11,381 articles related to "business and finance"

Invest in the stock market for the RIGHT reason, using the RIGHT choices

Invest in the stock market for the RIGHT reason, using the RIGHT choices by: Charles M O'Melia Investing in the stock market is not purchasing a stock at 25 dollars a share, hoping it will go to 35 so you can sell it, then hoping it will dr...

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Greeting Card Tango: How To Impress, Not Stress, During The Holidays

Greeting Card Tango: How To Impress, Not Stress, During The Holidays by: Lydia Ramsey When it comes to holiday greeting cards, to send or not to send is often the question. Once you have decided in the affirmative, you then have to determine who...

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Warning: Today's "Non Profit Credit Counselors" Are Yesterday's Bill Collectors!

Warning: Today's "Non Profit Credit Counselors" Are Yesterday's Bill Collectors! by: Chuck HuckabyHere's a dirty secret, today's "non profit credit counselors" are often just front organizations paid lucrative commissions by ...

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What To Do When Your IT Project Is Late, Over Budget, and Looks Like It’s Never Going To Work

What To Do When Your IT Project Is Late, Over Budget, and Looks Like It’s Never Going To Work by: Frank Schmidt Here’s a scary statistic. According to four prominent research firms, only around 20% of all IT projects are finished in a timely...

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35 Surefire Ways to Kill a Meeting

urefire Ways to Kill a Meeting by: John Gravitt 1. Play “find the meeting” by changing the location and time of your meeting at the last minute. 2. Don’t bother to book your meeting room in advance. Lead the group from room to room trying ...

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Branding Fiasco Better Be Who You Say You Are!

ding Fiasco Better Be Who You Say You Are! by: Eileen McDargh, CSP, CPAE Our experience as customers offers great instruction into the concept of branding. Come with me on a recent “experience” and you’ll see what I mean. Here’s the sit...

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Quality consulting major consumer products company

Organizational TQM Assessment The executive staff was trained on the key components of the Malcolm Baldridge criteria, and facilitated discussions that resulted in a baseline evaluation of the organization's TQM implementation. The Baldrige crit...

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Applying The Daffodil Theory into Business Practice 

At times all of us need a bit of inspiration to add to our day. When I first read this article, I had started my own home based business and was in a bit of a slump. This inspirational story was exactly what helped spring me into action and keep on g...

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Hire a Virtual Assistant

So, the decision has been made to hire a virtual assistant...Knowing your business needs and clearly defining them will be the first step in the process. A good virtual assistant (or VA) will be asking you these questions and having the answers read...

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THE “SEVEN Cs” PARTNERSHIP DANGER SIGNS - Competitive, Not Complementary Action

A series of articles exploring the seven critical areas that can indicate a partnership is in trouble. Competitive, Not Complementary ActionJames Carville and Mary Matlin are public relations spokespeople for the Democratic and Republican parties, re...

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