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As a small business owner or entrepreneur, do you take gender into consideration when developing design and/or content for any of your online or offline marketing, including the design and content of your Web site or blog? This question can also be applied to any social media marketing efforts in place within your company (you'll learn why in a fe Read More

Meredith Poulton Eisenberg, of Yellow Highlighter Virtual Assistance, suggests six tips for controlling business costs. Recommendations include everything from evaluating subscription costs and online payment processing fees to affiliate income and occasionally raising prices. By following some of these tips, Eisenberg insists business owners can Read More

If you want to maximize the sale of a business, you need to create a self sustaining model so your new buyer can run the business and make a profit. It is easier to sell when you create a self sustaining business with automated work flow systems working. Read More

The old saying does not apply to sales or sales leadership: in sales words can kill; kill deals, companies and careers. Read More

Let's face it: professionals hate selling. Consultants hate selling. Architects and surveyors hate selling. Accountants hate selling. And lawyers: lawyers really hate selling. And we don't just hate the act of selling. Many of us hate the entire concept of selling. We feel it's beneath us. It's demeaning. We're experts in our field — we Read More

From Cisco Systems, here are 10 tips for making your business more efficient. No matter how large or small your business, making it operate efficiently can be critical especially in a tough economy. In fact, according to the post, companies that fail to improve on efficiency will sooner or later find themselves out of business entirely. Read More

Is the recovery here? Is recovery possible? What can be done to avoid this ever happening again? Read this post for some answers. Read More

Ah, the life of an entrepreneur. Come up with a business idea, write your business plan, line up a bunch of venture funding, and retire to a private island a few short years later when you go public. If you're heading off to business school right now, reading this on your iPhone, dreaming of buying your own island - sorry for the ice bath of reali Read More

Successful international business professionals learn to become good at multitasking. Most of the multitasking involved is in listening in different ways to their international clients. And the reason for multitasking is to get a global vision. Read More

To maintain clarity in cross-cultural selling you need strong listening skills. When selling to different cultures you need to listen for several things at the same time. And it is not just about listening. You will often find you need to adjust your communication to stay in alignment with the conversation as a whole. Read More