Targeting and creating your organization's mission statement is a defining moment for your company and has lasting repercussions. As the mission statement delineates the purpose of your organization, how it can fulfill needs, and the values it ascribes to, its importance is clear. This article addresses how to create an effective mission statement -- one that inspires those inside and outside the organization.

Author Christine Arena is the former managing director of Boston-based integrated marketing firm Polese Clancy. In this interview, she provides advice on what organizations can do to meet their corporate responsibility goals.

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Many a guru has opined on the keys to business success. While everyone has an opinion, I am going to focus on a more practical step you can take that will make a big difference.

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For decades, businesses and factories monitored the working hours of their employees using time clocks. A particular favorite was the punch card system, where the employee had to insert their card into the time clock, so their hours could be stamped on the card. The payroll officer would then collect these cards each week and pay the employees accordingly.

There are still thousands of small businesses and individuals who are not using professional looking email addresses. Why do small businesses go to all the expense of getting business cards printed and vehicle decals added with company branding without a website and professional looking email?

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Selecting a name for your LLC is one of the first steps in organizing your LLC. The California Secretary of State, will first check to make sure that your selected name is not currently in active use by another California LLC.

If you are like many small businesses, even a few late payments on your accounts receivable can seriously crimp your cash flow. It is vitally important that you take immediate and systematic steps to limit the number of past due receivables that you have at any time. Here are some tips that will increase the effectiveness of your collection process.

When a businessman from the audience asked Bill Gates the secret of success the great tycoon presented a five-point master formula of success: 1. Passion, 2. Intelligence, 3. Integrity, 4. A Good Team, and 5. Leadership. Now from whom can you learn better than the Bill Gates?

If you need to partially conceal your cameras from view, wireless security cameras are the way to go. Locations such as banks use a combination of wireless and wired, visible and hidden cameras to intimidate potential robbers, but continue photographing them even if they disable the wired cameras.

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One of the catalysts I use for topic ideas is Chase’s Calendar of Events (if you’re looking to find a publicity “hook” for your business, or for a volunteer organization for which you are trying to raise money, I can’t think of a better tool! www.chases.com) According to Chase’s, May is Business Improvement Month. While you may not be a registered as a business owner, you are indeed involved in the most important business in the world – the “business of life.”...Easy Steps to Improve Your Business - NOW!

Sometimes it can be hard to strike a good balance between keeping up with all the newsletters, ezines and other online reading material that you need to stay up-to-date and informed, while at the same time keeping them from slowly take over your day and wasting valuable and highly productive time. This article offers some helpful advice for how to create and manage a workable business reading system that keeps you on top of news and updates without snowing you under an avalanche of information overload.

How to keep abreast of all the changes in your area of expertise.