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There are many Internet marketers out there who are experts at using Google AdWords, Video marketing, Article writing and SEO. It is possible that they may have hundreds, if not thousands of leads in their lists. They may well be using a good Autoresponder like Aweber, and have a great sales letter campaign going. However, are they making many sales? Read the rest of this entry »
Linda Feinholz
All too often our progress in business plateaus. You know, it levels off at the point you achieved when you last gave it attention. Very often we settle into ‘habit’ mode and forget to look at the long view for our business. Over the years I’ve consulted too many business owners and leaders who want new results. By their own admission, they’ve assumed that staffing up or cutting expenses was the route to achieving their business’s next level. In their hearts they believed that if they managed the money, the rest would follow.
They’ve very often been wrong! Read the rest of this entry »
By Linda Feinholz
Every week I’m asked the question. Every week it feels like the first time I’ve heard it. And every week I have a fresh “Ah ha!” reaction to it and a feeling of relief sweeps through me as I notice a new answer to the question.
It’s the question posed by my mentor Kendall SummerHawk: “What is one thing you can let go of?” Read the rest of this entry »
By: Tony Jacowski
The Webster dictionary describes a manager as ‘someone who handles or directs with a degree of skill’. But this definition is not rigid as are the responsibilities. Alternatively, you can think of a manager as someone who controls resources and expenditures. A manager has 4 basic roles to play in such areas as planning, organizing, directing or leading and supervising. Read the rest of this entry »
By Jay Granat
Much has been written about the finding and hiring the right consultants in the fields of marketing and marketing communications. There are many articles on this very subject on the web.
Over the years, I have worked with many advertising agencies, advertising consultants, marketing consultants and public relations professionals in order to grow some of my ventures. Sometimes, I have interviewed a dozen firms in order to find the right one. Read the rest of this entry »
By Rica Gil
In recent years many US and European jobs have drifted to these locations to outsource accounting, information technology, services and manufacturing positions. Although outsourcing has been part of any company’s business model for a few years already, only a decade ago that it has reached an unprecedented rise in demand as more and more American and European companies got aggressively involved in such dealings. Read the rest of this entry »
If the CEO of your company decided to sit in on a few of your meetings, would she be impressed or distressed?
We asked Nancy Knowlton, Co-CEO of SMART Technologies Inc. and Bob Hagerty, CEO of Polycom Inc., what they expect from meetings and how important effective meetings are to the success of their companies. Find out if your meetings are effective enough to measure up to the expectations of these CEO’s. Read the rest of this entry »
By Chris J
A few years ago offshore staff solutions were only available to large corporate companies. Now small to medium businesses can benefit from accessing the global workforce as well. Even micro business entrepreneurs are not afraid of it any more:
They outsource specified tasks into the hands of external service providers. With cultural acceptability dramatically increasing over the last few years, outsourcing will become common practice amongst small to medium businesses just like with the corporate industry. Read the rest of this entry »
by Craig Harrison’s Expressions of Excellence!
Of the 206 bones in your body there’s one you can align without an orthopedic surgeon: your funny bone. Have you exercised yours lately?
A sense of humor is one of the most underutilized tools in most professionals’ toolkit. Laughter and play have medicinal qualities, offering physical, psychological and physiological benefits. In the workplace, humor and fun increase productivity, encourage creativity and enhance team building.
Humor also builds rapport with your customers, and combats the blues resulting from frequent sales rejection. Read the rest of this entry »
By March M. Villareal
I’ve read and heard that everything rises and falls on leadership. That without a visionary, strong, and committed leader things will inevitably fall apart. I agree, but some leaders have it harder than others. In fact, I’m willing to say that though it’s true that the individual organization will succeed primarily because of great leaders, I believe that organizations as a whole in the 21st century are suffering not simply because we have poor leaders, but because we have poor followers. Read the rest of this entry »
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