Business Articles

Network Your Way to Success- 12 Tips to Jumpstart Your Business by Beth Tabak
Lots of people network but few reap the rewards of zeroing in on their potential when it comes to networking. Here are some tips to help fill the gap between where you are now and where you can be.

A Bit of Pollyanna by Nan S. Russell
Columnist Nan Russell shares career insights learned over 20 years in the corporate world, including as a Vice President at QVC.

Tap Employee Passion For Business Success by Harry Hoover
Meriwether Lewis set the stage for the Corps of Discovery’s success before one single “employee” had been hired. From the outset Lewis and Clark engendered a communications culture that brought in the right prospects, then kept morale high and increased the productivity of those eventually hired.

Those Little Things by Nan S. Russell
Columnist Nan Russell shares career insights learned over 20 years in the corporate world, including as a Vice President at QVC.

Lets Talk About Trust by Nan S. Russell
Columnist Nan Russell shares career insights learned over 20 years in the corporate world, including as a Vice President at QVC...

The Squirrel Effect by Nan S. Russell
Columnist Nan Russell shares career insights learned over 20 years in the corporate world, including as a Vice President at QVC

Go Ahead Im Listening by Nancy Fraser
How radio fits into the advertising mix. Use the strengths of radio to form an effective and emotional bond with your customers.

Advertising Primer for Fast Learners by Nancy Fraser
Point form delivery of 10 steps to develop effective advertising messages.

Build Rapport Fast! - Eight Easy Steps by Martin Haworth
Build rapport fast, to instantly create excellent relationships for your business success. In this article you will find eight easy skills to get your realtionship building skills off to a great start!

Outsourcing and the U.S. Economy by Al Thomas
Is there anything we can do about this global trend?

Top 7 Small Business Tax Tips by J. Stephen Pope
Here are seven ways for owners of small businesses to save money on their taxes.

Phone Interviews: Prepare to Ace Them! by Jeff Altman
More companies are saving time and effort by doing initial telephone interviews before committing themselves to hours of time assessing and evaluating applicants. Jeff Altman, CPC and MSW offers many pointers that will help you develop your skill and ace your phone interviews

Resumes That Work: 3 Steps to More and Better Interviews by Jeff Altman
Everyone involved with hiring people are evaluating you for employment are all receiving hundreds of emailed resumes a day. Jeff Altman, CPC, MSW offers 3 key suggestions that will help you get moe and better opportunities to interview for jobs.

Customer Service - Winning Customer Experiences by Megan Tough
Much research has been done on what the makes a winning customer experience. What is it that makes customers come back to your business instead of going to someone else's? If your repeat business is low, what is it that you are doing to drive your customers away? There is a consistent theme that emerges across the research - winning customer experiences are built on consistency.

Dialogue: the Four Dialogic Principles For Successful Communication by Lee Hopkins
At the heart of all management lies communication, and successful communication is not a one-to-one or one-to-many transaction, but a dialogue between interested parties. Successful dialogues rely on four principles: Reality, Reaction, Co-ordination and Purposefulness.

Hiring for Success by Megan Tough
Hiring someone new to work in your business is one of the most critical decisions you will make, although it is not always given the justice it deserves. Recruitment decisions are often driven by the pressure to get someone in quickly, rather than waiting for the best person to fill the job. Lack of proper and systematic recruitment process can also result in a high cost to the business.

Vision, Mission & Purpose - Are you Guilty of Driving your Business without a Roadmap? by Megan Tough
For any business to succeed it must know what it is about. It must be able to explain what it is there to achieve, and where it ultimately wants to end up. Unfortunately the majority of businesses can’t describe, or don’t have a picture of what they are trying to become.

Does Your Management Style Remind People Of Something They Read In Dilbert? by Jeff Altman
Does your style of management approximate a Dilbert cartoon? Does this really work for you? Jeff Altman, CPC, MSW writes about why changing times need a different strategy and what you can do differently

Delegate or Die! by Megan Tough
There is not a single management skill more critical to your personal and professional success as an entrepreneur than learning to delegate. But delegating successfully is much more than simply handing out assignments. It is more an exercise in understanding and accepting our own strengths and limitations.

Clients... and 38 ways to communicate with them by Lee Hopkins
Obviously, not all 38 of these methods will lend themselves to your own business. But I am amazed and ashamed that there are so many more ways I can be keeping in contact with my clients than I currently am.