Archive for April, 2008

Why Well Produced Career Portfolios Are Replacing CVs

What is a Career Portfolio?

The original portfolio used by artists looking for work was simply a collection of works demonstrative of the artists style and ability. Because their works varied in size and shape, portfolios came in all sizes and shapes. Fashion designers would lug a bo…

Mail Order Bookkeeping Basics

INTRODUCTION


This information is provided for individuals who are starting a mail order business and require a basic bookkeeping system. It has been written for someone who has little or no bookkeeping background. No income tax or professional advice is rendered. Such advice should be obta…

Finding a Low Cost Loan

Locating the low cost loan that you want isn’t always easy it can sometimes take days or even weeks of comparing loan rates and doing research before you find the loan with the interest rate and terms that you want.

A low cost loan doesn’t have to simply be a dream, though; there are a va…

Business Team Leadership – Pull Them, Don’t Push Them

This article is primarily directed toward people who work at home
in a business that happens to involve teamwork in a network
marketing environment.

I am often contacted by members of my business team with
complaints regarding a lack of response or lack of action on the
part of their af…

Home Equity Loan Not Just For Home Repairs, And Tax Deductible, Too!

Thanks to the combination of low interest rates and skyrocketing property values, home equity loans are more popular than ever. The value of home equity loans taken out by Americans has doubled in the last two years, and the market for them shows no signs of slowing down. Obtaining a home equity …

Writing a Press Release – The Design Basics

Big corporations like General Motors and Coca-Cola spend thousands of dollars on press kits with specially-designed folders, full-color stationery, digital photos and lots of other goodies. Does this make a reporter more likely to do their story? In my experience, the answer is no.

Regardle…

Open the Cash Vault Inside Your Home

Believe it or not, many people do not understand equity and the power it provides.

In its purest form, equity is money. With regard to real estate
(specifically, your house or other investment property), equity is measured
in terms of the value of the property minus what you owe. So, if you…

Do What Works

“Can you hear me now?”

You’d be hard pressed to find someone in the US who doesn’t know the company behind that question.

So why do big companies, like Verizon, hammer us with the same message over and over? Because it works. And it can work for your company too. But it takes time…

What Do Trainers Do When They are Not Training

In the new corporate environments where everyone wears more than one hat, trainers are often responsible for a myriad of duties beyond just facilitating new training classes. Their job is often that of Maintenance, IT Guru, Subject Matter Expert, Coach, Instructional designer, and Copy Clerk. The…

Flash Web Design – The Wave of the Future

There are two camps when it comes to flash web design, those who believe it is the wave of the future and those who do not. To decide which camp you want to be part of, you of course need to learn a little bit about flash web design and try it out as well to see how you feel. The following overvi…