Posts Tagged ‘business’

Seven Great Questions to Ask at a Job Interview

If you are going for an interview as a prospective employee then you should do some research. Read the job description and requirements carefully. Browse the web site to see how the organization presents itself. Search for news items and comments about the company on news sites and blogs. For the interview itself you should dress smartly and appropriately. It is important to have some questions prepared and here… Continue reading

June 30 2009 | By Paul | Tagged: business, candidate, career, interview, job, sales | 19 comments»

Are you Satisfied?

In September of 1960, J.F. Kennedy engaged Richard Nixon in the first presidential candidates’ debate. Kennedy’s opening statement in that debate has now become the famous “I am not satisfied” speech. What Kennedy’s team rightly strategized was that in any competitive environment, political or businesses, sustainable success starts with focusing on your own house. You will not win the race by focusing on the competition. There are a number of reasons for this... Continue reading

June 16 2009 | By Clemens | Tagged: branding, business, coaching, competition, customer, entreprenuership, leadership, Management, marketing, success | 6 comments»

You Want Engagement? Then Start Being Clear!

You want engagement. But no one’s buying. If you want something done you have to spell it out in detail, or even give up and get to that ugly “I’ll just do it myself” place of the defeated manager. You feel like every time you turn your back, the wheels come off the bus again. You’ve got zero engagement. So how do you fix that? Continue reading

May 8 2009 | By Clemens | Tagged: business, change, clarity, commitment, engagement, entrepreneurship, growth, hopefulness, leadership, organizational development, teamwork, vision | 17 comments»

Overplanning Can Kill Your Business Idea

Most articles about starting a business cover planning. Creating your business plan. Creating your marketing plan. Creating page upon page of plans, plans with great intentions and perhaps excellent potential for success. There’s nothing wrong with planning itself; if there was, I’m sure we wouldn’t see such an emphasis on it in business literature. But not so often mentioned is the dark side of planning, and it’s the dark side that… Continue reading

April 27 2009 | By Joel | Tagged: business, ideas, Money, planning | 7 comments»

Starting A Business in A Challenging Economic Climate, Part 2 (Limiting Risk)

In Part 1 of this series, I talked about why now is a good time to start a business. But without Part 2, Limiting Your Risk, you may be setting yourself up for problems. Now is a great time to start a business, but part of starting a business in this kind of economy is playing it smart. How You Can Limit Your Risk: When you start a business in challenging… Continue reading

April 16 2009 | By Susan | Tagged: business, entrepreneur, Management, recession, small business, startup | 1 comment»

3 Scary Misconceptions About Money

It’s strange that for a society that’s so focused on making money and owning assets, we have some pretty unusual and downright scary approaches to the stuff and how it comes into our possession. Money doesn’t grow on trees, but we give our children and ourselves the idea that it’s nearly unattainable to make enough of it to live the way we want. Here are three of the common misconceptions… Continue reading

April 8 2009 | By Joel | Tagged: business, entrepreneurs, mindset, Money | 23 comments»

4 Steps to Personal Branding Success

In light of my new book, Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success (Kaplan), coming out internationally today, I want to share the main process used in the book that will help you build a powerful brand. Personal branding helps you stay very productive because you can focus on projects you enjoy and have a sense of purpose and passion behind them. It's… Continue reading

April 7 2009 | By Dan | Tagged: brand, business, marketing, personal branding, self-promotion | 8 comments»

Shattering A Few Myths About Copyright

It is unfortunate that people don’t know as much as they should about intellectual property rights. One day recently I briefly checked in to Twitter to see a discussion on the matter — a discussion that was propagating misinformed ideas. You might see copyright as a topic that’s only relevant to artists and engineers, but the truth is that this isn’t called the information age for nothing and intellectual property… Continue reading

April 6 2009 | By Joel | Tagged: business, copyright, law, Management, rights | 8 comments»

How to Find Your Entrepreneurial Passion and Purpose

A few weeks ago, I wrote a few articles about starting a business based on something you love doing and are passionate about. I received several responses from people saying they weren’t sure how to go about figuring out what they were most passionate about or how to find their true purpose. So I’m dedicating this week to these issues. When I work with a new client, the first thing we… Continue reading

March 31 2009 | By Susan | Tagged: business, entrepreneur, life, Lifestyle, motivation, passion, purpose, small business, success | 6 comments»

How To Do What You Have To Do When You Don’t Feel Like Doing It

How often do you get that lazy feeling? You know the one. It’s that heavy feeling that weighs down your entire body so the only things you really feel like doing is watching TV, surfing the Internet, or playing your Wii. Or, maybe you just feel like doing something fun instead of working, when you know you really need to get some serious work done. These are serious productivity killers… Continue reading

March 26 2009 | By Susan | Tagged: Add new tag, business, entrepreneur, Lifestyle, motivation, Productivity, small business, success | 17 comments»

8 Excellent Web Resources for Startups

In my role as editor at FreelanceSwitch, something I see a lot is freelancers interested in taking their business a step further – trading in their status as a freelancer and sole trader in order to start a company or firm in their profession. I also personally know of a lot of people who have never been freelancers, but were just recently professionals in the corporate world and are… Continue reading

March 11 2009 | By Joel | Tagged: business, entrepreneur, Management, startup | 6 comments»

If your business disappeared tomorrow…

If your business disappeared tomorrow, would anybody miss you? We all want to survive and we all want to thrive. But how cool would it be if your customers needed you to survive even more than you did? What would you be prepared to do to be that irreplaceable? Continue reading

March 9 2009 | By Clemens | Tagged: business, entreprenuership, leadership, Management, marketing | 8 comments»

5 Topics To Address When Talking With Your Partner About Starting A Business

One of the most important steps (if not the most important one) you can take when starting a business is to talk with your partner/spouse before you embark on your adventure. It’s absolutely crucial to have your partner with you on the same page when you start a business. Without their support and “buy-in,” in the long run you’ll end up sacrificing your success, your relationship, or both. Save your… Continue reading

March 4 2009 | By Susan | Tagged: business, career, entrepreneur, freelance, job, love, marriage, Money, partner, passion, relationships, risk, work, work at home | 5 comments»

In Praise of Small Success

Everyone these days is chasing after the billion-dollar idea. We look at the giants in the technology industry – Google, Yahoo, eBay, even Microsoft – and see companies that only a few years ago (or a couple decades ago in Microsoft’s case) were tiny startups struggling to get by. When they hit, they hit big, and made their owners more money than anyone on Earth had ever dreamed of having. Good… Continue reading

March 2 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: artist, business, community, corporation, success, true-fan, wealth | 17 comments»

5 Things You Need to Do Before You Dive Into a “Business in Blue Jeans”

Before you make the transition into non-traditional work, you need to do at least five things. Some are easier than others, but all are crucial to your success. Follow these steps to ensure that when you finally take the leap, you make a splash instead of a bellyflop. 1. Have a clear vision and a plan. Before you ever transition out of a job, you must have a clear vision for what… Continue reading

February 25 2009 | By Susan | Tagged: business, career, entrepreneur, freelance, job, Lifestyle, passion, work, work at home | 17 comments»