Archive for November, 2007

11 Tips for Writing a Business Proposal

Business in the new millennium means fierce competition, aggressive marketing and strategic alliances. The extent to which a business succeeds or fails often depends upon that business’s ability to be awarded contracts or to attract other businesses into Joint Ventures or strategic alliances. To accomplish either one usually requires two key items: good ideas and [...]

The Four – Hour Work Week

I sure wish I had read this book twenty years ago. But then I could not have, since most of the technology he describes and uses to make his argument did not exist back then. I’m talking about a revolutionary new book titled: “The 4-Hour Work Week”…or How to escape the 9 to 5 rat [...]

Boost Business Brainstorming

Business is constantly changing. As a result, you need to stay on top of change. Here are 10 ways that you and your employees can generate a mountain of ideas for your business: 1. Start the brainstorming session off with jokes to get people laughing. Your goal is to get everyone ready to brainstorm. Laughter [...]

Getting A Second Interview

What you really need to know The majority of people find interviews a daunting task. You really should not. The long and the short of it is that an interview board have asked you to come see them. Taken time out of their day because they believe from just your CV that you have something [...]

Selling Financial Services With Integrity

Look for the Strategies Here is a kaleidoscope of sales calls to illustrate the skills I’ll be presenting here. Different industries and quite different decision makers create the settings and the characters. Selling training has many similarities to selling insurance and investments because the product is intangible. You can’t see, hear, or touch it. Selling [...]