Monthly Archives: July 2007
Building a Budget in 6 Easy Steps
By Tara Dipalma I know you’ve heard it time and time again, in order to manage your finances you need a budget. Everybody knows this is true and still not everybody budgets, knows how budget or knows exactly where to start. First things first, a budget is a tool it can be as simple or … Continue reading
Purpose for Your Marketing Plan
By Joel Christopher Having a purpose is the first step in the marketing process, as stated by Jav Conrad Levinson. Many people have tried to define purpose in its purest from. Some people find their purpose handed over to them in a silver platter. Others had to go through much of the years of their … Continue reading
Pricing Strategies For Your Marketing Plan
By Alexander Gordon It seems like everything has been taken into account: the importance of an efficient marketing plan has been fully recognized; the search for a suitable marketing planner or software has already begun; the concerned resources are in place. The time frames have been worked out and competition analysis is already taking shape. … Continue reading
Using Surveys to Find You’re Prospects Hot Buttons
What one question, if answered, could provide your business with enough information that it could see a dramatic increase in sales, revenue and performance? The answer is “What one thing is your prospective customers looking for in relationship to your products or services?” Today, like never before, it is easy to obtain this information using … Continue reading
The 4 Ps of Marketing
There is no shortage of marketing programs, many with great profit potential. The challenge is to sift through and choose the ones that are right for your situation — the ones that have the greatest potential to grow your business. One key to knowing which marketing programs to choose involves thoroughly understanding how to leverage … Continue reading
The Seven Step Marketing Plan
Now you don’t need to shell out $4000 a day just to get an idea of how Jay Conrad Levinson’s Seven Step Marketing Plan works. This is a must-have for every budding Internet marketer. These are things you have to think over and write down before you go about your business. Purpose What is the … Continue reading
Testing Your Marketing Plan
By Ian RoeBuck Your market techniques can be improved with a little work. Learn from your mistakes and move on. In order for you to have a business you must have customers, and in order to have customers you must market. Marketing effectively means more customers. The best way to have no customers is not … Continue reading
How to Scope a Project
This is for those who experience finished budgets before the project delivery. This happens when you fall from one situation into the other. Especially with maintenance. You start with a simple remodeling and you see more and more things to improve and change. Making a planning is a first step in protecting your budget. But … Continue reading
Spreading Best Practices – Get It Done, or Get It Right?
When you discover a great new idea for your organization — a faster process, a better method, something that leads to higher quality products, enhanced customer service, or lower costs — you can’t wait to get the whole company to use the new approach. The benefits of adopting the new practice throughout your company or … Continue reading
Managing Service Minutes
Benjamin Franklin is attributed as the first person who said, “Time is money.” Well, that was over 200 years ago and you know, for Service Managers, it couldn’t be any more true today than it was back then. That is the essence of what Service Managers do everyday. They turn a technician’s time into labor … Continue reading