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Franchises - Success and You
Many people believe owning a franchise will make them rich, financially secure, and provide the life of their dreams. True, franchises have an extremely high success rate, and a very high satisfaction rate among their owners. But is that success guaranteed when you purchase a franchise? NO!There . . .
Job Search Lessons from The Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is a game but, like sports in general, it offers useful life lessons that we can take with us . . . if we only look below the surface. As I watched the game, I saw a number of things. How many did you see?1. Winning is a team effort. The teams that make it to the game don’t get the. . .
Dealing With Clients Not Paying Your Invoice
Providing a translation is providing a service. Imagine you having provided the appropriate service, delivered it on time, invoiced the client accordingly (indicating a payment date not so far into the future) and the suggested payment date comes and goes without any money pouring in on your need. . .
How to Identify a Problem Solver
As an executive recruiter, I interview a lot of people. And while most candidates find a way to look good on paper, their resumes don't always reveal how good of a problem solver they are. Yet all of my clients want to hire problem solvers - people who can walk into their operation and make their. . .
5 Tips for Customizing your Resume
Gone are the days of the bland, generic one-page resume. Employers these days are more impressed by a resume that is customized and they tend to give jobs to interviewees that have a bit of knowledge about the company. By doing your research, you’re showing initiative, which impresses potential. . .
Success Leaves Clues
How often have you thought of running your own business because you assumed it would be easy? Or if you currently have your own business, you thought, “There’s got to be an easier way to do what I do.” Fact is, often there is not an “easy way” to achieve business success. It takes time, commitmen. . .
Five "How to be a Better Speaker" Articles
One: How to Create Sizzling Speech and Book TitlesDescription: Create titles that focus on what most people want all the time. Example "How to Win Friends and Influence People." Learn five ways to design your speech and/or best-selling book titles. Article URL: http://www.schrift.com/article_sizz. . .
Top 10 Things You Need To Know When Starting A Business..
In my career, I have had a total of 3 businesses myself and a few others where I am in partnerships. Each time you start a business the basics are pretty well the same. Here are 10 things I believe are really important for anyone starting up a business....1. Don't waste your dollars on things you. . .
Throw Out The Lifeline
The television show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" made a great splash when launched, and even spawned a number of imitators.One of the features that made the show popular was the Lifeline. That's a mechanism an uncertain contestant used to ask for a second opinion, before committing to an answ. . .
A PR Surprise for Managers
For those business, non-profit and association managers committed to PR tactics like radio and newspaper plugs, it can come as a surprise to discover where public relations value REALLY lies. Truth is, your PR budget can deliver results far beyond such limited publicity placements. For example . . .
How To Tell if a Property is Overvalued
In the wake of the incredible house price boom witnessed in most of the developed world over the past decade, a lot of ideas have sprung up as to how to value a house 'fairly'. The reason for this is that traditional methods, such as working out house prices as a multiple of salaries, or perhaps . . .
Investing Online Has Its Rewards: Find Out How To Take Advantage Of Them
Computerized investing. Online investing. Have you taken the next step yet? These days among savvy investors, online investment resources are synonymous with opportunity.The capabilities that we currently have at our fingertips were unavailable just ten years ago. The speed at which you can inves. . .
International Support - Microsoft Great Plains VAR/Partner Selection – overview for V.P. IT
Looks like Microsoft Great Plains becomes more and more popular, partly because of Microsoft muscles behind it. It seems to be goof solution for mid-size and even large multinational corporation with Headquarters in US and branches Worldwide. You, as V.P. IT can deploy the strategy, when you ho. . .
Why Lotto Wheeling Works
You may occassionally come across websites or individuals who claim that lottery 'wheeling' doesn't work (wheeling is multiple entries using combinations of a set of numbers). The usual justification for this is that they say you are entering the same number multiple times in order to create your. . .
Turbocharged Financial Planning
Financial planning is an ongoing process individuals and businesses should implement by organizing all aspects of their finances. This will assist in identifying financial goals, providing a comprehensive written Financial Plan, and implementing the plan in accordance with the objectives that are. . .
Which IRA Is Best For You?
An Ira is one of the greatest ways to save on taxes currently and accumulate money for the future.For individuals three types of IRA's will normally come under consideration. The Traditional or Regular IRA The Education IRA The Roth IRAEducation IRA is now called the Coverdell Education Savings A. . .
Retirement Is A Scary Proposition If You're Without A Plan, And Running Out Of Time
Of the 75 million baby boomers nearing retirement today, many are: Debt Ridden Severely unprepared for retirement Under Funded Without a StrategyThis is a very serious problem in a country that we can all remember used to assure most people of a retirement where you are taken care of financially.. . .
Networking Scares Me!
When I started my business, if I knew then what I know now I either would not have started it or I would have become profitable much faster! Everyone who has their own business needs to learn an incredible amount. Perhaps the most important business tenet is so simple – you make money when you . . .
Your Website - Your Virtual Business Card
To make one thing clear way ahead, without a website you will not survive on this market. And while you are at it, make sure the website is user-friendly because you will need to make changes once in a while and if only to promote some new services. A website should list all the services you are . . .
What the Mail on Sunday Said
Anyone considering Bankruptcy may have experienced fear after reading an article written in The Mail on Sunday with the headline “Bankruptcy cheats face crackdown”. But, how much of what was written was in context of the reality of Bankruptcy as it is today?The article implied that since The Ent. . .
7 Tips for Growing Your Business You Do Not Want to Ignore: Business Strategies To Easily Impleme...
Growing companies must always be ready for the next challenge. If you fail in meeting critical business challenges you will not grow. Challenges often require some type of breakthrough. But do not be misled. A business breakthrough does not have to be something no one has thought of – it just nee. . .
Management Wants Faster Implementation Of New Organizational Strategy. (Part II.)
This week, I will continue the discussion from last week's PVT, where we discussed four steps to introduce a new strategy.(http://www.SeniorManagementServices.com/pvt-96-faster-org-strategy.html)To review last week, your organization works OK now. But, you've discovered that your whole operation . . .
How To Get An Extension To File Your Business Tax Returns
Yes, the tax season is upon with the first filing date for some businesses being March 15, 2005. If you can’t imagine getting your tax returns together by that date, you need not worry. The IRS automatically gives you an extension if your file the appropriate form. As you might expect, there are . . .
7 Steps To Hire The Best
You can use this step-by-step method to hire applicants who are likely to be “superstar” employees: highly productive low-turnoverImportant: Focus on hiring applicants you rate positively on all seven prediction methods.1st Prediction Method = Brief Initial Screening InterviewIf an applicant’s a. . .
Resume Objectives ... The Hidden Pitfalls
Why Use Resume ObjectivesBefore we can discuss the pitfalls you first need to understand the reasons for including your resume objectives and how they relate to your resume and interview selection process. Including an objectives section at the beginning of your resume provides a brief introducti. . .
Top Career Advice ... More Choices and A Better Way of Life
Why Career Advice Is So Important Choosing a career presents a nerve-racking decision, as it can have a life-long impact on you. Do not fret, as you can gain a clearer outlook into your future by thorough career planning. Having a clear vision of the future can guide you by helping you set career. . .
Effective Policies and Procedures - 4 Parts of the Complete Cash to Cash Cycle
The Cash to Cash CycleFinal of SeriesPart One: http://www.bizmanualz.com/articles/01-05-05_inventory_procedures.html?src=ART78Part Two: http://www.bizmanualz.com/articles/01-11-05_accounts_receivable.html?src=ART79Part Three: http://www.bizmanualz.com/articles/01-18-05_Sales_Marketing.html?src=AR. . .
Promotions That Build Profit
Promotions are everything you do to let your customers know you exist. Good marketing techniques can help eliminate the “I didn't knows” from your clients and would-be clients. Even if you believe you have more than enough business you should always continue to do some sort of marketing. What if . . .
Why News Releases Fail
Sorry about my otaku with this issue (otaku = more than a hobby, a little less than an obsession).Many of you may know me, since I run Imediafax, the Internet to Media Fax Service. I send out over a million news releases a year for people via fax and email. You probably think that I’ve got news r. . .
OPM - The Art Of Leveraging
Equity lender, hard money lender, private investor or what ever term one uses can be a great source of funds to do real estate transactions and the question of how to find them comes up often!There are numerous ways to do this, and no two investors are exactly alike, so it's important to be innov. . .
How You Can Make $1000 A Week Part Time
About 6 years ago I started to notice that certain friends of mine had quit their jobs but continued to live very luxurious lifestyles - seemingly without doing very much. I thought they must just be using up their savings until I discovered they were all making a fantastic living by spending jus. . .
Factoring. Cash Without Borrowing
Cash flow is one of the main reasons businesses fail. At one time or another, every business, even successful ones, have experienced poor cash flow. Cash flow does not have to be a problem any more. Do not be fooled -- banks are not the only places you can get funding. Other solutions are availab. . .
Increase Profits with Outsourcing Best Practices
When your company is forming long-term offshore outsourcing relationships with another company, the foundation of the success of this venture should be laid during the negotiation period itself. The centerpiece of this negotiation period is the Service Level Agreement. The aim of outsourcing is t. . .
How to Network Your Way to Success
Successful people do not achieve success on their own, they surround themselves with a well-developed, sophisticated support network. In a world that grows more complex and more competitive each day, networking is necessary not only for survival but for high achievement"…excerpt from the best-sel. . .
9-11 And Your Checking Account
Imagine a catastrophic event triggering the government to change the rules covering your checking account. Actually, you don’t have to imagine it because it happened in New York on 9-11.The ensuing halt to commerce in the immediate days after 9-11 (about four total) was enough of a catalyst for o. . .
The Perfect Mutual Fund
Is the Mutual Fund you build yourself! The perfect Mutual Fund you build should have the objective of owning no more than 12 to 15 companies; owning shares in 12 companies would allow the diversity needed to sleep well at night and would provide a cash dividend every week of the year. The 12 comp. . .
Dealing with Difficult People
1. Don't get Hooked !!! When people behave towards you in a manner that makes you feel angry, frustrated or annoyed - this is known as a Hook. We can even become "Hooked" by the way people look, how they talk, how they smell and even by their general demeanour. If we take the bait then we are all. . .
How To Triple Your Online Profits With Just 7 Simple Articles
Hello everyone, today let's touch on the single biggest profit generator you MUST have to earn BIG money online. I call it the MAGIC minicourse. If you don't have your own multi-part, automated minicourse then you are throwing sales and profits away. When you wake up, do you go down to your close. . .
Little Known Secret: Eliminate your Mortgage in 23 years or less!
Wanna know a little secret? There is an ingenious method you can use, to pay off your 30 year fixed rate loan, in 23 years or less. It’s straightforward, simple, and easy to understand. In this article, we’re going to explore this little known secret, and we’ll provide several examples of how it . . .
How to Keep Customers
Who was it that said - "The customer is always right"? Well for those of you who can't get through the day without knowing, it was H Gordon Selfridge, the founder of Selfridges's department store in London. The question I want answered is; did he ever work with customers on day-to-day basis and i. . .
The Management Team Section of the Business Plan – Don't Just Include Resumes
Even the best new concept or existing plan will fail if executed poorly. The Management Team section of the business plan must prove to the investor why the key company personnel are "eminently qualified" to execute on the business model.The Management Team section should include biographies of k. . .
Universal Success Secrets
Are there any universal laws that most successful people seem to follow? Great question, huh?With that in mind, I began listing some common denominators in order to share them with others. I’ve been very fortunate to have had some success in my life, as well as the opportunity to meet with some v. . .
Straddle Strategies in Option Trading
The straddle strategy is an option strategy that's based on buying both a call and put of a stock. Note that there are various forms of straddles, but we will only be covering the basic straddle strategy. To initiate a Straddle, we would buy a Call and Put of a stock with the same expiration date. . .
Defining The Qualities of A Professional
In today's business climate we are experiencing more interest in professionalism. The past five years provided many successes; however, most have been overshadowed by the non-ethical behavior of a few. Some people lost most of their retirement savings, and the US population is demanding a stronge. . .
Top 7 Methods to Empower Employees
How many times have you asked someone to do something like “draw up a plan for such and such project”? Your employee completes the plan, but then you say, “That is not what I wanted” or “That is not how you do it”. And so the employee thinks: but you didn’t tell me exactly how you wanted it done.. . .
The Morphing of Thought and Cash
Here are some thoughts about the morphing of thought and cash. What do I mean by morphing? I mean the transformation of something from one form to another. If you have seen movies like TERMINATOR 2, X MEN, or MATRIX, you have an idea of what I'm talking about. In these movies, some characters. . .
Why Not Juice-Up Your PR?
Say, from tactics like special events, brochures and press releases to a public relations effort more in keeping with the challenges you face as a business, non-profit or association manager? I speak of public relations that alters individual perception and leads to changed behaviors among those . . .
Are Gift Cards the best gift?
January’s retail sales strength is reflected in people redeeming their Christmas gift cards. The average adult received 3.2 gift cards this holiday season, up from 2.5 gift cards last year. Gift cards are more popular and this also moves spending into January. Consumers are also interested in . . .
FOREX 101: Make Money with Currency Trading
For those unfamiliar with the term, FOREX (FOReign EXchange market), refers to an international exchange market where currencies are bought and sold. The Foreign Exchange Market that we see today began in the 1970's, when free exchange rates and floating currencies were introduced. In such an e. . .
Medical Collection. How Organized is your office?
At one time or another, all of us have experienced the frustration of waiting in a doctor’s office. It seems as though every time we go to see the doctor or the dentist we end up having to wait for a ridiculous amount of time, and then when we finally do get in, we are only “treated” for a few mi. . .
Team Building for Entrepreneurs
As a business owner and entrepreneur, you need an external and internal team of people to help your business thrive. As a business resource consultant, I also help others build the teams they need for continued success. Whatever the reason for creating the alliance might be - a joint marketing ve. . .
The Differences Betweeen the Wealthy and Everyone Else
I recently received an e-mail from a young lady who had doubts about the principles of wealth found in "Rich Dad, Poor Dad". She mentioned a couple of past failed investments, and wanted to know what I thought about investing and financial freedom - whether it was just a myth, or whether it could. . .
The Top Three Problems IT Managers Face and How to Overcome Them
Todays business environment has changed drastically from just a few years back. Rather than working exclusively with equipment, data, and systems, todays IT managers face issues such as cross training, personnel management, interdepartmental communication, and a widening job scope for all IT empl. . .
Quit and Retire Three Years Earlier!
For most people, there is a direct correlation between how worried they are about retirement income, and how much they can actually do about it. This is because the more worried you are, the closer you probably are to retirement, and the less time you have to do anything – like save up. Effective. . .
Resume Outline - Add Structure & Flow to Your Resume
Building your resume, based on a resume outline will give it structure and flow... it provides an outline of all the things you should include in your resume. A resume is one of the most important documents you will ever createFirst you have to decide on a particular format for your resume. The t. . .
How Beneficial is a Sample Cover Letter ?
You can benefit from sample cover letters as they can help you learn about the constructs of a high quality cover letter. However, there are some dangers in doing this ...If you have been sending out tons of resumes and cover letters and are not getting interviews you are probably wondering why. . . .
A Great Answer To “What Is Your Biggest Weakness?”
A true story . . . A flight attendant candidate applied for a job at one of the world’s leading airlines. Her interview consisted of a panel of interviewers sitting across from a row of candidates.The interviewers went down the line and asked each applicant the stereotypical question, “What is y. . .
Management Wants Faster Implementation Of New Organizational Strategy (Part III).
Is anyone "not affected" by a reorganization? In the last couple of weeks, I have discussed reorganization and how you can manage employees who are affected positively or negatively. What about employees "not affected" by a reorganization? Even those "not affected" on your Org Chart will be affec. . .
Could a Roth IRA be Better Than a 401(k)?
Very few people whom I know are familiar with the benefits of the Roth IRA. It was named for the late Senator William Roth of Rhode Island, who proposed it. It is similar to a traditional IRA except contributions are never tax-deductible. Contributions to traditional IRAs are sometimes deductible. . .
Ben Franklin Didn't Quite Get It Right
When Ben Franklin said "a penny saved is a penny earned", he didn't quite get it right. Actually, a penny saved is worth more than a penny earned. Do you find this statement shocking? I am about to prove to you that what I'm saying is true.Most people erroneously believe the best way to strengthe. . .
The Truth Behind Linear Selling: Why It Can Make Prospects Run The Other Way
Sean works for a major telecom company. During one of our coaching sessions, he told me, "I've been diligent about following the sales process that my company believes is required to make a sale -- but, for some strange reason, my prospects don't want to fit into that process. What am I doing wro. . .
Self-Confidence Is The Key To Personal And Professional Success
In my audio program Book Yourself Solid, The 7 Keys To Getting More Clients Than You Can Handle Even If You Hate Marketing And Selling, I focus on the nitty gritty of what to do to get loads of clients but the real key and what I try to deep into is what you need to do for yourself to take action. . .
Branding and Internal Communication
In the I-HR newsletter, moderator Beth N. Carvin asked if the idea of branding could be used, effectively, to improve productivity and retention. This is an expanded version of my response to her question: Yes, I think you can use the idea of branding as a tool for improving employee productivity. . .
Six Sigma Tools for Process Control
Part 4 of a Four-Part SeriesPart One: http://www.bizmanualz.com/articles/02-08-05_Process_Improvement.html?src=ART83Part Two: http://www.bizmanualz.com/articles/02-14-05_Core_Processes.html?src=ART84Part Three: http://www.bizmanualz.com/articles/02-16-05_Process_Mapping.html?src=ART85Aim for perf. . .
Mystery Shopping
Mystery shopping is an excellent way to make extra money. In fact, some people make a full time living doing it. There are many mystery shopping companies that will pay you to shop, eat at restaurants and take part in focus groups. A mystery shop consists of getting paid to go into a business w. . .
How To Prepare Yourself For The Challenges as a Freelance Translator
Some simple question – but suddenly not so simple when it comes to answering. What exactly is your vision? What services do you want to offer as a freelancer? Do you want to offer just translation or just interpreting or both? And if any of these apply, than what language combination, what field . . .
So You Want To Get In To Manufacturing (part 1)
Having been in the personal care manufacturing business for a number of years I have some advise for those of you thinking about starting a manufacturing operation. First off some manufacturing basics. Manufacturing is essentially the same no mater what product you are producing. It is govern. . .
Conquering Confidence Killers for Small Business Success
"The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear". -- William Jennings Bryan Whether you're generally a self-confident person, or someone continually plagued by self- doubt, you'll recognize some of these confidence killers if you: Are overly dependent on the thoughts or opinions . . .
Tax Reform, My Way
We need real tax reform and we need it now. Previous attempts have been made at tax reform, but they have only provided band-aid solutions that have still left us with too many quirks, complication, and read tape. There are several things Congress could do to simply the tax system and benefit the. . .
New Year Resolutions to a Better Financial Future
There could not be a better time to mull over the changes needed in our life style than at the beginning of a New Year. This is also a good time to set yearly goals and make resolutions. Each year, according to statistics, almost a third of us make some kinds of New Year Resolutions. Interest. . .
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