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7 Steps to Prepare For Earthquake Disaster
Proper preparation for a disaster aftermath can provide some piece of mind knowing you have the proper supplies on hand. These supplies could mean the difference between life and death.

When Disaster Strikes, What's Your Plan B?
Disasters are by their very nature unexpected. But, in business, the unexpected can put you out of business. Some "disasters" can be planned for and the consequences mitigated. Having a "Plan B" is the key.

RESUME SCREENING - Picking the High Performers!

A high unemployment rate means lots of resumes and applicants for employers to screen but it doesn't mean it will be easier to pick out the high performers. Just the opposite in fact. Never before in history have job applicants been so hungry and so well-prepared to ace an interview. Information available on the Internet educates job seekers on what interview questions to expect, what type of answers WOW interviewers and what responses turn them off. Pair up these paycheck-hungry job candidates with an interviewer who has done nothing to improve his or her employee selection skills, or the fact that more than eighty percent of all interviewers have had little or no formal training on how to hire the best, and now you have a real formula for disaster as companies begin hiring post-recession. This perfect storm can be averted.

How to File an Insurance Claim for Business Losses

Do you know how to file an insurance claim if your business experiences a disaster? Unfortunately most business owners don’t think about their insurance coverage until a loss occurs and they need to file a claim. However, the time to analyze your insurance is before you need to file a claim: Preview is always nicer than review. According to Ron Reitz, President of San Diego-based Quality Claims Management Corporation, "If you do suffer an insured loss, you need to be very familiar with certain aspects of your claim. Here are the three areas that cause the biggest business insurance disputes with insurers."

Selecting the Right Consultant
Selecting the right consultant for your organization can be a very daunting task. Choose right, and you have a very successful project and everyone is satisfied; choose wrong, and you have a recipe for disaster. Use Demand Metric’s downloadable Consultant Evaluation Matrix to compare your potential consultants across 5 key dimensions.

Third Generation Leadership - why we need it NOW!
If ever there was a "wake up call" as to the necessity to shift our leadership understanding and approach then this Gulf of Mexico disaster should be it. The time is ripe for facilitating a shift to a Third Generation Leadership world view as our dominant paradigm.

High-Octane Success: How Rockefeller Reached New Heights
When Rockefeller was 86 years old, he wrote the following: I was early taught to work as well as play, My life has been one long, happy holiday; Full of work and full of play- I dropped the worry on the way- And God was good to me everyday.

John Rockefeller Quotes
John Rockefeller Quotes

How Guerrillas Economize

When guerrilla marketers think of economizing, they don’t necessarily think of trying to save money. What they do think of is getting the absolute most from any money they’ve invested in marketing. They realize there are two kinds of marketing -- expensive and inexpensive -- and they know that expensive marketing is the kind that doesn’t cover the investment they’ve made in it, while inexpensive marketing pays rich rewards for their investment. Guerrillas have the insight to know that economizing has nothing to do with cost; it has everything to do with results.

Rosie
Lots of people have been asking me why I took such a harsh stand on Rosie O'Donnell.

Don't Be Casual
Coming out of the Venture Capital in the Rockies conference, I was pleasantly surprised with how solid most of the presentations were. There was plenty of pre-conference preparation, practice, and iteration from the companies presenting – and it showed.

The Power of Appreciation and Gratitude
Sure, we're polite. We always say "please" and "thank you"... to strangers at least. But for some reason, it seems that we often forget to say "thank you" and show our appreciation to the people who are closest to us; to our family, our co-workers, our employees, our teachers. We especially forget to say "thank you" to the universe for our many blessings.

Evaluate Traders by Their Stories
Emanuel Derman relates a Fischer Black observation on trading from 1994 that is worth pondering.

User Friendly Award! (Where You'd Least Expect It)

At 6 p.m. Monday, I was out brushcutting. I apparently woke up a yellowjacket neighborhood buried in the mud. In short order, I was stung perhaps a dozen times—one YJ got stuck under my shirt. Luckily, I didn't go into anaphylactic shock. But, in a few hours the reaction was body-wide. I went to an ER the next morning after a truly crappy night. The doc said I should have come at the time—because I had some wheezing, which meant I'd moved in the direction of impeded breathing.

Coaching, for the hyperactive executive!
Too much rushing about and not enough thinking and planning is a recipe for disaster. Never neglect the boring paperwork, one day it may be your salvation.

Which Salespeople Use Bad Judgement and Burn Bridges?

You want your salespeople to get decisions instead of taking stalls, put-offs and objections. Some of your salespeople are better at this than others. I've written extensively about the difference between the required skills versus the strengths that support closing, as well as recognizing and dealing with put-offs. Today, I will discuss the difference between not getting the desired reaction or behavior, not getting a decision and burning a bridge.

Why do advertisers spend so much money talking to people who have very little to spend? Because they like talking to themselves – often defined as the first sign of madness
For marketing to succeed, who you talk to is far more important than what you say. Yet marketers tend to spend much of their time talking – often incomprehensibly - not to people with money but to those without.

Thinking of promoting your best sales performer to sales manager? Think again!
Many businesses have made the mistake of promoting their best performing sales person into the role of sales manager. Their logic – well they are great at selling, they’ll be great at sales management. Sadly most of these situations end in disaster.

Selling Isn't Rocket Science
Much like rocket science, when it comes to making the sale, the littlest thing can mean success or disaster.

How To Write A Killer Press Release
So how exactly should you write a press release? Here are a few great guidelines.

Are You in or Out for Change? Building Team Spirit In a Nutshell
The inception of a team is as indispensable as creating a work of art. It needs careful planning and a lot of preparation. Here are 5 fundamental ways to build team spirit.

Article Marketers - Stop Insulting Your Targeted Audience When You Write & Submit Articles Online
If you write articles or website content that's not geared for your targeted audience, people will leave... discover 3 Mistakes most Article Marketers make that insult their audience...

Happy Ears or an Empty Pipeline?
Very often, when an opportunity dies, salespeople will ask their managers or me for help. After debriefing, when it's clear that the opportunity is hopeless, and the salesperson continues to ask for help, still wants to schedule another meeting, and still wants to reach out and get it moving again, there are usually three factors at play. The salesperson either...

Is Your Disorganisation Destroying Your Health, Your Business and Your Relationships?
Did you know that 60-90% of all doctor visits are for stress-related illnesses? Stress is costly in terms of your health, relationships and performance.When you're affected by too much stress your body wears down and you get sick. Highly disorganized people seem to be more susceptible to sickness as they are always under extreme pressure, running from one disaster to another.

The Death of Certainty...I Think!
"I think" are the two weakest words in the American lexicon. As you create your expert positioning, these words damage your credibility; yet "I think" has become the favorite filler of pundits everywhere. Let's lose these words...

I Know How to Do This!

I thought I had pre-paved a happy-go-lucky attitude towards being a mother. I had intended to let my son, Lucky, follow his own path and my job was to get out of the way. Ahem! Well, my little controller side came out in full force in ways I had not expected. I started out by trusting that Lucky would find his own sleeping pattern. That didn't work. So, when he was four months old I swung to the opposite side of the issue. My child would forever more be on a sleeping schedule. This potentially could've worked if I were more relaxed about it. But I wasn't. I was in huge conflict with my mate, Steve, about my schedule and method of putting Lucky to bed.

The Cost of Doing Nothing
Nobody can make proactive investments in your life for you: it's entirely up to you. As I've mentioned often before: at midlife, the training wheels come off. The expectations and constraints that ushered you through childhood, adolescence and adulthood have served (or outlasted) their usefulness.

THE Housing Solution
Well the numbers are in and it looks like home foreclosures are up a whopping 15% in the first half of 2009, affecting more than 1.5 million households. This problem does not appear to be getting any better as unemployment is nearing 10% and could go even higher, if you believe like me that government forecasts are about as accurate as throwing darts in the dark.

THE Housing Solution
Well the numbers are in and it looks like home foreclosures are up a whopping 15% in the first half of 2009, affecting more than 1.5 million households. This problem does not appear to be getting any better as unemployment is nearing 10% and could go even higher, if you believe like me that government forecasts are about as accurate as throwing darts in the dark.

Lose This 5 Letter Word to Win More Sales
Had you ever considered that one five letter word can actually make you sound like everyone else?

The Case for Outsourcing
As virtually every marketing manager will tell you, any marketing program is only as good as its implementation. Whether you're talking promotional or sales programs, effective implementation can make the difference between success and disaster.

Overcoming Corporate Disconnect
Corporate disconnect is the major contributor to every one of your challenges, problems or negative issues that undermine your growth, profitability and effectiveness as an organization.

Selling Success Marries the Sales Approach to a Proven Process
A recent poll by a respected sales guru suggested that during your first meeting with a potential customer (a.k.a. prospect) you can begin your presentation after you have established rapport. Maybe that works for you, but given that only 2% of all sales are made on the first contact, this sounds like a recipe for disaster.

How by Being Captain Focus It Instead of CaptainWing It Will Increase Sales Even When Cold Calling
Today, it happened again, another cold call disaster by a Captain Wing It who called me attempting to sell me his services. Then after his poor sales performance, he had the audacity to ask for me to make some referrals. Has this ever happened to you?

Addicted to Disaster
A person can become addicted to most anything. Besides drugs and alcohol, addictions can be toward different foods, television, people, work, spending, internet (especially email), fear, and one of the most addictive things for the majority of people--disaster! That's right. Most people are addicted to disaster, their own or other people's.

Eliminate the Fear of Speaking
Feeling nervous before you speak in front of a room full of people is quite common among the majority of people today. It may help if you understand why the body goes into a complete fearful state when asked to give a speech. Below are 4 strategies to eliminate the fear of speaking and gain confidence.

To Thine Own Self Be True - It's Better for Business - What Arthur Andersen Would Say to His Company
What Arthur Andersen would have said about the ethics scandal that destroyed the company he founded...and why saying no to the wrong client or request can jumpstart your business. As a child, you probably heard, "to thine own self be true."

DON'T BECOME AN ENRON: Make Truth and Ethics Your Road to Success

So much has been written about Enron since the company imploded, and that will probably be so for years to come. But this essay isn’t about Enron. Rather, this essay is about your organization. Because the simple truth is, you too could grow up to be like Enron. The seeds might already be planted to make it so. Learn how to recognize and avoid Enronism and make truth and ethics your road to success.

Getting Over Getting Fired
Take time to mourn over the loss of your job, and then move on.

The Boomer Survival Guide
If the name of the game is 'Life', then 'uncertainty' is how it's played. All the other illusions are merely debilitating distractions along the way.

The Power of Thought Control
Your ability to think in a focused and clear way, keeping your attention where your intention is, distinguishes the long term successful leader from the pack.

7 steps to Systemising and increasing sales
These days too many business owners are spreading their focus too thin by doing everything and anything, working in the business not on the business. In this article find out why systemising the sales process is crucial to the bottom line.

Bookkeeping and Home Remodelling

Remoddeling your home can be a popular way of adding value to a property, so long as the refurbishment is done with care. A recent inspection of a detached house in a local suburb revealed a potential ticking time-bomb. The vendor had put in a great deal of time and energy in remodellinmg this simple three bedroon house, and the results looked very presentable. So much so that the vendor had received a firm contract for a prospective purchaser, subject to a report from a local Building Inspector. And then things turned sour.

Increase Sales By Staying True to Your Core Business
During swings in economy, many businesses leave their core businesses to increase sales because they must survive or thrive. Taking this action spells disaster for any business.

Organizational Tips For Your Home Office
If you are taking advantage of working from home via the Internet, you are one of a growing number of at home workers. Cutting out the time, stress, and expenses associated with a commute, having more flexible hours, and not needing to spend a lot of money on clothing to wear just for work are just a few of the amazing benefits of working from home.

Struggling with interruptions?
The most powerful antidote to the interruption dynamic is my cluster-tasking technique.

The Most Bizarre Old School Sales Rule EVER
I had a friend years ago give me some very bad advice (thank goodness I didn't pay attention to it) "Kim, when you're first in business - no matter what they ask for - say YES." I think that is a bizarre recipe for disaster. It is also the Old School Rule of Selling that is out-dated, WRONG and definitely NOT for you!

FOR THE WANT OF A NAIL
For the want of a nail is a great old rhyme that communicates a very powerful message about how to ensure success in doing what is important to us.

Should You Panic If You Have No Books To Give Your Accountant?

This is a question that rears its head from time to time here in the office. My initial reaction is “Why not?”. Occasionally there is a reasonable reason for the lack of evidence of someone’s business activities. It may be that the business has grown really quickly and they haven’t been able to keep up. They may have only just started the business and don’t know the first thing about bookkeeping and are seeking help. Sometimes there has been a known disaster such as a major flood or a fire. However...

How a Bookkeeper Can Help Your Cash Flow
Many small business owners struggle with keeping their bookwork up to date. Yet good record keeping is an essential part of any successful small business.How can you make an informed decision about your business if you don’t know where you are at financially with your business?

Small Business Tips: How To Turn Around A Business

No-one likes to fail. In these past few months I have watched as a few otherwise great businesses have folded. But what could have been done to turn the business around from disaster? What does the owner really want? This is the hardest part – if the owner is ambivalent at best about the business, they are not sure if they really want to be there, then no business intervention will work as well as it could.

Save Money - Work from Home - but be Ready for Mobile Challenges
With the rising cost of gas, many employers are looking to telecommuting or 4-day work weeks to help defray the cost of commuting. Employers look at cutting down on workers' commutes I love this idea! However, if you are considering making a change to your schedule, or to where you conduct your daily work, there are some things you should consider:

Why do I need an employee manual?

When businesses hire their first employees, they often start without having thought through fully all of the implications of what they are doing and don't have an employee manual in place. This new person is going to be representing you and your company to your customers and clients, will be in your premises and will gain access to all of your knowledge and resources. Many people find that what starts out with great promise ends up in disaster when they haven't considered all of the implications.

Insurance Producers - What Business are You In?
You probably think that’s a pretty stupid question. You’re in the insurance and investment business. Oh, really?

Practical Search Engine Optimization or SEO For The Small Business Owner

A website is the best and most cost effective advertisement that your business can possibly have; however even the world's greatest website will not do any good at all if no one visits it. That is why you need traffic. Traffic is acquired through free and paid advertising, offline and online promotion and search engine optimization. So take a minute to learn the down to earth basics of Search Engine Optimization for your small business website. It is not difficult to do and it can easily make the difference between success and failure.

Are You Working Yourself to Death

A few years ago one of my clients felt a tingling in his finger. Being a workaholic he didn't have time to pay too much attention to it. After all he had meetings booked all day and they were more important than a tingle in his finger. He was about to leave home, then collapsed. Luckily for him, there was another person in the house and they called the ambulance. John had suffered a stroke. The warning signs were there all along. He smoked, was 30kg overweight, his diet was poor and exercise was spasmodic. He worked long hours and was under enormous pressure. Much of the pressure was due to John's organisational skills.

How to spot a solid franchise opportunity

What should you look for when looking for a franchise to buy? There are a lot of franchises out there, and a would-be franchise owner needs to be able to differentiate between a good opportunity and a potential disaster. Franchise owners want you to buy their product (the franchise) because that is how they make money. But you need to be able to tell the difference between the shiny sales pitches and the real diamonds underneath all the hype. Here are some simple things you can do to spot a great franchising opportunity:

Franchising Mistakes and how to avoid them

COMMON FRANCHISING MISTAKES AND HOW TO AVOID THEM Use this list to get ahead of the learning curve and avoid problems before they happen. Franchises have been around for a long time. If you are starting a new franchise business, you’ll often be confronted with problems and situations you’ll have to work very hard to solve. But don’t worry, you aren’t reinventing the wheel here. The kinds of problems you are most likely to encounter have been handled by people just like you, and you can learn from their mistakes. We’ve come up with this list of some of the most common franchising problems so you can avoid them before they happen.

Are You SUFFERING From This Rainy Day Sales Mistake

Many Sales People Live Too Much In The Moment Yes - I know we're taught by the self-help gurus to "live in today." But when it comes to business and especially to selling, that is the kiss of death. I see it all the time. People get excited when they close a big sale and then promptly throw all caution to the wind and spend every cent. Sometimes they even do it ahead of time (before the sale is even closed)...and that is a recipe for disaster sister. Selling is like life. It will have ebbs and flows. Sometimes you will be making more money than you can imagine and then 6 months later you're wondering where everybody went!

Turn Job Interviews into Job Offers

We all have only one chance to make a good first impression. Here are some ideas to make the most of your interviews and hopefully turn your interviews into job offers. There are definitely strategies and tactics that make the most of each phase of your interview- The opening phase, the selling phase, outlining benefits, positioning yourself, repositioning your competition, overcoming weaknesses, closing, rapport building, great question asking… to name a few.

Creating a Franchise
The first question that an individual or company needs to ask before taking the franchising route to growth. Is franchising the best method of business expansion for you? Do you have the personal attributes to be a franchisor? What are your motives for contemplating the utilisation of a franchise system?

Only one way to go from here
A story from STORIES OF SHIFT: How to Deal with Difficult Situations and Change Them to Positive Opportunities

Have You Backed Up Today
You may have a qualified tech support person that will install an automatic remote backup for you. But if you don’t, I recommend you contact my tech, Michael Glanton. He provides quality service and you may reach him at michael.glanton@g2web.com or by phone at 214-256-4893.

What would you do?
What does your soul long for? What would you do if you didn’t have to do it perfectly? Many of us never discover our passions or follow our heart’s desire. What if we aren’t very good at it but can enjoy it anyhow? How would your life be different?

Apprentice - What an utter shambles
Be warned – this posting reveals who has been ‘fired’ from the sixth episode and the rest of the post is only my observation and opinion based upon 60 minutes of edited TV, nothing more.

What's That You Said? Using Metaphors and Analogies to Sell More Effectively
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Why is it, then, in our conversations, in our written correspondence, and in our presentations, we act as if the opposite is true - that a thousand words will create the picture we want?

$759 Billion Wasted Each Year!
That’s not a statistic on the latest government pork-barrel spending spree; that’s how much American business spends on salaries for which work was expected, but not performed!

How to Stop Your Cold Calls From Losing Steam
We’ve all had the experience where everything seems to be going well during a cold call, and suddenly the person we’re talking to “hits the brakes.” They raise an objection and we start to panic, thinking we’re about to lose the sale.

Four Keys to Making Your Cold Call Stress-Free
From the traditional point of view, cold calling conversations should constantly lead towards making a sale. We’ve been given only one path to follow, and that’s getting a “yes.”

Diffuse Cold Calling Pressure
Stop your expectations from sabotaging cold calls.

The Stupid Mistakes Disorganised Business Owners Make

Did you know that 60-90% of all doctor visits are for stress-related illnesses? Stress is costly in terms of your health, relationships and performance. When you're affected by too much stress your body wears down and you get sick. Highly disorganised people seem to be more susceptible to sickness as they are always under extreme pressure, running from one disaster to another. What many business owners fail to realise is they constantly repeat the same stupid mistakes by not addressing the fundamental issues that are the cause of their problems and guess what that is? Their own personal disorganisation.

Why Companies Die Young
I recently had a disturbing conversation with a close friend who has been employed by a Fortune 500 company for thirty years. Upon asking the question, “How are things at work?” this individual replied, “Not good.” The obvious next question was, “Why?”

Wills: Software Package vs. Lawyer
Should you use a software package to prepare your last documents, or is it a task that should only be delegated to a lawyer?

Playing The Game
If we treat life like a game and play full out to win the second half based on the learnings from the first, what would it look like? Food for thought on playing the game…

Are You Prepared?
Steps to take to prepare a disaster plan for your business

Why Some Companies Emerge Stronger and Better From a Crisis
Book Review -- : 7 Essential Lessons for Surviving Disaster

Sales Success Tip-Know Your Target Market
Do not make the mistake of trying to be everything to everybody. It is a recipe for disaster. Instead zero in on your target market. While you may think everyone needs your product, (and perhaps they do) the only ones who will buy are the ones that WANT it!

Seven Ways to Get Prepared and Turn a Natural (or other kind of) Disaster into a Positive Situation
Seven Ways to Get Prepared and Turn a Natural (or other kind of) Disaster into a Positive Situation

No Disaster Recovery, No Excuses… New Strategies that make it affordable
This article discusses strategies for companies of all sizes to deploy data protection and disaster recovery. The idea is that with new technologies available, even the smallest company can now afford to deploy disaster recovery. Also included are strategies for larger companies who are not aware of developing technologies to revisit this must have solution.

How to Recover From a Small Business Marketing Disaster
Discover a 3-step system for recovering from a small business marketing disaster.

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