| 291 | A Content Management Tool Provides the 5 Essentials of Communication Preview: The five essentials of communication come as an answer to the questions left in the wake of ad hoc collaboration. Businesses do it, whether large or small. Sure, the ideal would be perfect control of documents as they get passed around and changed. Bu... (more) Published By: Joe Miller Submitted: 06 July,2005 |
| 292 | Franchise History Preview: Franchise History The history of franchising could be traced back to the beer industry where many brewers allowed certain pubs to obtain leaseholds and sell their beer. Indeed this practice is very common today, especially in the United Kingdom where co... (more) Published By: Kevin McNally Submitted: 06 July,2005 |
| 293 | Pizza Talk, Tips for Pizza Operators: Web Orders Upsell Preview: One of the most attractive features of online or web ordering is that it upsells for you. LaRosa's Pizza in Cincinnati, Ohio states that their average online orders are $1.25 more than their phoned counterparts. In the May/June 2005 issue of Pizza Mark... (more) Published By: Rudy Vener Submitted: 06 July,2005 |
| 294 | Guidelines for Conducting a Good Meeting Preview: Copyright 2005 Denise OBerry Okay, so you've figured out what kind of meeting is needed, you've planned well and you have all the right materials. How about the meeting itself? How can you be sure the meeting you've so carefully planned and prepared act... (more) Published By: Denise OBerry Submitted: 06 July,2005 |
| 295 | Starting a Franchise Preview: Franchising Information Franchise oppotunities are all around us today. You may pop into Starbucks for coffee and then head for lunch at MacDonalds before returning home and ordering your dinner from another local franchise, Pizza Hut. Many of the mos... (more) Published By: Kevin McNally Submitted: 06 July,2005 |
| 296 | Bar Charts Come Alive through Data Visualization Preview: Bar charts have always been one of the simplest means of conveying information, even somewhat complex information. Bar charts take into account at least two variables and have become one of the most useful tools in corporate reporting. Budget plans, m... (more) Published By: Joe Miller Submitted: 07 July,2005 |
| 297 | Credibility - 10 Ways to Build it on your Website Preview: If you have your own business website and you are trying to sell something, then it is imperative that you are able to establish and maintain credibility. Why is this important? If you are going to ask someone to make a purchase from you, then you need t... (more) Published By: Laurie Winslow Submitted: 07 July,2005 |
| 298 | Get the Internet on Your Own Terms Preview: RSS for the Rest of Us I don't know about you, but I'm seeing a whole bunch of articles and websites telling me that I need to get into this RSS thing. Is it really time? RSS (it stands for "Really Simple Syndication") is the latest wave of internet ... (more) Published By: Chris Ellington Submitted: 07 July,2005 |
| 299 | Your Website Reflects Your Business Preview: Imagine walking into a store to buy a pair of shoes. You don’t know what brand of shoes you want, but you have a good idea of what color. As you enter the store, you notice the isles are clogged with shoes outside of their box, laying around, being negle... (more) Published By: Tia Scott Submitted: 07 July,2005 |
| 300 | Dealing with Digital Disease Preview: A virus is a program that replicates itself. It cannot exist on its own so it attaches to another program, usually an executable one. A worm is like a virus—it also replicates itself. However, it can stand on its own and does not need another program ... (more) Published By: Sean Felker Submitted: 07 July,2005 |
| 301 | Negative Gearing – it’s not to your benefit! Preview: The concept of negative gearing has been originally developed to encourage real estate investment in Australia by allowing any income losses from property investment to be deductible from other income as a tax benefit. This means that the taxable income... (more) Published By: Naomi Warne Submitted: 07 July,2005 |
| 302 | Franchises: How To Find The Best Franchise Opportunity For You Preview: If you are looking for a franchise opportunity, the choice is mind boggling. There are literally hundreds if not thousands of different types of franchise available for you to invest in, with the same variety in cost. Each have their own benefits and usu... (more) Published By: Nick Carter Submitted: 08 July,2005 |
| 303 | The Four Lessons Venus Williams Teaches Us About Business Preview: Venus Williams's recent Wimbledon win has a real lesson for entrepreneurs. She lost the first match, won the second match, and was losing the third 2 – 5. It did not look good for Venus. But she did not give up. She fought on, stayed focus. And in the e... (more) Published By: Michelle Goodwine Submitted: 08 July,2005 |
| 304 | Are You Making These Press Release Mistakes? Preview: You've done it. Gotten that press release written. Now you're ready to send it out to your carefully chosen list of media contacts. But before you hit that "send" button, take a moment and run your press release through this checklist. Remember, you onl... (more) Published By: Michele Pariza Wacek Submitted: 08 July,2005 |
| 305 | Going public: now that you have successfully made the transition, what do you do? Preview: Going public: Now that you have successfully made the transition, what do you do? Ok, you have successfully accomplished your dream of being the CEO of a public company. The stock of your company has a symbol and you are continually going to the compute... (more) Published By: Joseph Quinones Submitted: 08 July,2005 |
| 306 | Make An Action Plan To Improve Customer Service Preview: Customer Service is a critical factor for keeping your clients coming back and ensuring they’ll refer you to others. Growing your business will be a difficult task at best if you don’t perform, meet and exceed your client’s expectations, and provide serv... (more) Published By: Kevin Dervin Submitted: 08 July,2005 |
| 307 | Major Gifts: How To Get More Of Them For Your Nonprofit Preview: Many nonprofit organizations focus their attention on annual giving programs, such as, direct mail and special events. Yet neglect setting up an effective major gift program, or if they have a major gift solicitation program they fail to effectively impl... (more) Published By: Berwyn J. Kemp Submitted: 08 July,2005 |
| 308 | Knowledge process management Preview: Knowledge processes cannot be managed following the standard business process management paradigm. In the following article some guidelines are given for organizations willing to better manage their knowledge processes. In the last few years a lot has b... (more) Published By: Lucas Rodríguez Cervera Submitted: 08 July,2005 |
| 309 | How To Eliminate your Back and Neck Pain by Changing the Chair you sit in! Preview: The ergonomic kneeling chair actually encourages you to sit with an upright posture, which leaves your back, shoulders and neck aligned correctly. Your hips are in a forward tilt position, which allows you to sit in a more upright way. When we sit at the... (more) Published By: Suzanne Lamoutte Submitted: 08 July,2005 |
| 310 | Managing Your Home Based Online Business – 2 Preview: In the first part of this series of articles, on managing your online business at home, I wrote about the many management responsibilities and functions you have rolled into one if you have your own sole proprietor business, with no staff. Your managemen... (more) Published By: Roy Thomsitt Submitted: 08 July,2005 |