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If you can use more new customers... and I mean TONS of new prospects hunting for your products and services, I`ve got great news for you. Now there are some powerful, inexpensive ways to bring in all the customers, profits and leads you`ll ever need. The kind of leads that will rocket your sales ri...

Your mailing list retains its value best if it is kept clean and efficient. This report will first talk about why you should maintain your list in this manner. Then, the procedures you can follow to update both the mailing and database information associated with the names on you list will be disc...

Is your business experiencing a summer time slump? Traditionally only industries related to travel enjoy a boost in business during the warmer months. The rest of us tend to take vacations, clean up our desk and while away the time playing computer games while we wait for business to pick up. Summ...

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Another week has ended. And, despite moving at the speed of light, you?ve once again barely made a dent in your more important goals or projects. Just about everyone wishes they had more time to focus on the really important things: Activities directly tied to job or key ...

The Summary is the preview of your entire resume. This may be be the only part that an interviewer or employer might read for shortlisting your resume. This may be the only section an employer reads prior to the interview. Gear up the summary to be the show window where the goodies are lined up t...

The Better Business Bureau recently issued a national alert to warn consumers and businesses about two questionable operations that are falsely using the BBB name to scam victims. One business is perpetrating an advance fee loan scam that targets consumers and businesses with poor credit records. It...

Many people, in a rush to spike sales through the roof, think too big and end up completely missing out on one of the best free marketing opportunities on the net: discussion forums. Instead of focusing on individual sales, they go immediately for ads that promise thousands of visitors, pay-per-clic...

?I want to sell my company?s products on the Web, but how do I get potential clients to visit my site,? a client asked recently. The answer is a strategy that has proven extremely effective for many different businesses?Internet Direct Mail. One of the most common mistakes many businesses make is pu...

"Hello, is (pause) puh-TREE-shuh home?" So started my weekend lesson in marketing. It was Saturday afternoon, and started like a typical telemarketing call. Heavy accent, reading a script. I told him Patty wasn`t home, I`m her husband, he could talk to me. At this point, one of two things happens. E...

This is a question many people have asked themselves, sometimes over and over. Is it possible for the average person to start and run a successful home business? I?m here to say that the answer is a resounding YES!

With that said, there are some specific questions you should answer before st...

With the growing popularity of podcasting, publishers and marketers around the world are asking themselves how to monetize this content channel and make delivering audio content via RSS profitable. Today, let`s take a look at how publishers can expect to generate podcasting revenues both directly an...

Give away your knowledge, and you`ll make money. How does this work? Isn`t this counter-intuitive? Let`s think about this. If you get early adopters (Seth Godin would call them "sneezers") on board and they like what you have to say, they`ll talk about your ideas. They`ll share it with their friends...

You arrive at your photo shoot excited about the images you are about to take ? that is, until you realize that you have left an important piece of equipment at home. You now will have to improvise, spend extra money or time to replace the item, or go without it for the shot. One way to help reme...

January is one of those months where some people seem to be very motivated! Most people, particularly those in sales, tend to set themselves some pretty "stretched" targets in the New Year. Some of these will be for work and some individual. Certainly, I know a whole host of people who are goi...

Three business partners contacted me about creating a marketing plan for a coffee shop that they were opening in Greenwich Village in New York City. They had already leased a 3000 sq. foot space, which is very large for a coffee shop. They had not worked out what type of food or coffee they would se...

You?ve been cool and calm up until this moment and making all the right moves. You?ve sent killer resumes, along with fantastic cover letters, out to dozens of employers. And today a prospective employer has finally contacted you for that first all-important interview. You?ve studied and planned ...

In the business world, ?You?ve Got Mail? has turned into a curse. Fact is, the average business user spends an average of over two hours a day just dealing with email! If you have an urgent issue requiring an immediate response, how do you get your colleague, the average business user, to pay attent...

You want to sell your products or services, and that means good money management, top quality products or services, and hard work on your part. But, for REAL success, the icing on the cake is public relations. Here`s why. People act on their perception of the facts about you; those perceptions l...

The commonly held view that the customer comes first is worth a close look. Think about the last time you received less than satisfactory customer service. What caused it? Probably an employee! Either directly, bad manners and a "don`t care" attitude, or by not addressing your needs - "sorry, I can`...

Time Management is a myth. You can?t manage time any more than you can manage the rising and setting sun or the pull of the ocean?s tides. Attempting to manage time is like attempting to manage the weather. Time marches on, with utter disregard for the comings and goings of mere humans. Time can not...

At the very heart of any successful marketing strategy is the determination of what your present and prospective customers need, want, and desire. You have to find out what they want before you try to sell it to them. Never make the mistake of investing a lot of money into a product or service you w...

Which pulls the best response, a postcard, a self-mailer or a letter? The answer, you?ll be irritated to know, is clear. It depends. The success of your mailing depends on who you mail to (your list), what you promise (your offer), when you mail (your timing), and what you mail (your format and crea...

We all have psychic abilities that we use daily, although most of us don`t even realize that. The full study of this issue would take many books, and years of experience to grasp all the factors. Since we can`t do that here, we can still focus on applying these skills to making informed business dec...

Capital One and Chase are two big-time credit lenders. These companies offer a multitude of different cards, and in this article we will compare credit cards between the two companies and see where their rates vary. Since most all credit cards are different, we compared the two banks? platinum cards...

This article is about verbal way of quick and efficient change of visual submodalities. Master it and you will get a powerful linguistic tool of influence. The idea came from curiosity, motivation and dissatisfaction connected with predicates I was learning about - this was never enough, just to kno...

DON?T talk to me about education for entrepreneurs. They?re pouring far too much public money into it already - not counting the millions some well-known Scottish entrepreneurs are prepared to waste on it. And all because far too few of our youngsters these days are prepared to attend the University...

The Best Workplaces report (Financial Times, April 28, 2005) notes many factors in common with Managing Creativity and Innovation. Material reward is not the sole factor in determining satisfaction. Microsoft UK offers acupuncture and deep tissue massages. OC&C Strategy consultants offer skiing trip...

Use Proposal Marketing and you?ll be your own hot spot, opening gateways previously inaccessible. Hook up with those who have the power to hire you. Present a history or even an achievement-driven resume and your coverage is limited. Send a proposal to employer prospects and you?ll gain more scalabi...

During the late 1980`s I was a field sales representative for a computer distributor, selling computer systems and peripherals in and around Los Angeles, California. The traffic was horrendous, and the time I wasted driving to and from appointments just drove me crazy (no pun intended). Sure, you co...

In the 80s while I was an account executive for AT&T most people in my organization worked normal (for then) business hours. By that I mean they arrived close to 8 or 8:30AM and left between 5 and 5:30PM. By 6 PM the office was empty. No one seemed to notice or care how many hours people worked. ...

In recent weeks, I`ve had the opportunity to pass along no fewer than five referrals to other people in my network. I also recently received a very professional and non-pushy email from someone I`ve never met, who is a member of an organization I`m part of. He introduced himself briefly, mentioned h...

One very important wealth creating habit is to set up a concrete plan that you can actually follow. You see, wealth takes planning, and is usually the result of taking a set of orderly, progressive steps from where you are now to where you want to be financially. Why is this a top wealth creating ha...

If you are just starting out as an Internet entrepreneur then you have a lot to learn about doing business online. One such thing you need to concentrate on is your e-mailing habits. E-mail is your way of communicating with people and potential customers, so developing good e-mail habits early on is...

Microsoft Great Plains does wonderful ERP job for horizontal markets and clientele. However in our opinion placement software market is underserved and needs custom modules to be developed. In the case of Microsoft Great Plains we see numerous examples of in-house or outsourced customization done ...

I remember being asked this question a lot when I was dissatisfied with my career. My usual strategy would be to give a pat answer and immediately turn the question back on the person who asked it. My avoidance of the question wasn?t so much that I was considered unsuccessful or that my work was em...

What is a good landing page? The crucial half of a PPC campaign most people don`t know about. Google Adwords, Yahoo (formerly called Overture Sponsored listings) and other Pay Per Click (PPC) companies give you the chance to get your ad or search listing at the top of the pack, right up front...

When a professional meeting, event or conference planner goes to evaluate the suitability of a venue for a client this is called a site inspection. There are three basic areas to be considered:

Appearance and accessibility of the location

Service and quality of catering

Increase Your Sales in 5 Minutes
By Al Hanzal - 04/01/2008

Increase your sales?in five minutes. This article is the third in a series of five articles probing the five critical points influencing how you find a steady stream of customer for your business. Customers Buy Benefits You want more sales? Customers buy for one reason. They buy because your product...

Top 7 Ways Puppy Training Can Help Your Business
By Chuck Yorke - 11/02/2007

As leaders we always want to improve the performance of our organization. To improve we must release the creativity in our employees, leaders must get involved in their employees? work. Not everyone knows how to do this, but maybe it isn?t all that different than training a puppy. Following are seve...

Microsoft Great Plains SOP: Sales Order Processing
By Vincent Ong - 09/02/2007

Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains is marketed for mid-size companies as well as Navision (which has very good positions in Europe and emerging markets where it can be easily localized). Great Plains Sales Order Processing (SOP) module forms a third of the core Inventory and Order Process...

CRM Business Relationship
By Rasmus Nielsen - 05/02/2007

A business relationship is different from any other kind of relationship, being a personal or a social relationship. However, to understand what a business relationship means, it is necessary to identify what a relationship is.� A relationship is according to the Oxford Advanced Learner?s Dictiona...

Why You Need To Buy and Sell Gold Coins (Part 2)
By Steve Renner - 05/02/2007

Time has proven that collectors tend to make the most money in rare coins because they search out "undervalued coins" and buy during market lulls. Buying in today`s market climate offers you superb upside profit potential. PUT IN PERSPECTIVE – Rare coins have an extremely limited, fixed supp...

How To Double Your Profits -- Peter`s Way
By Sean D`Souza - 04/02/2007

Peter worked hard. Damned hard. All day he toiled to sell blueberry muffins. And they were special muffins with forty blubberies each. But he only sold so many. Everyday, he`d fight a losing battle just to sell them all. At the end of the day, they weren`t fresh anymore and people didn`t want stale ...

3 Sides To "I Already Submitted My Resume"
By Brett Stevens - 03/02/2007

Candidates who submit their resumes online to job boards, or what they believe to be direct to hiring authorities, run the risk of three common problems. These include: Number One: Who reviews resumes submitted from the internet? Usually, it?s not an executive or the immediate hiring authority. M...

The CRM Will Give You the Customer Knowledge You Need
By S. Maurer - 02/02/2007

In today`s competitive business environment, a successful Customer Relationship Management CRM strategy cannot be implemented by only installing and integrating a software package designed to support CRM processes. Customer Relationship Management is designed to give you the knowledge you need to...

Microsoft CRM: implementation, customization, support ? overview for consultant
By Andrew Karasev - 02/02/2007

Microsoft Business Solutions CRM is present several years on the US software market plus it makes advances in Europe. We expect substantial number growth of Microsoft CRM implementations across USA.

Sales. Microsoft CRM in opposite to former CRM leaders, such as Siebel, Onyx, Saleslog...

Effective Meetings by Phone - Part 1, How to Plan a Teleconference
By Steve Kaye - 26/01/2007

Teleconferences can be a boon or a bust. On the positive side, they allow people at different locations to attend meetings without having to travel. On the negative side, they can degenerate into frustrating struggles with uncontrolled babble. This occurs because people lack visual contact, which hi...

Corporate ERP: Microsoft Dynamics GP & CRM in Transportation & Logistics
By Andrew Karasev - 20/01/2007

Serving Microsoft Business Solutions clients, formerly Great Plains Software Dynamics, eEnterprise, Dynamics C/S+, Siebel Great Plains Front Office, we found that Transportation & Logistics is the industry where Great Plains & CRM tandem is the most popular. In this small article we would like to g...

Using Refinancing to Secure Lower Interest Rates
By John Mussi - 20/01/2007

When the time comes to finally buy the house that you`ve been dreaming of, you might find that the market isn`t right to give you the interest rate that you want. Of course, it`s not always a good idea to wait and see if rates improve? the home of your dreams might be sold right under your nose. ...

How to Boost Morale In Your Organisation
By Lorraine Pirihi - 23/01/2006

Who keeps the wheels turning in your organisation? Who holds it all together when chaos reigns supreme? Who can you rely on to run your department/business in your absence? Generally it`s the admin/secretarial/support staff who toil away at their computers day after day, week after week and maybe ...

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