11,381 articles related to "business and finance"

Managing Transformational Change within the Public Sector

Pick up any public sector journal, read any sample of CPA reports and you will undoubtedly see reference to a Change or perhaps 'Transformational' Programme. Council departments are quickly becoming 'Departments of Change Management&ap...

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Credit Cards, Merchant Accounts, and Your Bottomline

Small Business Q&A with Tim KnoxQ: I'm opening a gift shop and want to be able to accept creditcards. I talked to the branch manager at my bank, but he didn'tseem to know much about how it all worked. He did say that Iwould need something c...

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Small Business Q & A Investing In Son's Business Could Cause A Real Family Feud

Q: My youngest son wants to borrow $5,000 to start his own business. My wife is afraid to tell him no. She thinks we should just give him the money and not expect anything in return. I disagree. He doesn't have a very good track record with mone...

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UNDERSTANDING THE CORPORATE BUYER

Selling your services to corporations is an attractive proposition. The contracts are larger than with small businesses and individuals, and often longer-term. There's the possibility of repeat business worth many billable hours at respectable r...

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Please Don't *You* Buy Any More Useless Reprint Rights

Yes, one of the quickest ways to get into business for yourselfis to buy the reprint rights for someone else's product. It savesyou the time and effort of developing your own product. It letsyou start selling the product right away and you often...

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Guard against conflicting messages.

Guard against conflicting messages.Did you ever consider that, without knowing it, you may be inadvertently sending the wrong messages to your customers? Consider the three following points:What you promise versus what you do.You can send a conflicti...

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Satisfying your Customers is as Simple as this...

Customer service is everywhere. It seems everyone we deal with now is a 'customer service representative'. Remember when they were bank tellers, flight attendants or just the person behind the enquiries desk? So why is the experience of fan...

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Creating Your Presentation Success With a Positive I Can Attitude

According to the Lamalle Report on Top Executives of the 1990s, one of the most important factors in determining financial success by those earning over $250,000 is being enthusiastic and having a positive attitude (46%). Apparently, successful peop...

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The 7 Secrets to Getting—and Staying—Out of Debt

As vice president of the American Credit Foundation, a nonprofit organization that helps individuals and families manage their debt, Mike Peterson knows firsthand how financial problems can wreak havoc in one’s life. Each day, counselors at the Mid...

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Buy a condominium or get a starter home

Often considered an alternative to home ownerships, a condominium is a form of property where you own one unit in a development plus a share of all common areas. You can find condominiums in cities as well as suburban areas. Condominiums are often c...

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