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Unlock the Hidden Steps to Signing On a New Client

Your Prospect to Profits System is of UTMOST importance. You would be surprised how many people 'wing it.' Now, with that being said, it's also important this system is natural to you-that's why YOU need to develop it.


Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance - Making Your Company More Accessible

New Sarbanes-Oxley laws can be troublesome to manage. These regulations may seem cumbersome in some cases, but are designed to protect companies from fraudulent practices.


The Principle(s) of Negative Value - A Procurement Article

The old way just isn't working. Why do industrial suppliers consistently lose hard earned customers to their rivals? The answer? You cannot sell yourself until you know yourself. Let me show you what you can't see but what I can.


Starting A Business

Keeping a record of all your spending is also important for any new business. Keeping all your receipts and invoices in a ledger can help you keep a track of the money coming in and going out of your business account, as well as being able to notify you when money is owed to you.


Tips For Planning A Successful Corporate Party

Whether or not the company you work for offers yearly celebrations, there comes a time in every business when get-togethers arise. Sometimes, the occasion calls for the popping of champagne, while others include a simple spread of cheese and crackers.


Every Business Should Have Professionally Branded Email

There are still thousands of small businesses and individuals who are not using professional looking email addresses. Why do small businesses go to all the expense of getting business cards printed and vehicle decals added with company branding without a website and professional looking email?


Call Centers: What Are They Really?

Call centers have recently become a flourishing industry, offering thousands of jobs all around the world to those with good communication skills and flexible schedules. If you are interested in call centers you might have a few questions about some of the terms associated with call centers.


Integration of Spirituality in Business

Do you know how the paradigm of doing business will be transformed during the next years? Are you aware of the power Spiritual Integration has on your business and society at large?


The Advancement in an Individuals Ability to Print Postage Stamps

When the USPS allowed customers to print postage stamps from online sources, they opened up a whole new world. Almost everyone has a need for postage at one point or another. It is safe to say that everyone will use at least one stamp in their lifetime.


How To Upgrade Your Success

By understanding the two concepts of processes and resources and how best to use them, you can cause a major upgrade in your level of success.


4 Essential Steps to Eliminate Database Drama

Back in the day when I was still apart of corporate America, I found myself tasked with the huge job of figuring out what spiffy new company wide software system we needed and what would work best for us.


Ergonomic Awareness has become an Important Factor for Employers and Employees

It is widely known that we as humans will go beyond the call of duty to get the job done. Not having as much regard to the harm we may be causing to our bodies as we should. Thanks to Wojciech Jestrzebowski, a Polish scholar, who introduced the term Ergonomics back in 1857 we know more about how we can incorporate the use of...


Internet Merchant Accounts

An Internet merchant account can help you use and accept all modes of payment, such as credit, debit, and EBT. Today, many people use credit cards and electronic checks to pay for goods. People use them everywhere, especially online. In other words, to conduct a transaction on the World Wide Web, one does need to have a credit card or a bank account.


Form is a Four Letter Word

Those who push paper and demand forms when they are not completely necessary are doing so to their own peril. Unfortunately when the government demands forms they do it to our peril.


Why Ticket Design Matters

Ticket design is often overlooked. Event planners and organizers plan how many tickets they will need for a given event and how to distribute those tickets, but stop short of putting much thought into the ticket design itself. From a branding perspective this is a lost opportunity. Branding is, after all, managing all of the different touch points that an organization has with the public and your tickets are one touch point that all of your customers will come in contact with.


Ensuring the Legal Standard of Health & Safety in Your Business

The maze of legalities surrounding a business are sometimes difficult to pin down - so what exactly do you need to know, and how do the regulations impact you and your workplace?


Choosing A Business Gift

The business gift that you choose says a lot about you. It provides for your partners a look into the appreciation that you actually have for them. While you may not think much about it, thinking that a gift is a gift, they do. So, choosing the right business gift is quite important. The question is, though, how can you do this?


A Look at Soda Vending Machines

Soda vending machines come in a number of sizes. You can get soda vending machines in a system that holds just four or six selections, or you can get machines that dispense dozens upon dozens of cans. Choose a smaller size if you’re looking to save money or space.


Employment Law, Part I

Just how serious is employment law to the small businessperson? Very serious and let me tell you a true story; a horror story, which will make you think about just how serious these issues can be. In San Antonio TX one of our wash trucks was driving down the road and a border Patrol Officer passed them.


The Softer Benefits of Corporate Giving

People tend to be aware that there are financial benefits to corporations for donating to charities and that corporations want to be good, forward-acting citizens. What people—and many organizations—don’t realize yet is that there are still other motivators and benefits for corporate giving.


Components of a Hot Water Pressure Washer

If you run a mobile pressure washer business it is extremely important that you know the components so you can trouble shoot in the field while you are online with the manufacturers help desk or equipment vendor. Most problems that are encountered on the job can be easily fixed so you do not lose any money in the field.


Independent Contractors

Many small companies are trying to empower their employees and alleviate some of the hardships of over regulations, taxation and paper work. Often these small businesses will attempt to make their employees Independent Contractors. Where this might sound like a good idea it is also a very gray area of law and can get you into a real bind if not done correctly.


Federal Trade Commission; over regulation, who does it help?

Why is the Federal Trade Commission harassing the Franchising Industry? Their new rulemaking ploy to gain notoriety and status is obviously another agency attempt to spotlight themselves in the media to look like they are doing something. This helps the FTC with keeping their large budget going and the tactics of PR and puffery are well known to those industries that are regulated by the FTC.


Successful Tendering - Preparation is the Key

Particularly in open tendering activities, though equally when direct to client, prepation is essential if successes are to increase. This can be supported by setting up systems that match future tendering requirements, such as capturing existing activity information.



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