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251. | Selling Products - Is It For You? by Joshua Feinberg
Selling products as part of your computer consulting business is an option you should consider. Products can offer an additional revenue stream but you must determine if the extra expense and overhead associated with selling products are a ...
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252. | Contingency Plans - Can You Handle Curve Balls? by Joshua Feinberg
Contingency plans are absolutely critical for first year business success. A contingency plan is what will help you deal with the curve balls that get thrown at you. Despite your best research and planning, you will encounter surprises: good and bad.
When you ...
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253. | Business Plan Outlines - The 5 W's by Joshua Feinberg
Business plan outlines are all different. The one common thread is that all business plan outlines help the writer answer the five W questions: who, what, when, where, why.
If any of you ever worked in journalism ...
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254. | Consulting Salary - Are Your Rates Salary Equivalent? by Joshua Feinberg
Consulting salaries are very closely related to the hourly billing rates that you charge and the salaried equivalents that you can afford to pay both yourself and others down the road. The consulting salary you expect must be affordable given your hourly billing rates. This consulting salary ...
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255. | Business Growth - Rate Control For Maximum Success by Joshua Feinberg
Business growth is something we all want. During startup, however, you have to balance your business growth rate with your ability to keep on top of the business launch. You don't want to get overextended ...
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256. | Beer Parties & Tasting by Rahul viz
Amsterdam is The Netherlands's Number One tourist destination, and deservedly so. It is a marvelous place for the general visitor, having some world-class museums and other don't-miss tourist attractions. Of course, many are attracted by the city's infamous Red Light District. The cit''s facilities are complemented by marvelous ...
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257. | The Advantages of Made in China Products by John William
Without a doubt, the recent years have quite been good to the Chinese trade industry- and why wouldn't they be? China has come a very long way since the days of solely exporting tea. While tea is still a key ...
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258. | The Top Six Romance Killers – And How to Avert Them by Lynn Johnson
Remember the time your lover couldn't keep his hands off you? And now, it seems, his hands are strictly for holding the remote, and he has eyes only for the TV.
What went wrong? Besides the ...
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259. | Get started with a Debt Consolidation by jone charles
Debt is defined as that which is owed. There is more to this meaning. If you are having assets it is a means of using your future purchasing power in the present. Companies use debt as a part of their overall corporate finance ...
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260. | Strategic Business Planning While You're Still Working by Joshua Feinberg
Strategic business planning is very important to your business success. The perfect time to do your strategic business planning is when you are transitioning from full time work to a consulting business. You won't feel ...
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261. | Business Plan Outlines - The Very Basics by Joshua Feinberg
Business plan outlines vary in their complexity. Depending on your situation you may just want to follow a very basic business plan outline. Regardless, the process of sitting down, creating a business plan outline, and writing a business plan ...
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262. | How to Select a Meeting Facilitator by Steve Kaye
Meeting facilitation is a complex activity. Thus, you want to make sure that you engage someone who knows how to help you get results. Here's what to look for.
1) Is the person a professional facilitator?
There is ...
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263. | Why Olivia Refuses to Attend Meetings by Steve Kaye
Olivia Felini is a wonderful cat. She will do almost anything, except go to meetings. Here's why.
1) No one asks her to participate.
Olivia always comes prepared to be part of the action. She wears her best ...
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264. | How Bad Can a Meeting Be? by Steve Kaye
There are the winning entries from a bad meeting contest (condensed and sanitized to protect the participants)
1) Short, Expensive, and Useless.
First, she sent a letter to a prospective client in New York, proposing ...
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265. | What Are Your Selling with Your Elevator Speech? by BIG Mike McDaniel
The number one marketing rule is "Sell Benefits"
The products and companies that excel are ones that
push benefits, not features.
The origin of many business relationships is the
elevator speech. Those first few words that set the
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266. | Extranets: Better than email for group collaboration by Laura Schweiker
Companies increasingly prefer using an extranet over email to communicate with their team members, clients, and suppliers for document sharing because it ideally suits the groups engaged in collaboration; whereas, email is best-suited for one-to-one communication ...
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267. | Bringing Architects and Their Partners Together: The Power of a Secure Extranet by Laura Schweiker
An extranet is a private network within which document sharing can take place by specific groups of users outside the organization through a network administrator. An organization may allow authorized customers and partner's access to the system after verifying the usernames and passwords.
The ...
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268. | Just Fill Survey and Get Paid Cash, It is That Simple! by Mike Jerry
Fill survey and get paid cash: many of us are wondering if it really can be
that simple. Actually, it is just that simple!
You can get paid money for simply filling out a survey. Getting money for
filling out a ...
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269. | More Than One Type of Goal Leads to Success by Steve Kaye
Most people set goals. But they often set only one type of goal, and in so doing they set themselves up for failure.
Here is the complete tool kit. Use it to create success.
1) Achievement goals - These describe results that you will have when you ...
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270. | The Secret to Effective Leadership by Steve Kaye
Treating people with respect wins trust and develops lasting relationships. Here's what to do.
1) Be on time. In fact, arrive early for appointments and meetings. Plan time milestones in your daily schedule that tell you when to begin transferring to an appointment. ...
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271. | How to Survive in a Crazy World by Steve Kaye
Everything seems to go faster, leaving everyone feeling overworked, overloaded, and overwhelmed. Here's how to survive.
1) Know Your Purpose.
Know your vision, your goals, and your plans because these help you set priorities. ...
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272. | Conquer Your Fear of Speaking by Steve Kaye
Reduce your fear of speaking by taking the following steps.
1) Conduct Research.
Visit or call key participants to ask them what they expect from your presentation. That is, what do they want to learn from it? What do ...
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273. | 3 Ways to Ruin a Presentation (and What to Do Instead) by Steve Kaye
Memorable disasters don't just happen. They require a special blend of misunderstanding and misguided effort. Here are three ways to guarantee a disaster in your next presentation, and how to avoid them.
Mistake #1: Believe in Magic
Show up hoping that a coherent, eloquent, useful presentation will magically ...
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274. | David Morse & Associates: Fraud Investigation Unit Combats Insurance Fraud by Elisabeth Lawrence
David Morse & Associates is committed to combating insurance fraud, which ultimately helps consumers by keeping insurance premiums in check. "The premise of insurance is pooled risk, but when the bad guys bilk insurance companies, honest people suffer through higher premiums," says Tom Reitze, President of David Morse & ...
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275. | AbsoluteSKY's Breakthrough Item-Level RFID Tracking Slashes Retailer Costs by Elisabeth Lawrence
By tagging each individual product with its own 'license plate,' AbsoluteSKY's RFID system provides the retailer with the real-time inventory data needed to maximize sales while cutting labor costs, says John Frabasile, President and CEO of AbsoluteSKY (www.AbsoluteSKY.ca). ...
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276. | Gaming across the pacific Rim by Steven Golden
After the videogame crash of the early nineteen-eighties, gaming's second wave took different forms in different places: In the United States is was primarily home computing, while Japan began producing home entertainment consoles (which were later sold ...
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277. | Using Power Tools 101 by Debbie Johnston
The power tools of today are not the same as the ones that were carefully placed on the pegboard near your grandfather's workbench- they are actually quite far from it. Modern technology has made amazing advances in the simplest of features, including automatic ...
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278. | Paving the Road to Success: Modern-Day Logistical Systems by Darren Ravens
For any business looking to trade worldwide, properly integrated logistical systems can mean the difference between roaring success and dismal failure.
A successful business needs to understand the needs and wants of its ...
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279. | Effective Leadership Styles by Bill Gorman
No matter the individual or the reason at hand, all effective leadership styles have one thing in common- they all contain the "Four C's"- Character, Communication skills, Consistency, and the Creativity needed for successful problem solving. Of course, within ...
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280. | Marketing Research: An Overview by James Marriot
Market research refers to the systematic collection & evaluation of information about the market for your business. Unempirical approach will never help you either launch or operate a successful business. A broad range of knowledge needs to be developed on the basis of a number of facts before you start ...
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281. | Networking Events - Use Your Time Wisely by Joshua Feinberg
Networking events provide an effective way to meet and connect with potential clients. What you need to do when you attend these networking events, though, is quickly determine if the person you are talking to is a "sweet spot" ...
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282. | Business Journals - A Strong Business Planning Tool by Joshua Feinberg
Business journals, or diaries, are an excellent way to record your business growth and progress. Business journals are extremely valuable in providing you with some amazing insight. By recording what you have done you can reflect and see where your time is ...
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283. | Niche Market or Generalist? by Joshua Feinberg
Niche markets offer a great way to target specific clients and build a marketing strategy. The problem is that when we think about niche markets, we typically think about specializing in one particular product or service. It is important to remember that niche markets also ...
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284. | Business Dress Code - What to Wear While Prospecting by Joshua Feinberg
Business dress codes can be tricky to navigate as a consultant. You are going into other people's businesses so your personal business dress code has to appeal to a wide range of clients. This is also true when you are prospecting for ...
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285. | Consulting Rates - Can I Charge Premium Rates? by Joshua Feinberg
Consulting rates vary from business to business. Some people start up their own computer consulting business right out of school. Others have worked in the industry for many years before deciding to head out on their own. The ...
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286. | Work Life Balance - 6 Tips For Achieving It by Joshua Feinberg
Work life balance is a primary consideration when you are first starting a computer consulting business. Regardless if you are getting started part-time, full time, or moonlighting, this launch will be intense for you. At no other time will work life balance be so critical.
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287. | What's the point? Why hire consultants? And How can you get the best out of them? by Dr. Karen Otazo
Moving from organizational life to consulting life didn't seem like a big deal to me. I'd been doing internal consulting for more than a decade. I'd been bringing consultants into my organisation as an "extra pair of hands" or ...
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288. | AbsoluteSKY's Breakthrough Item-Level RFID Tracking Slashes Retailer Costs by Elisabeth Lawrence
"The Radio Frequency Identification market is growing exponentially, with global RFID spending estimated to be between $3 billion and $6 billion worldwide by 2010," says John Frabasile, President and CEO of AbsoluteSKY (www.AbsoluteSKY.ca). With its RFID-based intelliTRACKER™ product suite for item-level inventory tracking in ...
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289. | Overcome Writer's Block to Create New Articles Faster by Jim Degerstrom
It's easy to come up with an idea-a-minute instead of spending late nights in tears with writer's block.
Small business owners would do well to consider writing an article a week about the solutions offered when clients do business with you. These may be published at ...
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290. | Delaware Ranked #1 in the United States by Dave Wise
Each year the United States Chamber of Commerce announces which States have the best and worst legal system. For the fifth year in a row, Delaware has received the top honors, being named the State with the fairest legal system. Additionally, a survey of U.S. businesses ranked Delaware ...
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291. | How to get more visibility through networking by Abe Cherian
You may publish this article in your ezine, newsletter on
your web site as long as the byline is included and the
article is included in it's entirety. I also ask that you
activate any html links found in the article ...
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292. | The most overlooked method to get free Publicity by Abe Cherian
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293. | How to get publicity using Pamphlets and Pitch Letters by Abe Cherian
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294. | Get A Market Research Report Services At Your Price by James Marriot
Somewhere between scribbling your idea on a cocktail napkin and actually starting a business, there's a process you need to carry out that essentially determines either your success or failure in business. Oftentimes, would-be entrepreneurs get so excited about their "epiphanies"—the moments when they imagine the possibilities of a ...
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295. | Why Secondary research is preferred for Market research Report by James Marriot
As opposed to primary data, also called as "empirical data", which is collected directly from respondents or subject experts for expressing the major facets of a project or sector, secondary research is undertaken when a project requires a synopsis ...
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296. | Permission Data Clients Surpass Revenue Goals Using Online Lead Generation by Elisabeth Lawrence
"Online lead generation is about matching potential customers with products and services that interest them." says Lou Pine, Co-Founder and Senior Vice President of Business Development for Permission Data (www.permissiondata.com). "In other words, providing companies with quality leads is akin to being a matchmaker,"
Since the company's inception ...
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297. | What is Industry Research Report? by James Marriot
Research organizations are the think tank where great business ideas in the form of industry research reports are produced. People or analysts in such firms sit together and think of the most relevant & workable ...
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298. | How to make Direct Response work one step at a time by Abe Cherian
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your web site as long as the byline is included and the
article is included in it's entirety. I also ask that you
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299. | Baby Sign Language Instructors in High Demand by Joyce Gowens
Does the idea of working with parents and babies interest you? What if you could start a home business offering a very rewarding service to families?
It's becoming more and more popular now. Parents are jumping at the chance to teach ...
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300. | The Art of Becoming Wealthy by Abe Cherian
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your web site as long as the byline is included and the
article is included in it's entirety. I also ask that you
activate any html links found in the article and in the
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