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Are You Waffling?
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| Politicians are often accused of waffling between stances on issues in an attempt to broaden or redirect their appeal.
Well, I’ve run across a small business or two plenty guilty of the same. |
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Title: Buying An Existing Business Part IV of IX
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| This is the fourth part of a nine part series for buying an existing business. This part is a brief discussion of your small business plan.
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Hiring the Right People for the Tangible, Intangible Jobs
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| With the marketplace and economy improving and one of the first areas they beef up (and cut) are marketing and sales. Hiring technical people is fairly easy you look at their education, advanced studies, design/development track record. Hiring sales people is more difficult - a lot more difficult. You're buying tangible and intangible features because he/she may be good but not right. Good at what they do but wrong for your organization, your corporate personality, your market/customers. The article won't deliver guaranteed results but it might help you make the right decision for your organization, your goals.
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The Key Benefits to Having a Business Plan
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| If you are considering establishing a business of your own, it is important to understand the key benefits to having a business plan. A business plan is a document that is strategic in nature and explains the current status of a business or a proposed business. If you are in the developmental stages of a business endeavor the business plan is an essential component to the achievement of the goals that you have for that business. |
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The Employee Review Process for Women Entrepreneurs
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| Your business has grown and you have just hired your first employee. She (or he) can do most of what you need to have done. You have promised her a review in 90 days, and possibly a pay increase. The thought makes you nervous. What if she doesn’t do well? Do you have to fire her and begin the process all over again? What if she argues with you? How will you handle that? What if your definition of “clean and neat” is different from her definition of “clean and neat”?
This article will give you the three steps you need to follow to insure your employee contributes to your business vision. |
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Buying Real Estate in the Dominican Republic
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Real estate transactions in the Dominican Republic are governed by Property Registry Law No. 108-05 and its Regulations, in force since April 4, 2007. Ownership of property is documented by "Certificates of Title" issued by Title Registry Offices. |
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Benefits and Responsibilities of Franchise Ownership
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| The benefits and responsibilities of being a franchise owner are vast. Though you get a system of business to start with, but you will be responsible, if any term of the franchise agreement is broken. The support offered by the franchisor will benefit you considerably while starting the franchise. However, it’s your responsibility to ensure that the franchise operation runs smoothly.
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Business Plans 101: Part 2
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| A business has a substantially better chance of succeeding if the entrepreneur takes the time to write a business plan. Not only can missteps be avoided, but the process of writing a business plan also allows the entrepreneur the opportunity to think proactively instead of reactively. When dealing with the day-to-day needs of a business the entrepreneur is typically in “firefighter mode,” putting out the fires of the day. Writing a business plan lets the entrepreneur take a step back and think about the business in a “big picture” context. This article continues the discussion of what needs to be included in a business plan, specifically outlining what needs to be included in the financial (or "numbers") portion. |
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Business Plans 101: Part 1
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| A successful business needs a solid foundation. Most entrepreneurs’ missteps are avoidable through proper planning—taking the time to think through and work through all aspects of developing and running a business. This planning should be formalized by writing a business plan. This article explains the purpose of a business plan and includes a detailed discussion of what should be included in the narrative (or "words") portion. |
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Belief Becomes Reality
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| Whatever we believe becomes our reality. Successful people absolutely believe that they have the ability to succeed. |
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Writing Effective Job Descriptions
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| A job description describes the major areas of an employee's job or position. A good job description begins with a careful analysis of the important facts about a job, such as the individual tasks involved, the methods used to complete the tasks, the purpose and responsibilities of the job, the relationship of the job to other jobs, and the qualifications needed for the job. |
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We Believe in Job Descriptions, But They Have to be Results-Oriented
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| “Please don’t make me write a job description; I’ve got better things to do.” No you don’t if you want to be an effective communicator. No job description, no clear expectations, and then you’ll spend your time cleaning up messes from misunderstandings. But all job descriptions do not communicate equally. Only a Results-Oriented Job Description focuses away from tasks and instead on results that need to be accomplished. |
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Employee Training Plans: More Powerful with a Results-Oriented Job Description
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| Employee training is all about improving job performance. Since the job description is all about job requirements, it stands to reason that it is the best base for identifying training objectives and methods. A Results-Oriented Job Description not only defines job requirements, it more importantly highlights the results that must be accomplished, and thus, explains why training is important. |
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Interviewing Job Applicants: More Powerful with a Results-Oriented Job Description
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| Interviewing job applicants takes time, and can be legally dangerous. You can solve both problems by keeping the conversation firmly rooted in job requirements as presented in a job description. More than just reviewing basic skills, with a Results-Oriented Job Description that focuses on expected results, you can develop a conversation that probes analytical and problem-solving abilities. |
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Job Qualifications: More Powerful with a Results-Oriented Job Description
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| Job qualifications are frequently vague, providing a troublesome standard for judging a job applicant’s ability to perform the job. “Must have an outgoing personality.” No help here. The job description already states job requirements, in concrete terms, so don’t waste time rewriting qualifications. But if you want a more powerful way to clarify job qualifications, use a Results-Oriented Job Description. |
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Orienting New Employees: More Powerful with a Results-Oriented Job Description
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| Teaching new employees what they need to know about their jobs will be more efficient when organized around job requirements as described in a job description. New employees are usually eager to learn, and want to do a good job, but they need an efficiently organized process, otherwise they’ll just get confused. Furthermore, not only do they want to learn what to do, they also want to know why they are performing job tasks. This is where a Result-Oriented Job Description comes in. |
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Writing Description Tags to Attract Visitors
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| If your title tag is considered the headline, then think of your description tag as the ad copy below the headline. A good description tag will compel the reader to visit your website, when viewed in the search results, right below your title tag. |
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Human Resources Job
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| Advertising a human resources job available within your company is the same as any other position, and key to all of them is writing the most adequate and best possible job description that you can. Today, in a business world that has become so muddied with legal complexities, writing a job description is often delayed as much as possible, left to the last minute, or done with very little thought at all. But, by denying yourself an excellent job description – and yes, they can be excellent – you are potentially denying your company that one person that could be the difference between success and failure down the road. |
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Title Tag and Meta Description Tag Optimization
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| Title Tag and Meta Tags are the author-generated source codes that are positioned in the segment of your HTML document. Apart from the Title Tag, other information inserted is not visible to the person surfing your web page, but is visible only to the search engine crawlers. Title and Meta Description Tags are especially important as they can be used to influence the ranking of your site (to a certain extent) and the way it appears in some search results. There are several Meta Tags like Meta Description Tag, Meta Keywords Tag and more, but out of the existing Tags the most important and popular ones are the Title Tag and the Meta Description Tag. |
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How To Write a Job Description
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| Think of a job description as a “snapshot” of a job. The job description needs to communicate clearly and concisely what responsibilities and tasks the job entails and to indicate, as well, the key qualifications of the job – the basic requirements (specific credentials or skills) – and, if possible, the attributes that underlie superior performance.
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