Author: Peter V. PoggiWhat will be the "killer app" of Smart Grid? Recently, President Obama announced grants of $3.4 billion for Smart Grid development. However, studies make it clear that given the mammoth size of the existing transmission and distribution (T&D) system, the new system will be built on the shoulders of the old. The existing T&D infrastructure will dictate the winners and losers in the Smart Grid space. The past is prologue.The...more
We consistently face new and ever growing challenges in the workplace such as reorganizing, downsizing, and left out sizing. We are faced with the question, How do we lead in this storm of change? It may seem difficult at times and the decisions we make define our short-term and long-term outcomes. I will share with you five leadership techniques guaranteed to keep you on track during these difficult times. 1 Integrity. I put this first because...more
In this article about additional internet marketing business I underline the idea, how to utilize your present expertize, how to deepen it and how to enter new market niches to earn money on the internet. Of course, your monetization plans have a great influence on the decisions..1. Take The Theme From Your Present Internet Marketing Business.If you have done some business online, you have quite a lot of know how about several marketing actions. For instance, I have marketed my internet business and got experiences about quite many markets. Hosting, data entry, domain names, domain registering, affiliate programs, blogging, SEO, search engine marketing and so on.What a collection! Now I can pick some of these themes as my new internet marketing business without having to learn something totally new. What it needs is only some more learning about the market. That is relatively easy to do, because I know now where I can get all that information.2. How Do You Aim To Monetize Your Business?Actually the question how you are going to earn money on the internet, the monetization, is as important as the products or themes are. If you want to make money through AdSense ads, that plan has...more
The world is full of ideas, so the attitude which a marketer has will determine how well he can utilize them. It is useful to see outside your own niche to look, whether some marketer has invented new ways, which could be used also in your marketing. However the benchmarking is useful in that way, that the ideas are already parts of the marketing...more
These people visit certain forums, social sites and blogs regularly. Think how useful they are. They follow the Internet and dig new information, which they distribute to the friends. Just great! When a marketer can join these people and to chat with them he has built an emotional connection, which will last for years.5 Killer Online Business...more
Are you still trying to understand why some marketing plans are successful while others are dismal failures? I've studied every imaginable kind of plans over the years, and I've concluded that there are five keys to a winning business marketing plan.Virtually every business marketing plan failure I have seen misses the mark on one of these keys. You will need to incorporate all five of the keys in a way that allows them to support and enhance one another to achieve maximum results.1. Goal orientation. Your business marketing plan should be created around the marketing goals you want to achieve during the period covered by the plan. This keeps all activity focused on results and provides a basis for measurement of achievements.2. Reach potential customers where they are. Putting ads here and there and sending somewhat random promotional efforts into the world does not mean the right people will ever see them. More than ever before, you must go to where your customers are if you expect to have any hope of getting their attention.3. Parts of the business marketing plan need to address potential customers at each stage of the buying cycle or decision making process....more
Almost every entrepreneur who has opened a dollarstore has at one time or another considered adding a dollar plus section to their store, or even switch the entire store to dollar plus. Yet for one reason or another many just cant take the...more
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