A $50 bonus may not seem like much at the end of the year, but these days every extra dollar can help you maintain your financial stability. Here are some ways you can make good use of that $50: Cut your credit card debt. If you put $50 toward a $2,000 credit card...
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Are Your Customers Getting the Service They Deserve?
All of your marketing will be wasted if the receptionist has a bad attitude, your staff is not properly trained, and you don’t have systems in place to ensure that the customer’s needs are being met and exceeded. Management consultant and speaker Tony Alessandra in...
Create a Better Work Day
Many people find it difficult to maintain a healthy balance between their work and their home life, but there are ways that can assist you with finding peace and a number of tips that can be a big help in doing so. One good tip is to clean up your office. This may...
Performing a Basic Accounting Audit
If you’ve been thrust into the role of accountant in your business and have been assigned the unpleasant task of performing an audit, there’s no need for stress. Performing a basic accounting audit isn’t as scary as one may seem. Once you’ve determined the area that...
10 Common Interviewing Mistakes
The Education of the Accidental Manager: Part 2 Tuesday's blog discussed how most business owners are “accidental managers” who have never been formally trained. I also argued in the blog that mastering employee management is an essential skill needed to...
The Cost of Convenience
Take a peep inside most people’s supermarket carts, kitchen cupboards and iceboxes these days and more than likely you will see endless varieties of convenience foods. With time being such a precious commodity and lifestyles being so frenetic, perhaps in some ways it...
Educating the Accidental Manager!
The majority of business owners are accidental managers who have no formal training in managing employees. In fact, managing employees is often very far from the business owner’s mind when they start their business. Unfortunately for them, being able to...
Map Your Way to Financial Freedom and Stay the Course
Financial security is a goal most everyone would like to attain. But many people struggle and continue to live paycheck to paycheck. Mapping the way to financial freedom is pretty simple, but it’s the discipline needed to make the journey that people often find...
How to Build a Marketing Plan
B2B companies have used marketing plans for many years now, but creating one that is actually good is another matter. Fortunately there are some simple tips to follow that can help you to do just that. Marketing plans need to anticipate risks as well as manage and...
Adding Product Videos Increases Sales Dramatically!
I have attached an excellent video by Drew Davis on the huge increase in sales that can result by producing videos for your products and services (www.tippingpointlabs.com/2011/04/25/steal-this-slidethe-value-of-product-videos ). The research he includes in this video...