In Chapter Nine of Sun Zi Art of War, Sun Zi mentioned the principles of deploying troops in four terrains. They are mountainous region, water bodies, salty swamps and marshes, level terrain. Now comes the second part of the series, water bodies. Read on to find out.

To increase your company's business growth, your new thinking and priorities should focus on finding hidden opportunities. Applying product discipline and discovering customer niches.

With large network systems and often multiple branches, many companies these days have shared drives where employees in different regions can access the same files. There are a number of ways to protect important files. Here are some suggestions to get you started.

The holiday season is close and there is no doubt that soon everyone will be back to the usually holiday occupation, finding gifts for friends and family, and in many cases, work colleagues. It is not uncommon for people who work together to give each other gifts for the holidays.

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You hear it form all sides, focus on what you are doing and the business will come. On the other hand, there are people screaming to have multiple streams of income. So which way should you go? Wel that depends ...

If you have a business with a number of employees, then you need to keep track of the hours they work for reporting and payroll purposes. A computerized time clock system is a great solution, allowing you to track employee hours and collate all the information together into management reports. These reports can then be used to produce the payroll, or with some time clock systems the data can be fed directly into the payroll computer system.

Did you ever wonder why people don't buy from you even though you thought everything in your sales process went fine? It is quite difficult for most sellers to step into their buyer's shoes as they are often too driven by their desire to make the sale. Consequently, they don't make enough efforts to get a good understanding of what is going on on the buyer's side and how they could best assist him in his decision making process.

Using the radio to market your business costs nothing and can bring you a ton of new customers and clients and can help to establish you as an expert in your field. This article gives you ten things you need to do to prepare for the big day.

nvisioning the failure of your company can be as important as envisioning its success. There is nothing like winding down a business after catastrophic failure to help you step back and really understand the big picture with remarkable clarity. Why not understand failure so that it never really happens.

So many times you hear of small businesses working their rears off in order to satisfy large corporate clients only to find them selves buried in bills due to those large corporations slow payments. Unfortunately this is a typical strategy to hoard cash. After all the slower they payout the more money they have in cash flow.

Do you own a distributorship or wholesale company? Learn how purchase order financing can help you grow.

The plans you have for your business in 2006 will depend on where your business is in the business cycle. You'll have different tactics if it's your first year in business, to someone whose business has matured and who has passed the five-years-in-business mark.

When you need system integration, do you handle it yourself or pass it on to a specializing firm? If you are one of the many that handle this process yourself, you may want to rethink just why you do this and if it is the right choice for you. Many skilled individuals even pass off the process to others simply because of the time and investment that is needed. What do you do with your system integration needs?

The profit and loss account is used to show the results of an enterprise over a given period. The statement forms a central part of monitoring your business and you need to have a good grasp of the basic principles used in its construction.

Who is in charge of your company? Who determines the course? How do you see your employees: as a cost-factor or as your investment into your future?

Engraving is a process of incising a mark with an engraving tool onto a metal. The engraving equipments and tools are pushed into the metal plate to produce design of the marking.

Okay so I do a lot of research; have traveled afar and obviously I have something to say. Ah; “Rants from Lance” indeed. Yes in fact it is over do but it is time; It is Soap Box time; I Read an interesting article today about the fact that 80% of all penalties for employment withholding costs were fined to small businesses with under ten employees.

In franchising law we have what we call a 10-day rule, which in laymen’s terms goes something like this; The prospective franchise buyer must receive the (UFOC) Uniform Franchise Offering Circular for ten business days before any monetary compensation is given to or collected by the Franchisor.

Recently the Federal Trade Commission put forth a franchise report for possible rule making. In the report is offers possible law changes, which will screw over small business.

Once upon a time, long, long ago -- in the early 1990s -- the concept of fractional ownership in private aircraft was born, and there was much rejoicing throughout the land. People who never believed...

Just what is relationship marketing and what does it mean to you? In this article you are guided through reflecting on how you can utilize sound relationship marketing & management principles to ensure your success.