Most of us have seen an "AWESOME" resume - maybe yours - where something quickly caught the eye. Maybe it was just something cute.... your email address surfaced - one of those cute email addresses between friends, but a "should not use" on your new resume or cover letter. Yes, it happens to the be...

"Hey Scott, would you like to go to a Bad Sweater Party this weekend?? ?A what party?!? I said. ?A Bad Sweater Party. Wait a minute?you mean to tell me you?ve never been to a Bad Sweater Party before?? asked Amber. ?Guess not,? I admitted. A Bad Sweater Party is exactly what you think it is:...

You have a web site ready for action. Your product catalog, order tracking, credit card payment system, and fulfillment process are all in place. Now all you need is traffic! Many web entrepreneurs have learned that the magic nut to crack is attraction: get a steady flow of customers who explore you...

"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge."

Hosea 4:6

This short article will address the topic of

inflation, its causes, the effects thereof, and

how to safeguard against it.

Do not fall victim to inflation, i.e., the

government manipulation of y...

Few personalities dominated the American scene like basball slugger George Herman ?Babe? Ruth. He entered the major leagues as a pitcher, but also won fame with the Boston Red Sox as a powerful hitter. Since a pitcher can?t play every day, somebody recommended Babe be placed in the outfield. This ma...

Hair care has been around as long as humans have been on the planet. The earliest record of personal hair care dates back 2.5 million years ago, when brushes used to create cave paintings in Spain and France were adapted for use in hair grooming. Interestingly, many of the innovations in hair desig...

There seems to be an assumption that change is a single traumatic event that is thrust upon us and over which we have no control. In the recent past this was definitely true, in industry there would come a sudden realisation at the end of the financial year that unless we did something radical we we...

Cheap computer desks are generally used or second-hand computer desks. Information about cheap computer desks is available in classified ads in the newspaper. It is also available in websites like e-bay, Amazon, Tigerdirect, Argos or in specific websites related to furniture. Though they are used, c...

What do your customers say about your company? Would you let your major competitor control your sales strategy? Public relations is an inevitable consequence of being in business. Whether you like it or not, your corporate image evolves with every interaction with clients, investors, competitors, an...

If you are fond of vintage items, you don?t have to depend entirely on your ancestors to acquire a few of these heirlooms. Heirloom-quality jewelry from the Victorian, Edwardian, art deco and other periods is now readily available. When you wish to gift a rare piece of jewelry to your beloved, choos...

A leader?s role is to focus on those areas of operation where he or she can deliver the greatest value and this requires huge shifts in perspective of the role. Leaders differ from managers in terms of accountability. Whilst a leader is accountable for the strategic growth of the organisation and t...

The value of something is what someone is willing and able to pay for it; no more, no less. You may value your dog at $1,000 but, since you`re likely the only one with that willingness (forget ability), the "perceived" value by others is a bit less. Value is either perceived or intrinsic. Perceived ...

There are hundreds of thousands of websites on the Internet that are missing out on big money. With the emergence of the new Chitika eMiniMalls advertising company, these websites could be bringing in hundreds of dollars a day, and they don`t even know it. For years people have built websites aroun...

Branding used to be a fancy business word, but it is becoming more and more used in everyday business meetings. Finally! For decades, big corporations have used in-house, very well paid brand managers - someone in charge of managing everything that relates to the brand, including design, package and...

So many people want to start a business today and be rich tomorrow. Sorry, people it doesn`t happen that way.  If it did, everyone would do it. There is no free lunch...it takes hard work, determination and realistic goal setting.

Think about the businesses you have worked at, look at the b...

Directories are important to your ranking and success with Search Engines. In a nutshell, search engines are completely automated and usually there is no need to submit. Directories all have human editors who review your site and you do have to submit to them to be listed. But you must submit the ri...

Unhappy as Jenny undoubtedly was, she held on very tightly to her job. After all, she had worked her way up over the years to the supervisory role she was in - and she wasn`t going to let go. Yet it was clear that she was unhappy, under pressure and unsure of what she could do to make things bette...

If you are thinking about a career in culinary arts then studying in a culinary school is a must. You may be a great cook but you will never become expert learning culinary arts yourself. Further taking up a job as a chef in a good restaurant demands a professional qualification, which comes only af...

In an ideal world, your business would be overflowing with
newsworthy stories, and the media would be waiting with bated
breath for your next press release, ready to give you front page
coverage.

In the real world, however, it?s not always so easy to generate
real news.  There ar...

For more than a decade now, we`ve all heard the cliche`, "Think outside the box."  For some reason or another, I never really connected with it.  Even after hearing it a thousand times; and, even after earning a "thinking outside the box" award in my workplace.   Lily Tomlin, the world-famous actres...

Most consultants I?ve talked to don?t spend any time trying to recover inactive clients and it?s a big mistake. We tend to magnify the problem we had or just want to move on, but sometimes a simple apology and offering to make things right will bring you back a client worth thousands of dollars in b...

In part 1 we covered the qualities you must possess to be a successful business owner, how to decide which business is right for you, and how to find businesses that might be for sale. In part 2 we will go into how to approach a current business owner about purchasing his or her business and how to ...

People buy from people; not from systems, pretty brochures or crafty verbiage. So if you want to boost sales, you need to make sure you have the right people selling for you! Your sales staff needs to be well trained to successfully represent your product and your company. Training your team DOESN?...

Over the years, I?ve paid a lot of attention to how companies recruit computer programmers. During that time, I?ve noticed how managers frequently make hiring decisions that seem to make sense in the short term, but which result in long-term chaos. I?ve seen the kind of havoc that this can wreak, ...

An effective way to increase your profits and sales is to bundle many products or services together into one package. This gives people more reasons to buy your products and services. People also have come to believe package deals are a better value. You want all the products or services to be close...

Does conflict disrupt your workplace environment? Read on! Judy Ringer answers some commonly asked questions on the subjects of workplace conflict, difficult people, and how to manage them more effectively. Q. What are some typical breakdowns in the workplace? JR: I wouldn?t call them breakdowns, b...

Do you remember the last time you went into a shop and the person `serving` raced over to you, greeted you with a lovely smile, heaps of enthusiasm and said, "Welcome to our store, what can I help you with today?" And then listened attentively to what you had to say? Doesn`t happen very often does i...

Yet there is a place for those external `raft-build`s`, `away days` and `paintballing`! Just get them in context; there is work to do up front to leverage those experiences and get the best value from them. Just build great relationships in your business or organisation, one-to-one - then have the ...

It?s okay to take your job seriously, to be a stickler for professionalism, and sure it?s wonderful to take your responsibilities seriously. However, you have to be a bit careful when you allow your job to become your LIFE. Give your work your best effort, stand up for your beliefs, but be careful t...

How?s your cash flow? I might just as well have asked a woman her age. Joe Dominguez, author of ?Your Money or Your Life? says that the most embarrassing question is ?How big is yours?? Your paycheck, that is. I was once sitting in a coffee shop with my friend, Jade. She had just introduced me to P...

1. Let people know what you expect. If people know what?s expected of them, that?s what they?ll do--if they don?t know what?s expected, they?ll do something else. Communicate clear and unambiguous performance expectations and hold people accountable for their achievement. 2. Be a systems thinker. Re...

Simple tips on saving can very often make quite a big difference to your finances. Saving means giving up something now, so you will have more in the future. A consistent, long-term saving program can help you achieve your goals. It also can help you build a financial safety net. Experts recommend t...

Small and emerging companies often do not put together a board of advisors or board of directors for many reasons. Some entrepreneurs believe that businessmen and women would not be willing to serve on their board of advisors for the little or no compensation that the new company can afford. Anoth...

If you are a songwriter looking to get "plugged-in" to where the action is, consider joining a songwriting forum. This is a great way to meet other songwriters, share your ideas, promote your songs and/or lyrics, find resources and much more! As the Good Book says:"iron sharpens iron," which simpl...

The development of corporations has turned out to be a great boon for American as well as world economy. Basically a corporation is understood as a lawful body that entitles a group of people to act as unit or an individual. But since past few decades a new dimension is given to the term corporation...

Growing up on a Delaware farm was a wonderful and rewarding experience for me. I grew up in an area where a couple of dozen families in an area of about hundred square miles had farmed, married each other and been a stable community for centuries, along Delaware Rout One just north of Lewes. In my e...

In today`s economy, job seekers need an edge beyond their experience, education and specific industry and job-related skills, in order to find and secure a position. Regardless if you are looking for an opportunity as CEO, Vice President, IT Manager or Customer Service Representative, you need effec...

I. BACKGOUND The federal Mail or Telephone Order Rule spells out the ground rules for making promises about shipments, notifying consumers about unexpected delays, and refunding consumers` money. Enforced by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, the Rule applies to orders placed by phone, fax or the I...

Website promotion Internet marketing is perhaps the most important part of your Internet sales strategy. Without creativity, your website can get lost among the thousands of options awaiting surfers online. The first step in defining your website promotion Internet marketing plan is to set reachab...

The catchword today for business is flexibility. With changes in suppliers, customers, and the processes connecting them altering almost daily (or so it seems) the future clearly belongs to the organisations which can adjust to change quickly and effectively. The good news for Call Centres is that, ...

You can find numerous references in the business literature about the importance of a company?s mission. These sources emphasize that the mission is not to make a profit; that a profit is the outcome of and reward for fulfilling the mission. In the same sense, the mission of networking is not to g...

I could begin this article by providing a checklist of organizing techniques for you to incorporate into your daily work routine. The goal would be to become and remain organized, improve your time management and reduce your stress while increasing your productivity. This checklist could include ite...

Is your software development process as unpredictable as the weather? Is your software casting a shadow causing six more weeks of programming? Are you using a marketing requirements document (MRD) or magic to predict your software release schedule? Early in my career, I worked in a lab for a compa...

Hi! Why are you so busy? Do you really have too much work? Is work so important to you that you`ll sacrifice just about anything in your life to get the job done? Even if it`s at the expense of your health and your relationships? If you find these questions disturbing then see how you rate with ...

Finding office machines can be a real problem is the budget is tight. But the problem can be solved when you shop smart. And let?s face it, furnishing an office and finding high quality office machines on budget can be a little bit of a challenge. But with a little more effort, nothing?s impossible....

Any old policy and procedure format saves time by not having to start from scratch, right? Well, not necessarily. Using a weak starting point can hurt employee usability, introduce confusion and user-error, and may not assist in your compliance and control objectives. The result could set your pr...

?R-E-S-P-E-C-T / find out what it means to me? is a line made famous by Aretha Franklin, and one that recruiters have adopted as their mantra. This is probably because there is a love-hate relationship between candidates and recruiters. Specifically, candidates love what recruiters can do for them, ...

Loyal customers are the foundation of almost every business. Going the extra mile to provide outstanding customer service is the first step to customer loyalty. But there is more. Of course - your products and services in general need to be good. If you offer lousy uptime there is not really a reaso...

One thing you can count on during the holiday season is the obligatory office party. No matter what the size of the organization, there is always an effort to bring coworkers together for one more moment of merriment. Some people look forward to the chance to mix and mingle outside the confines of ...

Well, as we have discussed in previous newsletters first you have to set up goals for yourself, both long term and short term. Don?t forget these goals define how your business is run. They will determine what you do on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. The best way to do this is to picture yoursel...