One of the easiest ways to borrow money of a financial institute is to use a Credit Card, available from all banks, building societies, and other financial organisations. The choices available are enormous, with a wide variety of interest charges, annual charges, loyalty schemes, and bonus points available. However there are two broad areas that you should look at:Annual Interest RateFirstly if you do not intend to pay off your Credit Card bill...more
Does every business no matter how large or small need a presence on the Internet? Absolutely, and not just for the traditional reasons, but primarily because your website is an extension of your brick and motor, your home based business, or your business on wheels. Everyone in the business of making money can benefit from letting potential customers know who you are and what you're all about. Competition in the new millennium is unyielding....more
Let's face it: Most people spend way too much money on things they don't really need. The more money we make, the more we tend to spend. This endless cycle of materialism has led many people to confuse the word "need" with the word "want." As in, "we need a big-screen TV for our new home theater." Or, "I need a new pair of shoes to go with my new outfit."If you want to achieve your vocational passion, where every day you jump out of bed and can't wait to go to work, then you need to re-order your priorities. Stay away from the purely material.The pursuit of material success often is the root cause of burnout at midlife. In fact, a recent study at the University of California at Berkeley found that people primarily motivated by the love of their work grow dissatisfied as they begin to make more money.The first step to breaking free from the materialism trap is to understand the difference between "need" and "want."We need food, clothing, shelter, reliable transportation, education, enrichment, and the technology necessary to do our work. Also, we need the occasional small indulgence to treat our children and ourselves.We do not need 500 cable TV channels, brand new...more
What do you expect when you buy a stock? We expect the stock price to go up so that we can sell at higher price than we originally bought them and take the profits. But many times things turn out not as we planned. What happens if the stock price does not go up but instead go down? It goes down 5%, 10%, 15%...50%.... If you don't cut you...more
So you have seen a great opportunity and are about to get started. Where do you go from here? Before you dig in, I cannot stress enough the importance of a well laid out business plan. You might then be asking, how do I plan and set goals if I don't have a clue what I'm going to achieve and in what timeframe? This may be true, but your...more
Most people mistakenly assume that when you talk about marketing, you're automatically talking about "Tactical" marketing - placing ads, generating leads, sending out mailers, attending trades shows, creating brochures, implementing a follow-up system, and so forth. They fail to realize that the "Strategic" side of the coin - what you say, how you say it, and who you say it to - is almost always MORE important than the marketing medium of WHERE you say it. So, What's The Difference Between Strategic And Tactical Marketing? The distinction between the two is huge. "Tactical Marketing" is the execution of your marketing plan, such as generating leads, placing media, creating marketing tools, and implementing a follow-up system. In other words, it's the medium in which your message is delivered. "Strategic Marketing" has to do with what you say, how you say it, and who you say it to. In other words, it's the content of your marketing message. Strategic Marketing starts with understanding your customers and the things that are important to them, understanding "WHY John Smith buys". "If You Want To Know WHY John Smith Buys What John Smith Buys, You've Got To See...more
IntroductionIn this article, a presentation is made of the differences between major credit cards (http://www.chooseacreditcard.co.uk) and credit cards offered by specific stores to their customers. The purpose of this article is to provide a general...more
An introduction to Injection Molding.Every plastic product you see needs to be shaped, and the most common method is Injection Molding. Most people using their computer to read this give no thought to how all those plastic parts were formed. Or how...more
Many home-based entrepreneurs are gaining new ground with partnering arrangements. Although it takes many shapes, the core of the partnering concept is two or more businesses teaming up to achieve together what they can't do alone. Partnering...more
Some call it the 30 second commute. We call it wonderful. What are we all talking about? Working from home, of course. There's nothing more satisfying than operating a successful business from your own home office. Believe us, we know. We tried...more
Many businesses lose money yearly because they don't think creatively about the future. They run their businesses doing what they think they should: dealing with customers, dealing with problems, ordering for their business, and paying their...more
The internet stands as the largest open marketplace in the world today, almost every possible product or service is being sold on the internet. With such an availability of potential monetary transactions, the preferred method of payment is the...more