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Board Meeting Rules
Following are some board meeting rules that were recently presented to me and my fellow board members by a CEO at one of his first board meetings at a newly funded early stage company. I thought they were brilliant. Feel free to pass them out at your next board meeting.
Document, Document, Document
As a manager, supervisor or even the company owner, dealing with employee related issues is inevitable. During a discussion with an employee, document everything that transpires at that meeting, who was in attendance, goals to be achieved, outcomes or next steps, etc.

Cold Calling in the 21st Century: The New Rules, Part II
Is cold calling dead? Hardly. Cold calling is actually one of the most targeted, efficient and effective ways to reach potential customers. Nothing beats having a real conversation with a prospect. The problem is that so many people do it poorly—that’s why it doesn’t work for them.
Fighting The Fear
Exhibiting in economically turbulent times... the first thing to do is to assess and understand what the changing marketplace actually means to your industry

Dealing With Over-Rated Confidence In Employee Performance Reviews
With good employee performance review processes, you have the employee complete a self rating before you meet. Generally many employees rate themselves quite hard, or on par with your views of their performance. But what do you do if the person has rated themselves as exceptional on many areas and you think they are borderline competent (at best)?

Presenting the Solution
Know your audience. Tailor your presentation to your prospective customers. To do that, consider what they are likely to need from you. Use terminology they'll understand and make sure you are familiar with their business jargon. That will help you to establish common ground with them

Presenting the Sales Solution
A good sales presentation has four main sections; each section is described in this article.Tailor your presentation to your prospective customers.. Be sure to play up your strengths

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Is it the death of the marketing plan?
I don’t know about you, but I rarely come across small businesses that have a concrete marketing plan in place. For that matter, I don’t know many medium sized ones that follow theirs to the letter either.
II. How Can MicroFinance Succeed In Africa?
African microfinance is as diverse as the continent itself. An array of approaches have been used, ranging from traditional group-based systems, to specialised lending by banks and funded by international nongovernmental organisations (NGO) financial intermediaries. Consequently, examples of African microfinance offer an array of lessons of what works and doesn’t work. Drawing from these lessons, and those from non-African examples, OSCAL developed a Microfinance model based on four principles:
Private Chinese Direct Investment in Africa: Some Examples
The examples below are based on Naidu (2007) and a Chinese government website (http://preview.english.mofcom.gov.cn). The examples are by no means comprehensive; nor are they necessarily consistent with official statistics. Nevertheless, they suggest the scope and scale of private Chinese investment in Africa.
How to Find the Compelling Reasons Behind Seth Godin's Intangibles
Seth Godin's recent column on Intangibles was great. As a matter of fact, I haven't disagreed in more than two years with anything he has written about selling. Today he provided many examples - great examples - of how your intangibles create value. This article explains how your salespeople can uncover these - and other - reasons why prospects would pay more to do business with you.
Tips For Recession-Proofing Your Small Business Franchise
If the recession is weighing you down and figuring out what to do to keep your franchise afloat is bearing no recognizable success, here are some fresh ideas to act on, both to give yourself a concrete course of action to take and to see a quicker recovery for your business.
Technology can be a profit center for you
For too many years technology has been used to solve problems that don't exist. Finally there are ways to turn an IT department from a cost center into a profit center. Technology can work for you and your business and can create hundreds of thousands, if not millions of additional dollars in revenue with little or no additional cost. This article provides some concrete B2B and B2C examples and one case study.
Business Plan Examples
There are lots of business plan examples on the internet available for download. Some of these plans are easy to follow while others can be a little complicated. We will look at the advantages and disadvantages of using business plan examples available to the entrepreneur online and maybe help you make a choice that would be best for you. The average business plan will have the same key elements. This is important for consistency sake. Think about it from an investor's standpoint; they see many business plans and having the same format, more or less, will save them a lot of time, effort and more than a few questions. These are busy people and will not think twice about rejecting your proposal based on a business plan that does not meet the basic requirements. That is to say, the following

The Olympics teach entrepreneurs 4 winning ways to get focused
Take away these 4 business "lessons learned" about achieving unwavering focus that athletes apply during and while training for the Olympic games. Learn through concrete examples how to leverage your Enneagram personality type into your daily activities to help your business soar.
Zero Tolerance Means Zero Leadership
We have all heard the horror stories regarding zero tolerance policies in the past. Stories about a teenager being expelled for having a Tylenol in her purse or a five year old removed from the classroom for bringing a toy gun to school are recent examples that have generated buzz in the press. Most of us laugh at the ridiculousness of such examples and consider them to be the exception rather than the rule for today's society. Why do such policies exist and what purpose do these extreme measures provide the organization? Do such extreme positions provide any benefit? How does such a policy reflect on the leadership within these organizations? And finally, what might be the cost for an organization that must act upon the violation of such a policy?

Internet Users Hbk - Chapter 6e. Various Types and Examples of Internet Scams
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