Archive for October, 2008

7 Ways to Jump Start Your Cold Calls

Cold calling has to be one of the most feared aspects of every sales person’s and business owner’s day. With some important key tips, you can make cold calling painless and enjoyable and as easy as calling a friend.

Here are 7 key ways to jump start your cold calls:

1. Research Your…

Hire Winners – Ask the Right Questions

How do you as a manager, supervisor or team leader hire winners? One very successful interviewing technique is behavioral interviewing—selecting the right person for the right job using a job-related rather than a gut feel approach. A job-related approach is asking for a behavioral example of s…

Defining a Quality Networking Group

When it comes to quality, how do you choose
the group that matches your expectations?

Defining a quality group is not as easy as it looks. You first need to conduct the research into meetings, type of attendance etc. The next thing you want to know is the size of the group. Size does count…

Fast Loans for Unemployed Bringing Financial Relief Real Fast

A faster approval of loans has a special significance for the unemployed people. Having ended their only source of stable income, finance starts holding a place of prominence in their lives. Without a fast financial assistance in the form of loans for unemployed, they will only go deeper in their…

How to Star in Your Own Promotional Video

Well, it’s official. You are going to star in the company marketing video (or commercial) and you will have a part talking to camera. After ringing your mother, to let her know about your newly found fame, reality hits in. How are you going to pull this off?

The good news is a charismatic …

Buying a Business is a ‘Numbers Game!’

“A needle in the haystack!” or “A diamond in the rough”, both
popular saying’s apply to what’s involved in finding your
ideal company to buy! Any seasoned business buyer will tell
you that finding viable companies that can be purchased for
reasonable terms is a “numbers game”.

Thous…

Business Process Methodologies

I’ve either been involved with or held a process-related role since 1994. It started in the government with TQM (Total Quality Management). Then before I left the government, I worked with ERWin and some process standard model — I’ve forgotten its official name. We had pages and pages of flows…

Calling All Carbon-Based Lifeforms

Many businesses want to market to all carbon-based life forms. They won’t take the time to really understand their audiences from geographic, demographic and psychographic perspectives.

Marketers waste a lot of time and money when they consider everyone a prospect. It requires research and…

Grocery Savings – Your Kitchen is a Goldmine!

Your food budget is the most flexible area of your household budget. Grocery savings will free up a significant amount of money if you need to balance the budget, or fund your savings accounts.

If you haven’t figured it out already, your kitchen is a Goldmine. There are numerous ways to re…

To Go or No Go, That Is The Question

Last week we talked about a few of the ways to test the feasibility of a business idea to help determine if the idea really had merit or just looked good on the surface. To recap, I said don’t bet the farm on the opinions of friends and family, consult with knowledgeable business experts, and co…