You know things have gotten a lot better when one of the biggest concerns in the economy is commercial real estate, because six months ago this was something that was put to the back of the worry list and here it is at the fore-front. Read More
"In the second half of the 20th century, we have gradually learnt to talk and think of each other and ourselves less as workers, citizens, parents or teachers and more as consumers." Read More
If you have a home based business, one thing that you can do to improve yourself is to constantly learn new things and expose yourself to new ideas and concepts. Read More
This article from WebCPA looks at the Private Company Financial Reporting Committee of the International Accounting Standards Board and its discussion of a global accounting standard for small business. What exactly such an international standard will mean for small entrepreneurs the world over is unclear. If standards are simply a means by which Read More
The author insists that new business sellers should use credibility statements instead of trust statements during the initial contact. Read More
Business leaders and owners are battling through similar challenges these days. “My business is down, we are struggling, the economy is killing us. I have our team doing what we did in '93, but this time it just isn't working—” Your entire team is watching you and they are wondering— Read More
It is easy to put more focus on the method of forecasting sales results rather than the putting the focus on the purpose of forecast which to drive activity, accountability and execution. Read More
There are three possible answers as to whether you got a return on the time and/or money you have spent on your marketing activities:(a) Yes,(b) No,(c) Don't know. If you answered (c) then you may never know what is working and producing results for your brand. Read More
A new report by Inside Facebook discusses some best practices for retailers hoping to set up shop on the popular social networking site. Some of the recommendations include letting users shop from within Facebook, including even the ability to share product information with friends. Another suggestion is to have contests, giveaways and sweepstake Read More
It's been an unusual week in social media, most notable because many of us had to learn to live without it. A DDoS attack targeting Twitter (Twitter), Facebook (Facebook), LiveJournal and many other sites knocked the leading micro-messaging service offline and caused numerous problems with the leading social network, too. Read More
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