Many times the coaches with the stronger benches are more successful. And with more and more talk about the need for the leaders of organizations to also be great coaches, it is interesting to consider the sports analogy of building a bench with that of planning for future leaders of your organization.So many organizations are very sophisticated in how they control their financials and their processes. Yet the same organizations may fall down in...more
Creative has always had an identity issue. Most of it isn't ... creative. Advertising messages bombard people everywhere. Depending on the research, the average number of daily exposures per person ranges from 600 to 3000*. Even if the number is only 600, imagine the number of advertising messages not sinking in.What do our imaginations latch onto? Ads that look and sound different from the rest of the pack. Think about all the commercials that...more
Recently the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) unveiled a new set of occupations that gives credence to the idea that the green economy is transforming the world of careers.This centralized collection of green occupations is a tremendous step forward for job seekers, career changers, and career counselors. For the first time there is a place to explore green occupations, and obtain detailed descriptions about what it takes to work in those occupations.In this article I give you an overview of where to go to explore these green occupations. Be sure to read to the end of this article for a few caveats.O*NET Web Site Tabs - Where to Find What You Are Looking ForThe O*NET site now has a section designed to describe the green economy. Use these descriptions to find your way around the site quickly and easily.Green Sectors http://www.onetcenter.org/green.htmlThe first tab on the site takes you to a list of twelve green sectors. Click on each sector name to read a short description of the sector.Green Occupations http://www.onetcenter.org/green.html?p=2The second tab offers three different lists of green occupations.1. Green Increased Demand Occupations. This list shows existing...more
The key to a successful real estate business is to be able to spread yourself out and make yourself known and build yourself a good reputation. Of course, not everyone starts out known and with a good reputation, so there is a point for all real estate businessmen and women where you need to market yourself. And even when you have a respectable...more
Business Investment Opportunity – What is your most precious commodity? This is a question that I get quite often in the internet marketing business world? I’m sure that you have been researching a business investment opportunity. You are probably frustrated with some aspect of your business life and you want to make a change for...more
Affiliate programs are meant to be a win for everyone involved:* a win for the client who is given exposure to something she may not have known about otherwise* a win for the affiliate who gets to share a great product or program with her readers and possibly earn a commission for doing so* and, of course, a win for the product or program creator as they get more exposure, and potentially make more sales in both the long, and short, term.So with so many "wins", why are affiliate programs ticking people off and costing you both money AND your reputation?1. Most affiliate programs require the affiliates to do way too much work by:* requiring they set up special pages on their sites,* requiring they send out emails on certain days and tweets on others - usually when many other people are sending out the same email or tweet,* requiring affiliates to do promotional calls - so several people are doing the same calls, and* as a result of the above, actually cost the affiliate money to have all of the above done by their team.2. Most affiliate programs don't consider how they appear from "the outside":* how it looks to your readers when they receive the same exact email, verbatim,...more
Oh, how much time do we all spend in meetings???! Some are effective; some aren't. They take time away from our abilities to do other things. Some times they're boring and wasteful. Sometimes they're not.But one thing they all have: ...more
Maybe it isn't so bad to be broke while in college, I hear that's what you're supposed to be. None the less, I still feel like maybe something is out of place when 8 year olds have better cell phones than I do and spend more in Dairy Queen than I do...more
Like the other players entering this market, their business credit cards too are designed to help small business owners free their personal credit cards from the burden of business related expenses whilst offering them a fresh source of purchasing...more
Any investment in Africa is compelled to undergo an excellent and endless studies to determine if the idea is heading challenges or opportunities. There are many things that should be decided wisely because there are many things hidden behind the...more
Jesse had a dream. A dream to become a professional life coach and positively impact the lives of others. So she went for coach training, set up her website, started finding friends on Facebook, started her ezine along with all of the other tasks...more
In the modern revolutionary world nowadays, everyone is trying to reduce their cost as much as they can so that they can cope with the market challenges and demands. People search for a business opportunity that doesn't involve much in startup costs...more