Aircraft Capital of the United States Wichita, KA is Taking Off Again
Wichita, KS Economic Outlook is picking up even with all the aerospace layoffs there. In Wichita there is a 79.4% white, 9.1% Black and 22% of the jobs are in manufacturing which the average salary is over $18.45 per hour or at the average of 39.5 hours per week is over 45K per year annual income - High paying manufacturing jobs.
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Cross Cultural Communication Consultants
Cross cultural communicationconsultants have recently become a reognised specialist of importance in the field of business communication. This article looks at their skills and qualifications.
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Does The FTC Truly Live Up To Their Mission?
Most of the American citizens believe in the Federal Trade Commission's original mission, although having seen the truth and reality of the Federal Trade Commission's ten-year delay on the changes to the franchise rule and the way they conduct themselves, do we really need the franchise rule at all?
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Don't Let A Home Business Cost You Your Family
A home business should be a blessing to your family but sometimes people let their business overtake their family responsibilities.
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Don't Take It Personal
Article is an excerpt from “Business Secrets Men Don't Tell Women” revealing how women and men view self-employment differently! Book by Gina Novelle and will be available in 2005.
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Federal Trade Commission; over regulation, who does it help?
Why is the Federal Trade Commission harassing the Franchising Industry? Their new rulemaking ploy to gain notoriety and status is obviously another agency attempt to spotlight themselves in the media to look like they are doing something. This helps the FTC with keeping their large budget going and the tactics of PR and puffery are well known to those industries that are regulated by the FTC.
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Finding Balance In A Tilted World
THE STRUGGLE -- I was recently talking with one of my entrepreneur friends. He has started three businesses in the last several years—a budding entrepreneur. He was relating some of the joys he has experienced in those enterprises: a sense of freedom from the corporate world, pursuing his dreams and passions, setting his own schedule, controlling his destiny and a large potential for financial rewards.
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Getting Involved in Global Development
Global development and aid work is often seen as a 'closed' industry, yet what it needs is new and fresh thinking. And against this is the balance between commercial and social responsibility. The two can work together - so why not get involved.
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How To Realistically Set Your Fees - Part 1
The first article in this five part series of how to realistically set your fees talks about the myth vs reality of calculating your billable hours.
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How to Recruit Dealers/Distributors to Sell For You
Everyone dreams of owning a super money-making business where other people do all the work, and their only duties involve the approval of sales and bank deposit slips. It's the only way to go as a business owner.
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In 21st Century as Global Market is Shrinking... Cross Cultural Adaptation is a Must!
In 21st Century and in the era of Knowledge Based Industry when global market in shrinking cross culture adaptation is not only a MUST but is only a mantra to succeed. In my previous two employments, we had 15 and 24 nationals respectively from different countries and many of our people from India go on Deputation to other countries and many of them face challenges to cope-up with the cultural changeÂ…behavioral change.
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Incorporating Investor Feedback into Your Business Plan
Investors, like the rest of us, have different tastes. One investor may love a concept and/or business plan while the next may hate both. It is important to understand this as business plans are working documents and are always undergoing iterations.
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Lessons From Cusano: Bringing Upward Mobility to Independent Cigar Makers
Both cigar retailers and producers are basking in the warm sun of rising cigar sales. As stalwarts like Altadis, USA continue to report solid growth in their earnings, independent cigar makers like Cusano and Alec Bradley are having to hire more employees to meet demand. These independent producers are discovering they are part of a changing world in which the newest cigar smokers -- a growing population of twenty-something aficionados -- are looking at them not as fringe independents, but creators of some of the highest rated smokes around. After hundreds of years of dominance by entrenched name brands, the independent cigar makers have finally found a way to garner upward mobility.
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Lions, Tigers, and Bears, OH MY! Liars, Cheaters, and Fears, OH MY!
Lions, tigers and bears, OH MY! Liars, cheaters and fears, OH MY! It's, The Walmart TV Network... look up!
When my grandson had just started to talk this was one of the first things he sung. Probably because there were so many days that he came to one of the stores while I was at work or someone else in the family was at work he heard it over and over.
There was a time during my employ with Walmart that I would not stand for anyone saying anything negative about the company. I would defend the company in every way possible and as sick as it seems I still do. I must still be in denial.
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Make Your Fortune as a Professional Finder
Have you considered the lucrative opportunity in
finder`s fees? You could become a professional
finder and earn a fortune from this alone.
Alternatively, you could supplement your present
income with finder`s fees.
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Offshore Outsourcing Best Practices Increase Your Profit Margin
When your company is forming long-term offshore outsourcing relationships with another company, the foundation of the success of this venture should be laid during the negotiation period itself.
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Technology for FREE
In a recent survey by the Mercury Consulting Group it stated that some British boards had frozen ICT budgets because they were seeing insufficient evidence of a return from their investments (ROI).
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Technology Is Not a Substitute for Organization
Technology is changing business for everyone -- from small home-
based businesses to mega multi-national corporations. Whether
you are inspired or threatened by those changes, they are here to stay, or more accurately, to continue changing.
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The Almighty Buck
How only thinking about money can be detrimental to your business.
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The Boy Who Cried Wolf Redux
You've probably heard the story of the Boy Who Cried Wolf. The problem is that the child was looking for attention and thought it would be fun to scream at the top of his lungs that a wolf was nearb...
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The Psychology of Urgency: Make Them Want It Now!
For the last century, psychologists have been studying simple persuasion tactics that will allow you to motivate people and get the results you desire. This article focuses on using the psychology of persuasion to create a sense of urgency in your customers.
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The Three Most Important Qualities in Network Marketing
Network marketing is a business and an art. With network marketing, you can make money without ever making a product and with tools you already have within yourself and your own arsenal of
strengths.
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Vending Routes - How To Fail
I can't tell you about my success with vending routes, but you can learn what not to do.
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Want To Expand Your Business? Try Walking Barefoot in the Grass!
I hear it all the time. "I want to expand my business, but I don't know how." Many online small business owners have this challenge. In all actuality, it's not a business problem... rather a creativi...
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What Irritates You?
I just finished reading a powerful book The Profitable Power of
Purpose in which the author Ian Percy (www.IanPercy.com) states
“If your customers were not irritated, they would not even be
your customers.” How true it is! In 1978, I ran an ad in a New York City newspaper, “Organizing consultant can help you make better use of time and space” and launched a 25+ year business which is still going strong...What Irritates You?
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