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The questions on an RFP don’t need to be cryptic and complex. But asking them in that initial communication touch—the RFP—not only saves time spent in the evaluation and negotiation process, but helps the buyer communicate goals and objectives to the seller.

This article provides 3 tips for getting all the information you need the first time around Read More

A brand is after all just a name, so why so much fuss over branding? The simple reason to adopt branding is that it allows you to stand out in the crowd and helps your business/ product to make its presence felt. There are numerous ways of branding yourself and social media is one of them. Actually, in this case, five of them Read More

I’ve been on Twitter for about 7 months and on Facebook for about a year or so. What I’ve noticed is that there are an increasing number of people sharing information on both these sites. With the opening up of Facebook’s social graph and Twitter acquiring companies that makes third-party services for them, it seems like this trend is going nowhere but north. Read More

Vendor managed inventory (VMI) is one way that you can help grow your sales and potentially keep your competition a bay. Here is are some benefits for looking at incorporating VMI Read More

As a Sales Manger you know that providing the right sales training to your field sales and sales support staff is important. Well trained staff are better able to prevent complaints, and if a complaint does arise are able deal with the majority to the customers satisfaction without the need for management intervention. However, there are occasions when it is better that you, as the manager, intervene. This article describes six complaint scenarios which demand the intervention of the sales manager. Read More

For about 40 years, companies have been making efforts to go green. Here are my first five tips (out of ten) for going green in business. Some of these have been around, but others may be totally new to you. This is my first contribution to BizSugar, so I'm testing the waters with this article Read More

There are so many tactics to choose from it can be a trap to drop what you are currently doing and jump to another. Just think of this in terms of trying out different diets or exercise routines to get healthy. If you keep changing then you certainly will not get the results you want. The same goes for your marketing. 3 benefits of being consistent are.. Read More

It seems that credit unions and community banks, the kinds of institutions that usually loan to small businesses, are prevented from doing so as much as they would like because of a credit cap that limits the amount of lending permitted for them under law. Now credit unions are asking that the cap be lifted allowing them, and community banks, to approve more loans for small businesses. And guess who's objecting to the change! Read More

Is it possible to support learning and development in your business AND save money? Yes, once you have a planned strategy and proper systems. Here are 3 steps Read More

Thanks in part to the recession, businesses especially in the "lower-middle market" are handling their own financing with buyers when it comes time to sell. When a buyer can't get the loans they once did to cover purchase of a company from a bank often the business being purchased is providing the additional needed financing usually with longer involvement in the company after closing Read More