11,381 articles related to "business and finance"

Writing a Book's Marketing Plan for Maximum Profit

Much has been written about book proposals. But less has been written about book marketing plans. This is wrong!What happens after your book is published has a great deal to do with whether you become published and profitable… or just published.A b...

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How to Bring Your Heart & Spirit to Work

How to Bring Your Heart and Spirit to WorkIf you live an average life span and work full-time you will have spent 90,000 hours at work. More than one third of your waking adult life! Do you long to spend those days doing work that is satisfying? Woul...

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A Live Human Being

A Live Human Being by Bob OsgoodbyEver try to call a company for information or assistance, and have to fight your way through a seemingly unending maze of instructions from an automated robot. "For this press one; for that press two", and so on. Som...

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Small Business Q&A How To Handle Customer Billing Snafus

Q: I just discovered that for the past six months I have been billing a client half of what I should have been. Should Ijust include the total of the past due balance on his next billor contact him first to let him know that it's coming? Thiscli...

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Knowledge is Power ... So, keep your mouth closed to keep it from getting away!

Did you ever wonder why it sometimes seems that communications is lacking within an organization or corporate culture? It is one of those frustrating situations that appear to put a halt to positive productivity. You meander around trying to gather h...

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Professionalizing The Family Business

Professionalizing the Family BusinessFamily business expert discusses thedifficult and emotionally destructive problems confrontedIn the 30 years I have been working as a family business consultant, the most difficult and emotionally destructive prob...

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Affiliates – Don’t Sell – Pre-sell!

OK, so you have just finished putting together your Website and you are ready to start making some money. You heard about affiliate programs and how they are an excellent way to make someextra income from your Website. So you join a few, post some ba...

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Why Your Business Could Fail And How To Prevent It From Happening

I have heard many former business owners give manyreasons why their business failed. They have said it'sbecause the market was slow, their suppliers raisedprices on them, too much competition, etc. It's usuallybecause they didn't have ...

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Dealing With Critics

It seems there is never a shortage of critics around for those who are pursuing their dreams. When faced with critics, I am reminded many times of how crabs react to one another when one is trying to escape the confines of a bucket. Just as the crab ...

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Get Approved Mortgage Application Tips

Take time to complete the applicationGet a comfortable table or desk and spend the time to fill out your mortgage application neatly and correctly. This is not the time to be multitasking.If you are given a paper application at the bank or credit un...

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