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Hey Techie, Switch Off Your Computer

Hey techie, switch off your computer. pick up the phone and call a prospect.


Fully Customizable Registration Forms

Online registration can take the hassle of event registrations by saving you the time of manually completing each step of the process. Online registration systems offer ready-made forms that – especially when customizable – can make the registration processing easier and more comfortable for both you and you registrants.


What's in a Face?

Facial expressions- be aware of what you are saying to peopel when you're not saying a thing.


Workplace Violence - Acknowledge, Anticipate, and Act

Organizations of all kinds must develop policies and contingency plans to deal with the potentialities of workplace violence. This article, designed as a three-part series but easily adaptable to a single-article format, reviews government and industry data on workplace violence and provides readers with strategies they can use to prevent, or deal with, violence in the workplace.


Can You Deliver

Strategy, leadership, innovation, and marketability…all are crucial to business success; however can your business execute? Small business owners normally spend countless hours organizing business plans and marketing plans without considering if they can execute the plan. Creating a plan whatever type of plan, should be your game plan to achieve your vision. This requires one of the most important skills of any business-Execution.


Your Business Mission - What the Heck Do You Do, Anyway?

Defining your business mission can lead to greater profits and more free time for the business owner.


It's In The BLOG

If you're looking to grow your business, then a BLOG is a great tool to add to your tool chest. In this article we will discuss BLOG basics and how you can use them in your business.


Toss the Corporation Before It Tosses You

In these days of massive corporate downsizing, what can you do to protect yourself? Thinking outside of the resume' box.


Cartesis Business Performance Management Solutions

A recent survey of more than 320 senior finance executives in North America and Europe showed that over 68% of companies have developed and deployed rolling forecasts. However, most of these executives still feel they need to improve the accuracy of their financial forecasts as well as the time it takes them to produce these forecasts.


Sustainable Marketing - 4 Ways Your Stationery Kills The Environment (Second of 3 Articles)

Do you know these 4 ways that your stationery affects the environment?


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.


India, The New Real Estate Investment Destination

Innovative world class housing complexes are being developed in India. The Indian consumer is finally getting a quality house to live in. The housing boom should continue in India for as long as the economy grows at 8%, which could easily be another 20 years.


Less Clutter- More Clients

Cleaning services are a vital investment for any business; after all, there's nothing like clutter to get in the way of running a business efficiently.


Building a Home Internet Business

Working at home is a very serious undertaking that requires concentration and hard work. Many would say that working at home can be more time consuming and requires more effort than if they were working a 9 to 5 job out of the home.


Bread For The Head

Fraud is now one of the most significant risks to business, making whistleblowers more important than ever.


Where Succession Planning Fails

Too few organisations have formal strategies for succession planning, relying purely on an optimistic view that someone will naturally emerge to take over vacant senior positions. However, even in companies that have formal succession planning strategies, things don't always go according to plan. This article explores some of the reasons why even the best intentioned succession planning can sometimes fall short of expectations.


How Much Should You Charge?

When marketing a product or service, businesses find it difficult to set their prices. Too high, and no-one will buy, too low, everyone will buy, but you will go broke. So how do you set your prices? You must set your prices on value, and on what the market will bear.


Will YOU Be A Lawsuit Target This Year

The USA is home to 90% of all the Lawsuits in the World. Instead of being a passive surprised victim, here's how you can take specific steps to lower your profile, reduce your risks and increase your privacy and protection.


Learning a Simple Lesson from an Alzheimer's Patient

While it may seem strange to learn something simple yet powerful from a patient stricken with Alzheimer's, it's very possible if you pay attention.


Spanish in the Workplace: Importance of Bilingual Communication in the 21st Century

The ability to communicate in both Spanish and English continues to become an increasingly-important factor for the success of businesses in the U.S. A number of industries are marketing heavily to the American Spanish-speaking population, notable among these being banks and financial service companies. In other fields such as construction, food service, and landscaping, a majority of businesses rely on the Spanish-speaking workforce as a source of employees.


American Business Principles Refined

American business is on the decline. Countries across the globe are producing products cheaper than and with higher quality than we are in the United States. Theorists have concluded it is everything from a lost work ethic to heavy government legislation. The truth lies somewhere in between these realities and reform is necessary in order to reverse the trend. The following principles should guide government legislators and business people alike in producing a business-friendly America.


Working From Home Even With the Kids Around

How to manage working from home and your children. Ways to get the job done without alienating your children.


A Primer In Executive Compensation In Not-For-Profits

A tremendous amount has been written about Executive Compensation, and lately, most of this information has been extremely unflattering. Much of the criticism has resulted from the gross excesses, misinterpretations of regulations, and the rash of criminal cases brought against the top management of a number of large firms, such as WorldCom, Tyco, Enron, and a host of others. Virtually every day another egregious example of corporate greed has come to light. The effect has been a huge increase in media attention, which in turn has acted as the stimulus for new government regulations aimed at curbing these abuses.



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