A strategic position statement is kind of like a statementfor your company. You want to explain this statement howyou view your company and how you view it within the restof your marketplace.Circuit City is a good example. It's an electronicdepartment store that is making excellent profit marginswhile their competition is going out of business. They'vetaken a unique strategic position, being number one inservice and taken that all the way down to...more
These days, it's hard to listen to the financial or economic news for long without hearing something about pensions. These news stories usually give us some bad news about the pensions shortfalls in the gaping holes in pension funds. The chancellor Gordon Brown has recently gone on record suggesting that he is in favour of increasing the working age, and the debates about whether to link state pensions to earnings or inflation rages on. The...more
One of the greatest things to happen to the world of travel in recent years is the advent of low cost airlines. Not only do they offer flight travel that is cheaper than any previous airlines by far, but they also offer some other great innovations in booking and paying for flights. Part of the growth in popularity of these airlines is that they are so easy to work with online. Unlike conventional airlines that use ticket agents and travel agents and require you to buy your tickets in person, the low cost airlines made everything available through a simple and comprehensive website that everyone could understand and use. The method of selling air tickets became so popular that these airlines are teaching the more traditional airlines how to act and are leading the way in innovation in the sale and marketing of these flights. All it requires to buy them is a credit card or debit card. You go to the website, select your details, that is your destination airport and your departing airport, and tell them what dates you wish to travel. Immediately you are quoted prices for all the flights on that day. If you can be flexible about your travel dates, they will also show you the prices for...more
If you are a loan officer or mortgage broker looking to purchase mortgage loan leads, you may be considering what type of mortgage loan lead to purchase, and which company to purchase them from.There are a few different types of leads to choose from and literally hundreds of lead companies to buy them from.A few different types of the mortgage loan...more
A former colleague at a major stock brokerage firm always confused "fiscal" with "physical". On June 30th, he would talk about the close of the "physical year". Just a mental block for an intelligent man. Fiscal year-end differs for corporations with most ending June 30th while others use December 31st. Fiscal is fancy jargon for "show me the...more
Or is the customer always right? That's what you've always beentold. If you're in business, you know how ridiculous thatstatement is. The customer isn't always right, the customer isoften wrong. Worse yet, you know it, he knows it, and he knowsyou know. However, that is not the reason you fire a customer.Sometimes a confrontational attitude is just a way for a customerto save face when he knows it was his fault and not yours. Thereis nothing wrong with letting the customer save face. Youapologize for the screw-up and tell him it will be taken care ofand, sometimes, this leads to a very good relationship with thatcustomer. Sometimes not.There will be customers that no matter what you do, it's notright or good enough. They seem to want an argument, not fix theproblem. The more you try to appease them, the more aggressivethey get.Even though you may want to please every customer, you justcan't. It really hurts when you can't please a customer. I'vebeen in business for 20 years and it still feels like a kick inthe gut when I can't please a customer. You may get 100 "what agreat job you are doing" from customers, but that one complaintstays with you. Hopefully, you're tougher than I am...more
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." E. F. Schumacher, 20th century German economist and conservationistThe evidence is clear and...more
Finding mortgage loan offers in the UK is not difficult. From newspaper advertisements to surfing the Internet, mortgage loans sporting low interest rates and additional benefits to entice borrowers to sign up are literally everywhere. But, when a...more
APIMage is now hiring effective sales people all over the world to invite prospects to a presentation and close sales utilizing its 10K A Week Wealth Creation System released by "Make Money Or Make Excuses" creator and CEO of Mentors On A Mission, Al...more
"Do every day or two something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test." William James, HabitGood and bad habits are tiny...more
This article is an overview of the risks, scams, and extraordinary profits that can be experienced by HYIP investors. High Yield Investment Programs: Risks, Scams, and ProfitsIf you are an investor looking to truly double your money, you might want...more
It seems to be common knowledge today that we are living in a society overwhelmed with debt. Credit card balances are hitting all time highs and in return, people are running into more and more problems with their credit ratings. These circumstances...more