| 491 | All Aboard..........Everyone Going Global! Preview: All Aboard..........Everyone Going Global! www.motivatedentrepreneur.com Business Plans All Aboard..........Everyone Going Global! By Ryan M. Hoback, Motivated Entrepreneur Incuabtion & Consulting In today’s society we move at an incredibly fast pace and with this fast pace comes a continually evolving environment. When we consider the wide-s... (more) Published By: Ryan Hoback Submitted: 05 June,2005 |
| 492 | Starting a New Business Preview: www.motivatedentrepreneur.com Starting a New Business Preparing to "Get Started" in your new business By Ryan Hoback, Motivated Entrepreneur Incubation & Consulting The biggest problem I had in “Getting Started” on making my idea into a practical business reality was my own fear. Whether it was fear of the unknown, fear of failure, or some oth... (more) Published By: Ryan Hoback Submitted: 05 June,2005 |
| 493 | Five Unique Ways To Get Free Advertising Preview: Here's 5 POWERFUL ways to get some free advertising 1. Give Testimonials When you purchase a product or service and it exceeds your expectations e-mail the business a testimonial. Tell them in the testimonial the benefits you got from the product or service. Give them permission to publish the testimonial on the web site if they include your sig ... (more) Published By: Dan Brown Submitted: 05 June,2005 |
| 494 | Residual Income Is The Best Kind Of Income Preview: The concept of this is for you to offer a subscription type product as an upsell or backend product. For example, if you're selling an ebook for $37 offer a subscription to a related e-zine for $9.95 a month. Instead of an e-zine, it could be monthly updated information for the ebook. It's not just for e-books, you can make it work for any produc... (more) Published By: Dan Brown Submitted: 05 June,2005 |
| 495 | 21st Century Counter Trade Preview: 21st Century Counter Trade By William Cate The U.S. Department of Commerce hates it. The World Bank questions its long-term economic impact. However, an estimated 130 countries are doing almost US$500 billion worth of global trade under counter-trade-related schemes. If the world relied solely upon Counter Trade, the U. S. wouldn't have a $278,0... (more) Published By: William Cate Submitted: 05 June,2005 |
| 496 | FAQs of the Client/Virtual Assistant Relationship and VA Services Preview: This article highlights some of the most frequently asked questions (FAQ) about the logistics of the client/Virtual Assistant (VA) relationship and the types of services offered. 1. How does the Client/VA relationship work? Professional VA's provide administrative, technical, creative, and financial support in short- or long-term collaborative... (more) Published By: Charlon Bobo, Muse works™ © 2005 Submitted: 05 June,2005 |
| 497 | Small Business Tax Credit - Americans with Disabilities Act Preview: Many small businesses complain when confronted with the expense of complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Most do not realize that there are a number of tax incentives available to offset the costs. Importantly, one tax incentive comes in the form of a tax credit, which is far more valuable than a tax deduction when it comes to creati... (more) Published By: Richard A. Chapo Submitted: 05 June,2005 |
| 498 | Defining Your Niche as a Virtual Assistant Preview: Niche (n) a. A situation or activity specially suited to a person's interests, abilities, or nature. b. A special area of demand for a product or service. Niching (tr.v.) To place in a niche. As a Virtual Assistant (VA), you know about filling a niche because you are already doing it simply by being a VA. You cater to the administrative... (more) Published By: Charlon Bobo, Muse works™ © 2005 Submitted: 05 June,2005 |
| 499 | ETO ERP Leader Encompix Selected by Midwest Patterns Preview: Midwest Patterns (www.midwestpatterns.com) officially became an Encompix customer this May. Midwest Patterns is based in Quincy, IL. The annual $10M (120 employee) firm is a pattern and mold maker specializing in products for the appliance and automotive market. Encompix Engineer-to-Order Enterprise Resource Planning was selected based on the deep... (more) Published By: Roger Meloy Submitted: 06 June,2005 |
| 500 | Manufacturing Sector Public Speaker TR Cutler is Ranked #1 Preview: Ranked as the nation’s leading manufacturing journalist and an editor, TR Cutler (www.trcutlerinc.com) is now booking 2006 speaking engagements for manufacturing conferences and corporations with manufacturing clients. Cutler tells the extraordinary stories of manufacturers. According to Cutler, “There are great companies making great products. Th... (more) Published By: Thomas Cutler Submitted: 06 June,2005 |
| 501 | Five Tips To Create A Master Plan For Professional Success Preview: ... (more) Published By: Kate Smalley Submitted: 06 June,2005 |
| 502 | Groupware: What Works the Way Businesses Do? Preview: Groupware The internet is full of 1.5 million to 7 million indexed pages of groupware packages available on the market today. Every business needs groupware to control, manage, or track documents. Groupware is similar to other systems that enable document management, often using a centralized system to work through business collaboration proces... (more) Published By: Joe Miller Submitted: 06 June,2005 |
| 503 | Groupware: Avoid the Ad Hoc Shuffle Preview: Groupware Efforts are continually made to manage the unavoidable ad hoc business process, but ad hoc processes do not necessarily mean a pile of messy, shuffled documents, at least not anymore. Groupware is software which tracks and manages the ad hoc business collaboration. Look at the search engines to see just how many solutions similar to g... (more) Published By: Joe Miller Submitted: 06 June,2005 |
| 504 | "As Seen Online" -- Local Businesses Finally Figure Out the Internet (and Newspapers, Yellow Pages May Feel the Pinch) Preview: A catering company in a suburban Connecticut town eliminates its Yellow Pages advertising, which once ran to $12,000 a year, in favor of promoting its website. For a growing number of small businesses, local Internet marketing is proving cheaper, and more successful, than traditional local advertising. People have talked forever, it seems, about... (more) Published By: Neil Street Submitted: 06 June,2005 |
| 505 | 10 Essential Criteria For Choosing Your Target Market Preview: (c) Tessa Stowe, Sales Conversation Pty Ltd. 2005 A specific group of people you will focus on selling your services to is your target market. This is not to be confused with the problem you will be solving for this group. Why choose a target market?, You need to decide exactly who your audience is before you sell your services. Deciding on you... (more) Published By: Tessa Stowe Submitted: 06 June,2005 |
| 506 | Handmade Beauty Business . . . Virtually! Preview: The business of Handmade Beauty has grown exponentially in the past ten years. I have personally observed and been an integral part of enormous growth and innovation as the industry has become more well-known, and even mainstream. As an instructor in the arts of cold-process soap-making and toiletry-making, it is amazing to talk with student aft... (more) Published By: Charlon Bobo, Muse works™ © 2005 Submitted: 06 June,2005 |
| 507 | Gripes, grumbling and Complaining about your Place of Work Preview: Does that go on at your place of work? Of course it does. It's very rare that it doesn't, especially where there is a lot of employees. A lot of gripes I hear about is the management and the pay. Those are the most favored of most employees it seems. Mine too as a matter of fact. Especially the pay. I've worked for several employers in the past t... (more) Published By: Roger Riney Submitted: 06 June,2005 |
| 508 | Business Valuations - An Art or Science- Could it be both Preview: Business Valuations, according to several academic sources is one of the fastest growing niche practices in the United States, and all projections are that this will continue to occupy a leading spot in the accounting profession in the ensuing years. Several professional organizations in the U.S. such as the National Association of Certified Val... (more) Published By: Jamshed B. Gandi CPA CVA CFP Ms Tax Submitted: 06 June,2005 |
| 509 | The Ins and Outs of Article Submissions Preview: Congratulations! You’ve written your first article (or possibly your 10th or 100th!) As you no doubt already know, writing articles is probably the most effective way to establish yourself as an expert in your field and increase the traffic to your website. So you diligently write articles and then spend hours posting them to Article Submis... (more) Published By: Deborah Carraro Submitted: 06 June,2005 |
| 510 | Be More Productive With Your Tasks Preview: When working on a project for an employer, it’s standard to record the number of hours you spend on it each day. While this may be helpful for getting paid, it has no benefit to the planning of your future projects. A more efficient strategy is to track how long each individual task on a project takes, and then place those tasks into larger catego... (more) Published By: Noam A. Submitted: 06 June,2005 |