Keynote speaker Jim Feldman advises: Step 1. Accept shift. Step 2. Make shift happen. (NewsUSA) – In business, there is a new mantra — “Shift happens.” For example, what would you do with a railroad boxcar full of Chef Boyardee pasta sauce? “You just spent $5,000, which you did not have, to purchase something [...]
A pretty fab article on the growth of remote contractors, which of course includes Virtual Assistants. Back in 2000/2001 when I went back to college to get my BS degree I chose the newest degree out there; which was, business/e-business. At the time however, remote contractors of any kind was fairly new, but I saw [...]
Get The Fundamentals Right By: Kevin Sinclair To succeed in business on the Internet, or in the off-line world, requires an understanding of the fundamentals of business and using them to your advantage. In this article, I will outline what I consider the fundamentals of business success are. Believe in Your Product or Service First, [...]
By SARAH E. NEEDLEMAN And PUI-WING TAM If you haven’t heard of Pinterest, you likely will soon. Traffic to the website—which lets users create online scrapbooks to share images of projects or coveted products—has grown tenfold over the past six months. In January, the number of visitors on Pinterest.com was almost a third of that on Twitter.com. Pinterest [...]
(NewsUSA) – No matter your profession, you must act the salesperson. When you’re in a meeting, you’re selling your ideas. If you’re teaching, you’re selling concepts. At a job interview, you’re selling yourself. At its core, selling — or the ability to persuade a group towards your point of view — is an essential skill [...]
I am certain that many of you have heard of the new fad these days called Pinterest. However, there is more to Pinterest that meets the “eye” so to speak. They say that a picture is worth a 1000 words and with Pinterest that is so very true! Information overload is completely upon us and [...]
26 Promising Social Media Stats for Small Businesses By Phil Mershon Published November 8, 2011 Is your small business “all in” with social media? New research shows incredible opportunity for small businesses. Keep reading to discover why social media is changing small business for the better. Six months ago, I highlighted many benefits of social media for small [...]
Accomplish More By Doing Less (NewsUSA) – You work hard. You arrive early at the office and leave late. At home, you continue to work by Blackberry or laptop. And yet, you watch others rise around you while your career stays stagnant. What’s the problem? According to Darren Hardy, editor of SUCCESS Magazine, you [...]
Social Change: A New Year’s Resolution for 2012 (NewsUSA) – Political unrest, environmental crises and economic challenges on a global scale practically defined 2011. The Arab Spring ousted three iron-fisted rulers, a deadly earthquake led to mass radiation exposure in Japan and Occupy Wall Street emerged to be a historical, internationally united protest. The year [...]
(NewsUSA) – When people see closed storefronts in the neighborhoods where they live and work, they’re reminded that the toll this economy has taken on businesses affects their own lives. And yet some companies — faced with the same adverse headwinds — seem to rise to the challenge and go on to prosper as never before. [...]
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