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As the year 2001 winds into its final quarter, it is safe tosay we're not in the 20th century any more.The unprecedented long cycle of prosperity we enjoyed in the90's led many to believe that we were...
Donna Schwartz Mills | Business Articles | January 16, 2002
Make no mistake; there are literally thousands of potential tightly niched markets out there. Markets abound! Your first job is to find one, and discover what it is the market wants. Then, and only th...
Noel Peebles | Business Articles | January 15, 2002
When it comes to influential people of the businessworld, the names that come to mind include Carnegie,Rockafeller, Ford, Gates and others. Their lifestories are worth looking into just to see where t...
David Stoddard | Business Articles | January 14, 2002
A good employee is one of your company's greatest assets. A poor employee is a liability.Poor employees are unsuited for the position they fill. They might lack the skills needed to do the work. Or, t...
June Campbell | Business Articles | January 14, 2002
When you think about ways to gain repeat business from yourcustomers, you probably turn your thoughts to marketingefforts such as advertising, public relations and othermeans that will allow you to re...
Diane Hughes | Business Articles | January 14, 2002
When the World Trade Center in New York was attacked,many business people didn't know quite how to react. Sadly, we had never seen a disaster on this level.How should we respond? Should we close our d...
Kevin Nunley | Business Articles | January 14, 2002
Customer service is the foundation on which businesses are created. Unless you understand your customers and treat them with respect, you will go out of business. That is a well-known fact. However, t...
Carole Nicolaides | Business Articles | January 14, 2002
Almost daily, newspapers, business magazines, radio and television carry reports of companies, large and small, that are downsizing. Their attention is chiefly focused on the impact to the employees, ...
John Di Frances | Business Articles | January 14, 2002
As a Baby Boomer in good standing, I've seen recessions before --lots of 'em. The first recession I remember was 1958 and theeffect it produced on the Republican Party. (I sure hope GeorgeW took Ameri...
Dr. Jeffrey Lant | Business Articles | January 14, 2002
Our minds work in wondrous and mysterious ways, don't they?The power of imagination is both a blessing and a curse. All the greatest inventions have come about because of thepower of imagination. Thin...
Dennis Eppestine | Business Articles | January 14, 2002
Today's Wall Street Journal has a lengthy article about retailersexpecting a "blue" holiday sales season of low sales. Unfortunatelythis is exactly what will happen to many of them. However, it willno...
Gary Onks | ECommerce Articles | January 14, 2002
Dear Mr. D,I have owned a sporting goods store forthe past 15 years. A few months ago Idecided to take the plunge into the worldof ecommerce. Boy, what a differencebetween a brick and mortar store and...
Bill Daugherty | ECommerce Articles | January 14, 2002
Believe it or not the success or failure of your attempt to collect adebt is usually decided right at the beginning of your phone call -with the very first thing you say after the other party says hel...
Jim Finucan | Finance Articles | January 14, 2002
There are more offshore banking havens than you can shake astick at. Nicholas Pullen tells you how to separate thewheat from the chaff, and make sure the haven you choose isreally a safe-house for you...
Nicholas Pullen and Henry Morgan | Finance Articles | January 14, 2002
Do you have a written business plan?Are you following your plan? You are the operation manager of your business, how do youoperate without a plan?Your business plan is the road map to success, without...
Robert Wardrick | Business Articles | January 13, 2002
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