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Top Ten Tips for Book Titles that Sell Well

A clever title is great if it is clear, but a clear title is always preferable. The best? A clear and clever title. A shorter title is better than a longer one. Your reader will spend only four-eight seconds on the cover. While some long titles have succeeded, usually the shorter, the better.


Taking the Sting Out of Employee Evaluations

Employee evaluation time is often a time of hang-wringing, worry and dread. Done right, however, employee evaluations can be a valuable tool for both managers and workers. Here are some ways to improve the experience for both sides.


Interim Management - Increasingly Part Of The Plan

Interim management has traditionally been seen as a reactive response to organisational failure. Increasingly, a new breed of interims are emerging - people who regard interim management as a career and have transferable leadership skills to work across sectors. Building in organisational capacity to accommodate career interims 'as part of the solution' is discussed.


How to Think Outside the Box by Looking AT the Box

Nobody notices normal. An article on how to embrace your uniqueness in business. How to take assumptions and shatter them. How to think outside the box by looking AT the box.


Those Who Use Joint Ventures, WIN

You can't teach someone persistence. People will become sufficiently persistent to succeed only when their desire for their goal exceeds the pain and discomfort they have to endure in order to reach it.


How to Work Smarter in an Instant

Many people seem to embark on tasks at work, without really considering their purpose. Not only that ,they have little idea of their measures of success. By simply pausing and following this simple process you can improve your effectiveness and efficiently, literally overnight.


How to Get Your Boss to See Your Way

The onslaught of people who have recently started their own businesses attest to one thing: people like to be their own boss. This way, if they dislike the person they work for, they can actually do something about it. But, for the rest of us, those of us who are not entrepreneurs or trailblazers of a company, a boss just comes with the territory: having a boss in an office is as essential as having a cubicle.


Mind Maps For Business

So what an earth is a Mind Map? Well this is a superb example of how valuable the art of Mind mapping actually is; words cannot adequately express the essence of a Mind Map.


Why Choose Birmingham As Your Conference Venue

The city of Birmingham has a large range of activities to offer conference attendees so that the time which is not spent in attending the conference can be spent enjoyably. This allows attendees to leave the conference with all round pleasant memories and associations. The range of different types of accommodation available to conference goers in Birmingham means that the variety of different needs can be met.


Why You Need a Translation Service

A look at where people go wrong when considering whether or not they need the services of a professional translator or translation agency.


Lovin' That Rubber Chicken! 6 Steps to Successful Networking

Any entrepreneur knows that being an business owner is more about sales than anything else, whether it is hot tar roofing, algae scraping or pooper scooping. It doesn't matter what you do, you must be a sales person to make a business work. One method that has continually proven successful for many businesses, including mine, is regular networking.


Conference Call Etiquette For A Business Meeting

A conference call is an important business tool. It is a paid or free service which allows us to conduct a business meeting. It's our responsibility to get the best out of this service. To make it more efficient, you need to follow certain conference call etiquette.


Will You Take a Czech?

TAXI TO INVERNESS? WILL YOU TAKE A CZECH? Thus read a headline in a national newspaper earlier this week.


9 HOT Debt Management Tips

1. Four top tips: Four highly recommended methods for managing debt are to track your expenses, cut spending, pay cash and establish an emergency fund.


Fruit Baskets Make Great Corporate Gifts

It might seem like an easy chore on the surface, but picking out gifts to give corporate clients is actually never as simple as it appears.


Tittle's Top Ten: Signs Your Company Is About To Downsize

Reviews how to recognize when your company's going under.


Have Your Own Business As Pet Sitters

Pet sitting can be a rewarding job but can also be tiring. If you are interested in making your own business as a pet sitter, here are answers to most frequently Asked Questions about this career. 1...


Conference Call to Improve Your Business Communication

The internet has brought with it endless possibilities and many advantages for internet users. Conference calling is no exception. This method of calling means that conversations can be held between more than just two people which makes conference calling very attractive for businesses.


Every Industry is a Service Industry

What keeps companies focused is attention to the right things as modeled by its leaders and practiced by every employee, every single day. You cannot store attention.


Do Business at the Speed of Thought

The following steps will help you to learn new world business art.


Scam Clients: Getting Paid for Services Rendered

Beware of SCAM Clients. The biggest downside to working online is the fact that you have NO GUARANTEE that the other party is going to pay for services rendered.


Create a Magic Connection with Clients, Leads, and Business Associates -- Part I

Learn how to create a magic connection with clients, leads, or business associates. A few simple techniques can make the difference between a connection and a sale or a connection and a new business partner. Don't leave your communication to chance


Sanity Check - Buying A Business

Helpful formulas to help with the decision of buying a business



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