Business Strategies

Five PR Tips for Headline-Grabbing Profits

Nicole Glor | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Small Business Media, Pr, Small Business Publicity, Public Relations, Business Tips, Business Strategies, Pr Tips, Business Press, Small Business News
Nicole Glor

Your business is growing, but every time you open the newspaper, power up the iPad or turn on the TV, you see your competitors instead of your brand.

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How Being Young And Slightly Weird Can Help You Get Ahead

Forbes Woman | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Getting Ahead, Women in the Workplace, Strengths in Business, Women in Business, Weaknesses in Business, Workplace Culture, Business Strategies, Women News

One myth I would really love to smash to bits is the notion that only a certain type of person can be successful in business. I meet far too many peop...

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ROI on Design and Risk Reduction

Soren Petersen | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Design, Return on Investment, Business, Management, Risk, Business Advice, Business Strategies, Return of Investment Strategies, Business News
Soren Petersen

Usually one knows only 5 percent of what is needed at the stage where 70 percent of the product's cost is determined. Fortunately, there is some predictability, since return on investment and risk go hand in hand.

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A Ballet Dancer's Lesson

Nelson Davis | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Business Strategies, Mikhail Baryshnikov Discipline, Busines Tips, 80-20 Business, Business Advice, Mikhail Baryshnikov Ballet, Business News
Nelson Davis

A few days ago I read an interview with the famed Russian ballet dancer, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and one of his comments sent me into an hour of business thinking. It may be the first time that a person often seen in public wearing tights has given me a business lesson!

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What's Your Strategy? The Devil Is in the Details

Sophie Gold | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Sophie-Gold, Small Business, Sophie Gold, Business Strategies, Women Entrepreneurs, Business Strategy, Entrepreneurs, Sophiegold, Sun Tzu, The Art of War, Business News
Sophie Gold

Over the last couple of days I have been receiving emails asking how to put together a winning strategy for 2012. To be honest, it's a loaded question.

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Corporate Culture Part Two; Creating Your Vision

James M. Lynch | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Setting Goals, Executive Coaching, Transformational Businesses, Business Culture, Business Strategies, Work-Life Balance, Corporate Culture, Coaching, Management, Productivity, Business News
James M. Lynch

Here's my offering to help you create a corporate culture that works, hoping that you will give it serious thought for the sake of your employees.

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Reach Out and Touch Someone -- With Your Telephone

Carolyn Ziel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Media, Small Business, Strategy, Sales, Twitter, Business Strategies, Marketing, Business, Facebook, Social Media Marketing, Business News
Carolyn Ziel

Remember this iconic slogan? Its meaning is more important than ever. Our social networking medium is amazing, but what if you picked up the phone and made a more lasting connection?

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If Only We Could Work the Way We Play Football

Donna Flagg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Teamwork, Sports Teams, Strategy, Management, Football, Business Strategies, Hard Work, Performance, Business News
Donna Flagg

How great would the professional world be if only the genuinely talented players made the "team" and only the best companies "won?" Here's why football makes for the greatest work analogy.

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Is Your Business Falling Into 'The Big Rut'?

Les McKeown | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bureaucracy, Growth, Strategy, Business, Business Strategies, Business Advice, Business News
Les McKeown

There are three keys to ensuring that a reasonable dependence on systems and processes doesn't swell into arthritic bureaucracy.

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Passion in Business: Moving Out of Your Head, Into Your Heart

Carolyn Ziel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Business, Mission Statement, Small-Business-Innovation, Heart, Business Strategies, Leading, How to Lead, Motivation, Self-Help, Business News
Carolyn Ziel

My strategic plan is all about heart. More than ever, my heart leads and my head follows. I am not saying to stop marketing, stop selling, stop accounting and operations. I am just suggesting you lead from a different place.

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Confessions of a Female Entrepreneur

Michele Colucci | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Internet, Law, Women Entrepreneurship, Angel Investors, Business Strategies, Lawsuits, Web, Women Entrepreneurs, Websites, Women in Business, Funding, Venture Capital, Lawsuit, Investors, Web 2.0, Investing, Internet, Venture Capitalists, Startups, Scale, Fundraising, Entrepreneurship, Business News
Michele Colucci

Fund-raising is an awkward and often uncomfortable effort for those raising funds. But when the person asking is a women entrepreneur, the dance takes on many more nuances.

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Entrepreneurs Need to Master Competitive Selling

Marty Zwilling | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Start-Ups, Business Strategies, Business News
Marty Zwilling

In today's world of information overload and global reach, marketing and selling skills are critical to the success of every startup.

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Survival Instinct: Businesses Must Turn to Mother Nature

Gregory Unruh | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sustainability, Innovation, Biosphere, Business Strategies, Business News
Gregory Unruh

It's time for the biosphere to figure into more strategic plans -- as a partner and a competitor -- that is constantly adapting.

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How to Win Big

Eric Haseltine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Profitable Businesses, Neuroscience, Long Term Success, Business Strategies, Entrepeneurship, Business News
Eric Haseltine

By understanding that our brains automatically crank up the perceived urgency of here-and-now problems, we can set these perceived emergencies aside for just a few moments in order to think big.

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A Strategy that Integrates People and Products

Donna Flagg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sales Training, How to Work Efficiently, Strategy, Business Strategies, Training, Marketing, Organizational Behavior, Branding Strategies, Strategies for Growth, Marketing Strategies, Organizational Life, Business, Business News
Donna Flagg

Sometimes I get a strange reaction when I explain that there isn't any difference between marketing and training. People have a hard time grasping th...

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Canned or Not, Layoffs Affect Everyone

Fred Whelan and Gladys Stone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Job Layoffs, Layoffs, Job Losses, Jobs, Job Cuts, Work, Business Strategies, Business News
Fred Whelan and Gladys Stone

The good news is that you just survived the most recent round of layoffs. The bad news is that your job just got bigger. How do you keep up with your workload when more is being piled on?

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Why Turn to Mobile Marketing in a Down Economy?

Chris Brassington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mobile Marketing, Chris Brassington, Sms, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Scripps Networks, Emarketer, Chevrolet, Business Strategies, Business News
Chris Brassington

Mobile marketing offers an interactive experience for consumers and allows them to interact with a brand or advertiser at their convenience, with urgency and spontaneity.

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Five Creative Relationship Management Tips to Make Someone Say, "Wow, I Want To Be Your Client"

Keith Ferrazzi | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Starbucks, Microtel, Zappos, Business Strategies, Healthy Living News
Keith Ferrazzi

You don't have to have a multimillion dollar company to go above and beyond with creative gifts or acts of kindness that tell clients -- or even employees, colleagues or friends -- that you're paying attention.

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Introducing BraveHeartView.com: Change the Channel to Find Inspiration in Only 10 Minutes!

Ellie Drake | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tivo, Television, Dvr, Karina Smirnoff, Business Strategies, Braveheart, Mark-Hemingway, Entertainment News
Ellie Drake

Think of it as conscious television on the Internet: empowered programming designed to energize, entertain, educate, and inspire you.

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Riding the Social Media Wave

Daniel Dworkin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Branding, Social Media, Business Social Media, Social Media in Business, Social Networking, Business Strategies, Business News
Daniel Dworkin

If you believe that employees are your "most precious resource" and that their engagement is tied to their productivity and thus your bottom line, than you'd be wise to embrace social media in the workplace.

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Isaac Mizrahi on the ROI of 'Real Women'

Juliette Powell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fashion, 33 Million People, Isaac Mizrahi, Juliette Powell, Fashion Trends, Social Media in Business, Social Media, Social Networking, Business Strategies, Business News, Business Social Media, Branding, Style News
Juliette Powell

The man behind the brand, Isaac Mizrahi, actually walks the walk and talks the talk of an effective social media strategy and, more importantly, he seems to be having fun while doing it.

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