Building a better Brick-and-Mortar with the Billion-dollar Web
More than $117 billion passed hands from Internet shoppers to Internet vendors in 2004, according to the statistical research firm comScore. That’s billion, with a B. Compared to the year before, the figure represents a whopping 24 percent increase in sales. Compared to the early 1990s, when the Web was a questionable commercial venture, today’s […]
Mastermind Your Way to Success
What do Mark Victor Hansen, Robert Allen, Anthony Robbins, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and Ben Franklin have in common?
They all leverage the power of the mastermind team.
The mastermind works on the concept that two (or more) heads are better than one. When you gather a group of like-minded people and focus on one […]
Employee (Dis) Satisfaction - Ten Ways to Really Upset Your People
Want some guidelines for how you can definitely get under the skin of your workers? Here are some simple things known to irritate the heck out of them, time after time…
If you want engaged, co-operative, motivated and productive staff on your team, this is a not-exhaustive list of things you can constructively do to mess […]
Using Presentation Folders For A More Professional Look
Using presentation folders for a more professional look in the business world can do amazing things for a business. Presenting something to a client that looks professional and organized will speak volumns about the buisness before the folder is even opened. Taking advantage of the many options of presentation folders allows almost any […]
Motivational Speaker Says Time-Shifting Can Be Your Gateway To Vitality & Genius
I’m awake again at an odd hour, banging out yet another article for my fellow sleep explorers.
It occurred to me that my recent sojourn to Europe, the resulting jet lag, and summer cold that I have experienced, are all joining to give me some insights about our typical and atypical sleep and waking cycles, and […]
Transform Any Business into a Go-Getting Power House by Working SMART
Probably as well known as SWOT, SMART turns goals, objectives and tasks into concrete deliverables. If there is one key to turning busy, ineffectual organisations into models of streamlined efficiency then this is it.
More accurately SMART ought to be SMARRRT. There are at least three equally valid definitions for the ‘R’.
OK, the 10 second introduction […]
What is Customer Relationship Management (CRM)?
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is a phenomenon that is becoming a major discipline within business. CRM can be traced back to the airlines’ attempt to gather information about their customer flying habits in order to stop their high-fare airliners choosing low-fare carriers, however, the concept was invented even further back, when the shop owner knew […]
Master Card Visa Merchant Account Options
Are you familiar with the many types of MasterCard / Visa merchant account options that are available for small business owners? You may be eligible to apply for a merchant account from a bank or other lender who will underwrite your account services in order to help your company grow. The service works much like […]
Top 10 Reasons to Retreat for Leaders and Managers
“Your business is your BEST client.” Gala Gorman
There are so many challenges facing business these days that it
seems virtually impossible to slow down long enough to plan for
the future.
Months go by and you have held your own. You might pause
momentarily to celebrate a success never taking the time to
reflect on what happened in order to […]