not being fixated and move on for progress.

Who you are in life creates your results. Who are you in your business. If you want to have, you must be a certain person and this will drive your actions, which drive your results.

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.

Twice as many women as men wish to cut back on work hours, even at the sacrifice of pay, according to a new study of labor statistics.

In today's small business world, communication is paramount to success. Too much depends on how small business owners are perceived by their clients and customers, not to take it seriously. This article defines the three main communication styles in business, a modified active listening dialogue, and seven tips for communication success.

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.

Do you sell Reinforcing Steel/Concrete Bars (Rebar)? Read this article to learn how to finance your business using factoring.

Are you a business owner who runs a business that is set in an office setting? If so, how does your office get cleaned? Do you have your traditional employees clean your office in their spare time or do you do the cleaning or do you have your own on site janitor? If so, you may want to reevaluate the way that your office is getting cleaned.

If you're doing medical billing, the importance of lookup tables cannot be stressed enough. In this installment, we explain how lookup tables work and why they are important.

Every day is an opportunity to put your best foot forward and create a loyal following for your business. It's all in the details.

It’s kind of funny how the sales and marketing/advertising folks of the power tool companies have “drilled” into our heads the brand logos and the coordinating colors that accompany them.

A lot of businesses love to give holiday gifts to their employees as a way of saying thank you. Some corporate holiday gifts include bonus checks, gift baskets with expensive items (such as quality champagne) or a selection of gift certificates from popular restaurants and other establishments. Giving corporate holiday gifts is a way of showing your employees that you appreciate all the hard work they put in to your company each day.

Factoring is an efficient and reliable way of meeting capital needs of the business. It is beneficial when a business promises to have definite profits in future but faces capital deficit to get the ...

By understanding the two concepts of processes and resources and how best to use them, you can cause a major upgrade in your level of success.

Alliances are many things. They are businesses that agree to refer clients to each other. They are also Power Partners that work together for a common customer. Everyone should have an Alliance Network to maximize marketing dollars.

My favorite project management mantra is “Validate Critical Data”. I don’t remember what wise teacher I learned this from but it is one of those sayings that rings through my head when I’m jumping into a new project. After many years it continues to be an important part of my project management success (when it is done right) and an unfortunate contributor to my project failures when it is neglected. Below are some keys to correctly validating critical data.

High-risk merchants such as telemarketers, Internet/e-commerce businesses, merchants in the travel and cruise industries, businesses that conduct Internet auctions, and businesses offering membership clubs may face difficulty opening a merchant account.

Whether you are selling a $60,000 BMW on your site or a $6.00 hosting package the person buying either product will have to first build confidence in you and learn to trust your company. This is because no matter the amount of money, throwing it away is never an option, so we want to make sure we are getting what we paid for.

A concrete fastener is a screw, bolt system, or other fastening technique, designed to attach any non-structural object to a section of concrete. The concrete can be in the ground, or it can be part of a wall or other standing structure. There are an almost unlimited number of uses for a concrete fastener.

The way that we use language reflects cultural preferences for some types of communicative behaviour while discouraging others. Culture will affect, for example, the extent to which we speak loudly and animatedly or quietly, whether we use lots of ‘I’ statements, whether we choose very explicit language or whether we are indirect.

I have heard franchise attorneys say that prospective franchisees need the disclosure documents early on so they can make a business plan to see if the franchised outlet is feasible and I debated with them over this point of contention.

The surety bond market is currently a very conservative market. Contract and commercial bond departments throughout the nation have tightened up their underwriting practices due to enormous loses throughout the industry. Many sureties have had to close their doors, other have had their ratings drop to a level where they can not write the same business they could in years past. Obviously this leaves the bonding companies that are still operating with a very conservative outlook when it comes to their underwriting guidelines.