Online Business Articles - Page 6

Trade Writing - for Cash!: Often considered as “plain Jane’s” of the print world, trade magazines prove that there is more to a market than just a pretty face.

Be a Realtor with Curb Appeal: Are you a realtor with curb appeal or are you more of a fixer-upper needful of updating?

From Bank Clerk to Entreprenuer: What seems like a century ago, I left school and joined a well-known High Street Bank.

How Real PR Works: For some, public relations works well when their news release or special event winds up in the newspaper or on the radio.

How to Get the Best Price for Your House: The best price to sell your home is always determined by how you compare against your competition...

Networking Tips - Getting An 800 Number: Another way to network is by using an 800 number and establishing a network of experts to refer your clients/customers to.

How To Improve Your Negotiating Skills: Negotiation will be an important area for every homebased business owner, especially in lease purchasing.

Need A Sales Boost – Try These!: The telephone is still the best and most effective way to reach people. It can help generate more sales and build your business.

Can Nurses Be Entrepreneurs?: Yes, Nurses can be entrepreneurs. In today’s market place nursing has a unique service to offer not only to hospitals...

Tips for Curing Bad Customer Service: Bad customer service is everywhere these days — unmanned front desks, surly servers, clueless staff...

Independent RN Contractors Are Taking The Nursing Profession: Nurses wake up and take advantage of this extraordinary opportunity. Are you tired of having no input in your career...

Cash Flow Management: Cash. Most people want more. When running a small business it's particularly important to monitor how cash...

Why Do You Want PR?: To get someone’s name in the newspaper or a product mention on a radio talk show?

Using Emotion for Persuasion: The other day, I received the last issue of a business magazine before my subscription runs out.

10 “No Money Down” Ways to Buy Real Estate: Turn the Television on any Sunday morning and you’ll find yourself in the middle of a “how to buy real estate” infomercial.

Businesses Should Specialise Not Generalise: In the 1980s it was the fashion for businesses to be diverse and to offer a variety of service.

Kick-In-The-Pants Job Search: Believe it: three obstacles will hold you back from your ideal job -- your résumé, you, and your job-search methods.

Don't Wait for Tax Time to Look at the Bottom Line: A curious thing happens to entrepreneurs in the spring of every year. They wake up one day and realize...

Diversification on the Internet: I have been on the Internet observing many new and exciting things over the past 5 years.

Selling To Your Difficult Person: We all have people whom we find difficult. We don't understand them, connect with them, or even talk comfortably with them.

Are You a Marketing Octopus, or a Marketing Worm?: One of the greatest challenges to effectively marketing a business is determining which marketing method is best for your business.

Should You Invest In Savings Or Payoff Your Debts?: I have faced this financial question 8 years ago and recently I have friends asked me this same question.

Body Language Speaks Louder Than Words: Has it ever occurred to you how much you are saying to people even when you are not speaking?

How To Seal The Deal In Seven Seconds: Can you close a sale in just seven seconds?

Clean Up In An Office Cleaning Business: With the economy still trying to recover, and unemployment still high in many countries, a good solution...

When Bad Interviews Happen to Good Candidates: Going through the motions of a bad interview is like peeling back the layers of an onion.

Home Based Business: Your Ultimate Tax Shelter: Starting and operating your own home based business is the ultimate tax shelter.

The Cost of Green Eggs and Ham: Young readers know that March 4th is the birthday of Dr. Seuss. Many parents trip their tongues...

What Paper or Computer Files Should You Keep?: As business people we must deal with a great deal of paper and information from email and the net every day.

To Be An Effective Leader, Do A Check-up From The Neck Up: Before we can effectively lead anyone, we must take an introspective view of ourselves.

Instant Rapport: The Key to Sales Success: Did you ever meet someone with whom you just clicked? Someone who was so much like you that you practically knew what he was thinking?

Having Trouble Motivating Others? Try WIIFM: Recently my fourteen-year old son Matt dressed up as Santa Claus and attended a Christmas caroling event for one of my professional organizations.

Present Your Message with Power and Pizzazz: If you’re ready to kick your career or business up to the next level, then make it a goal to become a powerful presenter.

Do You Want to Impress Others? Then Don’t Talk …Listen: Recently my friend Michelle was concerned about a professional conference she was planning to attend with her husband...

If You Can’t See It, They Won’t Do It: Recently, while developing a customer service program, I asked my client to provide me with detailed descriptions...

Mining For Gold With The Best Affiliate Programs And Hitting Pay Dirt: Colin McDougall tinkered around with affiliate programs earning a few dollars, nothing much to write home about...

Why "Free Agent Thinking" Is Good For Your Company: It's no secret! Day after day the news is riddled with companies who are moving operations to other countries or completely closing their doors.

Workplace Fitness: A Gym Full Of Useful Advice For Continual Learning: "Where do you get all your energy?" That's a question many of us are asked as we finish leading an intense management retreat...

Are You An Innocent Victim of These Popular Myths?: Misconceptions, misinterpretations and just plain “untruths” are floating about income taxes.

Maintaining Your Motivation: I recently spoke to a group of sales professionals at the end of their training conference.