When you are an owner, manager, or business executive, you've got a job that carries with it a lot of stress and responsibility. You need to worry about holding people accountable for their work, making sure that your company is staying ahead of the competition, and pleasing both your current and potential clients with reports of your success. This means that you are often called away to business in other cities, and this can be an added stress...more
Writing well is great business. These days in the online world or offline we are all writing more and aiming to engage our readers quickly with strong and direct messages that have real meaning. To write well is to position yourself powerfully and gives you a decisive edge over your competitors and gives your customers and clients the message you aim to convey with passion and real meaning.Great writing is efficient and can also be elegant it...more
Any and all writing is creative in it's own way with exactly the same aim regardless of its creative level. Our aim when we write something is to convey our thoughts to somebody else and that at the very least requires us to use our imaginations and to think with empathy. Clear thinking is always very hard work but without a process and a plan to map or think out what the message you want to convey is you will fail to reach your reader.William Stronk had 10 rules for aggressive and direct writing1.All good writing is good for the same reasons[ All bad writing is bad in its own particular way}2.Vigorous writing is CONCISE which means a sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences,for exactly the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. Make every word tell.3.WORDS are the only tools we have as writers so use them wisely and remember somebody out there is listening.4.SHORT words are best and the OLD words, when they are SHORT, are the best of all;5.Grammar matters6.Good writing needs a plan so map out what you want to say to your reader on scrap and read it to yourself.7.Great writing is...more
The good thing about watching a movie that is based in a true story is that it is so real; you can expect that it is a good movie. The ones that I like are stories about sports like "Coach Carter", "Grid Iron Gang", and "A League of Their Own." Those movies are so good, you can't help being getting emotional on every scene specially the last part...more
Author: Eric PowersWriting a startup business plan that works is not as hard as it may seem at first. You may hear dire statistics about the low rate of business plan acceptance by investors and lenders, but you must keep in mind that many fail to achieve funding because of entirely avoidable mistakes.These are a couple of the common mistakes that...more
There is a reason why best practices are so commonly used in organizations they work because they have been tested by organizations and teams over and over again. So here are some best practices that upper management may want to consider:1. Own the Project. Dont just direct the initiative your 100% buy-in and leadership is completely critical. One CEO made it very clear to her employees, If it is not in the CRM system, it does not exist and your performance review will be based on it. 2. Governance not Command-Control. Get input from all major areas of your organization to help recognize the dynamics and interdepartmental nature of your organization that makes it tick. 3. Customer Focused Culture. Leadership is action, not position I read somewhere So, if you do not embrace a customer focused culture your team and your employees will most certainly not. Put your customers in the center of your organization where it is clear to your employees that they exist because of your customers. 4. Ensure Seamless Integration. How many times have we heard the word seamless and there is absolutely nothing seamless about it? Lets just say more than our share. However, if your...more
Author: Eric PowersWriting a startup business plan from scratch means doing a lot of needless work. Why not get a head start by jumping off from the work of experienced business plan consultants? Using a business plan template is a sure way is a sure...more
1. Employee Buy In. Design and implement employee buy-in programs that help your team understand the value of CRM. Most employees do not care of change of any sort let alone when the change is about to track their every move. But when employees...more
Author: Jai Prakash SrivastavaThe consumers always look for special offers and discount when making purchases. There are a lot of companies that offer plastic gift cards to the customers. The gift card is used by the customers in the form of a gift...more
Author: Eric PowersWriting a business plan is a feared part of launching a new business, and it is natural for entrepreneurs to have some uneasiness about getting started on the document. This is because the ability of the business to raise money...more
The first thing to consider when installing your garage door is the type of door you want. Today one of the most popular options is the automatic garage door. Using a remote control, the owner is able to open the door from the car or street with...more
If you are involved in world ventures this article will be of the utmost importance to you for building your business. Firstly world ventures is not a scam. It is a reputable company that not long ago bought out another multi level marketing company...more