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Is Your Job Recession-Proof?
Even with the bad economy and weak job growth, there are still several fields that will survive - and possibly even thrive - during hard times.
Global Business Requires Healthy Dose of Local Alliances, Thinking
It's wonderful to see how indignant innocent little Google can become when someone out-hacks, out-snoops them. For crying out loud don't the folks who did that understand that providing information is the way Google makes its money??? If that weren't bad enough, Eric can not only not sit in on Steve's board meetings where some hot new ideas must have been discussed but now Steve doesn't even like Eric's company motto -- man is nothing sacred? On the Internet the answer is no! Your every keyclick is followed by someone -- yes even ours !!!

Writing Sales Letters and Pull your customer In.
Three Immutable laws of sales letters: - People never read anything at first. Your job is to get people to start. - People never believe anything at first. You must create the believability and prove that what you're offering is genuine. - People never do anything at first. Your goal is to get them to do something, with the ultimate goal of ordering your product. You need to tell them exactly what to do

Home Based Business Opportunity With Internet Technology
Home based business opportunity has exploded into a myriad of choices with the advancing of technology surrounding the Internet. Historically work at home meant either creating your own product and selling it or stocking product from a supplier to sell. Many of these companies are established and still around today. Instead of limiting their distributors to territories or geographical locales, they have evolved and now offer similar affiliate programs that are Internet based. The borders have disappeared and distributors can sell the products online. The areas of distribution have expanded for the distributors who can offer the products wherever the company is legally licensed to do business. Companies like Amway, Watkins and Tupperware are examples of company products that offered home based business opportunity.

The Most Successful Leader
The difference between perception and reality of a successful leader.
A little brand personality goes a long, long way.
Do your advertising and marketing reflect your brand personality? Ever wonder how to tailor your advertising to reflect the brand personality of your small business? This article simplifies the process and breaks it down into five basic components. Expert advice from a 25-year advertising and marketing executive.

Don't Think Too "Small"
Don't Think Too "Small" Simple as it may sound, many small companies stay small because their owners never dare to think big. It's true: Negative or defeatist thinking is the greatest obstacle to business success. As long as the entrepreneur thinks of himself as a nickel-and-dime operator, his company will never be more than a financial midget scratching around for subsistence earnings. It is an easy trap to fall into. You may, after all, run a small venture with relatively few employees and limited capital. Accepting the role of a small-time business owner is an inexcusable business mistake. It is like drawing a circle around your company and promising not to grow any bigger than these artificial borders.

Save a Tree Create Profitable Products with a Punch that are Downloadable
I don’t know about you, but if you have school age children, they’re getting quite an education on saving the planet and you can’t turn the TV on without seeing that Corporate America has jumped on the Green bandwagon as well. I tell my friends that I’m living in a “dark house” because my son is constantly shutting off lights to prevent global warming; in the meantime, my eyes are being strained!
Hottest Canadian Franchise Business Opportunities
Though businesses sometimes like to restrict themselves to certain geographic boundaries, the entrepreneurial spirit knows no borders. With the right kind of self-starting, hard-driven business owners living on both sides of the US/Canada border, there is no reason to neglect the franchise needs of either group. As such, here are some of the best possible business opportunities which are mostly US based, but are available to the business-savvy Canadian entrepreneur.
The Joy of Labor
This Labor Day, give thanks for the work you do, and the difference it makes. Celebrate your contribution to your community, and our world. And, if you are not doing the “perfect” job for you, pledge that by next year, you WILL be doing the right work. Life is too short to spend it doing work for which you are not suited or passionate! You owe that to yourself and to the world. We need your best stuff, your best effort, your passion and your unique genius.

When Marketing Your Coaching Business Becomes Fun
Have you ever felt that you're all over the place with your coaching business? Within a few months of making these four changes in your approach to getting clients, you'll see the results you want and you'll actually enjoy marketing.

Reframing - Objections
A frame provides a context or focus for your thoughts and actions. Changing the frame of an experience can have a major influence on how you perceive, interpret and react to that experience. Reframing is going on all around us
Sales Killers
Here are a few more sales killers that you can think about—so you don’t do them in your selling.

How to Leverage the Potential of Foreign Employees for the Success of a Business
We live in a world of migration and the number of migrants crossing the borders increases daily. For a business, hiring foreign nationals can be a great asset, as they bring their unique skills, expertise, knowledge, ethics and culture. And even more, they can help a business in the global market; in fact, as the world becomes smaller and smaller a business will inevitably find itself dealing with foreign customers, clients or suppliers, whether here or abroad, and foreign employees can help it deal successfully with foreign cultures. Furthermore, foreign employees can be a source of personal and professional growth, and such growth will automatically bring about financial growth. But it is very important to understand that ...
Google cocktail- interesting and informative
On thursday evening I attended a small cocktail hosted by the head of google kenya, Joe Mucheru, and by extension the google head office. The cocktail proved to be quite interesting and informative, the attendance was diverse with people from different fields, google was represented by several key people including the Technical Lead in the kenyan office who is 100% kenyan although he did work at the googleplex in mountain view, california.
KICKSTART 2008
Why not take some time this year during the quiet days after Christmas to identify what you really want to achieve in 2008? Make it real, concrete, achievable and imagine what it will be like this time next year knowing you have achieved these goals. Use the following points as a way to get ready for a brilliant 2008.
6.6 Strengthening of institutions: Economic Report on Africa 2007
a prerequisite for positive diversification outcomes

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The Challenges of International Relations in an Internet World
The internet obliterates country borders. News announced anywhere is available everywhere. Understanding the global impact and reach of your announcement can aid you in developing a strategic plan that works.
Reaching New Horizons: Southwest Airlines Takes Off
With his own legal experience and his partner’s business acumen, Kelleher was convinced the two of them could see their business lift off. What was their idea? They wanted to create a no-frills airline, and one that would be exempt from the restraints of federal price regulations. By refusing to cross state borders, and operating flights only within the state of Texas, they were able to do so. Kelleher’s new Southwest Airlines offered drastically reduced fares and quickly became a hit with passengers.

International Franchising Checklist
If the growth of U.S. franchising continues at its current rate, domestic sales alone could top the $1 trillion mark by the year 2002, says the International Franchise Association, the world's oldest and largest organization representing the sector. Franchisors are also finding fertile ground for their operations beyond U.S. borders, reports a study by the IFA Educational Foundation.

The Village Effect - Networking in Wales
This article originally appeared in The National Networker. Andy Lopata looks at networking groups in Wales and the importance of relationship building to break down borders.

Hottest Canadian Franchise Business Opportunities
Though businesses sometimes like to restrict themselves to certain geographic boundaries, the entrepreneurial spirit knows no borders. With the right kind of self-starting, hard-driven business owners living on both sides of the US/Canada border, there is no reason to neglect the franchise needs of either group. As such, here are some of the best possible business opportunities which are mostly US based, but are available to the business-savvy Canadian entrepreneur.
Depressed or Depleted?
There are times when coaching borders the line of therapy - addictions, mention of suicide (yikes!), and sometimes depression. Patrick Williams raised an important distinction, "Is it REALLY depression, or is it DEPLETION?" Discerning this is the first step. How can one tell the difference? There are many free assessments online to quickly determine if speaking with a professional psychologist is the next step or if other strategies may prove effective.

International Employment Background Checks
With the mobility of workers across international borders it is no longer adequate to conduct these checks just in the United States. This article summarizes international background checks for US employers.
How to Write an Eye-Catching Job Advertisement
Writing a job advertisement is very much like writing sales copy. The product you're trying to sell is a job, and all the fancy borders and screaming fonts will not attract that 'to die for' candidate.
Five Ways Strategic Planning Builds Capacity And Capability
By September 2011, Borders Books will close their doors forever. The company will liquidate all of its assets and deliver pink slips to approximately 11,000 employees. Meanwhile, as a result of smarter strategies that recognized and accounted for changing dynamics in their marketplace, competitors like Barnes & Noble have fared much better. How can two such similar book store giants end up on such divergent paths? Examination of the downfall of Borders Books reveals strategic errors that arguably led to its demise. Such is often the result of ill-conceived strategies that failed to zig when the market zagged.
When To Use A Text-Only Logo
A text logo (also sometimes called a logotype or word mark) is a logo largely made up of the text of the company's name. This type of logo can have some graphic elements-lines, boxes, borders-that interact with, surround, or even form the letters. However, the graphic elements should be used as an accent to the text, not as a major or equally-weighted part of the logo.

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