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Why Franchises Fail
According to the U.S. Department of Consumer Affairs, about five percent of franchisees fail. Any number of factors could be responsible for this failure; however, such failure can nearly always be prevented by doing your due diligence at the outset.

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How to Seize Control of Your Finances
I'm always amazed that so many people spend most of their life at work and totally neglect their personal affairs. Many business people I coach want to get their professional lives in order, and often admit that their personal affairs are in chaos.

How to Get Your Rear Into Gear at the End of the Financial Year
As the end of another financial year comes to a close, I thought it would be ideal to focus this newsletter on your personal affairs. I'm always amazed that so many people spend most of their life at work and totally neglect their personal affairs. Many of my clients want to get their business organised yet often admit that their personal affairs are in chaos.
Why Franchises Fail
According to the U.S. Department of Consumer Affairs, about five percent of franchisees fail. Any number of factors could be responsible for this failure; however, such failure can nearly always be prevented by doing your due diligence at the outset.

Finance: More Than Number Crunchers
Finance: More Than Number Crunchers - When someone from the Financial department walks into a room of people from the sales and marketing departments, the conversation dies down and everyone waits for the killjoy to leave. But it doesn't have to be this way! In this article, you'll read about the common problem that businesses have – the idea that the Finance department just sits around to crunch numbers and suck all the fun out of the work place – and you'll read about a potential solution – three ideas that can turn the Finance department into success-generating business developers who empower the sales department to thrive.

Landing Pages – The Key to Turning Potential Customers into Paying Clients
How many of you have ever wandered around a department store looking for a simple but elusive item? How many times have you gone from one department to the next wishing someone would tell you exactly where to find what you’re looking for? As a customer this is a frustrating experience, and the store just might lose you as a customer. Here’s a question: When someone clicks on your banner or PPC ad, are they directed to your home page? If your answer is yes, then you may have many customers needlessly wandering around your department store, too.

The Benefits of Consumer Contract Financing Part 2
The previous article on the benefits of consumer contract financing was concluded by citing three specific benefits associated with factoring consumer contracts (ie. financing consumer receivables, retail installment contracts, consumer notes, etc.). Those three benefits were: bad debt elimination, consumer contract processing and meeting increase demand. There are many other benefits associated with consumer contract financing which will be mentioned in this article.
The Benefits of Consumer Contract Financing Part 3
The first two articles on consumer contract financing (ie. financing consumer receivables, financing retail installment contracts, financing consumer notes, etc.) enumerated eight distinctive benefits which financing consumer contracts offers. There are numerous other benefits associated with consumer contract financing which will be addressed in part three of this series of articles.

Preparing an Accurate Marketing Budget
Although every department is expected to prepare an annual budget, most do not understand the intrinsic value of effectively leveraging this management process. Take a step back from the budget and evaluate what your department will be expected to deliver this year. Next, identify which budget model will provide the most value to your department. Use Demand Metric’s downloadable Department Budget Template to help you prepare your annual budget.
A New Game for Public Affairs
WikiLeaks' dumping of vast numbers of Pentagon and State Department secret documents into the public domain has changed the public affairs' game for companies and institutions---forever. Welcome to the "Age of Forced Transparency"!
Marketing Mix For Retail Consumer Packaged Goods
For Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) companies, a good marketing mix is essential. The beginning of the twenty-first century has seen rapid changes in consumer demographics. Not only are consumers spending more wisely, but the age, face and needs of the consumer are changing as well. It takes a well thought out marketing strategy to not only find, but communicate with customers.

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