One of the main concerns of people running their own business out of their home is health insurance. While you may feel healthy enough and choose to ignore it for a while, even a small illness can throw you into financial turmoil in a hurry. Remember, if you are not working, you are not making money and without health insurance you need to cover the doctor, hospital and any prescription costs on your own.
Several communities have a chamber of commerce that has joined with insurance providers to offer health insurance for the small business owner and it may be available for those who are not chamber members. Many states also have health insurance programs open to individual business owners as well and if you have at least one employee, some insurance companies may offer plans for you and that one employee.
When looking for health insurance for your home business, you should also look into liability insurance in the event someone gets hurt on your property. Even close friends may choose to take legal action to recover injury costs and even one small claim can put a serious dent in your finances. Look into business interruption insurance as well, in case a fire or flood closes down your business for several days, removing your ability to earn a living.
Individual health insurance is often costly, but the cost of a serious illness or injury can be even higher. That is not to say you need to spend every penny you make on insurance, but it does mean you have to consider it a necessary business expense. If another family member is employed outside the home and you can be covered under his or her health insurance plan, you may be able to survive the first years of the business. However, if something happens to their employment and you are forced to pay higher premiums for your own coverage, some illnesses may be treated as a pre-existing condition and not covered under a new plan.
There also many prescription plans to cover business owners who have no other health insurance coverage. While these plans seldom cover the total cost of a prescription, every little bit will help while trying to run your home business. If you are young and in reasonably good health, consider a higher deductible to help reduce the monthly premiums. As the business grows and money becomes more available, you can reduce the deductible during the renewal period and still maintain adequate coverage.
One way to find out about many of the plans is to contact other home business owners. Some of them may not have coverage and by banding together it is possible a health insurance company may allow you to form a group and sign up for health insurance coverage under a group plan, offering reduced costs over individual coverage. In short, when you are looking for affordable health insurance coverage for your home based business, ask someone. It may be more available than you think.
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Friday 30 November 2007
Wednesday 28 November 2007
Successful Negotiation Is The Power To Global Markets
The old adage “nothing ventured, nothing gained” implies that while one party ventures, another party denies or grants a gain. At the root of this transaction is the power of negotiation. For the online entrepreneur, it is a tried and true statement that a global marketing network thrives on the power of successful negotiation and without that skill set you will find that you will not adequately harness the power of the Internet.
In its simplest form, negotiation is the art of giving up a little of your prerogative to take a big chunk of the same from the person on the other side of the business deal. Think of it as the tool that will get you what you want if utilized properly, yet that will keep you stifled and unable to accomplish anything at all if not honed properly and applied conscientiously thereafter.
To successfully negotiate within a global marketing network, you need to first understand negotiation strategies from the point of view of the person with whom you are dealing. Specifically if the person hails from a different country where cultural differences will impact negotiation skills and methodology, you will need to understand what you are getting into prior to the onset of the negotiation session.
Next, you need to know your absolute bottom line. For example, if you must make at least $100 in a deal in order to just break even, would live easier with $150 because it will allow you to rid yourself of a business debt, but want to really make $175 because it will not only rid you of the debt but also sock away some money for your own salary, then you will be wise to start your negotiation at a higher vantage point, say $225, so that you will be able to give in somewhat. Starting much higher will make you seem unreasonable and the other person will know that you are grossly overstating your figure, while starting too low will not give you a lot of negotiation power that allows you to demand ample concessions from the other side in response to your lowering your price.
Sometimes global marketing network fail because one party is not familiar with the art of negotiation and will try to simply impose their will on the other business person. If you are the aggressor, please note that this approach will fail in the long run – even if it succeeds in the short run – simply because the other business person will not want to come back to the negotiation table with you. Similarly, the only time that an aggressive negotiation technique will pay off for you could be the event of a one time deal where you do not have to foster an amicable atmosphere or generate goodwill that may be advantageous for future global marketing network dealings. Considering the fact that in the network marketing industry this almost never happens, aggressive tactics should not be utilized unless you are extremely confident that you are in the position of ultimate strength with respect to the negotiation.
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In its simplest form, negotiation is the art of giving up a little of your prerogative to take a big chunk of the same from the person on the other side of the business deal. Think of it as the tool that will get you what you want if utilized properly, yet that will keep you stifled and unable to accomplish anything at all if not honed properly and applied conscientiously thereafter.
To successfully negotiate within a global marketing network, you need to first understand negotiation strategies from the point of view of the person with whom you are dealing. Specifically if the person hails from a different country where cultural differences will impact negotiation skills and methodology, you will need to understand what you are getting into prior to the onset of the negotiation session.
Next, you need to know your absolute bottom line. For example, if you must make at least $100 in a deal in order to just break even, would live easier with $150 because it will allow you to rid yourself of a business debt, but want to really make $175 because it will not only rid you of the debt but also sock away some money for your own salary, then you will be wise to start your negotiation at a higher vantage point, say $225, so that you will be able to give in somewhat. Starting much higher will make you seem unreasonable and the other person will know that you are grossly overstating your figure, while starting too low will not give you a lot of negotiation power that allows you to demand ample concessions from the other side in response to your lowering your price.
Sometimes global marketing network fail because one party is not familiar with the art of negotiation and will try to simply impose their will on the other business person. If you are the aggressor, please note that this approach will fail in the long run – even if it succeeds in the short run – simply because the other business person will not want to come back to the negotiation table with you. Similarly, the only time that an aggressive negotiation technique will pay off for you could be the event of a one time deal where you do not have to foster an amicable atmosphere or generate goodwill that may be advantageous for future global marketing network dealings. Considering the fact that in the network marketing industry this almost never happens, aggressive tactics should not be utilized unless you are extremely confident that you are in the position of ultimate strength with respect to the negotiation.
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Tuesday 27 November 2007
Functions of Marketing Network Software
When you're managing a distributorship, it can be difficult to keep track of sales, commissions, leads, and more importantly products and the organization as a whole. Certainly you can use manual accounting methods, and many multi-level marketing organizations have packages available, but if you have a decent size network, you will indeed have a great deal of work.
Instead of going through all of the work that is necessary to track your distributorship network, you can use marketing network software that will allow you to take care of everything quickly and easily. You can track sales, commissions, distributorship activity, new distributors, product sales, and much more. Marketing network software will provide the ease of tracking everything you need including taxes without the hassle of having to maintain manual accounting records. You will discover how much faster you can track monthly sales and commissions when you do it with marketing network software.
Anyone who has ever been in multi-level marketing will understand the importance of marketing network software. You have to track new distributors, sales for the network and each distributor individually, bonuses, sales of tools for the network, taxes, and much more. Although the corporation usually provides a 1099, you still have to track your sales for income tax purposes during the year if you make enough to be required to file Quarterly Tax Returns.
Even if you were never involved in a network before the introduction of marketing network software, it's likely that you know someone who was and can tell you how long it took to track all of the pertinent information. With marketing network software, you can enter everything into the computer, and it will calculate it for you. Certainly, you will need to make the initial entries when new distributors come into your direct line of sponsorship, but from there it will be up to the individual sponsors to track the activity of their distributorships.
If you don't have a computer, it's definitely something you should do while your network is still small enough for the initial setup to take minimal time. The more people you have in your distributorship, the more time it will take to enter the names for the first time. It will also be necessary when you first install marketing network software to enter information from at least the last month in order to be able to track commissions and bonuses for that month. How far back you go to transfer manual records to the computer is up to you, but you should go back far enough to have the ability to track current monthly reports--quarterly if possible.
Once you begin using marketing network software, you will see a noticeable difference in the amount of time it takes for you to record weekly sales and commissions along with monthly bonuses. The time you save doing paperwork is time you can spend in recruiting new distributors and working with current distributors that need some additional help getting their distributorship on solid ground.
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Instead of going through all of the work that is necessary to track your distributorship network, you can use marketing network software that will allow you to take care of everything quickly and easily. You can track sales, commissions, distributorship activity, new distributors, product sales, and much more. Marketing network software will provide the ease of tracking everything you need including taxes without the hassle of having to maintain manual accounting records. You will discover how much faster you can track monthly sales and commissions when you do it with marketing network software.
Anyone who has ever been in multi-level marketing will understand the importance of marketing network software. You have to track new distributors, sales for the network and each distributor individually, bonuses, sales of tools for the network, taxes, and much more. Although the corporation usually provides a 1099, you still have to track your sales for income tax purposes during the year if you make enough to be required to file Quarterly Tax Returns.
Even if you were never involved in a network before the introduction of marketing network software, it's likely that you know someone who was and can tell you how long it took to track all of the pertinent information. With marketing network software, you can enter everything into the computer, and it will calculate it for you. Certainly, you will need to make the initial entries when new distributors come into your direct line of sponsorship, but from there it will be up to the individual sponsors to track the activity of their distributorships.
If you don't have a computer, it's definitely something you should do while your network is still small enough for the initial setup to take minimal time. The more people you have in your distributorship, the more time it will take to enter the names for the first time. It will also be necessary when you first install marketing network software to enter information from at least the last month in order to be able to track commissions and bonuses for that month. How far back you go to transfer manual records to the computer is up to you, but you should go back far enough to have the ability to track current monthly reports--quarterly if possible.
Once you begin using marketing network software, you will see a noticeable difference in the amount of time it takes for you to record weekly sales and commissions along with monthly bonuses. The time you save doing paperwork is time you can spend in recruiting new distributors and working with current distributors that need some additional help getting their distributorship on solid ground.
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Monday 26 November 2007
Presenting Your Home Network Marketing Opportunity To A Large Audience
Making the presentation of your work from home network marketing opportunity work for a large audience is always a bit of a challenge for the average network marketer. Primed by the business’s nature to focus online on the generation of leads via the Internet, the individual is quite frequently woefully untrained in addressing a room filled with potential leads. The ability to compose compelling emails, draft print ads that will generate a larger than average response, and having an intricate understanding of the advantages a product offers to the user as well as the seller, this same network marketer will not have what it takes to duplicate this kind of success in front of a live audience.
Even as the reasons may vary, making the presentation of your work from home network marketing opportunity work for a large audience starts with a few well defined steps anyone can take.
* Credibility is the determining factor of any presentation both online and off line. While online you can fake the reasons for having credibility attached to you to a certain extent, off line you do not have this luxury. The only way to develop the kind of off line credibility that will make your presentation palatable to a large audience is born from authority, which comes from product and subject matter knowledge combined with personal experience. If you lack credibility and will not be able to develop it within a short period of time, off line presentations should not be the kinds of marketing tools you choose to utilize.
* Making your presentation of a work from home network marketing opportunity work also requires you to understand who your audience is and make that knowledge work for you. Thus, a presentation geared to a room full of stay-at-home moms needs to be composed differently than one that is aimed at a room full of boisterous freshmen college students.
* You must use the industry language without lapsing into jargon. While it is good to use terms like “return on investment,” simply referring to it as the ROI without any further explanation will deter you from tailoring your online presentation to an offline face to face opportunity.
* Last but not least, making the presentation of your work from home network marketing opportunity work for a large audience requires a show of confidence. Confidence, just like credibility, is something that must come from within but unlike credibility, it is not achievable with book knowledge. Instead, it is closely related to your comfort level. Granted, most anyone will be uncomfortable speaking in front of a large group, but this anxiety can be overcome by a person who is at home with the subject matter. A mistake made by many a fledgling network marketer is the scheduling of off line presentations too early on in their career as a marketer, usually before they have made some mistakes, learned from them, moved on, and became more confident in the field as a result of that very mistake made or obstacle overcome.
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Even as the reasons may vary, making the presentation of your work from home network marketing opportunity work for a large audience starts with a few well defined steps anyone can take.
* Credibility is the determining factor of any presentation both online and off line. While online you can fake the reasons for having credibility attached to you to a certain extent, off line you do not have this luxury. The only way to develop the kind of off line credibility that will make your presentation palatable to a large audience is born from authority, which comes from product and subject matter knowledge combined with personal experience. If you lack credibility and will not be able to develop it within a short period of time, off line presentations should not be the kinds of marketing tools you choose to utilize.
* Making your presentation of a work from home network marketing opportunity work also requires you to understand who your audience is and make that knowledge work for you. Thus, a presentation geared to a room full of stay-at-home moms needs to be composed differently than one that is aimed at a room full of boisterous freshmen college students.
* You must use the industry language without lapsing into jargon. While it is good to use terms like “return on investment,” simply referring to it as the ROI without any further explanation will deter you from tailoring your online presentation to an offline face to face opportunity.
* Last but not least, making the presentation of your work from home network marketing opportunity work for a large audience requires a show of confidence. Confidence, just like credibility, is something that must come from within but unlike credibility, it is not achievable with book knowledge. Instead, it is closely related to your comfort level. Granted, most anyone will be uncomfortable speaking in front of a large group, but this anxiety can be overcome by a person who is at home with the subject matter. A mistake made by many a fledgling network marketer is the scheduling of off line presentations too early on in their career as a marketer, usually before they have made some mistakes, learned from them, moved on, and became more confident in the field as a result of that very mistake made or obstacle overcome.
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Sunday 25 November 2007
Your Rocketing Business
After all the hard work, planning, headaches and late hours, your business is finally a success. Unfortunately, you can’t rest on your laurels. Now is the time to reach new customers and new markets. The next move is to select an expansion method. There are several strategies to choose from and we will explore them in this article.
Introducing a new product is an excellent way to expand your business. The trick to this is to select a product that doesn’t distract customers or makes older products seem obsolete. Selecting a product that compliments, your current product works well to your advantage. A product that has no connection to what you are currently selling is extremely dangerous. You can also use your existing customer base to get a reaction to a potential new product.
Another expansion idea is to license your product. This shifts the financial risk from the product’s registrar to a company. The burden of marketing, advertising, production and distribution is shifted to the company. The profits also shift but it is a good price to pay for a chance at national recognition. Before you shop for a licensee, make sure you patent your product. A good licensing partner should have an established reputation for quality, service and an aggressive plan for marketing.
If your business has expanded so much that you can’t keep up, it is time for launching a chain. In doing this you need to know what makes the original store work and what won’t easily transfer to a new site. When considering the option, you need to define your operating procedures to the last detail. Sharing staff between your locations will help the company’s culture in the new location. You should also develop a training program for new employees.
Franchising your business will allow you to set back and collect fees and royalties. Franchising is an efficient way to expand brand awareness while pooling financial resources, business acumen and power buying. You have to make sure there is a market for your products. You can do this with competitive analysis and plenty of capitalization. It is advisable to keep in contact with your franchises. This can be done with store visits or a company wide intranet system.
A merger can also be a good way to expand your customer base, capital and operational efficiencies. You do have to find the right partner however. The two of you need to have similar business practices, ideas and dreams. This will only work if both businesses are established companies.
By going global with your company you can reach a growing market, rising consumer spending and an improved business climate. Cultural differences are about the only drawback to this expansion idea. Online access helps global businesses with time zone problems. An up to date website is a definite requirement, however, with this type of expansion.
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Introducing a new product is an excellent way to expand your business. The trick to this is to select a product that doesn’t distract customers or makes older products seem obsolete. Selecting a product that compliments, your current product works well to your advantage. A product that has no connection to what you are currently selling is extremely dangerous. You can also use your existing customer base to get a reaction to a potential new product.
Another expansion idea is to license your product. This shifts the financial risk from the product’s registrar to a company. The burden of marketing, advertising, production and distribution is shifted to the company. The profits also shift but it is a good price to pay for a chance at national recognition. Before you shop for a licensee, make sure you patent your product. A good licensing partner should have an established reputation for quality, service and an aggressive plan for marketing.
If your business has expanded so much that you can’t keep up, it is time for launching a chain. In doing this you need to know what makes the original store work and what won’t easily transfer to a new site. When considering the option, you need to define your operating procedures to the last detail. Sharing staff between your locations will help the company’s culture in the new location. You should also develop a training program for new employees.
Franchising your business will allow you to set back and collect fees and royalties. Franchising is an efficient way to expand brand awareness while pooling financial resources, business acumen and power buying. You have to make sure there is a market for your products. You can do this with competitive analysis and plenty of capitalization. It is advisable to keep in contact with your franchises. This can be done with store visits or a company wide intranet system.
A merger can also be a good way to expand your customer base, capital and operational efficiencies. You do have to find the right partner however. The two of you need to have similar business practices, ideas and dreams. This will only work if both businesses are established companies.
By going global with your company you can reach a growing market, rising consumer spending and an improved business climate. Cultural differences are about the only drawback to this expansion idea. Online access helps global businesses with time zone problems. An up to date website is a definite requirement, however, with this type of expansion.
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Saturday 24 November 2007
Working From Home Still Means Work
Many people confuse the concept of working from home with staying at home and doing nothing all day. The opportunities available are called work at home businesses because they require work. It may not be as tedious or as mundane as some other jobs you have had in the past, but when you work at home, generally if you do not work, there will be no pay.
It requires a high level of self-motivation to get up and go to work, especially when there is no one holding you accountable for getting to the job on time and getting your work done when you say it will be done. Self-discipline has to be an extremely high level and if you cannot convince yourself of the need to work on a daily basis, working at home may not be the best option for you.
Many, many individuals who find themselves out of work, start looking into job opportunities for which they can stay at home and still make money. Many of them have no business even considering their own business, especially if they have trouble getting to work on time, or a history of leaving early. There are many online resources that offer minimal work for maximum pay, but rarely do these opportunities exist in anything other than the online advertisements seeking donations to someone else’s vacation funds.
Before considering a work at home business, you need to take an objective look at your work history and work ethic. Even without a large amount of experience and knowledge of the internet or internet businesses, people with the discipline to work on their own with no supervision, can thrive with an online business. Those who went to a job and were told what to do and when to do it, may not be the best type to attempt making a living at home.
A person working at home has the same responsibilities of paying the bills and putting food on the table and for some that can be a good motivator. For others it is simply an inconvenience, especially if another family member is bringing in a steady paycheck. If they choose to watch a movie or leave the house for a few extra hours, their pay will suffer if they do not produce. Additionally, their reputation among online clients will also suffer and they may soon find a need to return to the traditional workforce.
Those who see working at home as an opportunity to sit around and do very little all day, should consider working for someone else. On the other hand, a person who has a job but has need for little supervision and can make all their own decisions in regards to the company with which they work, may be a good candidate for owning their own at home business.
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It requires a high level of self-motivation to get up and go to work, especially when there is no one holding you accountable for getting to the job on time and getting your work done when you say it will be done. Self-discipline has to be an extremely high level and if you cannot convince yourself of the need to work on a daily basis, working at home may not be the best option for you.
Many, many individuals who find themselves out of work, start looking into job opportunities for which they can stay at home and still make money. Many of them have no business even considering their own business, especially if they have trouble getting to work on time, or a history of leaving early. There are many online resources that offer minimal work for maximum pay, but rarely do these opportunities exist in anything other than the online advertisements seeking donations to someone else’s vacation funds.
Before considering a work at home business, you need to take an objective look at your work history and work ethic. Even without a large amount of experience and knowledge of the internet or internet businesses, people with the discipline to work on their own with no supervision, can thrive with an online business. Those who went to a job and were told what to do and when to do it, may not be the best type to attempt making a living at home.
A person working at home has the same responsibilities of paying the bills and putting food on the table and for some that can be a good motivator. For others it is simply an inconvenience, especially if another family member is bringing in a steady paycheck. If they choose to watch a movie or leave the house for a few extra hours, their pay will suffer if they do not produce. Additionally, their reputation among online clients will also suffer and they may soon find a need to return to the traditional workforce.
Those who see working at home as an opportunity to sit around and do very little all day, should consider working for someone else. On the other hand, a person who has a job but has need for little supervision and can make all their own decisions in regards to the company with which they work, may be a good candidate for owning their own at home business.
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Friday 23 November 2007
Word Of Mouth Advertising: Don't Turn It Against You
It’s long been known that there is no more powerful form of advertising than word of mouth. When people hear about a product or service or business from someone not paid to tell them about it, it means much more than anything you could possibly buy. But while word of mouth advertising is always happening, is it working for your company or against it? Here are some things you can do to make sure word of mouth doesn’t wind up being your worst enemy.
The sad truth about people in general is that when people have a good experience with a business (or person, for that matter), they usually keep it to themselves. Unless the service is so over the top extraordinary that they simply need to tell others (or they just happen to be the type of people that like to share good news–a rare breed indeed), no one will ever hear from them about their experience. On the other hand, if someone is wronged by a company, they will climb Mt. Everest to make sure as many people as possible hear about it. If you don’t believe this, go to any message board or consumer reporting website and read feedback on companies and products. You’ll come away thinking that you should never buy from anyone at any time. Of course, this isn’t true, and you may think to yourself that you provide good service. Of course you do. Still, that’s not enough. As illustrated, just one bad experience can make the rounds far more quickly than a hundred good experiences. You have to make sure you have enough positive stories circulating to counteract the bad ones.
The best, most productive word of mouth is many times generated purposely, and comes about through hard work and direction, rather than through hope and happenstance. You can generate the direction and style of word of mouth advertising by enlisting the help of your friends and family members. It’s not unethical, nor is it uncommon. The best businesses do just that. Particularly in today’s internet age, and the advent of the viral marketing era, more and more seemingly grassroots movements have their origins at the company itself. How do you get it started?
Have your husband or wife tell her group of friends about your business. You don’t need anyone to be deceptive, or “hide” their relationship to you. In fact, so much the better if they don’t. Friends naturally want to help friends. When someone happens to ask a friend of your spouse where they get their dry cleaning done, they’ll happily mention your business, even if they themselves have never spent a dime there.
Word of mouth advertising is as powerful a tool as you can use in the marketing realm. But it is just that: a tool. Don’t make the mistake of looking at it like some mystical force you have no control over. If you want to take the reigns and guide the direction of your business, you need to have control over every aspect of your marketing. That includes word of mouth advertising. To do anything less, to let fate decide your company’s destiny, would be irresponsible.
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The sad truth about people in general is that when people have a good experience with a business (or person, for that matter), they usually keep it to themselves. Unless the service is so over the top extraordinary that they simply need to tell others (or they just happen to be the type of people that like to share good news–a rare breed indeed), no one will ever hear from them about their experience. On the other hand, if someone is wronged by a company, they will climb Mt. Everest to make sure as many people as possible hear about it. If you don’t believe this, go to any message board or consumer reporting website and read feedback on companies and products. You’ll come away thinking that you should never buy from anyone at any time. Of course, this isn’t true, and you may think to yourself that you provide good service. Of course you do. Still, that’s not enough. As illustrated, just one bad experience can make the rounds far more quickly than a hundred good experiences. You have to make sure you have enough positive stories circulating to counteract the bad ones.
The best, most productive word of mouth is many times generated purposely, and comes about through hard work and direction, rather than through hope and happenstance. You can generate the direction and style of word of mouth advertising by enlisting the help of your friends and family members. It’s not unethical, nor is it uncommon. The best businesses do just that. Particularly in today’s internet age, and the advent of the viral marketing era, more and more seemingly grassroots movements have their origins at the company itself. How do you get it started?
Have your husband or wife tell her group of friends about your business. You don’t need anyone to be deceptive, or “hide” their relationship to you. In fact, so much the better if they don’t. Friends naturally want to help friends. When someone happens to ask a friend of your spouse where they get their dry cleaning done, they’ll happily mention your business, even if they themselves have never spent a dime there.
Word of mouth advertising is as powerful a tool as you can use in the marketing realm. But it is just that: a tool. Don’t make the mistake of looking at it like some mystical force you have no control over. If you want to take the reigns and guide the direction of your business, you need to have control over every aspect of your marketing. That includes word of mouth advertising. To do anything less, to let fate decide your company’s destiny, would be irresponsible.
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Thursday 22 November 2007
Why Your Business Needs An Accountant
It may seem like a cost that can be avoided, but when you own a business, you need an accountant to handle your financial affairs. That doesn't mean you pay your accountant to do your daily accounting work, but you need someone there on a regular basis to make sure your books are in order and to help you prepare periodic financial statements. Though you may feel that you can handle those kinds of things within the company, you are playing a fool's game to do that. Without the help of an accountant, you don't know if you're following current accounting laws or whether you should be doing things another way. Tax laws change every year, so unless you keep up to date, you don't know what the current laws are. Unless you are an accountant or tax advisor, there is no need for you to know the current laws. Although you may file your own personal taxes, you should never attempt to file the taxes for your business unless you have a degree in tax law.
Other reasons you may need an accountant is to assist you with accounting functions in which you lack knowledge. For example, if you're new to business ownership, you may not know how to account for inventory that you have to return to the supplier for recalls or expiration dates. Maybe you don't quite understand how to depreciate equipment for your business. There are many numbers of reasons why you may require the services of an accountant for your business. An accountant can also provide a budget analysis, future income projections, preparing financial statements, reconciling your bank account, and much more. In fact, it is sound financial advice for someone besides you or your bookkeeper to review the books for accuracy. This ensures that everything is entered correctly and there are no questionable entries.
Having an accountant on the books on a regular basis is something that you don't want to overlook. Even if you have a staff accountant, having someone on the outside that is not directly connected to the company is a good choice. This is especially important when you first open your business because you need someone to help you set up an accounting system and make sure that you understand how to follow through with it. Once everything is in place, and you know how to keep track of everything, you can use your accountant for financial advice and to balance your books on a monthly or bi-monthly basis. Don't make the mistake of thinking you can do everything without an accountant or you will find your business in the red quickly. Some financial decisions require the expertise of an accounting professional outside of your company.
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Other reasons you may need an accountant is to assist you with accounting functions in which you lack knowledge. For example, if you're new to business ownership, you may not know how to account for inventory that you have to return to the supplier for recalls or expiration dates. Maybe you don't quite understand how to depreciate equipment for your business. There are many numbers of reasons why you may require the services of an accountant for your business. An accountant can also provide a budget analysis, future income projections, preparing financial statements, reconciling your bank account, and much more. In fact, it is sound financial advice for someone besides you or your bookkeeper to review the books for accuracy. This ensures that everything is entered correctly and there are no questionable entries.
Having an accountant on the books on a regular basis is something that you don't want to overlook. Even if you have a staff accountant, having someone on the outside that is not directly connected to the company is a good choice. This is especially important when you first open your business because you need someone to help you set up an accounting system and make sure that you understand how to follow through with it. Once everything is in place, and you know how to keep track of everything, you can use your accountant for financial advice and to balance your books on a monthly or bi-monthly basis. Don't make the mistake of thinking you can do everything without an accountant or you will find your business in the red quickly. Some financial decisions require the expertise of an accounting professional outside of your company.
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Tuesday 20 November 2007
When Family And Friends Do Not Take Your Home Business Seriously
If you are working from home, then you know that trading in the cubicle or closet sized office space for your spare bedroom or garage is a blessing. No lengthy commute, bad coffee, endless meetings to attend, and snotty coworkers whose ineffectual work ethic and incompetence have been the bane of your corporate existence; furthermore, no longer are you at the beck and call of a boss who seems to have great ideas and rush deadlines 15 minutes before quitting time. Yet even though you are happy and making a decent living with your home based business, you have found that the one fly in the ointment is the reaction of your friends and even family who at times do not take your business serious, or may actually deride it in some way.
How often do you have to field phone calls from friends or family members who need a last minute babysitter during the week, essentially communicating to you that while they are off earning a living, you are at home, living a life of leisure. How often has your spouse asked you to take Fluffy to the vet, pick up the dry cleaning, and take junior to volleyball practice while she or he is attending a seminar and has a tee time scheduled with the boss immediately afterwards? Does your best girlfriend pick your crunch times to call you for relationship advice and to cry on your shoulder when Mr. Wonderful turned out not to be so wonderful after all? If any of these scenarios sound familiar, then the odds are good that there is a lack of respect for your work somewhere in your circle of friends and family. Yet have you been at the center of your friends’ and family’s inability to give your business its due?
For example, when you speak of your business, do you discuss it with pride, or do you permit embarrassment and false modesty to make it sound like a half fast effort you are running in between watching daytime soaps? Conversely, do you speak of your business with a pride of ownership and a firm sense of accomplishment?
Do you keep business hours during which you let the answering machine get your calls or do you permit yourself to be at anyone’s beck and call throughout the day? If you must answer the phone or if you are caught off guard by a parent with kids in tow who is hoping you won’t say no to a babysitting assignment when the child is right there, do you find it impossible to politely but firmly refuse? While this scenario is a tough one, remember that the parent is intruding on you, not on any of her or his otherwise employed friends or family members. By way of making a concession, offer to take your lunch early, like in the next 30 minutes, to enable the parent to use your home phone to set up other babysitting arrangements while you entertain junior. Inform your friend that once the 30 minutes are up, you will once again need to work and thus will not be able to spend any more time with the child. This usually gets the message across. Remember that your business will only be taken as serious as you will take it!
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How often do you have to field phone calls from friends or family members who need a last minute babysitter during the week, essentially communicating to you that while they are off earning a living, you are at home, living a life of leisure. How often has your spouse asked you to take Fluffy to the vet, pick up the dry cleaning, and take junior to volleyball practice while she or he is attending a seminar and has a tee time scheduled with the boss immediately afterwards? Does your best girlfriend pick your crunch times to call you for relationship advice and to cry on your shoulder when Mr. Wonderful turned out not to be so wonderful after all? If any of these scenarios sound familiar, then the odds are good that there is a lack of respect for your work somewhere in your circle of friends and family. Yet have you been at the center of your friends’ and family’s inability to give your business its due?
For example, when you speak of your business, do you discuss it with pride, or do you permit embarrassment and false modesty to make it sound like a half fast effort you are running in between watching daytime soaps? Conversely, do you speak of your business with a pride of ownership and a firm sense of accomplishment?
Do you keep business hours during which you let the answering machine get your calls or do you permit yourself to be at anyone’s beck and call throughout the day? If you must answer the phone or if you are caught off guard by a parent with kids in tow who is hoping you won’t say no to a babysitting assignment when the child is right there, do you find it impossible to politely but firmly refuse? While this scenario is a tough one, remember that the parent is intruding on you, not on any of her or his otherwise employed friends or family members. By way of making a concession, offer to take your lunch early, like in the next 30 minutes, to enable the parent to use your home phone to set up other babysitting arrangements while you entertain junior. Inform your friend that once the 30 minutes are up, you will once again need to work and thus will not be able to spend any more time with the child. This usually gets the message across. Remember that your business will only be taken as serious as you will take it!
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Monday 19 November 2007
Essentials Required For Your Home Business
Starting your home business is an exciting new venture that millions of people now share in. You want to join them and are anxious, but there are certain things that are needed before you do so.
Be sure that you have a market for your product or services. Be sure to do your research and see if there are people out there that are willing to pay for what it is that you have to offer. Even verbal research would do the trick. Ask around the people that you know, say 40 or 50 of them, to see if your product is something that they would want or need and be willing to pay for.
Having a separate space for your office is not an absolutely needed thing, but it sure would be beneficial. You need an area that is put aside just for your work space and can be closed off from the rest of the house, even if only by a partition or divider.
A comfortable workspace to go to with your PC or laptop is helpful as well. If you spend hours at a time sitting at your computer, you may want to invest in a comfortable chair and a mouse that won’t stress out your wrist.
A separate phone line, maybe even two, and a good modem are musts for your home business. Customers are apt to respond better to the phone being answered professionally by you or a businesslike voicemail than to the kids answering the phone while yelling at each other and the dog going crazy in the background. The reason for the second extra phone line is simple; so that you have a separate line for online access. If at all possible, be sure that you have a high speed DSL or cable modem.
A separate bank account is not required by law for tax purposes but it would be a lot easier to deal with if you did not mix your personal money with your business money.
You need to be sure to contact your local government to find out if you need a business license and as this will vary by jurisdiction. You must contact the IRS to get a tax ID number as this is a must.
You will want business cards, stationary with your business name and logo (if you have one) and even a fax machine. Although fax machines seem to be becoming obsolete, you still need some sort of fax capability. There is also software available that will enable you to send faxes via your computer.
Obviously there are some things I may have left out that you need, just be sure that if you plan to or think you will need something in particular, that you take care of getting what you need in advance. This will save you time and possibly the loss of a potential customer or two for not being prepared.
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Be sure that you have a market for your product or services. Be sure to do your research and see if there are people out there that are willing to pay for what it is that you have to offer. Even verbal research would do the trick. Ask around the people that you know, say 40 or 50 of them, to see if your product is something that they would want or need and be willing to pay for.
Having a separate space for your office is not an absolutely needed thing, but it sure would be beneficial. You need an area that is put aside just for your work space and can be closed off from the rest of the house, even if only by a partition or divider.
A comfortable workspace to go to with your PC or laptop is helpful as well. If you spend hours at a time sitting at your computer, you may want to invest in a comfortable chair and a mouse that won’t stress out your wrist.
A separate phone line, maybe even two, and a good modem are musts for your home business. Customers are apt to respond better to the phone being answered professionally by you or a businesslike voicemail than to the kids answering the phone while yelling at each other and the dog going crazy in the background. The reason for the second extra phone line is simple; so that you have a separate line for online access. If at all possible, be sure that you have a high speed DSL or cable modem.
A separate bank account is not required by law for tax purposes but it would be a lot easier to deal with if you did not mix your personal money with your business money.
You need to be sure to contact your local government to find out if you need a business license and as this will vary by jurisdiction. You must contact the IRS to get a tax ID number as this is a must.
You will want business cards, stationary with your business name and logo (if you have one) and even a fax machine. Although fax machines seem to be becoming obsolete, you still need some sort of fax capability. There is also software available that will enable you to send faxes via your computer.
Obviously there are some things I may have left out that you need, just be sure that if you plan to or think you will need something in particular, that you take care of getting what you need in advance. This will save you time and possibly the loss of a potential customer or two for not being prepared.
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Sunday 18 November 2007
Web Search "Clean Up" - Maintaining A Positive Image Or Deceiving The Public?
One recent issue that has emerged regarding online business practice is that of web search ”clean up”, whereby several Internet business that have accumulated either negative or questionable reviews over service, product quality, and outsource third-party services that specialize in eliminating any and all information that would make a particular company look bad. This practice, of course, has become a major controversy concerning ethics, and understandably so.
The argument is that such action merely serves to promote a positive image for the businesses in question. Persistent entrepreneurs go out of their way to make themselves appear squeaky-clean. This image, in their perspectives, ensures greater success because it continuously draws in high-level traffic. Traffic means better business, which in turn inspires confidence from shoppers who yearn for variety in merchandise and services. A company’s positive image can work for both the business and the shopper.
On the other hand, a concerned public, supported by various consumer agencies, claims that the motives behind the “cleaning up” process to be suspect. Such business practices suspiciously appear to cover up negative but crucial input that prospective customers need to know when evaluating a business. Such evaluations rely on the full disclosure of honest and truthful information—information that consumers have a right to know—and eliminating that information from public access does shoppers a disservice.
This is where the subject of ethics comes into play, not to mention legality.
Is eliminating such information deceptive or misrepresent businesses? Does such a practice benefit or hinder consumer research? Is it even legal?
The debate is still in progress, but several consumer protection agencies criticize the practice and have stepped into to stop businesses from conducting themselves from doing this. No legal stipulations seem to exist to restrict the practice, however, so no action can prevent such practices from flourishing. Proposals for legislation need to be passed in order to establish regulatory laws. The problem is that, since the Internet is not indigenous to any particular region, online businesses are not bound or subject to the laws of any legal system. Because no laws exist to define a state of illegality, businesses that conduct themselves in this way do not have an ethical dilemma. It’s as if ethics and law (or lack of it) are intertwined.
Whatever the case may be, the controversy rages on. In a consumer world—one that has created and caters to business needs—the problem is mute, since the practice in question is not likely to deter shoppers from calling on the services of or buying merchandise from companies, regardless of whether those companies are covering up missteps or operating on a completely open basis with the public. Big businesses likely know about and rely on this tendency, which is one reason they behave the way they do.
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The argument is that such action merely serves to promote a positive image for the businesses in question. Persistent entrepreneurs go out of their way to make themselves appear squeaky-clean. This image, in their perspectives, ensures greater success because it continuously draws in high-level traffic. Traffic means better business, which in turn inspires confidence from shoppers who yearn for variety in merchandise and services. A company’s positive image can work for both the business and the shopper.
On the other hand, a concerned public, supported by various consumer agencies, claims that the motives behind the “cleaning up” process to be suspect. Such business practices suspiciously appear to cover up negative but crucial input that prospective customers need to know when evaluating a business. Such evaluations rely on the full disclosure of honest and truthful information—information that consumers have a right to know—and eliminating that information from public access does shoppers a disservice.
This is where the subject of ethics comes into play, not to mention legality.
Is eliminating such information deceptive or misrepresent businesses? Does such a practice benefit or hinder consumer research? Is it even legal?
The debate is still in progress, but several consumer protection agencies criticize the practice and have stepped into to stop businesses from conducting themselves from doing this. No legal stipulations seem to exist to restrict the practice, however, so no action can prevent such practices from flourishing. Proposals for legislation need to be passed in order to establish regulatory laws. The problem is that, since the Internet is not indigenous to any particular region, online businesses are not bound or subject to the laws of any legal system. Because no laws exist to define a state of illegality, businesses that conduct themselves in this way do not have an ethical dilemma. It’s as if ethics and law (or lack of it) are intertwined.
Whatever the case may be, the controversy rages on. In a consumer world—one that has created and caters to business needs—the problem is mute, since the practice in question is not likely to deter shoppers from calling on the services of or buying merchandise from companies, regardless of whether those companies are covering up missteps or operating on a completely open basis with the public. Big businesses likely know about and rely on this tendency, which is one reason they behave the way they do.
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Saturday 17 November 2007
Web-Based Business Requires Extra Attention
For many people, making money from the comfort of their home with a web-based business sounds like an ideal opportunity. However, they may also have the misconception that, like the field of dreams, if they build it, they will come. Building a web based business can be similar to placing a business in an unmarked building. Without advertising and strategically placed billboards or other forms of advertising, no one will know the business even exists.
Building a business takes time and relying strictly on word of mouth can take years before the business becomes noticed, especially in the saturated internet market. There are steps you can take to make your site stand out from the rest of the thousands of others on the internet, but most often a marketing plan is not a one-shot deal. It will take time and effort to raise your site into the vision of those surfing the internet for your products or services.
While domain names can be cute or even reflect the actual name of your business, if someone is looking for tires, for instance, they are going to enter the word tires into a search engine. They are not going to enter the name “Joes Treading Lightly” or “Bobs Auto Store.” Even having the word tires in the name of your web-based business may not be attractive to search engines. Most business are going to be the best at what they do, and few others will have the knowledge about the business that the owner possesses.
If the business owner is writing all the copy for the site, they may end up providing more information than the potential customers are looking for and end up pushing their site lower onto the search engines index pages. There has been a standard approach to business marketing used for years, know as the KISS method of marketing. Keep It Simple Stupid may sound overly easy, but it is true. Too much information can confuse customers as well as search engines, leaving your site along the least travelled road.
Building a web-based business will require time and effort and keeping it updated with fresh material will please both your customers and the search engines. Do not make the mistake about who, or what will be attracted to your web-based business. Too many people focus on making their site more attractive to the search engines and forget about where the sales are going to come from. There are rarely any incidents in which a search engine made a purchase from a web site.
Look at your site like a customer and do whatever it takes to make it user friendly. If a customer can find the information they are looking and the pages are easily navigated it will improve their experience at your internet store and well as improve your sales.
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Building a business takes time and relying strictly on word of mouth can take years before the business becomes noticed, especially in the saturated internet market. There are steps you can take to make your site stand out from the rest of the thousands of others on the internet, but most often a marketing plan is not a one-shot deal. It will take time and effort to raise your site into the vision of those surfing the internet for your products or services.
While domain names can be cute or even reflect the actual name of your business, if someone is looking for tires, for instance, they are going to enter the word tires into a search engine. They are not going to enter the name “Joes Treading Lightly” or “Bobs Auto Store.” Even having the word tires in the name of your web-based business may not be attractive to search engines. Most business are going to be the best at what they do, and few others will have the knowledge about the business that the owner possesses.
If the business owner is writing all the copy for the site, they may end up providing more information than the potential customers are looking for and end up pushing their site lower onto the search engines index pages. There has been a standard approach to business marketing used for years, know as the KISS method of marketing. Keep It Simple Stupid may sound overly easy, but it is true. Too much information can confuse customers as well as search engines, leaving your site along the least travelled road.
Building a web-based business will require time and effort and keeping it updated with fresh material will please both your customers and the search engines. Do not make the mistake about who, or what will be attracted to your web-based business. Too many people focus on making their site more attractive to the search engines and forget about where the sales are going to come from. There are rarely any incidents in which a search engine made a purchase from a web site.
Look at your site like a customer and do whatever it takes to make it user friendly. If a customer can find the information they are looking and the pages are easily navigated it will improve their experience at your internet store and well as improve your sales.
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Friday 16 November 2007
Way To Improve Your Company Business
Companies desire to sell as many products as they can while providing great customer service. Customers enjoy being able to make quick decisions while feeling that the company is providing them with individualized attention, helping them locate exactly what products they want without feeling that they are being pressured to buy items that they do not want or need. One of the best ways to provide your clients with the products and efficient services that they desire is to have a variety of the products on hand at all times. A customer usually enters a store with the intention of purchasing a product at that time, provided the store has the appropriate item that the customer desires. If your customer is told that the item is on back order, then they may decide that they are not willing to wait for you to receive the item in stock, leading them to purchase the item at another store, even if the other store has it at a higher cost. If you value the credibility of your company, it is important to have items in stock and available for delivery very quickly to your clients.
It is important to sell items that are useful in the environment that you live in. Having items that are not in high demand in your area will make it difficult for your company to increase their clientele as well as make a considerable amount of profit. Selling a necessary product such as sun block close to a beach can help to provide you with a consistent amount of business, instead of an occasional or seasonal clientele base.
If your specialty or passion is for something that is not in high demand in your area, then consider having an online website can help to sell your products. Giving information in detail can help a potential client decide if your product is a match for them. Being able to purchase the item online and have it delivered to their doorstep within a few short days can help each client to return to your site for other items. Be sure to advertise your website with a number of search engines or as a link from other sites that are closely related to the types of products that are available through your company. Having an online website can give you a broad range of clients all over the world, not just in your immediate area. Having a shipping company that is reliable and you know what their shipping rates are, can help your client to know the total price even before they purchase the item.
Having a credible company that helps its clients to purchase items for a decent price will allow your company to prosper while helping your clients to feel appreciated and well taken care of.
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It is important to sell items that are useful in the environment that you live in. Having items that are not in high demand in your area will make it difficult for your company to increase their clientele as well as make a considerable amount of profit. Selling a necessary product such as sun block close to a beach can help to provide you with a consistent amount of business, instead of an occasional or seasonal clientele base.
If your specialty or passion is for something that is not in high demand in your area, then consider having an online website can help to sell your products. Giving information in detail can help a potential client decide if your product is a match for them. Being able to purchase the item online and have it delivered to their doorstep within a few short days can help each client to return to your site for other items. Be sure to advertise your website with a number of search engines or as a link from other sites that are closely related to the types of products that are available through your company. Having an online website can give you a broad range of clients all over the world, not just in your immediate area. Having a shipping company that is reliable and you know what their shipping rates are, can help your client to know the total price even before they purchase the item.
Having a credible company that helps its clients to purchase items for a decent price will allow your company to prosper while helping your clients to feel appreciated and well taken care of.
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Thursday 15 November 2007
Tips For Publicising Your Home-Based Business
If your work from home then you likely know that one of the biggest disadvantages is the fact that it is hard to achieve visibility in the market. However, be sure that you aren’t afraid since the number of home based businesses is growing because of the advances in technology and also due to the slowing economy. A home based business also has many benefits such as no commute time, you can make up your own hours and there is increased job satisfaction. The following tips can help you increase the visibility of your home based business in order to have a truly wonderful job.
Use press releases. This is one of the best things you can do for a home based business. When you launch a business, gain a new client, offer new services or products and when you are involved in a newsworthy event are all occasions to write press releases and send to your target publications.
All home based businesses can benefit from a web site. A web site is the ideal place for a home based business to announce their new products or services. For those without a web site you can easily find several sites that have free or low-costing hosting for single web pages.
A good method of advertising is to create a newsletter. You can have an e-mail based or off-line newsletter to send to both potential customers and current customers. Just make sure your newsletter contains worthwhile information for all your readers. If you only put in marketing hype then you will do your business more harm than good.
Giveaways or novelty items that you can give to your customers and potential customers is an excellent option. Just make sure your giveaway has your company logo or name along with contact information in order for it to be effective. You also want the giveaway to relate to your business in some way. Such as a mouse pad for those who work as a desktop publisher.
Networking is an excellent way to gain visibility as a small home based business. Simply join associations that are affiliated with your industry. Then you can meet potential customers, partners and even suppliers. Whenever you meet someone remember to give them your business card and take advantage of any speaking opportunities.
It can be beneficial to consider partnering or teaming up with other home based businesses that offer complementary services or products. This way you can double each others contact list and provide your clients with a more well-rounded package. And you can announce your new partnership with a press release for increased exposure. You can easily get the word out about your home based business with just a little ingenuity and effort. Then you will have increased customers and business growth as a reward.
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Use press releases. This is one of the best things you can do for a home based business. When you launch a business, gain a new client, offer new services or products and when you are involved in a newsworthy event are all occasions to write press releases and send to your target publications.
All home based businesses can benefit from a web site. A web site is the ideal place for a home based business to announce their new products or services. For those without a web site you can easily find several sites that have free or low-costing hosting for single web pages.
A good method of advertising is to create a newsletter. You can have an e-mail based or off-line newsletter to send to both potential customers and current customers. Just make sure your newsletter contains worthwhile information for all your readers. If you only put in marketing hype then you will do your business more harm than good.
Giveaways or novelty items that you can give to your customers and potential customers is an excellent option. Just make sure your giveaway has your company logo or name along with contact information in order for it to be effective. You also want the giveaway to relate to your business in some way. Such as a mouse pad for those who work as a desktop publisher.
Networking is an excellent way to gain visibility as a small home based business. Simply join associations that are affiliated with your industry. Then you can meet potential customers, partners and even suppliers. Whenever you meet someone remember to give them your business card and take advantage of any speaking opportunities.
It can be beneficial to consider partnering or teaming up with other home based businesses that offer complementary services or products. This way you can double each others contact list and provide your clients with a more well-rounded package. And you can announce your new partnership with a press release for increased exposure. You can easily get the word out about your home based business with just a little ingenuity and effort. Then you will have increased customers and business growth as a reward.
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Wednesday 14 November 2007
The Irony of Affirmative Action
Affirmative Action was originally designed to facilitate the economic and professional needs of minority individuals. In recent years of tokenism, however, where charges of descrimination hover like a shadow over the heads of many employers who tread lightly. The irony with this particular ideal is that is turned out promoting a practice that it had originally meant to alleviate or eliminate altogether; Affirmative Action tends to advocate descrimination, or unfair advantages, but in reverse.
The biaseness practiced through Affirmative Action favors African Americans, women, Asians, Muslims, Immigrants and many other groups instead of the non-male and non-caucasian majority groups. No matter which way a social or employment consideration leads, if it it favors any characteristic other than qualifications, it is still descrimination.
Below are three fictional but realistic scenarios illustrating Affirmative Action, along with explanations for their respective circumstances:
* Dolores, an 18-year-old Affrican American girl from Detroit, along with two others—a 25-year-old white male and a 30-year-old Asian male—apply to a college program at a local university. Only one can be chosen. The two males have considerable experience in their respective fields and even have their own works published, whereas Delores comes straight from high school and demonstrates poor writing skills. Delores gets chosen into the program. The department committee accepts her on the basis of the fact that she is both a female and African American. The decision is wrong and unfair, as the other two applicants clearly deserve the position over her.
* Juan Guarez, an middle-aged immigrant from Mexico who walks with a cane applies for a job working in a convenience store. Other young citizens (male and female caucasians) with experience also apply. As it turns out, Juan gets the job because he’s older, handicapped and an immigrant. Again, unfairness comes into play, as the younger are better qualified yet loose out to the minority. This is discrimination against the majority and in favor of the minority. As noble as it is, it is wrong and may be illegal if the reasons for the selection are ever exposed.
* Marleen, a white 30-year-old female, and Charles, a caucasian male of the same age, both apply for the position of a camp counsellor. Marline has two summers worth of experience, but was reprimanded twice for insubordination. Charles, on the other hand, has ten summers experience and two awards for outstanding performance. Of course, Marleen gets the position. Why? Gender, in this case, made the deciding vote.
The problem that has made Affirmative Action such a complication revolves around politics. Playing favoritism to minorities makes the system seem fair and non-biased. In the end, it hurts both the minority and the majority because it ignores truth and goes for appearance. Cultural enlightenment is supperficial and therefore non-existent.
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The biaseness practiced through Affirmative Action favors African Americans, women, Asians, Muslims, Immigrants and many other groups instead of the non-male and non-caucasian majority groups. No matter which way a social or employment consideration leads, if it it favors any characteristic other than qualifications, it is still descrimination.
Below are three fictional but realistic scenarios illustrating Affirmative Action, along with explanations for their respective circumstances:
* Dolores, an 18-year-old Affrican American girl from Detroit, along with two others—a 25-year-old white male and a 30-year-old Asian male—apply to a college program at a local university. Only one can be chosen. The two males have considerable experience in their respective fields and even have their own works published, whereas Delores comes straight from high school and demonstrates poor writing skills. Delores gets chosen into the program. The department committee accepts her on the basis of the fact that she is both a female and African American. The decision is wrong and unfair, as the other two applicants clearly deserve the position over her.
* Juan Guarez, an middle-aged immigrant from Mexico who walks with a cane applies for a job working in a convenience store. Other young citizens (male and female caucasians) with experience also apply. As it turns out, Juan gets the job because he’s older, handicapped and an immigrant. Again, unfairness comes into play, as the younger are better qualified yet loose out to the minority. This is discrimination against the majority and in favor of the minority. As noble as it is, it is wrong and may be illegal if the reasons for the selection are ever exposed.
* Marleen, a white 30-year-old female, and Charles, a caucasian male of the same age, both apply for the position of a camp counsellor. Marline has two summers worth of experience, but was reprimanded twice for insubordination. Charles, on the other hand, has ten summers experience and two awards for outstanding performance. Of course, Marleen gets the position. Why? Gender, in this case, made the deciding vote.
The problem that has made Affirmative Action such a complication revolves around politics. Playing favoritism to minorities makes the system seem fair and non-biased. In the end, it hurts both the minority and the majority because it ignores truth and goes for appearance. Cultural enlightenment is supperficial and therefore non-existent.
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Tuesday 13 November 2007
The High Cost Of Free Marketing
You have seen the ads in newspapers as well as in your SPAM email box, from people who have tried 30 or 40 work at home schemes that turned out to be rip-offs. Now they are offering to give you the information they learned during their search – for “Free.”
The information they include goes on and on about how much money they made and now they want to share their “secret” of making huge amounts of money on the internet with you – or a select group of people of which you just happen to be a part. Just think, the pitch may tell you, within an hour of setting up your new “Free” website, you could be raking in thousands of dollars an hour.
The first thing to ask when reading this is why it took them so long. Typically, by the time you read most of their sales pitch and have no idea what they are pushing, it’s time to hit the delete key. Then I wonder what I did to become part of this select group.
Is it the fact I have an email address that showed up on someone’s list? Then, why do they want to share this secret? Why not just keep making this obscene amount of money or share the secret with their family and friends. They most likely have hit them up to buy all of the other schemes they were involved with before they stumbled onto this secret.
Ok. Assume you’re hooked on making a lot of money and you respond. You will get a “Free” professional website with a unique address on it through which you guide all your customers. When they buy this fantastic product, you get a large cut of the sale. But wait! There’s more! Convince another person to sign up and you get a large bonus for bringing another sales outlet into the fold, as well as a cut of the profits on sales made through their website.
But wait! There’s more! If you elevate your status by paying a monthly membership fee, your percentage of the profits goes up and if you agree to pay even more every month, your profit percentage rises exponentially.
Now this free home business opportunity is costing a little money now.
OK. Your site is up and running. Looking good, too. But you’re not getting any traffic. Not to worry, because – there’s more!
This guy can steer you to another company that can, for a monthly fee, get your site onto search engines to get you all the traffic you can handle and all the orders your website can process. Hey, you’ll be making more money than you ever dreamed possible. But wait! There’s more!
Why limit yourself to just making these hundreds of thousands of dollars on this one successful website? You are his number one fan, since you are paying him and his other company (the one who is getting your name on search engines) will clue you to some of the best affiliate programs on the internet. He knows. He spent years looking for the ones who pay the best percentage for sales and by signing up with them, you can make hundreds of thousands of dollars a year more! But wait! There’s more!
The affiliate sites will offer you a pittance for you to push their product until you become an elevated member by paying their monthly membership fee and that’s when you start making really big money.
Your “Free” website and home based business is now costing you upwards of $250 a month and you have not made a cent.
Ask yourself – What am I selling, again?” Don’t know? Probably because no one ever told you. They just want to give the chance to sell something, and they are willing to take your money to show you how to do it – every month.
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The information they include goes on and on about how much money they made and now they want to share their “secret” of making huge amounts of money on the internet with you – or a select group of people of which you just happen to be a part. Just think, the pitch may tell you, within an hour of setting up your new “Free” website, you could be raking in thousands of dollars an hour.
The first thing to ask when reading this is why it took them so long. Typically, by the time you read most of their sales pitch and have no idea what they are pushing, it’s time to hit the delete key. Then I wonder what I did to become part of this select group.
Is it the fact I have an email address that showed up on someone’s list? Then, why do they want to share this secret? Why not just keep making this obscene amount of money or share the secret with their family and friends. They most likely have hit them up to buy all of the other schemes they were involved with before they stumbled onto this secret.
Ok. Assume you’re hooked on making a lot of money and you respond. You will get a “Free” professional website with a unique address on it through which you guide all your customers. When they buy this fantastic product, you get a large cut of the sale. But wait! There’s more! Convince another person to sign up and you get a large bonus for bringing another sales outlet into the fold, as well as a cut of the profits on sales made through their website.
But wait! There’s more! If you elevate your status by paying a monthly membership fee, your percentage of the profits goes up and if you agree to pay even more every month, your profit percentage rises exponentially.
Now this free home business opportunity is costing a little money now.
OK. Your site is up and running. Looking good, too. But you’re not getting any traffic. Not to worry, because – there’s more!
This guy can steer you to another company that can, for a monthly fee, get your site onto search engines to get you all the traffic you can handle and all the orders your website can process. Hey, you’ll be making more money than you ever dreamed possible. But wait! There’s more!
Why limit yourself to just making these hundreds of thousands of dollars on this one successful website? You are his number one fan, since you are paying him and his other company (the one who is getting your name on search engines) will clue you to some of the best affiliate programs on the internet. He knows. He spent years looking for the ones who pay the best percentage for sales and by signing up with them, you can make hundreds of thousands of dollars a year more! But wait! There’s more!
The affiliate sites will offer you a pittance for you to push their product until you become an elevated member by paying their monthly membership fee and that’s when you start making really big money.
Your “Free” website and home based business is now costing you upwards of $250 a month and you have not made a cent.
Ask yourself – What am I selling, again?” Don’t know? Probably because no one ever told you. They just want to give the chance to sell something, and they are willing to take your money to show you how to do it – every month.
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Monday 12 November 2007
The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Print Marketing
The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Print Marketing
When you run a business a lot of your focus will be on marketing. Three traditional methods that have been used by businesses for years includes newspapers, magazines and the yellow pages. However, many businesses are starting to turn their attention towards internet and other forms of technological marketing. So some may wonder if there are still benefits to using these forms of print marketing.
When it comes to newspapers there are several advantages to consider. With newspapers you can reach a large group of people while also targeting a specific geographic area. Newspapers allow you to have flexibility in deciding what size ad you want to place and where you want it printed in the newspaper. This means you can make your ad as large as necessary in order to communicate what you are trying to sell.
You are not limited by your newspaper ad, readers can return to your message again and again so you can have continuous exposure. You will usually have free help from the newspaper in creating and producing your ad copy. Newspapers are adapting to the changing market conditions and offering quick turn-around. Therefore, running an ad today can result in customers viewing your ad within one to two days.
Magazines provide a way for businesses to have a more focused marketing option. However, it is also a more expensive alternative to the newspaper method of advertising. Businesses choose this method of marketing if they want to reach a highly targeted audience. By using magazines you can advertise to your audience through publications that focus on your specific audience or has topics of interest to your audience. Since you have a high reader involvement with the magazine you will have more attention placed on your advertisement. Magazine ads are better for colour reproduction and full-colour ads, this means that even small ads will stand out in a magazine.
The oldest tradition of print marketing is the yellow pages. Today there are several different forms of yellow pages that allow people to promote and advertise their business. In addition to the general yellow pages that the phone companies give out you can also use specialized directories that are targeted towards specific markets. There are even internet directors now that you can use for advertising your company.
With yellow page advertising you can have wide availability since nearly everyone will use the yellow pages at one time or another. It is a non-intrusive way of marketing. It is an action-oriented method of marketing since your audience will actually be looking for what you provide. Yellow page ads are reasonably inexpensive and your responsive can be easily tracked and measured. Finally, yellow page marketing offers increased frequency.
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When you run a business a lot of your focus will be on marketing. Three traditional methods that have been used by businesses for years includes newspapers, magazines and the yellow pages. However, many businesses are starting to turn their attention towards internet and other forms of technological marketing. So some may wonder if there are still benefits to using these forms of print marketing.
When it comes to newspapers there are several advantages to consider. With newspapers you can reach a large group of people while also targeting a specific geographic area. Newspapers allow you to have flexibility in deciding what size ad you want to place and where you want it printed in the newspaper. This means you can make your ad as large as necessary in order to communicate what you are trying to sell.
You are not limited by your newspaper ad, readers can return to your message again and again so you can have continuous exposure. You will usually have free help from the newspaper in creating and producing your ad copy. Newspapers are adapting to the changing market conditions and offering quick turn-around. Therefore, running an ad today can result in customers viewing your ad within one to two days.
Magazines provide a way for businesses to have a more focused marketing option. However, it is also a more expensive alternative to the newspaper method of advertising. Businesses choose this method of marketing if they want to reach a highly targeted audience. By using magazines you can advertise to your audience through publications that focus on your specific audience or has topics of interest to your audience. Since you have a high reader involvement with the magazine you will have more attention placed on your advertisement. Magazine ads are better for colour reproduction and full-colour ads, this means that even small ads will stand out in a magazine.
The oldest tradition of print marketing is the yellow pages. Today there are several different forms of yellow pages that allow people to promote and advertise their business. In addition to the general yellow pages that the phone companies give out you can also use specialized directories that are targeted towards specific markets. There are even internet directors now that you can use for advertising your company.
With yellow page advertising you can have wide availability since nearly everyone will use the yellow pages at one time or another. It is a non-intrusive way of marketing. It is an action-oriented method of marketing since your audience will actually be looking for what you provide. Yellow page ads are reasonably inexpensive and your responsive can be easily tracked and measured. Finally, yellow page marketing offers increased frequency.
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Sunday 11 November 2007
Standing Out In The Online Realm
It has always been a challenge to make your business stand out from the rest of the competition. On the internet, this challenge is ten fold. The competition is fiercer and it can be very difficult without the touch of personal service to make your business stand out amongst the others. In order to do so, you’ll need to add that little bit extra that will separate you from the rest of the crowd. The cream rises to the top, so here are some ideas to make your online business the creamiest of them all.
One thing that a lot of start up online businesses skimp on is the packaging of their products. Yes, it’s fine to send out your products in a plain old boring brown box from UPS or the Post Office, but it won’t make you stand out in any way. At the worst, it will make you stand out in the opposite way you want. Better to design your own packaging and send your products out in something that has your company name emblazoned on the side. If you want to take the time to design something that looks a little colourful, or fun, that might even be better (although whether or not this is appropriate will be determined by the type of business you run). The Post Office will actually create custom packaging for you if you purchase enough of their shipping services to qualify.
One thing your website should have is some general information and education on the product that you sell. Say for instance you are selling tennis rackets. There should be plenty of information on your website about tennis in general and tennis rackets in particular. There are two reasons for this. One, it’s good to have some sections of the website that are not dedicated to the hard sell. This leads a customer to feel secure, as if the website is there for more than the express intent of taking their money. Another good reason to have this information is to attract visitors that weren’t necessarily looking to buy a tennis racket in the first place. Maybe they were searching for information about tennis. But once you have them at your site, perhaps they will buy something.
A message board is another great way to create a community and have repeat visitors. Don’t think you have a product that would attract a lot of people to sit around and talk about it? That’s okay. Again, think of the example above. A message board solely dedicated to tennis rackets wouldn’t likely entice too many web surfers. But a message board about tennis is another story. And it doesn’t even have to be just about tennis. There could be other sports, a section for general talk, you name it.
Follow these three guides to bring your website up and into the light. It can be difficult to make a dent in the crowded online market, but it’s not impossible.
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One thing that a lot of start up online businesses skimp on is the packaging of their products. Yes, it’s fine to send out your products in a plain old boring brown box from UPS or the Post Office, but it won’t make you stand out in any way. At the worst, it will make you stand out in the opposite way you want. Better to design your own packaging and send your products out in something that has your company name emblazoned on the side. If you want to take the time to design something that looks a little colourful, or fun, that might even be better (although whether or not this is appropriate will be determined by the type of business you run). The Post Office will actually create custom packaging for you if you purchase enough of their shipping services to qualify.
One thing your website should have is some general information and education on the product that you sell. Say for instance you are selling tennis rackets. There should be plenty of information on your website about tennis in general and tennis rackets in particular. There are two reasons for this. One, it’s good to have some sections of the website that are not dedicated to the hard sell. This leads a customer to feel secure, as if the website is there for more than the express intent of taking their money. Another good reason to have this information is to attract visitors that weren’t necessarily looking to buy a tennis racket in the first place. Maybe they were searching for information about tennis. But once you have them at your site, perhaps they will buy something.
A message board is another great way to create a community and have repeat visitors. Don’t think you have a product that would attract a lot of people to sit around and talk about it? That’s okay. Again, think of the example above. A message board solely dedicated to tennis rackets wouldn’t likely entice too many web surfers. But a message board about tennis is another story. And it doesn’t even have to be just about tennis. There could be other sports, a section for general talk, you name it.
Follow these three guides to bring your website up and into the light. It can be difficult to make a dent in the crowded online market, but it’s not impossible.
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Saturday 10 November 2007
Some Services Are All About The Money
Even a person who is not an accountant can offer financial services to businesses and individuals, provided they do not attempt services that are beyond their scope of ability. Financial planning should be left to the professionals and investing tips should only be given to friends and relatives at no charge. When dealing in financial services, billing and invoicing will usually provide a good business opportunity.
There is one business opportunity circulating around the internet about foreign currency exchange online. The pitch does not promise any get rich quick scheme, rather it is fairly up front in it offer of receiving income ranging between one and three percent. The idea is for people to devote money, from $50 on up, that enables another online company to accept foreign currency and exchange it online. The commission on the exchange rate is paid to all participants, much like that of a partnership, on a daily basis.
While the earnings on monetary exchange is relatively low, it is purported to be higher than most savings accounts. Additionally, the sales pitch includes the potential for additional income if the initial investment is higher. Like all programs on the internet, caution is needed to verify its credibility before ending any money to anyone.
Many small businesses do not have the expertise to follow up on bills that may go unpaid for months. Most businesses will send out a bill and may even keep track of when and if the bill is paid in full. Others may be too busy with other things to worry about smaller accounts and concentrate only on the large unpaid bills. By offering to send out the bills and track who pays and who doesn’t can take a burden off the business owner and the typically small staff. Payment can be arranged by percentage or a flat monthly fee.
Invoicing is another area where many small businesses lack the ability or computer software to maintain accurate records. They may also need payroll tracking along with other personnel record keeping that a small staff cannot tackle. Offering this type of service may require some special accounting training or at least some good payroll and expense software to enable your business to keep up with the needs for many different businesses.
Collection agents can usually receive a large percentage of outstanding bills if they are successful in collecting on outstanding debt. However, it does take a certain type of personality to be successful in bill collecting and federal and state laws will have to be adhered to in order to stay out of legal trouble. Cheque collections also offer some opportunity but with recent changes in the way cheques are processed by many companies, bad cheques may quickly become a thing of the past.
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There is one business opportunity circulating around the internet about foreign currency exchange online. The pitch does not promise any get rich quick scheme, rather it is fairly up front in it offer of receiving income ranging between one and three percent. The idea is for people to devote money, from $50 on up, that enables another online company to accept foreign currency and exchange it online. The commission on the exchange rate is paid to all participants, much like that of a partnership, on a daily basis.
While the earnings on monetary exchange is relatively low, it is purported to be higher than most savings accounts. Additionally, the sales pitch includes the potential for additional income if the initial investment is higher. Like all programs on the internet, caution is needed to verify its credibility before ending any money to anyone.
Many small businesses do not have the expertise to follow up on bills that may go unpaid for months. Most businesses will send out a bill and may even keep track of when and if the bill is paid in full. Others may be too busy with other things to worry about smaller accounts and concentrate only on the large unpaid bills. By offering to send out the bills and track who pays and who doesn’t can take a burden off the business owner and the typically small staff. Payment can be arranged by percentage or a flat monthly fee.
Invoicing is another area where many small businesses lack the ability or computer software to maintain accurate records. They may also need payroll tracking along with other personnel record keeping that a small staff cannot tackle. Offering this type of service may require some special accounting training or at least some good payroll and expense software to enable your business to keep up with the needs for many different businesses.
Collection agents can usually receive a large percentage of outstanding bills if they are successful in collecting on outstanding debt. However, it does take a certain type of personality to be successful in bill collecting and federal and state laws will have to be adhered to in order to stay out of legal trouble. Cheque collections also offer some opportunity but with recent changes in the way cheques are processed by many companies, bad cheques may quickly become a thing of the past.
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Friday 9 November 2007
Saving Money For The Bust
It really does seem nowadays like everyone is making at least a little bit of money in the online internet world. With so many different things going on and so many different people interested in the idea of the online world, many different people have come to the conclusions that the internet boom has yet to reach its peak. For people that make their living through the online world, whether they make larger or smaller incomes, this is certainly good news. While people may be tempted to go out and spend until they can't spend anymore with all the money they've made, it would do well for people to remember that we were at this stage before.
Most people are too young to remember it that are successful in today's world, but the internet boom that we are experiencing right now is the second internet boom in history. The first one occurred just before the turn of the century. People were getting money for unproven ventures because everyone had discovered just how amazing the internet world was and at that time too it seemed like nothing could ever happen that would cause this internet boom to go bust.
Then, the September 11th attacks happened in the United States. Air traffic was grounded, security measures increased and of course in the wake of that a recession in the economy started to shake the population. No longer were people putting money into unproven internet ventures and therefore the boom of the internet went bust.
However, Google was able to bring that boom back to life fairly big time through the invention of cost-per-click advertising. This was the single biggest factor in the resurrection of the internet and indeed ever since then the internet boom that has resulted has been much larger in size and scope than anything that was happening with the internet before the turn of the century. Google has since been the driving force behind a number of other innovations and the other companies that have worked with them all deserve some of the credit for bringing the commercial aspects of the internet back to life.
So, where are we now? People are making fortunes again and other people are having the times of their life. However, now that you know history, maybe you will realize that this boom can not go on forever. The start of a bigger economic recession in the United States and the dropping like a stone of the US Dollar have only cemented the fact that the internet boom is going to go bust again at some stage. While the internet boom is still growing massively at the current moment in time, you need to save money for when that boom eventually does go bust.
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Most people are too young to remember it that are successful in today's world, but the internet boom that we are experiencing right now is the second internet boom in history. The first one occurred just before the turn of the century. People were getting money for unproven ventures because everyone had discovered just how amazing the internet world was and at that time too it seemed like nothing could ever happen that would cause this internet boom to go bust.
Then, the September 11th attacks happened in the United States. Air traffic was grounded, security measures increased and of course in the wake of that a recession in the economy started to shake the population. No longer were people putting money into unproven internet ventures and therefore the boom of the internet went bust.
However, Google was able to bring that boom back to life fairly big time through the invention of cost-per-click advertising. This was the single biggest factor in the resurrection of the internet and indeed ever since then the internet boom that has resulted has been much larger in size and scope than anything that was happening with the internet before the turn of the century. Google has since been the driving force behind a number of other innovations and the other companies that have worked with them all deserve some of the credit for bringing the commercial aspects of the internet back to life.
So, where are we now? People are making fortunes again and other people are having the times of their life. However, now that you know history, maybe you will realize that this boom can not go on forever. The start of a bigger economic recession in the United States and the dropping like a stone of the US Dollar have only cemented the fact that the internet boom is going to go bust again at some stage. While the internet boom is still growing massively at the current moment in time, you need to save money for when that boom eventually does go bust.
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Thursday 8 November 2007
Mutual Respect Goes A Long Way
There are many ways that you can make sure you are running a company that will go far. Whether you have a home business, a small business, or are part of a huge organization, you are going to want to focus on having mutual respect as one of your main policies.
Mutual respect is something that has long been underrated. There have often been many situations in which the top tier of employees does not respect those below them, or the lower level employees only have the type of respect for the upper level employees that helps them get far but might not be genuine or real.
There are many different forms of respect. Respect is something that every employee and every supervisor must have for one another in order for the business to be a success. There are many times when employees pretend to respect their employers, or when employers don’t really respect their employees. These are situations in which people might think they don’t need to use respect in order to get far in life. However, the mutual respect is a very important issue that must be addressed by both sides.
First of all, there must be genuine respect for your employees. Often times you find employers that fake the respect they might have, or that aren’t serious about how they should treat their employees. The problem here is that it is very hard to find good employees, and it is very difficult to keep these employees around. It is no longer a situation where you can find many different employees who will do the same job. In the past, you could disrespect your employees because there were plenty of employees who were ready to take their place if they would quit. Basically put, in a lot of the situations, employees were expendable because jobs weren’t as specialized and weren’t as hard to find. However, now, when you have a business, you will find that each of your employees is very valuable in that each of the jobs that they might have is very specialized. It is going to take you a long time to find employees, and it is probably going to take you a long time to train them. This means that you have to have a high level of respect for the employees who you can trust, because you have to be able to retain these employees. Retention is also very important because keeping them around is your one way of making sure you can compete in the market.
The best tool that you have for keeping good employees is to make sure that you create situations in which your employees can respect you, and you respect them. Keeping your employees is very important for you, and respect is always going to be your number one tool when it comes to retention.
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Mutual respect is something that has long been underrated. There have often been many situations in which the top tier of employees does not respect those below them, or the lower level employees only have the type of respect for the upper level employees that helps them get far but might not be genuine or real.
There are many different forms of respect. Respect is something that every employee and every supervisor must have for one another in order for the business to be a success. There are many times when employees pretend to respect their employers, or when employers don’t really respect their employees. These are situations in which people might think they don’t need to use respect in order to get far in life. However, the mutual respect is a very important issue that must be addressed by both sides.
First of all, there must be genuine respect for your employees. Often times you find employers that fake the respect they might have, or that aren’t serious about how they should treat their employees. The problem here is that it is very hard to find good employees, and it is very difficult to keep these employees around. It is no longer a situation where you can find many different employees who will do the same job. In the past, you could disrespect your employees because there were plenty of employees who were ready to take their place if they would quit. Basically put, in a lot of the situations, employees were expendable because jobs weren’t as specialized and weren’t as hard to find. However, now, when you have a business, you will find that each of your employees is very valuable in that each of the jobs that they might have is very specialized. It is going to take you a long time to find employees, and it is probably going to take you a long time to train them. This means that you have to have a high level of respect for the employees who you can trust, because you have to be able to retain these employees. Retention is also very important because keeping them around is your one way of making sure you can compete in the market.
The best tool that you have for keeping good employees is to make sure that you create situations in which your employees can respect you, and you respect them. Keeping your employees is very important for you, and respect is always going to be your number one tool when it comes to retention.
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Wednesday 7 November 2007
Moving Job Skills To A Different Position
As more companies consolidate or find ways to do more for less, many workers are finding themselves out of a job. In today’s job market, length of service to a company appears to have little bearing on job security, and older workers with many years of experience are finding it hard to find a new position with a different company.
Additionally, today’s workforce is not as stable as 50 or 60 years ago when people worked for usually one and maybe two companies their entire lives. The days of finding a job and staying in one place for 30 years are pretty much gone, especially in technical positions. Workers want to move around the country, some for more pay or jobs with high prestige, but many just for the sake of seeing new sights.
Skilled and unskilled job openings are becoming harder to find and many looking for a new job are finding out that despite their experience and work ethic experience, new employers will not want to pay them what they were making on their old job. While they may get lucky and not have to start at the bottom of the pay scale, chances are they will be making considerably less than they made on their old job.
With today job market, it is all about sales. Not necessarily selling things for a company, but selling yourself to a potential new employer. Simple having experience is not enough to get you on the payroll. You will have to convince a potential new employer how the skills you learned on your last job can benefit the new company. Your resume may look impressive, listing all the jobs and education you have obtained, but if there is nothing to tell the employer how that will help them, it is not giving the right message.
When composing the resume, the most common mistake is to have one version for every job for which you apply. The person running a grocery store and the one operating a factory have an entirely different view of certain skill sets. While your skills may be applicable to both scenarios, your resume has to define how it applies to a particular industry. You will have a better chance of getting in the door if every resume you submit is tailored to the position for which you apply.
In rare instances humor can help get an interview, however for the most part human resource managers do not have the time for a joke or two when they are going through resumes or cover letters. Keep the letter and resume short and to the point. Where you work and how your past responsibilities and experience can be applied to the position.
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Additionally, today’s workforce is not as stable as 50 or 60 years ago when people worked for usually one and maybe two companies their entire lives. The days of finding a job and staying in one place for 30 years are pretty much gone, especially in technical positions. Workers want to move around the country, some for more pay or jobs with high prestige, but many just for the sake of seeing new sights.
Skilled and unskilled job openings are becoming harder to find and many looking for a new job are finding out that despite their experience and work ethic experience, new employers will not want to pay them what they were making on their old job. While they may get lucky and not have to start at the bottom of the pay scale, chances are they will be making considerably less than they made on their old job.
With today job market, it is all about sales. Not necessarily selling things for a company, but selling yourself to a potential new employer. Simple having experience is not enough to get you on the payroll. You will have to convince a potential new employer how the skills you learned on your last job can benefit the new company. Your resume may look impressive, listing all the jobs and education you have obtained, but if there is nothing to tell the employer how that will help them, it is not giving the right message.
When composing the resume, the most common mistake is to have one version for every job for which you apply. The person running a grocery store and the one operating a factory have an entirely different view of certain skill sets. While your skills may be applicable to both scenarios, your resume has to define how it applies to a particular industry. You will have a better chance of getting in the door if every resume you submit is tailored to the position for which you apply.
In rare instances humor can help get an interview, however for the most part human resource managers do not have the time for a joke or two when they are going through resumes or cover letters. Keep the letter and resume short and to the point. Where you work and how your past responsibilities and experience can be applied to the position.
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Tuesday 6 November 2007
Personal Care Businesses: More People Taking Care Of Their Health
As the population continued to age and folks of all ages are thinking of their health and appearance, there is growing opportunities in the personal care business offering great business deals. From vitamin and mineral supplements to fitness and diet programs, there are numerous chance to grow a new business. Those not wanting to start a business from scratch can buy into a health care franchise and build their own business based on a successful plan.
The first thing you would have to consider is the type of personal care business in which you would like to be involved. If you have been exercising regularly and have a great understanding of using gym equipment for weight loss, bodybuilding or for health, a fitness gym may be an ideal opportunity. Aerobic exercises are popular among a wide range of individuals and coupling exercise dancing with other exercise plans can quickly add to the growing health care business.
Many do not have the time to head out to the gym two or three days a week and while hiring a personal trainer may not be in their budget, if they buy their own exercise equipment for home use, they may or may not know how to achieve the best results from its use. Offering your talents to visit their home gym and help develop an exercise program tailored to their specific needs, may be an option to starting a new personal care business.
Perhaps starting with a franchise selling exercise and gym equipment can be a starting point for offering fitness and training guides to help those interested in having their equipment at home. Every person is different and their exercise needs are going to vary, depending on the results they are trying to achieve and developing individual workout plans can even increase the sales of the equipment.
Many local trade schools offer evening classes in adult education to teach about fitness and for weight loss. With the experience developed over the years, you can take that knowledge and offer intermittent classes based on your area of expertise. For a small weekly fee, the classes are usually attractive for stay-at-home adults who need to get out an exercise, but can’t afford to pay for a gym membership.
General nutrition is rapidly turning in to big business and having a solid understanding about the nutritional needs of the human body can translate into a lucrative business in the natural vitamin industry. While a formal medical degree is usually not required to operate this type of outlet, understanding the how the different natural products can affect your customers can help them achieve a more natural way of life.
There are franchises opportunities in this line of business and with the right investment, you can own your own natural products business, working with a pre-defined business plan and be on your way to success.
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The first thing you would have to consider is the type of personal care business in which you would like to be involved. If you have been exercising regularly and have a great understanding of using gym equipment for weight loss, bodybuilding or for health, a fitness gym may be an ideal opportunity. Aerobic exercises are popular among a wide range of individuals and coupling exercise dancing with other exercise plans can quickly add to the growing health care business.
Many do not have the time to head out to the gym two or three days a week and while hiring a personal trainer may not be in their budget, if they buy their own exercise equipment for home use, they may or may not know how to achieve the best results from its use. Offering your talents to visit their home gym and help develop an exercise program tailored to their specific needs, may be an option to starting a new personal care business.
Perhaps starting with a franchise selling exercise and gym equipment can be a starting point for offering fitness and training guides to help those interested in having their equipment at home. Every person is different and their exercise needs are going to vary, depending on the results they are trying to achieve and developing individual workout plans can even increase the sales of the equipment.
Many local trade schools offer evening classes in adult education to teach about fitness and for weight loss. With the experience developed over the years, you can take that knowledge and offer intermittent classes based on your area of expertise. For a small weekly fee, the classes are usually attractive for stay-at-home adults who need to get out an exercise, but can’t afford to pay for a gym membership.
General nutrition is rapidly turning in to big business and having a solid understanding about the nutritional needs of the human body can translate into a lucrative business in the natural vitamin industry. While a formal medical degree is usually not required to operate this type of outlet, understanding the how the different natural products can affect your customers can help them achieve a more natural way of life.
There are franchises opportunities in this line of business and with the right investment, you can own your own natural products business, working with a pre-defined business plan and be on your way to success.
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Monday 5 November 2007
Looking At The Benefits Of Work
Working is an all but unqualified necessity to living as an adult in America–or any other country–today. To make a living, to pay the rent or the mortgage or the raise children, one must have a job. In a way, one’s entire life is geared toward preparing one for that job. School, college, extra curricular activities. All of these have and are designed to have some influence in helping the individual choose what job they will get once they become an adult and are out on their own. But too many people, perhaps, view work as the means to an end.
The majority of Americans spend more time at the workplace than with their families, yet this doesn’t change that perception. That all of those hours spent in an office, or out in the field selling, or in a classroom teaching, are only there because of the paycheque at the end of the week. To live a happy and fulfilling life, it is necessary to change that perception. To view work as more than just a way to make money. Work has its own rewards, in and of itself. Remembering this, in an era where work takes up so much of our lives, is important. Here are some of the benefits.
There is an inherent discipline instilled in us with the presence of work in our lives. Work demands a commitment. It demands a schedule. It demands a certain amount of structure. Take a look at anyone you might know who is unemployed. Look at their way of life. It may seem desirable to have all of the hours of the day to do whatever you want with them, but it can be more of a burden than a fulltime job. It leads to a breakdown of those qualities that make us human beings. Without goals and deadlines and tasks to accomplish, a man (or woman) is no longer meaningful to society. They offer nothing. And it won’t be long before that person knows it.
Work leads to growth as a human being. While it’s not the only facet of our lives that can foster such growth, it may be the most important one. If one is challenged on a daily basis by the rigors of work, they are forced to change and grow to meet those challenges. Whether they are manifested in the acquisition of new customers or the learning of a new computer system, or even teaching the mechanics of a foreign automobile to someone new on the job, these tasks make us better. Without them, we grow stagnant.
As a whole, work improves us. It makes us better. Conquering new challenges can lead the way to promotions and more money, but that is again treating work as a means to an end. There is personal satisfaction in these challenges, apart from the rewards at the end of the day. Those that choose to view work in this way will be happier in the long run. A popular t-shirt slogan says that he who dies with the most toys wins. You may or may not subscribe to that philosophy, but what does it say of all the time before your death? Shouldn’t you enjoy the race?
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The majority of Americans spend more time at the workplace than with their families, yet this doesn’t change that perception. That all of those hours spent in an office, or out in the field selling, or in a classroom teaching, are only there because of the paycheque at the end of the week. To live a happy and fulfilling life, it is necessary to change that perception. To view work as more than just a way to make money. Work has its own rewards, in and of itself. Remembering this, in an era where work takes up so much of our lives, is important. Here are some of the benefits.
There is an inherent discipline instilled in us with the presence of work in our lives. Work demands a commitment. It demands a schedule. It demands a certain amount of structure. Take a look at anyone you might know who is unemployed. Look at their way of life. It may seem desirable to have all of the hours of the day to do whatever you want with them, but it can be more of a burden than a fulltime job. It leads to a breakdown of those qualities that make us human beings. Without goals and deadlines and tasks to accomplish, a man (or woman) is no longer meaningful to society. They offer nothing. And it won’t be long before that person knows it.
Work leads to growth as a human being. While it’s not the only facet of our lives that can foster such growth, it may be the most important one. If one is challenged on a daily basis by the rigors of work, they are forced to change and grow to meet those challenges. Whether they are manifested in the acquisition of new customers or the learning of a new computer system, or even teaching the mechanics of a foreign automobile to someone new on the job, these tasks make us better. Without them, we grow stagnant.
As a whole, work improves us. It makes us better. Conquering new challenges can lead the way to promotions and more money, but that is again treating work as a means to an end. There is personal satisfaction in these challenges, apart from the rewards at the end of the day. Those that choose to view work in this way will be happier in the long run. A popular t-shirt slogan says that he who dies with the most toys wins. You may or may not subscribe to that philosophy, but what does it say of all the time before your death? Shouldn’t you enjoy the race?
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Sunday 4 November 2007
Locating Customers For Your Home Business
While the adage “if you build it, they will come” may apply in the business world most commonly in the cases of big stores with highly visible signage, big advertising budgets, and the kind of reserve funds to allow them to operate at a deficit for a few months, small home businesses usually do not have that luxury. Instead, always keenly aware of the shrinking bottom line, the small business entrepreneur needs to locate customers almost from the beginning of the business itself, yet while doing so come across as professional and most certainly not desperate. At the same time, you will need to avoid alienating your friends and family, and if you have ever been in the clutches of someone selling Amway, you know exactly what that means!
So how does the savvy home business owner locate customers?
1. At the very beginning, concentrate on those with whom you have a good relationship and who will be supportive of your home business. For example, if you are in the business of baking and selling gourmet doggie biscuits, ask your friendly dog-owning next door neighbour if she would like to buy a little bag. Sell her the bag at a deep discount and see what she says. If she likes it, see if she will help you hand out samples at the local dog park.
2. Once your immediate neighbour pool is exhausted, move on to family and friends. Dog owners like to treat their dogs to little treats, and if they are healthy and the pets love them, they will be more than happy to spread the word. As you sell your wares at a deep discount, offer little sample bags for them to give away to other dog owners. Before long, you should be getting orders from friends of friends or family members. Always remember who your first customers were and treat them to special bargains!
3. Next, move on to groups of folks you may not know personally, but who might be known to your professional contacts. Dogs go to vets, and your vet may be willing to have you see doggie biscuits on consignment in return for a donation to her or his favourite animal charity. Conversely, you could include a sponsorship blurb on your print ads accompanying your orders that recommend the vet’s office to other dog lovers. You dog’s groomer is another such contact.
4. Next contact pet stores in your area and see if they will sell consignment products. If you run into problems, try small stores with which you have an established business relationship. Remember that as a small business you do not need global advertising to get started but can simply work within your immediate sphere of influence!
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So how does the savvy home business owner locate customers?
1. At the very beginning, concentrate on those with whom you have a good relationship and who will be supportive of your home business. For example, if you are in the business of baking and selling gourmet doggie biscuits, ask your friendly dog-owning next door neighbour if she would like to buy a little bag. Sell her the bag at a deep discount and see what she says. If she likes it, see if she will help you hand out samples at the local dog park.
2. Once your immediate neighbour pool is exhausted, move on to family and friends. Dog owners like to treat their dogs to little treats, and if they are healthy and the pets love them, they will be more than happy to spread the word. As you sell your wares at a deep discount, offer little sample bags for them to give away to other dog owners. Before long, you should be getting orders from friends of friends or family members. Always remember who your first customers were and treat them to special bargains!
3. Next, move on to groups of folks you may not know personally, but who might be known to your professional contacts. Dogs go to vets, and your vet may be willing to have you see doggie biscuits on consignment in return for a donation to her or his favourite animal charity. Conversely, you could include a sponsorship blurb on your print ads accompanying your orders that recommend the vet’s office to other dog lovers. You dog’s groomer is another such contact.
4. Next contact pet stores in your area and see if they will sell consignment products. If you run into problems, try small stores with which you have an established business relationship. Remember that as a small business you do not need global advertising to get started but can simply work within your immediate sphere of influence!
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Saturday 3 November 2007
Home Business Schedules
There are many ways that you can make sure your home business is not only able to compete with the other home businesses and also with the other people that are working in the same field as you. Believe it or not, having a set work schedule for your home business is one of the best ways that you can do this. You are going to want to make sure that you are able to have a set working schedule for your home business for many reasons.
First of all, you want to be sure that you have a set schedule because you have to be able to work during set hours. This is for two reasons. The first reason is that you want to make sure your customers know where they can reach you. This is very important because you have to be able to compete with businesses that actually have business hours. Not only that, but you want to be able to tell your customers when they can depend on you, and when they are going to be able to reach you. This is very important because many businesses that operate from homes keep erratic hours, and customers are going to be annoyed by this very quickly. If a customer cannot find you, and if they do not know when they can reach you, you might find that they switch to a company that is not located at a home, so that they know when they can do business.
The other reason that a set schedule for a home business is important is for you. You have to be able to have work hours in the same way that you would have if you were working at an actual establishment. You cannot work at all hours of the day and night and expect to still have a normal life for your home and for your business. It might seem good for you to be able to work around the clock, but you will easily find that by doing so you are going to allow yourself to burn out much faster. By working around the clock, many home business owners easily get tired of what they are doing, and even if they might make more money working all of the time, they feel like they aren’t getting as much out of the rest of their life as they should be getting. This is something that you want to focus on because your home business should be your life, but it should not be all of your life. In order to do a home business and to do it healthily, you want to be sure that you have a set schedule and times when you are working, as well as times when you are finished with work for the day.
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First of all, you want to be sure that you have a set schedule because you have to be able to work during set hours. This is for two reasons. The first reason is that you want to make sure your customers know where they can reach you. This is very important because you have to be able to compete with businesses that actually have business hours. Not only that, but you want to be able to tell your customers when they can depend on you, and when they are going to be able to reach you. This is very important because many businesses that operate from homes keep erratic hours, and customers are going to be annoyed by this very quickly. If a customer cannot find you, and if they do not know when they can reach you, you might find that they switch to a company that is not located at a home, so that they know when they can do business.
The other reason that a set schedule for a home business is important is for you. You have to be able to have work hours in the same way that you would have if you were working at an actual establishment. You cannot work at all hours of the day and night and expect to still have a normal life for your home and for your business. It might seem good for you to be able to work around the clock, but you will easily find that by doing so you are going to allow yourself to burn out much faster. By working around the clock, many home business owners easily get tired of what they are doing, and even if they might make more money working all of the time, they feel like they aren’t getting as much out of the rest of their life as they should be getting. This is something that you want to focus on because your home business should be your life, but it should not be all of your life. In order to do a home business and to do it healthily, you want to be sure that you have a set schedule and times when you are working, as well as times when you are finished with work for the day.
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Thursday 1 November 2007
Is Blogging For Profit The Way To Go?
This is an interesting question that many people will ask at internet marketing seminars for the simple reason that people are really interested in the idea. There are so many different blogs that are popping up all over the internet nowadays that it really has gotten to a point where people that are interested in starting something from scratch and hopefully building that something up into something worthwhile have really gotten behind the idea of a blog.
A blog is simply a specialized content management system that you can use to make it easier for people to follow your thoughts as they appear in your head and are put down on paper. What blogging has shown us however is that there are a lot of different people that are interested in the idea of being able to not only write on a particular topic, but also engage discussion with other blog owners on that exact same topic. The give and take that you see in the blogosphere on various different topics is quite overwhelming and it is this that makes it such a profitable experience.
If you are able to build up a loyal readership to your website, what you are going to eventually see is that the blogging for profit is going to be extremely profitable, because monetizing blogs is extremely easy to do. If you combine a text link campaign, a square link picture campaign, a pay-per-click campaign and a number of affiliate campaigns, you could easily be looking at an income of about $5,000 per every 100,000 page views that you are able to get. That's an effective CPM of $50, so it is definitely something that is worth looking into.
Here's another way of looking at it; blogs are the new content sites. When Google initially came out, the best way of doing things was to create content websites in order to make a lot of money from Google AdSense. As time moved on however and the interest in CPC waned, blogs became the natural way of doing things because of how easy they were to monetize from multiple sources of revenue. Blogs are going to be the way of doing business for a long time to come now and if you want to make money writing about something that you love to talk about, then blogging is absolutely the best way to do it.
You start by getting a blog set up; either through a free service or by purchasing a domain and some hosting. Then, you can move on to promoting your blog and doing a whole lot more in addition to that and eventually you should see your page views starting to climb up out of the cellar. From that point on, it's smooth sailing. Blogging is not the easiest way to make money, but if you are willing to put in the effort it is arguably the most reliable.
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A blog is simply a specialized content management system that you can use to make it easier for people to follow your thoughts as they appear in your head and are put down on paper. What blogging has shown us however is that there are a lot of different people that are interested in the idea of being able to not only write on a particular topic, but also engage discussion with other blog owners on that exact same topic. The give and take that you see in the blogosphere on various different topics is quite overwhelming and it is this that makes it such a profitable experience.
If you are able to build up a loyal readership to your website, what you are going to eventually see is that the blogging for profit is going to be extremely profitable, because monetizing blogs is extremely easy to do. If you combine a text link campaign, a square link picture campaign, a pay-per-click campaign and a number of affiliate campaigns, you could easily be looking at an income of about $5,000 per every 100,000 page views that you are able to get. That's an effective CPM of $50, so it is definitely something that is worth looking into.
Here's another way of looking at it; blogs are the new content sites. When Google initially came out, the best way of doing things was to create content websites in order to make a lot of money from Google AdSense. As time moved on however and the interest in CPC waned, blogs became the natural way of doing things because of how easy they were to monetize from multiple sources of revenue. Blogs are going to be the way of doing business for a long time to come now and if you want to make money writing about something that you love to talk about, then blogging is absolutely the best way to do it.
You start by getting a blog set up; either through a free service or by purchasing a domain and some hosting. Then, you can move on to promoting your blog and doing a whole lot more in addition to that and eventually you should see your page views starting to climb up out of the cellar. From that point on, it's smooth sailing. Blogging is not the easiest way to make money, but if you are willing to put in the effort it is arguably the most reliable.
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