18,591 articles on "business"

Losing the Big-One: Salvaging Lost Accounts

Losing the Big-One: Salvaging Lost Accounts by: Garrison Wynn After careful consideration, we have chosen our vendor, and it’s not you.” Hard words to hear. That big deal, the account you’ve been courting for months, has fallen to someone...

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Searching for a Home Based Business

Searching for a Home Based Business by: Tina Rideout "Work hard and you will reap great rewards and benefits" How many times have we heard those words? Although this is not a false statement. The definition of "work hard" varies from person to p...

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Customer Service and Call Center Outsourcing, What's The Buzz?

Customer Service and Call Center Outsourcing, What's The Buzz? by: Erwin Steneker The buzz is all about customer service and call center outsourcing, also known as BPO (Business Process Outsourcing). According to Gartner, the outsourcing ma...

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The Morality of Child Labor

The Morality of Child Labor by: Sam Vaknin From the comfort of their plush offices and five to six figure salaries, self-appointed NGO's often denounce child labor as their employees rush from one five star hotel to another, $3000 subnotebo...

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Want PR's Full Value?

Want PR's Full Value? by: Robert A. Kelly Make sure somebody is worrying about those outside audience behaviors you need to help reach your objectives. And I mean the kind of behaviors you like: prospective buyers browsing your services or...

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How (NOT) to Buy Mutual Funds

How (NOT) to Buy Mutual Funds by: Ulli G. Niemann When it comes to mutual funds, there is a lot more to success than just finding a good one. Sad investment stories like the following are all too common. I hope my sharing it with you will help y...

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How to Evaluate Load vs. No Load Mutual Funds

How to Evaluate Load vs. No Load Mutual Funds by: Ulli G. Niemann If you have been dealing with mutual funds for any length of time, you undoubtedly have faced the question of which is better: Load Funds or No Load Funds. If you are new to inves...

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Your Worst Enemy To Successful Investing - The Media

Your Worst Enemy To Successful Investing - The Media by: Ulli G. Niemann How do you make your investment decisions and where do you get your information? If you're like most of the people I know, you look to the experts. That's fine, ...

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How We Eluded The Bear Of 2000

How We Eluded The Bear Of 2000 by: Ulli G. Niemann The date October 13, 2000 will forever be embedded in my mind. It was the day after our mutual fund trend tracking indicator had broken its long-term trend line and I sold 100% of my clients’ ...

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The Solution-Sell is a Myth!

Solution-Sell is a Myth!  by: Paul Shearstone Who among us is not already up to here with the omni-smarts who wax poetic the benefits of "Solution Selling." Now it may seem strange for me, the author of the book “Up Your Income! Solution Selli...

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