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How you made money
2007-12-08 00:05:00 A young man asked an old rich man how he made his money. The old guy fingered his worsted wool vest and said, “Well, son, it was 1932. The depth of the Great Depression. I was down to my last nickel. “I invested that nickel in an apple. I spent the entire day polishing the apple and, ... More About: Money , Made
Road warrior, solutions to keep you grounded
2007-12-07 23:45:00 I don’t regret my days as a road warrior, visiting all the different cities and meeting all the great people, however, I wish I would have had more structure in my business to keep things from getting so chaotic. I came across an Answering Service solution that I wish would have been around in ... More About: Business , Sales , Solutions , Road , Warrior
Blog Marketing and Search Engine Optimization
2007-12-06 21:45:00 Many people have asked me recently what I think about the future of search engine optimization and what direction it is going towards. I am an avid fan of blogs, and the power that blogs can bring to your business’s marketing efforts. Since the beginning of the Internet and search engine optimization, content has been ... More About: Marketing , Business , Search Engine Optimization , Public Relations , Search
It?s been awhile
2007-12-06 17:21:00 Featured post by Lara Valentine from Green Habits Its been awhile since I’ve written. I’ve been busy. In keeping busy, I’ve neglected some other responsibilities, but I’m back now. I’m wiser too. Away from my professional life of being a “sustainability” consultant, I also own a house. A duplex actually, although where I ... More About: Business
Network Groups
2007-11-05 20:20:00 Featured post by Brock Henderson from Henderson & Associates I am a firm believer in networking, however there is such a thing as too much networking. Network ing, online as well as off-line, takes time. It means developing a relationship of trust and confidence between yourself and the individual you are networking with. And that takes time. With only 24 hours available every day you must be selective in your networking choices. My two main networking options are a local networking group I participate in, and www.linkedin.com. A book has been written about networking on LinkedIn and I won’t repeat his excellent work here. (To find out more about Jason Alba’s book “I’m on LinkedIn, Now What?” simply click here.) What I want to focus on is local networking groups. There are businesses out there that help people establish networking groups, (BNI is one), but they require members to pay a hefty annual fee and in general I object to paying for som... More About: Groups
Conference calls: “Who just joined?” or is it “Who has understood?”
2007-11-05 11:15:00 Featured post by Terry Kaufman from Your English Solutions Conference calls may be one of the most excruciating experiences for non-native English speakers. Personally, as a native English speaker, I often have difficulty understanding participants due to a number of factors: - Sound quality - Subject matter - Number of participants - Effective leadership during the call I remember a conference call I heard recently. There were 18 participants and it was lead by an American in the United States. There were about 10 native English speakers and 8 non-native English speakers. A Frenchman, with a good English level, was responsible for taking the minutes. 10 minutes into the call, he politely asked the leader to speak more slowly and clearly. The leader turned his request into a joke. He said “OK, this is my version of speaking slowly”, and continued to speak as fast as a high-speed train. You should have seen the Frenchman’s face. I felt so bad. I am sure the conferen... More About: Calls
The Value of Hiring Someone Above Your Budget
2007-10-31 14:28:00 I was having lunch the other day with a good friend of mine and he was telling me that his company is growing and needs to hire more people. I told him that was great! It’s always an exciting time in a business when the demands exceed the resources and you have to ... More About: Business , Management , Hiring , Budget , Some
Business 3.0: Business profiles on social networks
2007-10-23 13:42:00 Featured post by Jay Deragon from LinkToYourWorld.com From Personal Profiles to Business Profiles: It is about time!Business 3.0 was created by Mike Zeuthen and Jason Ward. Mike Zeuthen wanted his business, Under Pressure, on Facebook to sell his target market. Facebook didn?t allow it, so Mike and Jason made it happen. Business 3.0 is the end product of ... More About: Marketing , Social , Management , Strategy
How Wireless Printing Will Change Your Business
2007-10-19 04:04:00 I recently had a Lexmark wireless printer installed in my office, and it’s completly changed the way I do business. Typically, when clients visit my office, I will have my notebook out so they can see the presentations I’ve prepared for them and any other relevant information. After the meeting is over, they normally ask ... More About: Business , Wireless , Change , Printing , Chang
Global Connection Factors
2007-10-15 12:31:00 Featured post by Jay Deragon from LinkToYourWorld.com How large is our virtual world?These are more than 750 billion documents on the Web, mostly in the ?invisible web?, or deep web. A 2002 survey of 2,024 million web pages determined that by far the most web content was in English: 56.4%; next were pages in German (7.7%), French ... More About: Marketing , Business , Consulting , Strategy , Networking
Business Blog Roundup - Week 41
2007-10-15 03:21:00 A weekly roundup of the best blog postings related to business issues: Does Your Website Make You Money Or Lose You Customers by Lid at BlogWell Memo to Corporate America: Financial Stress is #1 Employee Concern and Hurts Your Bottom Line by Lynnette Khalfani at The Money Blog Choosing The Right CEO by Tom Taulli at More About: Marketing , Business , Entrepreneur , Employees
Business Uses of Social Technology
2007-10-12 14:32:00 Featured post by Jay Deragon from LinkToYourWorld.com While their use is still largely limited to less-than-mission-critical purposes, online social networking services are becoming more popular for business purposes. Much of the current emphasis seems to focus on limited application to businesses systemically rather approaches seem to be limited to ?silos? of thinking related to recruitment and ... More About: Marketing , Business , Social , Technology , Management
The Value of the Internet as a Top Marketing Medium
2007-10-12 03:17:00 Businesses have been advertising on the internet for over 10 years. Some have been more successful than others. What is amazing is how great a medium it is for both B2C and B2B based companies. More About: Marketing , Business , Internet , Consulting , Entrepreneur
Lead Generation vs. Directly Selling to Prospects
2007-10-12 03:13:00 Here?s a very important fact to always keep in mind regarding your marketing process and converting people you drive to your business into customers: People like to buy things. They don?t like to be sold. Add to that one more important and very true fact: The odds are, you will not get your information in front of people exactly when they are looking to buy. More About: Marketing , Business , Selling , Entrepreneur , Sales
Getting Prospects to Know to You
2007-10-12 03:08:00 Why does it take so long to close a sale with a new customer? Then main answer is usually because they don?t know you or your company. There are two key ways to turn this around and have them coming to you as if you already have some sort of relationship. More About: Marketing , Business , Consulting , Entrepreneur , Sales
Using the Power of Articles for Free Marketing & PR
2007-10-12 03:03:00 With the number of industry and trade publications out there and the use of the internet as a resource for knowledge, there are too many opportunities you are missing if you don?t get your name out via article writing. Putting down what is in your head into writing is the cheapest form of marketing and PR you can get. More About: Marketing , Business , Power , Articles , Public Relations
How to Keep the Cost of New Customers Down
2007-10-12 02:43:00 Acquiring new customers can be a very resource consuming task. But it is a must in every type of business even if you do a great job of keeping your current customers happy and continually buying from you. More About: Marketing , Business , Consulting , Entrepreneur , Sales
8 Keys to Effective Communication with Older Adults
2007-10-11 09:36:00 Featured post by Terry Kaufman from Your English Solutions During a recent visit with my grandmother, I realized the importance of adapting your communication to older adults. Like many older Americans, my grandmother is challenged by chronic health problems. She takes medication for physical and mental ailments. Her chronic conditions and medication can complicate communication ... More About: Communication , Communications , Keys , Effective
Growth & Connectivity Factors
2007-10-08 20:01:00 Featured post by Jay Deragon from LinkToYourWorld.com The central economic imperative of theRelationship Economy is to amplify connected relationships for both personal and professional objectives. Relationships with customers, suppliers, individual professional and personal associates and last but not least, things.The predominant ?thing? is technology since it enables all things to leverage economic values within everything and ... More About: Marketing , Business , Strategy , Networking , Leadership
German utility E.ON to buy Airtricity?s North America
2007-10-08 16:00:00 Here is an article written by Jennifer Zajak in SNL Financial. I was quoted for the article. Oct. 4, 2007 German utility E.ON AG said Oct. 4 that it has signed a definitive agreement to buy Irish wind developer Airtricity?s North America n business unit, Airtricity North America , to for a purchase price equating to an enterprise value of approximately ... More About: Business
Business Blog Roundup - Week 40
2007-10-08 05:55:00 A weekly roundup of the best blog postings related to business issues: Six Features of a Good Business Site by Meryl Evans. If you have a business, you should have a website. Make sure your website is set up properly. Warning: Do You Recognize These 8 Body Language Killers? at Ririan Project Dealing With Cranky Customers ... More About: Marketing , Public Relations , Management , Entrepreneur
Equation of earnings
2007-10-05 19:08:00 The Equation Engineers and scientists will never make as much money as business executives. Now a rigorous mathematical proof has been developed that explains why this is true: Postulate 1: Knowledge is Power. Postulate 2: Time is Money. As every engineer knows, Work = Power * Time Since Knowledge = Power, and Time = Money, we have: Work = Knowledge * Money Solving ... More About: Earnings , Earning , Quat
Advertising Grab Factors
2007-09-25 21:20:00 Featured post by Jay Deragon from LinkToYourWorld.com Social Networks are launching everywhere and for everything imaginable.The proliferation of new sites confuses the marketplace of users. Your Space is getting duplicative, aggravating, crowded and a time drain on your productivity. The craze by operators is aimed at generating traffic which in turn creates increased advertising revenue. Advertising grab is ... More About: Marketing , Strategy , Networking , Leadership
Make a commitment
2007-09-20 01:14:00 Featured post by Lara Valentine from Green Habits A report released at the summit by Goldman Sachs showed that among six sectors covered — energy, mining, steel, food, beverages, and media — companies that are considered leaders in implementing environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies to create sustained competitive advantage have outperformed the general stock market ... More About: Business , Commitment , Make
Quick Fix Factors
2007-09-18 14:00:00 Featured post by Jay Deragon from LinkToYourWorld.com In today?s hyper speed world of changes many individuals and business alike are in a hurry to find answers to their existing problems or to quickly capitalize on opportunities before them. Many of us are used to quick fixes or what I call ?answers in a box? so we can ... More About: Marketing , Business , Management , Consulting , Strategy
Evolving Media Factors
2007-09-13 17:17:00 Featured post by Jay Deragon from LinkToYourWorld.com The noise from the media giants is heating up in reaction to the emerging technologies and user centric content produced within social networks. Online Media reports: ?The media broadcasting networks, confused about what to do with their Web distribution strategy, are trying to make friends with the Web?s major audience ... More About: Marketing , Business , Strategy , Networking
Climate change
2007-09-12 23:30:00 Featured post by Lara Valentine from Green Habits This week, Suncor Energy Inc. released its 2007 Progress Report on Climate Chan g e . In addition to focusing on the company’s seven-point climate change action plan; the report also describes Suncor’s efforts to develop new technologies to improve environmental performance and provides Suncor’s answers to 10 questions about the ...
The Relationship Economy: Value Creation Factors
2007-09-12 13:43:00 Featured post by Jay Deragon from LinkToYourWorld.com Most intangible asset measurements have been top-down: Investors theorize a contributing factor and then try to figure out how to measure it. Studies have been performed using different approaches to determine such value. What has been developed is nowknown as EVA, or economic value added. Some perceived value drivers translate into ... More About: Marketing , Economy , Management , Relationship , Strategy
Alignment of Factors
2007-09-12 00:09:00 Featured post by Jay Deragon from LinkToYourWorld.com Jeremiah Owyang, author Web Strategist has been writing about Aggregate Social Networks and Open Source technology which will lead to convergence. In his recent post he writes: ?I?ve been creating these industry lists for a variety of segments for quite a while, it helps me to keep an eye ... More About: Marketing , Business , Management , Networking , Leadership
7 Keys to Articulate Oral Communication
More articles from this author:2007-09-10 22:02:00 Featured post by Terry Kaufman from Your English Solutions Speaking appropriately and clearly - at a speed that is suitable for the non-native English speaker - is the key to comprehensible expression. 1. Move your mouth and avoid eating your words. Remember those old Kung-Fu movies on American TV? Move your mouth as the people ... More About: Business , Communication , Presentations , Communications , Keys 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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