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So You Want To Do Business Online Find A Mentor By : Todd Ash Doing business onoine is a science and without the proper information you will never succeed. You need someone to show you the ropes,the ins and outs of the internet. A Brief History of International shipping By : Nir Dotan The term international shipping is currently used to describe any type of international transfer of goods regardless of the vessel used in the process. It was originally called international shipping because it was done exclusively by ship. Is it Easy to Make Endless Money Online? By : Gary Fumeaux Have you ever visited some of those websites which promise that you can make endless money online? It always shows a young guy relaxing on a beach with lemonade and suntan lotion on an ottoman table next to him. But the interesting part is the huge white yacht in the backdrop. Yes, you got it right. The Secrets of IRS 1031 By : Jordan McPelt The 1031 tax-deferred exchanges that occur for fractional ownership interests, or tenancy in common interests, have a complicated name, but are in fact much simpler than you may think. How to Work from Home By : Caterina Christakos Learn how to work from home in a way that will continue to bring you profits and still excite you at the end of the day. How To Choose The Right International Auto Shipping Company When You Need To Move Your Car By : Nir Dotan When relocating, especially to an international destination, it is very important to keep in mind the need to relocate the automobile. Most often the requirements for car relocation differ from that of other possessions. When you involve the services of an international auto shipping company to move your car, you need to keep certain basics in mind and research them thoroughly. Forms Of Incorporation: A Simple Guide By : Ramapati Singhania There are various forms of incorporation available. Which type will be suitable for your business? Business Incorporation Formation: A Brief Guide By : Ramapati Singhania Business incorporation formation is a process by which a business comes into legal existence. Commercial Business Burglary Prevention By : Steve Lane Ninety per cent of burglary prevention is physical security. If your complex is locked up and unauthorized entry is made difficult, time consuming, noisy and visible, chances of a successful burglary are kept to a minimum. The burglar will pass up your business and look for an easier target. Upgrade Your Bartending Skills And Increase Your Profits By : Phoenix Delray This article gives tips and advice on becoming a better bartender. Finding A Mentor For Your Business By : Obinna Heche There are many things that you have probably thought about when it comes to your home business, but having a mentor might not be one of them. However, if you have not thought of it, you might want to start thinking of it, because having a mentor for your home business can really be something that you can benefit from. Is Employee Leasing Right For Your Company By : Timothy Russell Here is a short list of how to navigate getting the right PEO for your company. Follow these simple rules and you should get the right payroll company for your needs. Reverse the Negative Connotation of Network Marketing By : Demetrios Tzortzis People have become wary and suspicious of Internet marketers. There are a lot of scams out there in cyberspace. Many people have been taken by them. However, there are still literally millions of honest online marketers with great levels of integrity. How To Manage A Goal Setting Activity By : Saleem Rana There are several ways to plan for reaching your goals that can greatly increases your chances for success and reduce the amount of stress involved. Master the Goal Setting Process By : Saleem Rana Your failure to set clear, definite goals will create a life of frustration and insufficiency. Yet, if you master the process of goal setting, anything can be possible for you. Goals determine everything about your life. Why Understanding Historic Crude Oil Prices is Important By : Mayoor Patel They say that those who do not pay attention to history are doomed to repeat it. Is There a Good Reason to go with a Structured Settlement No Load Model? By : Mayoor Patel As many people know, there are a number of different ways that a structured settlement can be established and payments be disbursed. Reasons to Not Invest in Crude Oil Futures Prices By : Mayoor Patel Many people are of the opinion that investing in crude oil futures prices is a very sound financial decision. Advertising Structured Settlements for Sale By : Mayoor Patel There are a number of companies that are happy to purchase structured settlements from persons who are unhappy with the terms of the settlement, including the way that the settlement is scheduled to be paid. What is a Structured Settlement? By : Mayoor Patel There are a lot of ads on television these days for companies that want to purchase structured settlements. Five Major Things To Have When Working At Home By : Chris Rohrer Learn the five major things that are a must have if you are starting up a new home based business. The Corporate Branding Triangle By : Starting out a new business can be a daunting task, especially for people who are neophytes and dont have any knowledge in the ins and outs of business. Read Corporate Branding Books And Learn The Ropes By : If you would like to learn more about corporate branding and its concepts, you can learn a lot by reading related articles in any publication available. You will be able to have an idea as to what it is and what it can do for your company. It will make you appreciate the value of corporate branding and how it eventually affects your bottom line. Frequently Asked Questions About Consulting By : Below are the most common questions asked in regards to consulting. The High Costs Of Anger In The Workplace By : Tony Fiore Leroy was a superstar in the Real Estate business, producing three times the monthly business of his nearest coworker. But he was so angry that he hit his boss. Advertising to Avoid Home Business Failure By : jim mack Operating a home-based business can bring about various challenges. Success or failure can be directly affected by advertising strategies, techniques, and approaches. How to Reverse a Declining Home Business By : jim mack Owning and operating a home business can be both rewarding and exciting especially when all of the hard work, efforts, time and money invested begin to payoff. Home Business Success Strategies Are A Must By : jim mack Although there are more and more people that are striving for owning and running their own home based business, very few of them are finding the success that they need because they simply do not have the right strategies in place to help that to happen. How to Accept Credit Cards without Fear of Chargebacks By : Jeffrey Solochek A lot of merchants are losing potential sales because they simply will not accept any credit cards mainly because of the fear of charge backs. If certain steps are taken the possibility of charge backs are eliminated. A lot of this can be learned by reading the terms and conditions of any merchant agreement as well as the terms and conditions for the individual cards. Home Business Marketing: Getting Your Foot In The Door By : jim mack As a home business professional and someone who does very well at it. Marketing is the key. Just do it is more than a phrase. It is what you need to do. Smart Business - Avoid Conflict of Interest By : Jim Smith In depth review of what conflict of interest is and the complications it produces as well as techniques to avoid problems in business. What Is The Best Way To Backup Data? By : Christine Harrell Although businesses realize the severe loss associated with losing their data, a surprising majority still aren’t backing up. Most people have good intentions of implementing some sort of backup service, but aren’t entirely sure where to begin. Only Time Will ‘Sell’ By : Bob Corcoran Top Dollar-Producing Activities for REALTORS Bring Home the Bacon: The Shocking Truth about Making Money from Home By : Daegan Smith Work and Home are two different places with distinct activities happening over the course of the entire day. Most adults in the society spend most of their day at the office to do work. Towards the end of the day, they head for home and are with the family and not do work. The Most Important Secret of Making More Money Easily By : Daegan Smith There are things we crave for and we try our hardest in order to get those things. Make It to the TOP By : Daegan Smith Are you ready? Ready for what? you may ask. You regularly attend to your obligations. You do your household chores. You do this to get by and fulfill your daily needs. The Secrets of Highly Effective Networking By : Daegan Smith We have come to observe the enormous growth of the network marketing industry. It is manifested from the billions of people who have participated in it, to the billions of dollars’ worth of goods and services that have been sold through it and by it. Top 7 Ways To Generate Long Term Wealth By : Daegan Smith The biggest fear of any person who is considering his or her future is the possibility that they might enter their twilight years without any financial security. When one is of advanced age, they begin to fear loss of income due to the fact that chances for employment become scarcer. The Secret to Uncovering No Risk Home Business Profits! By : Daegan Smith All business type including Network Marketing or Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) has a certain thing that the management often neglects. And it is quite annoying to know that RISK is being missed in the business plan. Effective Public Speaking By : jim mack Everyone has fears. Some it is spiders, some it is snakes. Others it is public speaking. These tips will keep you polished and able to speak effectively in public. How To Create Your Own Products To Sell On The Internet By : Khemal Dole Tips on how to create your own products and and sell them on the internet. These tips will make it easy and simple. Make Your Technology Work For You, Not Against You By : Maria Andreu Simple technology precautions for the self employed I Only Know Enough to Sell It! By : John Stanley Successful retailers realize you have to have passion for the product and the consumer. In today’s retail environment you would think everyone would be chasing that elusive dollar. But, that is not the case and this should be an opportunity for anyone who wants to grow their business. Libraries - The Third Place or no Place in the Community By : John Stanley Libraries around the world have either changed rapidly over recent years or in many consumers minds have stagnated. What is the role of the library in today’s consumers mind and how does the library meet the needs and wants of today’s consumer? Soaring To New Heights Can Require A Push By : Bob Corcoran If you’ve been looking over the edge and thinking about ways to reach top-producer heights, you might consider a business coach Protecting Your Brand By : John Stanley The world is getting smaller and ideas move around the world rapidly. One of the challenges as a retailer is mounting and protecting your brand or retail uniqueness. I am often confronted by clients who are worried that somebody will pinch their ideas. My reaction is always don’t worry; they cannot pinch your brand or image. Retail Success is Anything but Beige By : John Stanley Retailing has developed into the hourglass environment, with the “beige” business being squeezed in the middle. Being “beige” in retailing is a recipe for failure. Counter Attack By : John Stanley Your counter should be a profit centre, but how often is it a point where the only thing that takes place is the final transaction? Pets and Plants – The Unlikely Partnership By : John Stanley Lifestyle retailing is booming, the consumer is cocooning and spending more time at home. One retail sector that should be rejoicing is the independent garden centre, but for many of them this is not the case. Generation X – The Changers of the Retail Scene By : John Stanley The 25 to 35 year olds are changing how retail business is carried out. Already more money is spent on viral marketing using the web, than on cinema, TV and billboard advertising put together. Fosters in Australia recently launched a new commercial on the web prior to TV and this commercial was downloaded 1.5 million times in the first week alone. Generation X is looking for a new way to be sold to. Greying Tigers By : John Stanley Greying tigers, the generation of over 65’s who are becoming a more powerful generation in the market place. This is the generation that has seen all the changes take place and are reminiscent of the good old days. How to Build a Theatre Display By : John Stanley Retailing is about inspiring people to buy. Theatre displays are about inspiration and magic. Whatever sector of the retail industry you belong to you need to create some excitement to make sure customers want to come back to your store rather than your competitors. 15 Ways to Increase Your Average Sale By : John Stanley One thing I love about retailing is that most stores can make a positive difference to the bottom line without an injection of capital. It’s a matter or re-looking at the business with fresh eyes or as the customer sees the business. 5 Ways How a Healthcare Organization Can Increase Profits With A Mentoring Program By : Tony Colon This article suggests ways how a healthcare CNO, CEO, CFO, CIO and HR could cut costs without actually cutting anything by simply implementing an eMentoring program. The Future – Retailers With No Product By : John Stanley Stores without products how would they survive, but this is 2006 and anything goes. Retail Makeovers - It’s Not Just For Reality TV By : John Stanley In today’s competitive retail market, stores have to reinvent themselves every four years, otherwise consumers would get bored and loyalty would decline. This is a sobering thought, a retail “makeover” every four years just to stay in the retail game. Shopping - It’s Play Time For Men By : John Stanley All the research says that shopping is an important hobby for women and that men are less involved in the retailing experience, but is this the case and should it be the case? Passion….Does Your Retail Team Have It? By : John Stanley Are you and your team passionate about the retail game and the garden industry? I know you will argue the answer is yes and that is why you are in the industry, but traveling the globe working with garden centres over recent months has forced me to question where the passion has gone in many teams in our industry. Pitfalls to avoid as a Newbie in Internet Marketing – Part I - Budget By : Steve Castle Do you know how to allocate TIME and MONEY to your new Internet Marketing venture? Baby boomers - Changing the Values of Shopping By : John Stanley Baby boomers, that group of people, according to Bob Dylan and his peers who were going to change the world. The anthem “Things are a Changing” is very true of this market sector. From Woodstock to today this has been a group keen on making a difference to traditional values. Planograms – It’s Not Just for the Big Guys By : John Stanley A planogram is a visual representation of what a category should look like to maximise sales. It should include all the products and shelving and provide the optimum layout of the category to maximise sales. A Day in the Life of a Customer By : John Stanley The key in today’s competitive climate is to ensure you invest in your team to ensure they are the best ambassadors you can have when they deal with your customers. Effectively Communicating With Your Attorney By : Charles Kassotis Here are some do’s and don’ts for getting in touch with your attorney, tracking vital details, and keeping up to date with the progress of your case. How to Optimize and Build Value in Your Company for a Planned & Successful Exit By : Grover Rutter Baby boom business owners have, by and large, been successful business operators. But will they be successful business sellers? This article provides some golden advice to "sales-minded" business owners. Business Consulting and the Small Market By : James Hunt Many small businesses spend their short lifetimes, struggling and floundering, before they finally go belly up. While the average person tends to... Can you really make money on the Internet? By : Paul Duxbury Thousands of people say that you can make money on the internet! Is it true? How To Walk The Floor And Talk To Customers By : John Stanley Your role is take that of a maitre d’hotel. You should meet your guests (customers), welcome them and ensure they leave with a positive feeling about your business. You should set aside at least one hour a day to walk the store and talk to customers. Marketing: What You Really Need Vs. What You Think You Want By : Maria Andreu What you think you need to market your service business may not really be helping you. Find out the one ingredient without which all your marketing will fail. Awesome Customer Service Requires a Three Pronged Attack By : John Stanley The perception in the marketplace, according to research, is that customer service is declining. Whether consumer expectations have increased or services have declined over the last few years is debatable. The fact is, perception is truth, in the consumers’ eyes. Consulting As A Business By : Cynthia Macy Business consulting is an excellent work-at-home business. Creating a Member based Website By : Paul Duxbury Membership based websites are becoming increasingly popular as more information becomes freely available on the internet. is there a market for your product beign offered through a Membership Site? Provide a Customer Experience, but What Do They Really Want? By : John Stanley As retailers, we often talk about providing our customers with a memorable retail experience, yet we often forget to ask the consumer what they want. Who Wants Customers Anyway? By : John Stanley This article promotes the ethos of client rather than customer and of recruiting and training team members to be hosts and consultants rather than adopting a traditional salesperson or floorwalker role in businesses. Make your Mark by building your reputation By : Paul Duxbury We often hear said that our reputation is our most valuable asset when doing business. In the world of the internet you can build that reputation in a number of ways which we explore here. Get your site noticed and build that traffic! By : Paul Duxbury You can have the best looking website on the internet, offering the most incredible product to your potential customers, but if no one comes to visit then all your design efforts will have been in vain. Selling Your Business - Why Use a Business Broker By : Dave Kauppi Is a business broker necessary when I sell my business? What do they exactly do? Do they add value? Are they worth the cost? Read on and decide...... The Power of the Fax By : Tom Perkins In July 2005, another curious law went into effect. This one, called the Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005 (JFPA) has several surprises for business owners in terms of sending routine faxes to their customers. This new law just doesn’t impact the sending of what we would think of as “junk” faxes. It addresses several other areas that will impact how you do business via fax. Employee Retention - Building Commitment By : John Morris A committed employee is extraordinarily valuable. You can gain staff commitment by meeting people’s key needs: paying attention to people at all levels; trusting and being trusted; tolerating individuality; and creating a blame-free, can-do culture... Easy Fundraising Ideas By : John Morris Stay at home moms, school children or just about anyone who wants to raise some funds for either a good cause or for some personal reasons need not worry about which fundraising idea they would use and considering that there are actually a of fundraising ideas out there... Hunters and Gatherers - Are You Serving Both Their Needs? By : John Stanley Research shows that consumers shop establishments based on one of the two personal profiles. The Hunter - know what they want, they are focused on the task in front of them and they do not want anyone or anything to stand in their way. The Gatherer - enjoy the experience of shopping and like to enjoy browsing around and discovering new items. Bridging the Information Gap By : John Stanley The role of a retailer in today’s highly competitive market is to bridge the information gap between consumer and product.

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