- Business Outsoucing By : Ken Ragpala
Just another article for the powers that be. - Marketing Strategy #1: Identify Your Brand Value By : Samantha Hartley
Imagine you're walking along one day in a park. You look down and see an envelope, which you pick up. It's fine quality paper, with an embossed company logo on the back and full postage on the front. - Strategic Planning Only Works With Implementation By : Donna Price
Strategic planning only helps organizations when they are kept active and implemented. - Five Competitive Forces in "Amazon" By : Robert II Smith
Five competitive forces: (1)rivalry among existing competitors, (2) customers, (3) suppliers, (4) substitute products, and (5) new entrants. - Name Could Be Most Important Part Of Business Plan By : Michael Laleye
Many businesses today use catchy names to make sure their name stands out among the others. It does not matter what the press says about a person, just spell the name right... - Used Power Generation Equipment Can Ensure Your Cell Towers Have Power Even In A Power Outage By : Irvin Schneck
Within a variety of industries, one thing, more than any other defines that the business, is a commitment to the customers who use their services. This is particularly true within the telecom industry: when cell towers are set up and customers sign up for services, they rely on their telecom company to deliver services they can count on to be available, when they need it most. Please consider the importance of adding a reliable backup power supply to your cell phone tower site. - Understanding The Ambidextrous Organization By : Melih Oztalay
Established companies can develop radical innovations - and protect their traditional businesses. The secret? Create organizationally distinct units that are tightly integrated at the senior executive level. - Putting Security at Risk By : Jonathon Hardcastle
To survive in a competitive global environment, an organization must provide targeted customers more value than its competitors, as customer value is the difference between all the benefits derived from a total product/service and all the costs of acquiring those benefits. - The Marketing Research Challenge By : Kadence Buchanan
Many firms, driven by a need to better communicate with their customers and other stakeholders, recognize that marketing "is not a specialized activity at all. It encompasses the entire business and is necessary for a healthy business. - Labor Call To Action By : Kadence Buchanan
A leading member of the Teamsters has called for more activism among members of the labor movement and criticized today's current crop of labor leaders for not sharing the pulse of the working class because they have not risen through the ranks. - Introduction to Business Ethics By : Jonathon Hardcastle
Is it possible for an individual with strong moral values to make ethically questionable decisions in a business setting? What affects a person's inclination to make either ethical or unethical decisions in a business organization? - Corporate Branding Services And Positioning Your Company Right By : T J Madigan
Are you having trouble getting a committee in your company to create a branding strategy for you? Do you find it a complicated task to come up with effective branding tactics? Does your existing branding campaign fall short of your expectations? Are you at a loss on what to do next? - Using Expert-Based Research to Enable Innovation By : Brian Reuter
Research shows that it takes nearly 300 ideas to achieve a single successful product. The challenge to innovate is great, yet most companies struggle through a disjointed process, often stuck in their traditional way of looking at their business. - 3 Steps To Creating A Marketing Plan For Your Business By : Jeff Casmer
A marketing plan includes numbers, facts and objectives, but it is not primarily numerical; it is strategic. It is your plan of action - what you will sell, to whom you will sell it and how often, at what price, and how you will get the product to the buyer. Here's a closer look at putting together a marketing plan that works. - What Marketing Can Do For You By : John Pawlett
I thought I would clear up some misconceptions about marketing. - Selling Your Business - Prepare for the Buyer Visit By : Dave Kauppi
A buyer visit is a very important step before receiving a letter of intent. Do not view it as a simple show-and-tell corporate tour. It is your chance to position your company in the best light to drive purchase price. It is also your chance to gather valuable information on the buyer in order for you to make yoru selling decision. - Business Sellers - Beware of the C Corp Asset Sale By : Dave Kauppi
If you are selling your business and it is a C Corp, the tax consequences of an asset sale as opposed to a stock sale can be punishing. All else being equal, push for the stock sale. This article discusses the tax treatment of both transaction forms. - Contractor and Home Builder Shows: The Power of Advertising By : Gaetane Ross
Contractor and Home Builder shows are becoming extremely popular among folks who are looking to build their home or are even just slightly considering having one custom-built themselves. - Selling A Business - The Eleventh Hour Contract Change By : Dave Kauppi
A last minute change in the terms of a business sale can often cause it to blow up. That is costly and unfortunately far too common. This article discusses how to deal with it. - Will a B2B Peer Group Help You Grow Your Business? By : Wayne Messick
Napoleon Hill coined the concept, although I am quite sure it had been around forever, of the "mastermind alliance" in his powerful book "Think And Grow Rich" because he believed from his own experience that a group of like-minded, achievement oriented individuals could dramatically leverage each other's success. - Inevitable Change is a Fact of the Business Journey By : Pj Germain
Once there was a time in business when you could experience a change and then return to a period of relative stability. Nowadays, changes occur constantly - one on top of another. - Leverage The Power of Your Peers By : Wayne Messick
It seems like we all learn better in groups. In school, from kindergarten to graduate school, you worked on projects in teams or groups. You always seemed to learn more from your peers than when you listened to an instructor droning on about a particular subject. - Brooklyn Industries, a Family Business With Style! By : Wayne Messick
"That was the turning point," said Lexy. "We were doing too many things." And she was right, for them retailing provided direct access and input from their customers, daily cash flow, and control of all elements of merchandising and display. - Looking to Sell a Healthcare Company - Consider an M&A Advisor By : Dave Kauppi
If you are considering the sale of your healthcare business, engaging an M&A Advisor can help you drive the maximum transaction value with the least amount of risk. - The Number One Key for Business Success in the 21st Century By : Wayne Messick
The number one key for business success in the 21st Century is the same as it was at the beginning of recorded business history, it's just easier to achieve now that information is more abundant than ever and high speed Internet connections make it accessible. But just because it's available and does not mean we all take advantage of it. - How To Find Link Partners By : Gaetane Ross
Rather than creating a bogus link directory and filling it with 25,000 links, link to partners with pages that are actually indexed by search engines and have page rank. Additionally, ask them for inbound links from their pages that are indexed and have page rank. Both of you will gain more from this exchange. - Getting Your Computer Business Ready for High Tech Peripherals By : James Lowe
Here are some soft heavy steps to take before launching your online business to save you some gray hairs - Learn How To Create A Sitemap By : Gaetane Ross
A sitemap of a website is similar to the table of contents of a book. Sitemaps are important because it guides web surfers to the particular part of the website they have a point of interest in. With it they would save time following links and get right to the point instead. - How To Build An Opt-in List By : Gaetane Ross
Before revealing the secrets of the trades, here are myths and fallacies that need to be cleared before one indulges into building an opt-in list. These marketing misconceptions could pose so much of an obstacle towards your profitting well from your business. - Knowledge Is Power: The Search For Accurate Information On The Competition By : Laura Watkins
These days, when it comes to seeking out information, most people turn to their computers to do the work for them. "Surfing the Net" has become a routine way of gathering necessary data, facts, and other such knowledge. - Preparing For Disaster Recovery By : David Gass
Explains how to use tools like insurance and a little common sense to recover from disasters in business. - How to Easily Make at Least 300% More Money With Your Business Without Finding a Single New Customer By : Chris Rempel
Without question, the most overlooked, under-valued and under-utilized asset in practically every business is... - Essential Components Of A Strategic Business Plan By : David Gass
Explains the things needed to develop a successful business plan. - Writing a Home Business Plan By :
If you are thinking about starting a home based business you are not alone. There are thousands of people all over the world that start their own businesses every year. Out of these people, there is a small group that is very successful, and then a large group that never lives up to the potential that they expected. - BASF Makes IT Landscape Fit For The Future By : Dave Gosine
BASF will continue to standardise its SAP landscape and at the same time harmonise the relevant processes involved until 2008. It will place the IT systems for the most important business processes together and realign them into a uniform SAP standard. - Understanding Business and Government Regulations By : David Gass
Describes business and government regulations and how to deal with them. - Insurance Deductibles and How the Changes Will Affect Health Care Professionals By : Helmut Flasch
Las Vegas is a pale comparison to insurance companies, when it comes to ripping people off. What people? You, the doctor, of course - if it is not already clears to you that the patients also get ripped off too! - The People, Process, Technology Puzzle By : Sandra Noble
Today's buzz words are People, Process, and Technology. To reach business goals, each must be addressed and each must be appropriate. So what does that mean? And, how do the puzzle pieces fit together? - How Loan Officers Can Snag Realtor Business By : Joe Pahl
An informative article on how loan officers can partner up with real estate agents for mutual business success. - Solopros: Are You Busy but not Rich? By : Lauren Outland
By doing more business building activities that are 1 and 2 "degrees of separation" from closing the sale, you can increase your cash flow now. - Setting Goals that Sizzle By : Kim Nishida
Do you start the year off with phenomenal intentions and suddenly find yourself facing December 31st with little to show for it? Your problem may not be a lack of self-discipline or an over-booked day planner, but simply an inability to set the right targets...goals that sizzle. Walk through the following eight steps and say good-bye to chaos, overwhelm, and unfulfilled wishes. - Dreams Do Come True! You Can Build A Company That Can Be Different. By : Paul Donihue
What does it take for your dreams to come true? It takes holding on to the vision, and believing in the dream, and a lot of hard work. It takes others, like our family members to see what we see, and if they don't, believe in us anyway. Your dreams of a different business can be a reality. - Making A Quick Profit On The Internet By : Ivan Kelly
Is it possible to make a quick profit on the internet? I hesitate about mentioning this method as it needs to be done with care, but if followed with a good understanding of the principles involved, it is certainly capable of paying well to those who know how to "play the game". - 3 Essential Components To Creating Internet Business Plan By : Jeff Flow
Learn how to create a powerful Internet presence through a Internet business plan. - Selling Your Business - The 2006 M&A Outlook By : Dave Kauppi
Thinking of selling your business in 2006? What will the market be like? Find out. - Business Solutions With Business Software By : James Hunt
There are many different types of business software that you can purchase for your business or home office. No matter what office task that you're trying to accomplish, there is a piece of software out there for you to make your job faster and easier... - Grow Your Home Based Business By Outsourcing By : Jeff Flow
This article will give you practical tips on how to grow your business through outsourcing and some guidelines on how to find the best companies for your particular outsourcing needs. - The Pricing Dynamics of Selling a Business By : Dave Kauppi
When you sell your business, the method of selling can have a major impact on your selling price. This article discusses the various selling methods and the relative values that result. - Starting An Affiliate Program By : Gaetane Ross
The following paragraphs summarize the work of affiliate programs experts who are completely familiar with all the aspects of affiliate programs. Heed their advice to avoid any affiliate programs surprises.
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