A lot of event planners struggle to get up-to-the-minute stats about who's coming, how many people are coming, and how many spots are left. This is because they're hand-counting forms, tallying up call-in registrations, and manually updating Excel spreadsheets to find the right numbers.

Staff turnover can kill a business. Not only does it negatively affect customer satisfaction, but it sabotages productivity, revenue, and the business’s ability to grow.

What are you paying for when you set up a merchant account to process credit cards? We give a detailed explanation of the fees you will see hitting your account!

After spending countless hours reading ebooks and seminars about making money on the internet, do you still feel that you are still struggling hard to become successful? Here's an obvious way often overlooked by most struggling marketer.

Make sure you have everything under control when you start official business hours for your restaurant. Check all possible flaws you could find and make sure you have an employee available to handle it.

The first in a two part series about the planning and purchasing of steel gondola units for a retail store. Topics include determining the proper height for the units, a discussion of the costs and benefits of various shelf dimensions, and deciding on the number of units you should consider for your retail space.

Another example of the universal Law of Attraction. You should look at playing the lottery as just another type of investment. Think of real estate, stock market, commodities and lotteries as simply different types of INVESTMENTS. Because that's what the lottery is - just another way of investing your money and time. This investment takes very little knowledge and time, and you could get a huge rate of return the EASY and FUN way.

When you sell your time, you sell your life. Maybe it's time for your personal Independence Day.

Starting a business can mean giving up that secure cubicle and paycheck. Here are 10 reasons to dump the cubicle life for the excitement of being an entrepreneur.

In order to succeed at Building a Better Mousetrap the first thing we have to do is go back to beginning. Forget about what you wanted your site to be, all the plans you made, everything you have done. Well don't forget about it totally just don't make it your focus. Instead start with a clean slate.

Why do we read? Well, we read for any number of reasons. I've read books for pure entertainment, to pass time, out of cohersion (school), or to learn about something I was interested in. Last year, however, I discovered a new reason I like to read.

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.

Security technology is only a part of an overall security plan. If you own a small business or a home-based business, or if you've been tasked with implementing security at your organization, developing a comprehensive security plan should be a very important part of your overall security strategy.

To be in control of your own destiny you must be pro-active. Life takes place in a decision. When you take action to make something happen, stuff is going to happen. What to do about what happens, after you make something happen is where you take control. When stuff happens that you did not plan on, that is opportunity knocking!

There are many applications for how RFID systems help manufacturers and warehouse operations; these applications can be as unique as the enterprise they help. However, there are some common areas in these industries related to their logistics of getting the finished product to the customer or to another distribution center.

Limited Liability Corporations are a non-corporate form of business in which the owners actively take part in the management. They are protected against personal liability in case of organizational debts and obligations.

A limited liablity company or LLC is a form of business offering limited liability to its owners. In the LLC, all owners are protected from personal liability in case of business debts and claims. This feature is known as limited liability. This means that if the business owes money or faces a court case for some reason, only the assets of the business are at risk and not the personal property of the owners.

For those of us who love cars and are mechanically inclined starting a small business, which has to do with auto-maintenance, makes a lot of sense. Many folks would love to own their own business as part of their American Dream. The question is what type of business can we see ourselves enjoying and excelling at and how on Earth would we come up with the $500,000 to $1,000,000 to start an Auto Maintenance Shop? Even renting a bay and buying all the equipment can be costly and run $100,000 to $250,000.

If you're thinking of starting a medical billing company, you'll need to hire a billing staff. What follows are some tips in just what to look for in a medical biller.

Calendars and cubicles, do you wonder how they could possibly be related? For example, a calendar provides a way to determine which days are religious or civil holidays, which days mark the beginning and end of business accounting periods, and which days have legal significance, such as the day taxes are due or a contract expires. So where does the cubicle come in you ask? That is quite a different story.

A prospective client can reduce the risk of failure in CRM implementations by fully engaging and co-operating during the discovery phase. Having the preliminary work done properly will save the client a lot of time, save effort, and save them money.

Although the Six Sigma methodology originally started out as a way to improve processes and products in a manufacturing environment, today it has grown to encompass a broad range of industries. As companies begin to realize the benefits a total quality improvement cycle can have upon the organization they are adopting Six Sigma and its practices into their own fold.

One of the most often overlooked items when it comes to maintaining computer systems is the importance of backups. Whether you are a casual home user, an everyday power user, or a computer professional if you care about the data that you have stored on your computer then some form of BACKUP STRATEGY is necessary to ensure the safety and integrity of your important information.