Archive for February, 2009

Networking – How To Do It

Networking is probably the oldest, easiest, most effective
and least expensive way to get more business. It
doesn’t necessarily involve selling your product or service
but it does mean selling yourself. However, that doesn’t
involve a lot of talking – it does involve a lot of
listening.

N…

Correspondence From The IRS Yikes!

It’s a moment every person dreads. You pick up the mail and there is an envelope from the IRS. It’s not a refund check. What do you do?

Don’t Panic

Each year, the IRS sends out millions of “correspondence audits” to taxpayers to request payment of taxes, notify them of a change t…

57 Mail Order Success Secrets

1. How do you develop a personal relationship with your customers?


Successful mail order firms make every effort to personalize their mail!


2. What inspires people to buy by mail?


Convenience and saving of time it would take to make a personal trip. Avoidance of rush hour cr…

Five Ways To Promote Your Ezine

After you’ve spent countless hours creating and publishing your own newsletter online, you still have to consider the fact that merely adding it to your website will not make it an overnight success.

You need to attract subscribers. There are several fairly easy ways to accomplish this goa…

Out of Control

There are papers on the floor, across the desk and resting on the keyboard. Piles of files are all around. Magazines, newspapersyou name it. Just about anything can be found in this office. You’ve seen it in your own organization. You know what I am talking about.

Several years ago an empl…

How To Start A MLM Business

When considering whether to start a MLM business, begin with a good look at yourself. You must determine your needs and motivations to see if running a MLM business is right for you. What are your goals? What amount of income do you need for the business to provide? Do you want to work full or pa…

Does Your Business Plan Ease These Investor Concerns

Business investors are sensitive to at least three major constraints when evaluating business plans. I call these constraints The Three R’s: reality, readiness, and resources.

Reality

Many creative entrepreneurs with ideas for scientific breakthroughs have ended up frustrated …

What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up Something That Hasn’t Been Invented Yet!

Most of us were brought up to study hard, get good grades, choose a “practical” college major, and strive for a “good job.”

Talk to a stranded midlife career-changer and you realize the game has changed. Yesterday’s rules prepared us to be passengers on a large ocean liner that promise…

Top Ten Fonts for Website Design

The top ten fonts for website design might change in order, but for the most part the fonts that make up this list stay the same due to their popularity. In general, the top ten list includes Arial, Frutiger, Futura, Gills Sans, Helvetica, Lucida, Optima, Palatino, Agfa Rotis, and Univers.

Buying Rental Property – Avoid Seller’s Tricks

Be careful when buying rental property. We stayed at a motel for a week one winter. The bill showed twice what it should have, but since I already paid the correct amount in cash, I thought nothing of it. When we noticed that the lobby and swimming pool were unheated, we thought it was frugality….