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Careers & Employment

Opportunities in Automotive Services Industries - How To Cash In

I believe it would be safe to say that the transportation industry is one of the highest revenue producers in today’s modern economies. Millions upon millions of private passenger vehicles rule the highways and rural roads in countries around the world. Automotive reconditioning services, for the retail car/truck dealer, provide significant income opportunities for well trained, highly motivated entrepreneurs. There are several categories in... 

Entrepreneurialism

Entrepreneurial Emotions or It Seemed Like a Great Idea at the Time

It’s your first business or the next Great Idea in your ongoing business, online or offline, it doesn’t matter. The roller coaster ride is a theme and variations on the same experiences. First the exhilaration — THIS idea, or THIS business is THE one. It’ll put you on the map with lots of money in your bank account. It can’t fail. It’s just too good. Have you said this? More than once? I have, and several times... 

Goal Setting

Do You Think You Could You Have Achieved More?

If you are anything like me, the end of the year might just leave you a little disappointed that you could have achieved more but didn’t. With 2005 already on us when we look forward with great hope and enthusiasm, we must also prepare for the end of the year when we can look back with lot of satisfaction. A year has begun with many new plans, resolutions and goals. All these resolutions are made and implemented with a tremendous resolve. But... 

Leadership

Embracing Adversity for Achievement

“Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity.” — Lou Holtz Success in life depends upon being strong people with clear goals and indomitable spirits. Unfortunately most of us aren’t born that way. We grow that way. And that growth can either come from us entering willfully into situations that will cause us to grow, like subscribing to Made for Success, or from... 

Management

Avoid Outsourcing Pitfalls in the Injection Molds and Stamping Dies Markets

When looking to outsource overseas for Plastic Injection Molds or Stamping Dies there are many things to consider. Usually price is the first thing to be looked at, that’s probably why you’re looking overseas for a new mold or die source-to save money. One of the first places to come to mind is Asia. Large labour forces and low wages can get your job done quickly and cheaply. Or so you think. When doing business in Asia you may encounter... 

Marketing

Marketing Brain Trust

Rest assured that no matter how smart you are, you do not know everything about marketing. You don’t even know anything about marketing your product! You can’t figure everything out yourself, or see all the angles, or provide every bit of critical thinking. The solution? Create a marketing brain trust. Use the mastermind principle which says more brainpower brought to bear on an issue means more ideas and greater insight. Gather together... 

Negotiation

Games are a Reflection of Behavior

You are standing on a small stage yelling, "What’s the name of the game?!" "Win as much as you can!!!" comes roaring back. "Who’s responsible for your score?!" "I am!!" The audience is composed of ninety men, all prisoners in a federal maximum security prison. One more thing ? you’re a woman. For three years, Alicia volunteered every Thursday at FCI (Federal Correctional Institute) in Bastrop,... 

Networking

Networking Group Loyalty Requirements

How can you find out the group loyalty requirements before you venture forth? Many groups have loyalty requirements in order to make sure that the leads you generate are exclusively for the members of the group. It is important that you make sure you know everything about the group before you join, and loyalty requirements can put a damper on other activities you have planned. If you find a group that does not have any requirements for loyalty, then... 

Online Business

At Last The Answer To My Prayers

At Last The Answer To My Prayers  by: John Lester I am 71 years old and always believed in some way I could generate an Internet income. I have tried many things but have never given up, always believing I would find a way. A few days ago a friend sent me an email advising me to take a look at a particular website. He said someone by the name of Brian Campbell who is a successful Internet Marketeer was giving away a FREE training course like... 

Sales

Selling Is Not A Dirty Word

Selling–a word that strikes terror in writers and professionals. We love to write. We love our work. We love to speak. We hate to SELL. Our print and eBooks may go unread because we don’t get the word out. Our products and services don’t sell because we don’t include enough benefits to give our buyers a reason to buy. Maybe that’s because we imagine the used car salesman or the vacuum sales person. They annoyed us because... 

Sales Management

8 Procedures to Take Control of Sales and Marketing

The Cash to Cash Cycle Part Three of Series We’re sprinting toward that million dollar mark…and we’re only a couple strides away? Decreasing inventory carried us over the first hurdle, and last week reducing Accounts Receivable sped us through the half-way mark. We’re making great time, so let’s bring on the next mile marker ? marketing and sales. Increasing Overall Sales and Marketing Effectiveness If you are an organization... 

Sales Telemarketing

Closing That Big Sale With Conference Calling

So you’re in business. Whether it is micro, small, medium, or enterprise; you know the one key element you need to succeed in your business ? sales. Now, you have studied and learned many practices on succeeding in your arena, but there may be something still overlooked. You most undoubtedly have strained to learn every technique possible to gain the competitive advantage for ultimate return on your investment. What you may be missing out on... 

Sales Training

Are You Doing What It Takes To Win More Sales

What does it take to be a WINNER during these challenging times? Do you really know what it takes to win more sales? It takes . . . Uniqueness. Being boring, bland, and benign is out. Being different is your first step to being better. If you’re different and you’re better, you’ll be remembered. Type INC. after your name. For example, Jim Meisenheimer Inc. Don’t view yourself as a person. Think of yourself as a brand or even... 

Small Business

Small Business Success - It?s a Matter of Confidence

I was floored! I couldn’t believe what they were saying! But there they sat — three of the biggest film stars of our age — telling the world they had issues with confidence. I was watching an interview where Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman and Julianne Moore were talking with Oprah Winfrey. Their conversation gave me a lot to think about in regard to small business success. It started with Meryl making a comment about a movie she’d... 

Strategic Planning

Hunters and Gatherers - Are You Serving Both Their Needs?

The University of Exeter in the United Kingdom recently published research financed by Barclays Bank, which has implications for everyone who is serving the general population. This research shows that consumers shop establishments based on one of the two personal profiles. Approximately 50% of the population is defined as hunters when they go out into the public arena. They know what they want, they are focused on the task in front of them and they... 

Time Management

Spend Less Time at Work and Get More Done

Sounds too good to be true? It really isn’t! In fact, studies show that after a certain amount of hours at work each week, the average worker hits diminishing returns for their labor. Here are a couple of reasons this is true. Family drain. Does your spouse or family complain that you work too much? This puts strain on you when you’re at work and limits your effectiveness. Cutting out five or more hours a week and spending it with your... 

Wealth Building

Trustees: Who Can You Trust?

Early in my legal career I represented two young women in their early 20s. Their mother had been killed in a car accident when they were infants. An out of court settlement had been reached and a lump sum of cash had been awarded to each of them. Since they were “minors” (too young to have legal capacity to act for themselves) the money was given to their father “in trust” to be held until they reached the age of 18. The reason...