Letting Them Use Plastic

November 19, 2008 · Filed Under Sales · Comment 

Obtaining merchant status will help to increase your sales.

Consumers are becoming creatures of convenience; when dealing with businesses—large or small—they desire ease of transaction. That most frequently translates into the ability to pay for services rendered or product purchases via credit card.

The Power of High Voltage Marketing

November 19, 2008 · Filed Under Marketing · Comment 

Persuasion, seduction, negotiation, and fear have lost their effectiveness to clinch the deal, close the sale, and make cash registers ring. Whiter, brighter, faster, and better — while intriguing -– no longer motivate consumers to act. Today’s savvy marketers are shifting strategies to more strongly connect with customers; they are harnessing the power of the four Ps of high voltage communications™ — personhood, purpose, persona, and presence — to promote their products, services, issues, and organizations.

Sick of the impersonal quality of much of their daily lives, Americans are seeking to reconnect and build stronger relationships. “In all walks of life, we see a trend toward wanting to convert impersonal transactions into personal relations,” reports famed futurist Daniel Yankelovich.

How Important Is It To Stand Apart From Others In An Interview And How Difficult Is It?

November 19, 2008 · Filed Under Careers, Employment · Comment 

Any professionally trained interviewer can attest these questions are the most asked by people involved with job-hunting. How important is it? Absolutely vital! … How difficult is it? Not hard at all.

I can demonstrate the importance with a true story from my book ‘The Art of the Interview’. [*Now on CD-ROM]

How To Choose The Proper Business Entity?

November 19, 2008 · Filed Under Small Business · Comment 

Choosing your business structure is just as important - if not more important - than marketing. You should consult with your accountant or your attorney in forming your business. The process in setting up your company is as follows; these are just the key points that need to be done, but not necessarily in the exact order listed.

First, you need to come up with a company name and ascertain if the URL is available for that website. If the URL is available for that name, the next step is to register that name with the Secretary of State in the state that you reside in. At this point, there are two options: One is to consult with your accountant or CPA to decide if you should be a sole proprietor, partnership, limited liability corporation or a Corporation. At the very least, reserve the name with your Secretary of State for a minimal fee while you decide what business entity you should be.

Marketing Delivery Levels

November 19, 2008 · Filed Under Marketing · Comment 

There is a tendency among businesses, especially larger businesses that are well established, to claim to do a lot of wonderful things for customers and they end up being a little to a lot disappointed in the results. I guess that this is another spin-off from stockholder pressure for higher profits, yesterday. It has at least a long-term detrimental effect upon sales and profits, as well as a permanent effect on credibility. There is an old phrase “if your word is no good, neither are you!” Dr. Demming professed “Total Quality Management” for decades and it obviously had a positive affect upon the standards of industry in every area but one; marketing claims made as to the promised results.

There are three levels of performance by any business.

Pressure Washing Heavy Equipment

November 19, 2008 · Filed Under Small Business · Comment 

One of the best ways to make money in the pressure washer business is to power wash heavy equipment. It is not necessarily easy work and you will get quite greasy but it is steady work and there is lots of it. You will need to know the different types of equipment and the issues which are of concern to preventative maintenance technicians, operators and owners.

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Sales Trainer, Mentor, Leader, And Counselor Shares Our Belief System - Are We Doomed?

November 19, 2008 · Filed Under Sales · Comment 

Part 2 of ‘Your Abundant Life’

Even with the amount of absolute passion that I have to help people, it’s a fact that a lot of people simply don’t know how to believe in themselves, or how to let go of their past.

Use Job Search Hacks to Get Hired Faster

November 19, 2008 · Filed Under Careers, Employment · Comment 

Job searching alone is like hitchhiking a scary ride with an unknown stranger on a 180-mile long deserted, no-exit road with hopes you’ll make your destination. When you lack time or expertise to plan career moves carefully, sometimes the loss of ground is not apparent until years later. You can get trapped in a black hole and frustrated that your career is not advancing to full potential. Ever feel imprisoned in positions that lacked adequate reward, satisfaction, challenge or a future?

There are many reasons for these job jails:

Online Affiliate Program Strategy: The Advantage Of Not Having A Web Site

November 19, 2008 · Filed Under Affiliate Revenue · Comment 

There is at least one very effective free strategy for achieving high sales from your online affiliate program without owning a web site.

This online affiliate program strategy calls for the use of articles posted at various leading article directories. Although some article directories do not accept affiliate links, the vast majority do. All you have to ensure is that your article is a valuable well-written keyword rich article. The keywords should be carefully selected so that they are able to attract traffic directly from search engines to your article posted at the articles directory complete with your affiliate link in the resource box pointing traffic directly to your affiliate site.

Get In The Game With a Stellar Resume

November 19, 2008 · Filed Under Careers, Employment · Comment 

During the job hunter’s market of the 1990’s, employers were settling for less than qualified candidates because the candidate pool was so small. Job hunters were able to name their price and employers were meeting their demands.

The job climate is much different today than it was a few years ago. Job hunters have forgotten how to present themselves to a prospective employer. Their job search skills are poor and they are struggling to find employment.

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