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- How to Manage Channel Partner Portal Conflict? - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2013 from Walt RobertsonIt's of great importance to stay in touch with the concerns such as simply how much the parent company as well as its partners have led to the sales in order that it gets simpler to manage a distribution channel more appropriate manner. If you can't maintain the a record of this kind of matters, ...
Views: 1311 - SEO Versus Simple Marketing Strategies: Which Are More Effective? - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2009 from Charlene RashkowWhile there are articles upon articles about search engine optimization, key word placement, search engine marketing, Meta tags, etc., the real issue on the web is not so much about how many hits a web site receives but in how many visitors become clients or customers. Of course, if you are ...
Views: 1311(2 votes) - Does Your Business Need Some Pruning To Grow Successfully? - by Submitted on Aug 28, 2013 from Jennifer HazlettDuring a recent masterminding session I attended via web conference with fellow online solopreneurs, we discussed the topic of 'Growing Successfully'. We were asked to come up with the analogy of what our business would look like if it were a tree. I immediately envisioned the maple tree in my ...
Views: 1310(1 vote) - Sticking Point in Life Comes From Defining Motives - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2013 from Kael RanschaertFor most of you out there you are stuck between the life you hate and the life you dream to have. You push forward each day with hopeful intention, thinking that you will get that lucky break you deserve sooner or later, but nothing changes. You are a hard worker, you are very pleasant and ...
Views: 1310(1 vote) - Global Buy Leads - Initiating Increased Awareness Towards Global Trade - by Submitted on May 10, 2010 from Emily RalphGlobal business refers to the economic phenomenon through which, different national economies integrate into international economies via trade, investment and spread of technology. Global business works on the internationally accepted principle of expanding multinational corporations to expedite ...
Views: 1308 - Fire Your Broker Immediately - A Financial Mentorship Program is the Wave of the New Paradigm - by Submitted on Jul 17, 2009 from SCOTT LIFERAs we enter into the summer of 2009 our entire socioeconomic lives are feeling the strain of the financial meltdown. There has never been a better time to rethink and reposition our efforts and mindset with respect to our portfolios, or lack thereof. The old school concept of financial broker ...
Views: 1307 - Success or Satisfaction? - by Submitted on Apr 18, 2013 from Morrin BassIt is an adventure, writing an article on my special presentation Success Or Satisfaction. Everyone wants them both, success and satisfaction. And everyone questions, is it possible to have them both? But nobody thinks that satisfaction is possible along with success. I know many people ...
Views: 1305(1 vote) - Annual Business Evaluations - by Submitted on Oct 05, 2010 from J. Mariah BrownThe end of the fiscal year is a primary time for organizational evaluation. Whether you have a start-up operation and have been in business less than a year, or are a veteran; annual evaluations are not only beneficial to all organizations, they are a necessity. During an annual evaluation, ...
Views: 1304(6 votes) - Cybersecurity of Connected Autonomous Vehicles Trialed - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2020 from Shawn MackThe safety, privacy, discretion, and security of connected autonomous vehicles have been drastically increased in current days – The testing at WMG, University of Warwick has proved it through a different mechanism. They were capable to connect CAVs to other CAVs while the connectivity ...
Views: 1303 - Eliminate More Stakeholder Costs by Helping Customers Develop Superior Business Models - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2012 from Donald MitchellThis article's topic will be controversial with some people. Why? Many business thinkers advocate that suppliers should simply work at making life easy and pleasant for customers so that they receive more and more benefits while only making minimal efforts of their own. If your customer has ...
Views: 1301(2 votes) - Build Your Platform the Easy Way - by Submitted on May 06, 2013 from Debra KasowskiEvery small business owner should be eager to build their own platform to promote their services or products. Platform is your sphere of influence. Building platform for your business is just like building the business itself. It takes time to grow; therefore, it requires patience and a large ...
Views: 1298(2 votes) - Fueling Innovation with Collaborative Relationships - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2010 from David NourAs a new divisional leader, how do you quickly uncover and leverage knowledge, experience, and specific expertise across the different parts of your organization in an effort to not only retain your best customers, but also to expand your mind share and wallet share within each of your most ...
Views: 1297 - The Simple Way to Practice What You Preach - by Submitted on Mar 07, 2010 from Alicia ForestAs I'm wrapping up a slew of private retreats with clients this month, it's become clear that it's time for me to get focused on practicing what I've been preaching - or more specifically, to put myself through the same intense process and plan that I take my clients through. This thought ...
Views: 1296(4 votes) - How a Corporate Mentoring Program Prepares Employees for Success - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2011 from Cecile PeterkinIn business, making sure that you are taking steps to ensure your company’s continued success is important. One of the best steps that you can take when you want to know that your staff members have what it takes to keep things running smoothly is to implement a corporate mentoring ...
Views: 1292(1 vote) - Signs to Watch Out for That Your Business Is In Trouble - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2014 from Cecile PeterkinThere are many reasons why businesses fail, and all of them are due to the company owners’ inability to spot where things are going wrong in their business. If you are an entrepreneur who wants to avoid having to shut your company down, you may as well take a careful look at your financial ...
Views: 1291 - Find Your Niche Market Through Lead Generation - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2011 from Matt HallaranFinding your niche is the first step to doing successful marketing. Unless you know your target market, you will not be able to direct your campaigns properly. Today, lead generation adopts the power of the internet; thus making it so much easier for you to define the demographics. But how can ...
Views: 1288 - How Does Credit Counseling Work?: 7 Facts You Should Know - by Submitted on Oct 29, 2018 from John McConnellOn average, every household in America carries over $137,000 in debt. That totals in the vicinity of 1.02 trillion dollars of collective debt. Debt can be something that is a necessity when you run a family and have important expenses that need to be addressed. Debt can also be a byproduct of ...
Views: 1288 - Virtualization for the Dynamic Enterprise - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from ANTHONY RICIGLIANOWhat does Server Virtualization Mean? Server virtualization is the use of technology to separate software, including the operating system, from the hardware. This means that you can run several environments on the same physical server. In some installations, this could mean that several ...
Views: 1288(1 vote) - Uncertainty Planning Strategies - A Fresh Look - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2008 from Robert (Bob) CannonEnergy prices are changing daily. The capital markets are in free fall. There is talk in Washington of nationalizing everything from Energy to Medical Care to the Banking System. Our courts have become political entities rather than judicial entities. Technology is changing so rapidly that a ...
Views: 1285 - This Might be the Reason You're not Achieving Your Goals - by Submitted on Nov 17, 2014 from Lisa MininniApproximately 80 percent of people never set goals for themselves. Even more surprising, of the 20 percent of the population that does set goals, roughly 70 percent fail to achieve the goals they have set for themselves. Yet, most business professionals claim to understand the importance of ...
Views: 1282(1 vote) - Go On A Debt Diet to Achieve Financial Freedom - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2013 from Samantha SeiffertIf you want to achieve financial freedom, you may want to adapt the same principles as getting your ideal weight. If you think about it, they are both hard, require discipline and a lifestyle makeover to maintain a debt free life. When you go on a debt diet, you need to decide for yourself ...
Views: 1281(1 vote) - Have a Do Not Do List - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2009 from Bryan BecksteadIncreasing your productivity hinges on your ability to not keep making the same mistakes over and over again. The people who learn from their past mistakes are the people who will move forward much quicker than those who do not. There is a saying, “If you do not learn from History, you will be ...
Views: 1280(2 votes) - The Red Team: A Simple But Effective Method to Improve Mission Planning - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2011 from James MurphyThe May 1, 2011 mission to find Osama Bin Laden has become one of the most celebrated military mission planning successes in recent memory due to the utilization of a little-known and seldom-used practice called the Red Team. The mission was a daring raid executed by the courageous members of ...
Views: 1279 - An incredible way to grow your business - by Submitted on Dec 17, 2014 from Kathleen GageOver the past couple of weeks I’ve hosted open Q&A calls where I hop on the phone and those who join in can ask me as many questions as they have in the time allotted. I’ve been offering these with no opt-in and no replay. It’s amazing how many people are showing up live. I suppose it’s because ...
Views: 1278 - Goals + Action Plan = A Game Changer For Your Business! - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2014 from Susan RegierThere are only a few weeks left this year…how’s your business doing? Are your sales where you want them to be? Have you reached the goals you set for yourself (you do set goals, don’t you)? Autumn is a time for change. It’s a great time to evaluate what you’ve accomplished so far and ...
Views: 1277 - Why Your Online Brand Is Important - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2010 from TJ PhilpottWhy should anybody be concerned with their online brand? Aren't there other aspects of Marketing on the internet that are more important than online branding? Well this is a loaded question that will require a little bit of an explanation. The fact of the matter is that online branding plays a ...
Views: 1276 - Avoid duplicate content: find how it is possible - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2010 from Fabio PizzolittoMore and more webmasters create sites based on publicly available information, like data feeds, articles, news or blogs. The result is the proliferation of sites with duplicate content, which provide information already available on the web. In case that these sites are based only on news or ...
Views: 1274 - Crossing Boundaries with Mentoring - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2011 from Cecile PeterkinDiversity in the workplace is extremely valuable - provided of course that all of the members of your team are making a strong contribution and are willing and able to learn from what others have to offer. After all, workplace diversity brings together those with different levels of education ...
Views: 1274(1 vote) - ***Owning a Small Business - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2009 from Donna PriceA business that is run privately, with relatively small income, small investment, and fewer workforces is categorized as a small business. In many countries, small businesses are common, and their operations largely depend on the economic system. They are typically privately operated ...
Views: 1273 - Is Your Business Ready for 2010? - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2010 from Lorraine PirihiOver the next few weeks, anything can change in your business. You’ll find that people often make decisions about what they will and won’t be doing in the new year. You will want to make sure that your business not only survives but thrives next year. It’s imperative that you put time aside ...
Views: 1271(1 vote) - Article Marketing Tips - Quantity and Quality are the Keys to Succeed - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2011 from Sean MizeEvery day, I get emails from different people asking me for article marketing tips. Some of them are growing tired and impatient of not getting their desired results even after several weeks of writing and distributing articles online. Are you one of them? Then, these tips are for ...
Views: 1269(1 vote) - Paying for College: Evaluating Your Financial Aid Package - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2011 from Jeff MictaborProspective college students who have filled out their applications for federal student aid (the application known as the FAFSA) should now be receiving information about their financial aid packages for the upcoming school year. College financial aid packages usually contain a combination of ...
Views: 1268 - Re-branding: From stodgy to sensational - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2010 from Diane CraigCreating the right image is a powerful tool for success. This is as true for corporations as it is for individuals. Over the last few months, I’ve been fascinated to watch as traditional retailer Talbots re-branded itself from a chain for conservative, some would say stodgy, sixty-somethings to ...
Views: 1266(1 vote) - What Matters More to Motivate Millennials? - by Submitted on May 26, 2015 from Lisa MininniAccording to Pew research, for the first time, the millennial generation, those aged 18- 34, are now the largest segment of the workforce. If you worked with millennials, you might not be surprised to learn that millennials have a reputation for being married to their phone, using them to ...
Views: 1266 - Use Mentoring with Team Building to Achieve Strong Teams - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2011 from Cecile PeterkinWhether you are a fan of baseball, football, soccer or basketball, one of the things that you’ll notice is that only the teams that work well together are able to come out on top. As you strive to achieve all the goals you have set for your business, one of the things that you’re going to want ...
Views: 1264(1 vote) - 3 Budding startups in India – 2017 List - by Submitted on Jul 03, 2017 from Supriya Nigam1. Rooter Rooter, a Mumbai-based social engagement app for sports enthusiasts, has raised a substantial quantity of financing from consumer electronics producer Intex. "Intex's comprehension of the smartphone world in Tier-2 and three cities of India can help us to market and develop Rooter," ...
Views: 1263(1 vote) - 5 Spring Things the Positively Successful Do to Grow - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2014 from Joey FaucetteThe snow finally melted to reveal a spring-like day. The calendar called my wife and I to activity—to act on our plans for the blueberry bushes to grow fruit. Positively successful people understand that it’s a process to grow personally and professionally. They Work Positive with themselves ...
Views: 1261 - How Your Blog Statistics Can Help You Improve Your Traffic - by Submitted on Dec 15, 2009 from Carma SpenceDid you know that your blog's analytics can tell you the best time and best topics to increase traffic to your site? It's true, for those statistic can help you write posts that people want to read and when they'll want to read them! The statistics you want to pay particular attention to ...
Views: 1258(2 votes) - What is Your Value Proposition and Why Do You Need One? - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2009 from Cheri AlguireYOU know how special you are. YOU know that you outshine the competition. The question is: does your potential client? Helping clients understand the value you provide to them is essential in prospecting and keeping business. Let’s face it: consumers have plenty of YOU to choose from, and ...
Views: 1254 - Five Common Traits of Pivotal Contacts - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2010 from David NourPivotal Contacts are thought leaders among their peers. They have developed deep subject matter expertise, have proven themselves in situations requiring a balanced approach between strategic vision and tactical execution, or simply have access to influential relationships. They are commonly ...
Views: 1251 - How are Social Networks Useful According to Sally Dasouki - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2018 from Sally DasoukiHi I am Sally Dasouki and I am here to talk about the hot topic of the month i.e. Social Network! Social networking is a way for one person to meet up with other people on the internet. That's not all, though. Social networking sites are today used for multiple purposes. People can find new ...
Views: 1245 - Are Short Sale Double Closings Dead? - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2011 from Svein GroemOne of the mainstream strategies involved in working foreclosures and short sales is the "art" of the flip. The basic idea of a "flip" is to negotiate the purchase price with a foreclosing lender (that is based on their Broker Price Opinion and your negotiation skills) that is less than the ...
Views: 1244 - Small Business Debt: Know Your Debt Relief Options - by Submitted on Jan 24, 2013 from Samantha SeiffertPutting up a business can be a huge gamble. You have to be very careful because you could lose the investment that you shelled out for it. Having a small business entails a huge responsibility. It can get a bit stressful - especially when you are just starting. That is also true when your ...
Views: 1244(1 vote) - A Successful Business Strategy: There Are No Competitors Only Partners - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2011 from Kim Kirmmse TothDoes that sound pie in the sky to you? Does that make me sound like I don't live in the real world of business? Trust me I do, after 25 years of working for myself, this has become more and more clear to me. Even as a therapist in private practice, it was a competitive world. In the world ...
Views: 1243 - Extreme Advantages Of App Development For Business - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2017 from James ThomasAndroid is free and an open platform built on Linux. It is also an open source solution for mobile devices offering a complete software stack including operating system, middleware and key mobile applications. User acceptance to Android was very low when it was launched in 2007, as it was still ...
Views: 1241 - Keep Business Operations and Logistics Simple, Streamlined and Agile - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2009 from Geoff FickeMost of the entrepreneurs we interview in our consulting business have a very unrealistic conception of what excites and disappoints investors. The dream of many inexperienced inventors seeking to fund their opportunity is to build a substantial infrastructure. Their business plan identifies the ...
Views: 1241(1 vote) - Alternatives to six percent commission - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2011 from WEE DILTSRecently the State of Colorado made some rulings that will most likely do away with the FSBO Flat Fee entry only MLS listing services. Other states may follow suit. This appears to be an attempt to return to the old rigid six percent MLS listing model, a more traditional approach, where the ...
Views: 1240(1 vote) - Productive…or not… it’s your choice - by Submitted on Jan 24, 2015 from Kathleen GageSeems lots of people are “doing it differently” in 2015. No resolutions, no goals, no pen to paper with “this is what I am going to do.” There’s a trend underfoot of simply going with the flow. Not that there is anything wrong with going with the flow… people have been doing this since the ...
Views: 1233 - Open this first to wrap up job succe - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2018 from Necole HardisonHere is gift to job-hunters from Thewritemyessay team. It is the latest advice and resources on hot job sectors, and on finding, winning and enjoying employment. Best wishes for a successful and rewarding career year. • Never stop looking, even when employed. Use social events to meet ...
Views: 1232 - 5 Step Plan For Success Working Online - by Submitted on Aug 14, 2012 from TJ PhilpottStarting a business or even simply changing markets online calls for some type of plan for success or else you'll likely be wasting your time! It's important to realize that building a successful internet business requires more in terms of your effort and self motivation than it does developing ...
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