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- Foreclosure: Bad Feng Shui? - by Submitted on May 15, 2009 from Melissa PilgrimOver the past several months like never before in my twelve year career as a Feng Shui Master have I been asked for counseling on behalf of both owners and real estate brokers on how to expedite the sale of houses that have been sitting on the market for many months and also, on part of the ...
Views: 2005(2 votes) - Top 10 Feng Shui Office Tips - by Submitted on May 15, 2009 from Melissa PilgrimWhen I was first contacted on behalf of Canon Europe last fall to prepare a report on how to use Feng Shui to aid office stress, as a Feng Shui Master I was sincerely thrilled that a giant technology corporation would acknowledge such an ancient science like Feng Shui to help find a cure for ...
Views: 1684(2 votes) - Consider Your Source and Gudie for Ethic Practices When Formulating Corporate Policy! - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from Bobby MillerDetermining what should be your business practices and how you set policies is something that we need be very careful of. We should approach our research and advice we follow with a little extra caution and with an objective eye. As we look at what is happening in the global economy, we can ...
Views: 1607 - Public Speaking 101: Owning the Stage - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from Marc AdamsNo public speaker should ever forget this important fact! “People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” You have most likely heard that quote before, and it is true. If you are a speaker who wants to be a dynamic and exceptional communicator, then you need to start ...
Views: 3136(1 vote) - Contract Bundling and Your Small Business - by Submitted on May 06, 2009 from Laura GuthrieAmong all the concerns small business owners have with government contracting, contract bundling rarely ever comes up in conversation. Part of the issue is that many business owners are only exposed to the negative stereotypes and don’t actually know about many of the real obstacles their ...
Views: 1282 - Gaining on Gravity: Conquering the Changing Slope of Business Growth - by Submitted on May 01, 2009 from Richard Magid“It’s like pushing a boulder up a steep hill!” At one time or another, every business owner has uttered this statement. “Sometimes it feels like all this weight is ready to roll back over me!” What a powerful metaphor for the challenges of entrepreneurship. Whether you’re starting a new ...
Views: 1371 - Public Speaking 101: Becoming a Great Storyteller - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2009 from Marc AdamsIf you want to be an exceptional speaker, and ignite your audience, you must learn the fine art of storytelling. Have you ever wished you could captivate an audience? Ever felt the desire to grip a crowd in such a way that you could move them to action? Nothing grabs our attention, holds ...
Views: 3116 - Ten Ways for Small Businesses to Cut Costs - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2009 from Alvah ParkerAs the economy shrinks businesses must think in terms of cost cutting. Business owners must start by looking at all costs. Finding ways to save money may be challenging but it will be important for surviving and thriving in a down economy. Here are 10 ideas that the Kiplinger Letter lists as ...
Views: 1183 - Attracting People to Your Business - by Submitted on Apr 25, 2009 from Eric HuntleyBuilding a business is not an easy task despite what all the internet gurus are trying to tell you. If it was so easy we would all be millionaires and we wouldn’t need them. Building a successful business takes time and patience. Some will build businesses faster than others, but never go by ...
Views: 807 - The Top 50 Ways You Can Utilize Your Virtual Assistant (You’d Be Surprised!) - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2009 from Serena CarcasoleThink a Virtual Assistant should only be used to help you with administrative tasks? Think again. Virtual Assistants are all-around hands. Meaning a good Virtual Assistant is a master multi-tasker; skilled and knowledgeable in all tasks he or she accomplishes. With that being said, here are the ...
Views: 1468 - The Law as a Shield: Protect Yourself and Your Business - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2009 from Lisa MontanaroIs the Threat of a Lawsuit a Real Fear? As a small business owner, you may be one of the 48% concerned about frivolous or unfair lawsuits. According to the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, actual lawsuits and the fear of lawsuits cost U.S. small businesses $98 million in 2005. That ...
Views: 1415 - Pareto Principle: The Key to Time Management - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2009 from Ron HuxleyThe 80/20 Rule is one of the most helpful of all concepts of time and life management. It is also called the Pareto Principle after its founder, the Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, who first wrote about it in 1895. Pareto noticed that people in his society seemed to divide naturally into what ...
Views: 6306(1 vote) - Business Check-up - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2009 from Dave TurkinIt is important to do a Business Check-up annually and to do quarterly check-ups to continue to monitor progress and increase your potential for success. Just as doctors encourage us to have an annual medical exam, your business should undergo a check-up too. How can you possibly gauge the ...
Views: 1226 - Teach Your Clients How to Protect Their Business by Using Your Services - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2009 from Linda HuntJust the other day I was speaking with a colleague of mine whose in-house bookkeeper of the past 16 years was embezzling money from her business - quite a lot of money a lot of money as it turns out. Theft of money ... theft of inventory or equipment ... theft of intellectual property. At one ...
Views: 997 - Chief of Staff: How Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance - by Submitted on Apr 17, 2009 from Derrick WatkinsDid you know that in order to be a great supervisor or manager, you must be willing to inspire your employees to work for you because they want to not because they have too? But first, you must begin to think like and act like a coach, not a supervisor. Supervisors delegate, coaches motivate! A ...
Views: 1416 - Long-Term Relationships - The Key to Success - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2009 from JobsBridge PublisherThe result of long-term relationships is better and better quality, and lower and lower costs.” – W. Edwards Deming All businesses, irrespective of size, need clients for success. Attracting clients and retaining them for a lifetime is biggest challenge that any company faces, however once it ...
Views: 1202 - An Insight on Branding in Recession - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2009 from JobsBridge PublisherRecession, meltdown, slowdown, economic doom, downturn, stagnation — whatever you may call it, is the best time to invest in branding. Why? Well, when money is tight people tend to cling to their wallet. They think twice before spending their hard-earned money and thus they intensely study a ...
Views: 862 - Are You Neglecting Your Most Valuable Business Asset? - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2009 from James SchiblyWhile not doing so intentionally, most online and offline business owners and entrepreneurs tend to neglect what should be considered your most valuable business asset – your customers and subscribers. In an effort to continually gain market share, new customers and sales, the vast majority of ...
Views: 1456 - Recipe for Trouble: Expansion - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2009 from Dr. Robin RushloEveryone wants their business to grow and everyone wants to make as much money as possible in their business. If they didn’t, they wouldn’t have started the business in the first place. Starting a new business can be a long and trying process. It can also be expensive and it may take some ...
Views: 1256(6 votes) - Recipe for Trouble:The Business Plan - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2009 from Dr. Robin RushloEveryone knows that new business fail at a fairly high rate. Most people assume that the reason is there is not enough money. While that might be true in some cases, there are other things that can cause a new business to fail, even if they have plenty of money. It would seem like common ...
Views: 1262(7 votes) - Save Some Green by Going Green - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2009 from daany boyleThis year, green construction is expected to represent 6% of the residential construction industry according to McGraw-Hill Construction Research and Analytics. That is up from only 2% in 2005. Green construction standards do not only apply to new buildings; remodeling contractors can abide by ...
Views: 945 - Growth Trends of Social Networking Sites in 2007-08 - by Submitted on Apr 08, 2009 from Aaron PeterSocial networking has become one of the popular online activities for worldwide internet users. According to comScore, social networking users grew at 25% from June 2007 to June 2008 and the number increased from 0.46 to 0.58 billion. According to Hitwise, myspace.com is continuing as social ...
Views: 1072 - Getting to the Equity in Your Business - by Submitted on Apr 08, 2009 from John LeonettiMany business owners today are confronted with assessing the value of what they have or, more appropriately, may have left in their privately-held businesses. Consequently, most business owners are looking at their business to determine the value and how it can be extracted. This is a part of ...
Views: 2016 - Should You Facebook Your Business? - by Submitted on Apr 05, 2009 from Ray WilliamsTraditional business practice was based on the principle of developing a great product or service and then finding customers to buy it. Then came the marketing and promotion so as many people knew about your product or service through advertising, promotion, stores, etc. The same kind of ...
Views: 1479(9 votes) - Teambuilding: Free Life Lessons from Baseball - by Submitted on Mar 31, 2009 from Jose AlvaradoDo you ever feel that no matter what you do for your business, you just can’t seem to achieve the level of success you desire? Have you wondered why it seems that success comes easy to some while you seem to be stuck in a rut? You can visualize and make all the positive affirmations you want, ...
Views: 3310 - Sharing Your Stories - by Submitted on Mar 23, 2009 from FSB AuthorsHave you ever noticed, when you teach, that the moment you start sharing a personal story with your students, they instantly snap to attention? You understand the value of stories. But some teachers don't insert many stories into their lessons, because they're worried that they don't have ...
Views: 1214 - How to Create Real Business Balance - by Submitted on Mar 21, 2009 from Heather DominickThe first key into the success of business balance is to recognize that passive energy is not weak, but actually strong and that actually without this energy the male energy of action is weakened. You may be going around acting, acting, acting, but without this passive energy there is no wisdom ...
Views: 1188 - How to Evaluate Your Business and Improve Your Bottom Line During a Recession - by Submitted on Mar 21, 2009 from Tony MassaroDo you really have a handle on the things that cost your business money? Are you as prepared as you need to be to handle incidents? Do you know how to improve your bottom line in this tight economy? Projections for the rest of 2009 are not good. Job shops aren't getting orders and they're ...
Views: 747 - What is Six Sigma? - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2009 from Steven BonacorsiThe concepts surrounding the drive to Six Sigma quality are essentially those of statistics and probability. In simple language, these concepts boil down to, “How confident can I be that what I planned to happen actually will happen?” Basically, the concept of Six Sigma deals with measuring and ...
Views: 1570 - Generate Higher Returns from Your Innovation Investments: 3 of 10 - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2009 from Bryan SeyfarthOne way to establish market differentiation is through introducing innovative new products to market. Establishing market differentiation is one thing, maintaining it is quite another. Here we have put together a ten-part series on how businesses can generate higher returns from innovation ...
Views: 765 - *** Economic Changes Call for Tactical Adjustments - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2009 from Raymond Chip LambertIn these uncertain economic times, my experience tells me that there are still people out there who need your services. But because they are more concerned with getting the best value for their increasingly scarce resources, they turn to the people they trust to introduce them to professionals ...
Views: 1686(9 votes) - Why ANOVA and Linear Regression are the Same Analysis - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2009 from Karen Grace-MartinIf your graduate statistical training was anything like mine, you learned ANOVA in one class and Linear Regression in another. My professors would often say things like "ANOVA is just a special case of Regression," then do a lot of hand waving when pressed to explain. It was not until I started ...
Views: 2797 - Linear Regression - Interpreting Lower Order Coefficients When the Model Contains an Interaction - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2009 from Karen Grace-MartinA Linear Regression Model with an interaction between two predictors (X1 and X2) has the form: Y = B0 + B1X1 + B2X2 + B3X1*X2. It doesn't really matter if X1 and X2 are categorical or continuous, but let's assume they are continuous for simplicity. One important concept is that B1 ...
Views: 1191 - Linear Regression Analysis - Centering a Covariate to Improve Interpretability - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2009 from Karen Grace-MartinThe reason for centering a continuous covariate is that it can improve interpretability. For example, say you had one categorical predictor with 4 categories and one continuous covariate, plus an interaction between them. First, you'll notice that if you center your covariate at the mean, ...
Views: 2507 - Concepts in Linear Regression You Need to Know Before Learning Multilevel Models - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2009 from Karen Grace-MartinIt seems very many researchers are needing to learn multilevel and mixed models, and I have to say, it's not so easy on your own. I too went to graduate school before it was taught in classes--we did learn mixed models as in Split Plot designs, but things have progressed a bit since then. So I ...
Views: 1104 - Strategic planning: reinventing your business - by Submitted on Mar 07, 2009 from Carlos José PedrosaThe world of business is a real war, and, as in all wars, that win best known neutralize the strength and movement of enemies (competitors), facilitating the movement of their forces (their salesman) and use the potential of their weapons (itheir technology), occupy the strategic areas (market) ...
Views: 970 - Diagnosis: understanding the crisis. - by Submitted on Mar 07, 2009 from Carlos José PedrosaWHY THE DIAGNOSIS? Always, and every year, is investigating the natural value of the company. This evaluation, under our law, is held under the aspect merely carrying through the balance sheet, which is a specific method of evaluation, with different objectives. However, it is not possible, ...
Views: 1169 - Time zero: overcoming the crisis - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2009 from Carlos José PedrosaThe road to recovery of a company involves numerous steps required. The first is the awareness, by the leaders, that something must be done urgently. Recognize that it is not well is a reasonable, but may hurt the pride of the leaders. Meanwhile, the company does not have any pride: maximum play ...
Views: 1063 - Crisis in the enterprise: an internal matter - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2009 from Carlos José PedrosaWith so many crisis-reaching enterprises of various branches of business, large and small, in Brazil and other countries - including the first world, it is to imagine why this happens. It is the same as asking why people get sick. Say it is because there are bacteria that will contaminate a ...
Views: 1063 - Manager's Corner: Managing Lay Offs with Dignity - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2009 from Liz WeberWith the potential for layoffs facing more and more companies, the realities of laying off great workers is confronting many business owners and managers: owners and managers who have never before faced this hard act. To help ease the pain for the employees being laid off, the owners and ...
Views: 1391 - Statistical Consulting 101: 4 Questions You Must Answer to Choose the Appropriate Statistical Method - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2009 from Karen Grace-MartinOne of the most common situations in which researchers get stuck with statistics is choosing which statistical methodology is appropriate to analyze their data. If you start by asking the following four questions, you will be able to narrow things down considerably. Even if you don’t know the ...
Views: 885 - Web 2.0: Recovery for the Anxious - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2009 from Jean FranzblauAs a business owner, I sometimes find myself feeling “newness fatigue.” This is when I just want to stop. Stop meeting new people, facing new situations, discovering new opportunities and taking on new responsibilities. I have especially felt it when it comes to new technology. Perhaps this ...
Views: 706 - What Can Laws do without Morals? - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from Jason SandlerIn today’s highly competitive modern world we hear more and more about unethical behaviour, either in business, politics or even in broader social activities. Values are the rules by which we make decisions about good and bad, right and wrong, or simply about our likes or dislikes Morals are ...
Views: 2691(1 vote) - Blogging for Leads – it’s easier than you think! - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from Dean DeLisleThe evolution of Blogging seems like it’s not much different than the old chat rooms of yesteryear which were spawned by online conversations when people were too busy to talk! Whatever we want to call this, it does work and it does yield leads if properly managed. However, we must first ...
Views: 1122 - How Do You Earn the Customer’s Loyalty? - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from Glen HamiltonThis question has spurred hundreds, if not thousands of books, articles, and programs during the past few decades. In the never-ending quest to find the “magic theory” which would instantly transform every customer into a loyal lifetime customer, we have lost sight of the basic fundamental truth ...
Views: 1937 - How Being a Mom Has Helped Me in Business - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from Adrian MillerFor most women, becoming a mother is a turning point in their career. It’s a time in one’s life that’s rife with challenges, frustrations, and uncertainties, but it’s also when many of life’s most rewarding achievements and miraculous moments occur. What many new moms figure out rather quickly ...
Views: 1291 - Answers in this Economy - by Submitted on Feb 20, 2009 from Kenneth FosterSo many people are being challenged by the turn in the economy – are you one of them? Many seem to have lost their way and are wondering where to find the answers to their problems. Well, I have found the key to solving life’s problems and I would like to it with you. Wouldn’t you like to be ...
Views: 752 - How to Find and Keep the Best Employees for Your Business - by Submitted on Feb 20, 2009 from Gerri SmothersWith rapid advancements in technology and changes in regulatory requirements, healthcare professionals must constantly adapt to new trends and protocols. As a result, recruitment and retention of a talented, flexible workforce has become critical to the growth and profitability of organizations ...
Views: 734 - Project Turn-Around - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2009 from Shellee HaleA successful turn-around requires management of the the risks of failure at the earliest stages possible. Nothing is beyond repair on one level or another so never give up hope. Recovery from a failing project requires planning and pulling a team together that above all else has their heart in ...
Views: 1423 - 5 Mistakes of Cross-Functional Teams - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2009 from Sheri BettsMost people if asked, would like to do away with the idea of cross-functional teams. Just let my department handle it one might say. It would be easier than having to worry about conflict and drama, that is only created because we have teams. Well, as much as we'd like to do without them, ...
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