11,298 articles on "finance"

How To Use Color On The Web To Get More Clients Than You Can Handle

You only have one opportunity to make a first impression, and your website is often the first contact you have with a potential client. As a representation of you and your business, it’s important to ensure it conveys the right impression. Color ca...

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Quality consulting major consumer products company

Organizational TQM Assessment The executive staff was trained on the key components of the Malcolm Baldridge criteria, and facilitated discussions that resulted in a baseline evaluation of the organization's TQM implementation. The Baldrige crit...

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This Job Would Be Great - Except For Those Damn Customers!

We all know customers are not always right – in fact – often they’re completely wrong. But if we allow our customers’ “shortcomings” to be the focus of our employees’ attentions we’re destined to fail.The inclination to complain about...

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Seven Ways to Say, No!

A common remedy for improving your time management is to develop the ability of saying, "NO." Since it is easier to recommend than to do, here are some tips on how to do it.1. Start with your own attitude. What is your self perception when you say, ...

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Hire a Virtual Assistant

So, the decision has been made to hire a virtual assistant...Knowing your business needs and clearly defining them will be the first step in the process. A good virtual assistant (or VA) will be asking you these questions and having the answers read...

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THE “SEVEN Cs” PARTNERSHIP DANGER SIGNS - Competitive, Not Complementary Action

A series of articles exploring the seven critical areas that can indicate a partnership is in trouble. Competitive, Not Complementary ActionJames Carville and Mary Matlin are public relations spokespeople for the Democratic and Republican parties, re...

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The “SEVEN Cs” Partnership Danger Signs - Communication Breakdown

An ongoing series of articles exploring the seven critical areas that can indicate a partnership is in trouble.COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWNThe "Seven Cs" are the danger signs that indicate your business partnership, or any partnership for that matter, is ...

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Kicking Winning Goals

The competition for business is hotting up. The advances in new technology, ease of communication, and increasing expectations from customers have combined to make the marketplace more competitive than ever. In this world it is critical for small and...

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UNDERSTANDING THE CORPORATE BUYER

Selling your services to corporations is an attractive proposition. The contracts are larger than with small businesses and individuals, and often longer-term. There's the possibility of repeat business worth many billable hours at respectable r...

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EMAIL ADVERTISING.

Sending out emails these days is fast becoming a joke. To achieve an order is getting harder and harder because of the large quantity of email needed to sent out, to secure an order,My research has indicated that with a click thru rate of just 1% of ...

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