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What Your Yellow Page Ad is Missing (Part 5 of 5)
Have you looked at your Yellow Page ad recently? You know, the one you’ve had for years. Has it changed much? Is it getting all the customers you want? Are you really tracking the results? Perhaps you are doing everything you can or don’t have the time to do anything at all. The day will come when the rep calls to renew

ver dined at a Sonic drive-in and noticed the restaurant proudly displaying their “semifinalist” banner, you’ll understand the business results obtained by, and consequently paid for by,

Gaining Work Experience - Make Yourself Marketable
Many students have the educational background that employers and graduate schools are looking for in potential candidates, but they don't really have the work experience and skills that are required. It's kind of like a catch 22 situation, right? Well if you find yourself in this situation, don't despair. There is a sol

Over the past few years, many quick serve chains have not only recognized the importance of guest and employee retention but have also created some unique games to add some fun to the workplace. While many managers can make a place fun to work, action drives happiness—not the other way around. If you look at the games created by many companies, you’ll see they focus on driving business success in a fun fashion.

The Sonic Games have been around for quite a while. Success is realized by the manager passing knowledge quizzes, as well as the ability of the team to deliver a high level of speed and service. Prizes are earned as they progress through the games. The top 12 teams receive a trip to face off in a simulated rush. If you’ve ever dined at a Sonic drive-in and noticed the restaurant proudly displaying their “semifinalist” banner, you’ll understand the business results obtained by, and consequently paid for by,

Why Are Nurses Leaving Clinical Nursing? Not Because of ER!
A couple of years ago, Baltimore's Center for Nursing Advocacy started a letter-writing campaign against NBC and the producers of ER. This group was protesting the episode where a central character, nurse Abby Lockhart (actress Maura Tierney), chucked her nursing career to go to medical school. The Baltimore group claim

rkplace. While many managers can make a place fun to work, action drives happiness—not the other way around. If you look at the games created by many companies, you’ll see they focus on driving business success in a fun fashion.

What is a Graphic Artist
A graphic artist is a person who is responsible for conceptualizing creative designs, and illustrating and implementing them in graphic form for dissemination in media such as print, digital media, motion pictures, animation, product decoration, packaging and signs. A graphic artist can have multiple job roles, as his p

driving business success in a fun fashion.

How To Design Unique Logo
There are 7 types of logo:1. Typographic Logo which consist of word only e.g.: Sony, Panasonic, Toshiba2. Geometric Typography Logo which consist of word (brand) and combined with geometrical shape such as square, circle, elipse. e.g.: Dupont3. Initial Letter Logo which consist of one or more

the team to deliver a high level of speed and service. Prizes are earned as they progress through the games. The top 12 teams receive a trip to face off in a simulated rush. If you’ve ever dined at a Sonic drive-in and noticed the restaurant proudly displaying their “semifinalist” banner, you’ll understand the business results obtained by, and consequently paid for by,

You Have A New Innovation And Find Someone Else Already Thought Of It
Many times someone will have a good idea for a new business or innovation, perhaps an invention then as they do research they realize someone else already thought of it and in fact are already selling it. But they never heard of it until they checked on the Internet to see. But you must ask yourself why didn’t they know

ver dined at a Sonic drive-in and noticed the restaurant proudly displaying their “semifinalist” banner, you’ll understand the business results obtained by, and consequently paid for by, the games.

Other chains such as Taco Bueno and Whataburger have introduced games to drive business results and used competition as a motivator to enhance the performance of their restaurants’ teams. While other restaurants have lax standards, or softball games to drive camaraderie, the restaurant’s performance doesn’t change. Why? Because happiness doesn’t change performance. Don’t agree? Think of how many times you’ve walked into a restaurant and seen employees chatting, leaning, or giggling with their friends. They are very happy because they’re getting paid for being allowed to do little work and talk with others. Again, happiness doesn’t drive performance! When was the last time you saw a happy player on a last-place team?

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Improving customer service starts at the top - with us owners and managers. We need to be living pictures of how we want our staff to treat customers. Having 10 plus years operating, owning and worki...

Do you like to stand in line? At the local coffee shop or at the bank? You could handle a short wait to get a latte or make a deposit into your bank account - or can you? Next time you are in the local caf? or bank just look around. How many people get frustrated waiting in a simple line for a coffee and then leave and never get that cup of coffee?

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