed professionals that if you are really good ...
Views: 926(1 vote) - How To Be An IT Contractor - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2011 from Paul MonaxI get asked all the time about being a contractor and specifically how to be an IT Contractor. Being a contractor in any field I would imagine is pretty similar, but since I am a software engineer by trade, I am most familiar with IT disciplines and thus this is specifically geared toward how ...
Views: 1170(1 vote) - How To Choose Best Android App Developer For Your Application? - by Submitted on Mar 09, 2017 from Ritesh PatilTechnology is changing continuously and to be in competition, mobile companies need to take few steps which can help their business to grow. It may include an application that meets user requirement. By hiring a dedicated and best android app developer, connecting with customers and provide them ...
Views: 778(2 votes) - How to Create Right Beginnings - by Submitted on May 17, 2009 from Tony GallivanAlong the highways of Burma there is placed, at regular distances away from the dust of the road, and under the cool shade of a group of trees, a small wooden building called a “rest-house”, where the weary traveller may rest a while, and allay his thirst and assuage his hunger and fatigue by ...
Views: 1523(1 vote) - How to design custom postcard? - by Submitted on May 24, 2012 from Tom littleIf you go to USPS ostensible to create your card, eventually you get directed to a meter where you can determine between any above services. Ensure out what they tenderize, pricing, indicant and armor nowadays and what custom surgery fearless you requirement to make. Mostly fluent you should be ...
Views: 890(2 votes) - How To Do Carbon Management - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2012 from Nathaniel ZidThe "carbon age" is a matter of past. This could be already sensed with the increasing interest of the need to become maintainable in all that we do, whether as individuals or as categories. Companies are now aiming methods along a new range of considering which locations significance on ...
Views: 644(2 votes) - How to do Strategic Analysis of A Company - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2012 from Maria KessarThis article is about how to do strategic analysis of a company. Students get several homework and assignments related to how to do strategic analysis. This would be a good reference for students with their assignment and homework regarding strategic management. Strategic analysis of a company ...
Views: 1458(1 vote) - How to Fail at Launching a Clever, Novel Consumer Product! - by Submitted on Jun 19, 2011 from Geoff Fickeby: Geoff Ficke How to Fail at Launching a Clever, Novel Consumer Product! The current economic malaise has created a surprising level of interest from entrepreneurs keen to launch a bevy of assorted consumer products. Our Marketing Consulting and Product Development firm is reviewing more ...
Views: 1053(1 vote) - HOW TO GET LEADS FOR AN ECOMMERCE BUSINESS BEING COST EFFECTIVE - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2015 from Ratoon StoresThe internet today has been the greatest and largest market for all those businesses out there. It's a growing trend and many business enterprises choosing to sell their product through the internet. The buying, selling and, marketing of products and services over the internet is what is termed ...
Views: 927(2 votes) - How To Grow Your Instagram Followers Organically - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2016 from Brandon LeibowitzFirst things first, growing your instagram followers isn’t rocket science. You can get fairly impressive results by just sticking to some simple but effective ways of attracting followers naturally to your account. With that being said, let us simply cut to the chase and find out what’s ...
Views: 1002(2 votes) - How to impress your client - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2013 from Gautam SinghWhen we work with our customers, one of the biggest joys that we get as professionals is to be appreciated for the service that we provide. We all work hard as knowledge workers trying to perfect our craft. One thing that no professional enjoys is when your client discusses the value that you ...
Views: 1141(4 votes) - How to Increase Your Hourly Rate - by Submitted on Mar 27, 2017 from Carmin WhartonDevelop a Niche To position yourself to increase your rate, you are going to need a tightly focused niche market. A niche is a specific expertise and target market. The targeted audience should be laser targeted. Why? Trying to attract a large variety of people will wear you out and ...
Views: 912(2 votes) - How to Know Your Variable Costs to Increase Profits in Your Small Business - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2013 from Donna Marie ThompsonHow to Know Your Variable Costs to Increase Profits in Your Small Business If you don’t know your variable costs you don’t have the information you need to maximize the profits in your small business. You don’t have the information you need to price your products and services. You can't ...
Views: 2787(4 votes) - How to make business contacts in LinkedIn - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2013 from Gautam SinghOne of the most important activities that you can do is to make valuable contacts in your industry with people that can help you in your career. The tough job market in 2012 demonstrated the importance of having good contacts in your rolodex that you can count on in getting new opportunities. We ...
Views: 934(2 votes) - How To Make Your Cost Cutting Stick Like Glue - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2011 from Andrew McCombeThere is nothing more exciting for an entrepreneur to see themselves actually making profits. There is a business profit equation which is revenue minus expenses equals profit, but it takes a lot of work to get this equation just right. Unfortunately, there are an awful lot of expenses involved ...
Views: 534(1 vote) - How to Market Benefits vs Features - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2010 from Donna GunterOne of the most difficult concepts to grasp for online business owners who are writing their own sales copy is to write about the benefits of your product/service, rather than the features. Even though this skill is critically important, I would guess that less than 10% of business owners truly ...
Views: 774(1 vote) - How to Start Your Own Business and Find Success - Even Under Recession - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Tom PeperWith the Global economic slowdown, a career progress is a hard thing to come by. You will be well aware that many renowned companied have stopped employ intake. Infact many employees have lost their jobs because of this economic slowdown. Hence it is high time to look for alternative sources of ...
Views: 709(2 votes) - Import Export Resume Example - by Submitted on Apr 18, 2011 from Qing Lin PetrasThis Import Export Resume Example was created by myself.It had been sent to the import export and international trade related companies in Greater Boston areas, during 2002 and 2003. It is my sincerely hope that you can get help from it for your career journal in import export ...
Views: 6134(2 votes) - Increasing Productivity - 5 Tips for Looking at the Big Picture & Improving Your Overall Effectiveness - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2010 from Karel MurrayHave you ever concentrated on something so hard that the world seems to recede into the background? Like when you see a blemish on your chin and it begins to take on the dimensions of a quarter? Or when you are shuffling through a business proposal that you must deliver that day to an ...
Views: 1520(4 votes) - Independent Consulting: Applying the 80/20 Principle to Your Business - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Larry FergusonYou’re probably familiar with Pareto’s Principle, also called the 80/20 Principle. What's the idea behind the 80/20 principle? It’s about focusing on what you’re good at and what you enjoy. What do you do well? Where's your passion? Make that the focus of what you do, and then delegate ...
Views: 798(2 votes) - Introduction to the Maritime Security Identification Card - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2012 from Ivan DimitrijevicThe Maritime Security Identification Card (or MSIC) was created by the security personnel in Australia as an easier way of identifying people who, in their line of work, had complications when they had to enter a secure/limited maritime area. They were authorized to enter, but they did not have ...
Views: 1402(2 votes) - Is Adult Payment Processing The Right One For Your Business? - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2011 from Kevin ResinkIf you are running an adult content website, you can benefit a lot from having knowledge on which adult payment processing to choose. The good news is there are number of adult merchant account providers that offer reliable service without the hassle and there is no need to have an IT background ...
Views: 458(2 votes) - Is an Invention Service Company the Solution? Very Few Inventors Ever See Successful Results - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2009 from Geoff FickeEvery television viewer has seen the infomercial spot showing the forlorn, wanna-be inventor, crushed, their idea being successfully marketed by another party. He did not get a patent. The answer offered in the commercial, contact an Invention Submission Company, get a patent, market your ...
Views: 1159(1 vote) - Is Mediocrity Contagious? Is it spreading faster than the flu? - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2009 from John GrubbsWhat is happening to our next generation of leaders? Have we become a nation that inspires mediocrity? Are we going through a metamorphosis and don't realize it? Do we really believe excellence comes without effort? Are we all getting infected with the mediocrity disease? The tired ...
Views: 1648(1 vote) - Jewish Book Fairs & Festivals Authors Can Attend in 2015 - by Submitted on May 18, 2015 from Scott LorenzIf you are a Jewish author or specialize in writing about Jewish issues, you should consider visiting book fairs in the Jewish community. Book fairs are excellent places for authors to interact with the public as well as network with book industry leaders, publicists and book editors. Book ...
Views: 1595(2 votes) - Key Secrets to Personal Branding - by Submitted on Jul 10, 2009 from Ghazal AlviEverybody wants to get involved in personal branding. I’m sure, each one of us dreams to be the centre of attraction of our industry. The trend is in brand. Yes, Personal Branding has amazing power that can turn impossible into possible. It is a great way to gain exposure and popularity. ...
Views: 703(1 vote) - Let your business shine with the best innovation - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2011 from Alan MarshIn the present day scenario, companies rely on technology. Firms from all industries look for technology and business consulting solutions from time to time. Are you also looking for solutions like data management system or ERP business solutions? Such solutions give cutting edge opportunities ...
Views: 482(1 vote) - Lighting Your Path - How To Create the Life You Want - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2011 from Joanne VictoriaYou want to know what I think? I think too many of youare trying too hard, doing too much and not achievingwhat you really want anyway. You are not achievingbecause there are too many things in the way: unnecessary obligations at work, at home, with friends. You can burn out by trying too ...
Views: 1600(1 vote) - Local Business Marketing Strategy - Get More Out of Your Marketing with Google Trends - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2015 from David CarletonGoogle Trends is an online service that is based on searches performed in the Google search engine; in other words, it is excellent for keyword research and brainstorming possibilities that will take your online presence to the next level. It will show you how popular certain keywords or ...
Views: 810(2 votes) - Looking Out for Number One - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2009 from Linda SwindlingTough times are ahead and you’ve got to look out for you. Sounds selfish, right? Well, truth be told, you are concerned about you. Many of us are concerned about our livelihood and are fearful of the future. The solution is to address these concerns outright. Psychology has shown us that you ...
Views: 1962(3 votes) - Loral Langemeier – Financial Strategist - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2010 from Kevin DrapershipOne of today's most pioneering and dynamic financial strategists, Loral Langemeier is also a leading motivational speaker and a New York Times best-selling author. Loral has managed to spur thousands of people across the US from dazed apathy and financial fear to millionaire status by giving ...
Views: 1216(7 votes) - Lower Your Marketing Costs – With 6 Cost Effective Ways! - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2009 from Sabra EasterdayMarketing is an essential aspect of any business, whether small or large and whether it sells products or services. Unless, you inform people about your products and services, they will remain unknown in the market. Thus, we have Marketing!The first step towards marketing your business is to do ...
Views: 741(2 votes) - Maintaining Market Focus - by Submitted on Apr 17, 2011 from Alrick RobinsonThe small-business operator can start out as or evolve to be a hustler, mainly because he is usually more informal in his decision-making and can do things more quickly. The expectation of being nimble or flexible can divert attention from his main focus and create confusion in the minds of ...
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