Speak of operations assessment, and we'll hear its significant value. Speak of an audit, and we'll run for the nearest emergency exit. There's no difference between the two, yet that word audit chills us. But is an audit really designed to help us or hurt us?Improve Effective PlanningProblems most often arise from poor planning. Sometimes we're uncertain if we're tackling the correct issues and dealing with them the right way. However, we can...more
Why risk the embarassment when with a little basic PR training, you as a business, non-profit or association manager can always be ready for battle? Never again will you fail to do something positive about the behaviors of those important outside audiences of yours that MOST affect your operation. Never again will you fail to create external stakeholder behavior change leading directly to achieving your managerial objectives. And never again will...more
Challenging Tips for Explosive Growth in Any Business or How to Get Your Business From The Kitchen Table to The Boardroom.Fact: This article will not of benefit to everyone.This article is 'Highly targeted'. It is directed specifically to those business people who: Are not satisfied with their current earnings or business growth and more importantly, Are looking to make more. Know without a doubt that massive action will result in your businesses producing massive results.If none of these apply to you, if you have no serious financial ambition and you are financially content then there is really no need to read on. As a result of what I am about to show you, expect to discover more people than you ever imagined who are looking to buy or use your product or service.Remember that you are running a business so the first rule of business applies, and that is to advertise, advertise, and then advertise some more. Advertising can be quantified and qualified. Quality advertising will yield good results. Large-scale intensive quality advertising will yield outstanding results.But the cost of these ventures can be anything from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars. How does a small...more
We have established why a stop loss order is a requirement for the successful investor. Now let's look at some of the simpler methods. There are 3 basic methods (and many more we will not discuss here) for stops that almost anyone can master. They are percentages of the price action, moving averages and support areas. These cannot be covered in...more
Photography is a vast world. There are many different types of photography and many different kinds of people that enjoy it. It's a hobby that be relatively inexpensive or one that you can invest a lot of money on. Photos are so special because they give us memories of times and places and events in our lives. We can hold onto these memories...more
The outlook for 2005 is out; it is going to be yet another challenging year, with the recent increase in oil prices finally settling in. Economic growth rate is going to be modest and the traditional manufacturing engine of growth may be hard-pressed with the Singapore -US free trade agreement being in effect.For the normal man-in-the-street, this can be the right opportunity to take stock of his financial direction and start on a totally new career direction - creating a franchise. Is this idea implausible? Not so. A slower economic growth may translate in a lower financial outlay in market research and R&D. You could be very involved in a hobby that may be the catalyst for a successful business that may eventually lead to a sought-after franchise, like craftwork and clay-modelling.Do take heart. Many franchises were once thriving "one-man-shows". You can view setting up of a franchise as building up your solo effort - like being a conductor of an orchestra. Success in your franchise will be multiplied by the satisfaction from your franchisees.Here are more tips about creating and maintaining your own franchise in 2005.(Franchise Valuation)This is a difficult question to...more
Secured Credit Card is similar to a prepaid credit card since the funds you are using are actually yours and not the issuer of the credit card. Generally people who apply for secured credit card or prepaid credit card are people with poor credit or...more
Microsoft Business Solutions is Microsoft subdivision and historically it is joining several products development companies under one roof: Great Plains Software, Navision Software, Microsoft CRM (this one was developed by MBS), Solomon Software,...more
A fickle stock market encourages good-humored mockery. Recently, as I watched the premiere of a sitcom, an obvious omission breached television etiquette. Silence followed every exaggerated comedic set-up. There was no laugh track. Where were the...more
Do you ever wonder why some people seem to get all the lucky breaks in business while others struggle to barely get by? They seem to be in the right place at the right time. Fact is, maybe they're not at the right place at the right time; maybe they...more
With the end of the year fast approaching, now is a great time to take stock of 2004. It is likely that your company set specific goals at the beginning of the year. As you review the past year, the question that must be asked is, "Have I achieved my...more
Either simply a looker-on or a player in the world of business, you see millions piling into the accounts of world's most famous businessmen and naturally the question pops "How?", wondering what is the alchemy they've discovered? Yet, there is no...more