Business Basics

Business Marketing on the Web

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Are you marketing your business on the interWeb? Do you even know where to start? Ok – here it is – simple as I can get it. Option 1 – Basic – no website – Just get your business listed on the Internet. Do this for sure – to at the bare minimum get your contact on the internet so that people (aka – your customers) can find you when they search online. – Business directory listing. Go to Google and type in your town name and the word ‘directory’ or possibly ‘business directory’. Look at the first few listings and see if any

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Leadership in Business

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What is a Leader? Many experts will tell you that Leadership is one of the most important things for business success.  So leadership and the traits and characteristics of a leader is something we should study and learn. Correct? Leadership is a matter of intelligence, trustworthiness, humaneness, courage, and sternness . . .    When one has all five virtues together then one can be a leader Sun Tzu – The Art of War Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. Peter F. Drucker Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you

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Marketing Beliefs and Principles

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I want to let you know about my marketing beliefs. Share with you some of the basics, some principles that I know work, so that we can move forward together. ABC – Always Be Closing – an old sales axiom – and one that I have heard often.  I agree to a certain extent – but I like to change it to ABS – Always Be Selling.  In every facet of your business you need to be aware that you are selling.  That is crucial.  And with that goes the idea that everyone in your organization is a salesperson for your company – at

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Building a Business Website – should you use WordPress?

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I have built many a website in a variety of ways – from hand coding html, wysiwyg (What you See is what you Get), DreamWeaver (still my favorite), Joomla and many WordPress blogs and websites. WordPress websites?  What do you mean?  IS not WordPress a blogging software / platform? Well yes, WordPress was originally set up to create blogs – and does a remarkable job.  It is easy to set up and maintain, easy to update, add new posts, have comments, etc.  It has a multitude of themes and plugins so you can modify and customize it any way you feel like it. So

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Organizational Behavior and Management

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Organizational behavior’s most central issue is about people – dealing with people – improving their job satisfaction and their performance in their job so that the organization itself can improve. Key to the whole process is management.  Managers support the work of others.  Managers are responsible to help people get things done – for the good of the organization – in a high-quality and personally satisfying manner. Managers must work with their team.  They must be the team leader – they help to coordinate the operation.  They help coach people to improve their job performance. The management process involves four functions – these being

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