How to Reduce Temporary Employee Turnover The use of temporary services to stock a farm of employees is beneficial in a number of ways for an employer, and detrimental in others; but the one that will always be heard is that good labor is hard to find when using these services.
Shrinkage Control You work hard all year to make a profit. Do not let shrinkage wipe it out at the end of the year when the physical inventory count is taken and reconciled to your book inventory records.
The Retailers Calendar Retailers use a special calendar that facilitates planning sales and making comparisons from year to year. The IRS calls it the 52-52 week year.
What to do When You receive a Bad Check As a small business operator, personal checks may be one method to receive payment for your goods or services. As a way to receive payment, a personal check is actually better than credit cards becau...
The Diamond Cutter Geshe Michael Roach is a Princeton graduate and a Buddhist monk. After graduation, he spent seven years studying the wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism. At the suggestion of his teacher, he joined a fledglin...
Christmas and Business Gifts for Your Clients and Employees! Tis' the season for business and corporate gift-giving! If you believe in the law of reciprocity, and if your business is the least bit successful you must; you know that giving back is not only the ...
How To Turn Business Losses Into Cash Flow When the typical new business operator starts a business, they concentrate on making the business succeed. That is necessary but not the only thing that a business operator should concentrate on. A...
Are You the Culprit? Managers, start operating in your own best interest by taking a closer look at the public relations work underway on behalf of your unit.
The 3rd Plan Missing from your Business If you're like most people, you probably started with wonderful ideas of fulfilling your dreams, to be successful and to take charge of your own destiny. I hope you have achieved those or are well on...
4 Tips on How to Avoid Communication Lines Breakdown As a company grows, one area that often becomes a bottleneck is communication. There are certain dynamics that take place in communications, as the number of people involved increases.
How to Get Your Procedures Project Done Wouldn't it be nice for business owners and executives to be finished with their policies and procedures project already? They know they need to get it done, but maybe it's taking too long. Or perhap...
Why and How to Work with a Consultant A good consultant provides specialist abilities and experience, innovative ideas, second opinions (reality checks), unbiased appraisals, and new approaches. A good consultant will leave you with tool...
Stop Waste, Fraud and Abuse Each year, businesses write-off six percent of revenue to waste, fraud and abuse. But why would managers throw all that hard-earned money away when there is a reliable way to eliminate waste, fraud ...
Solving the Problem Solving Problem Too frequently, organizations and people want to rush to a solution and in doing so waste time, resources and the equity in their relationships by battling over solutions to different problems. "A problem half stated is a problem half solved."
Build Your Business (On A Shoestring): Hire a College Intern Starting up a new venture or business can be one of the most exciting times of your life. It can also be one of the most stressful. In the early months, or even early years of your business, cash f...
Managing a CAD Outsourcing Project We must first emphasize that here we are talking about outsourcing CAD projects, which is significantly easier than outsourcing software development or IT services (earlier articles of mine have expl...
Fruits and Vegetables and Phytochemicals Why it is important to eat whole foods, not just individual vitamin supplements. Phytochemicals in food work together to get us healthy and keep us healthy. Who...
Sexy Secrets You Must Know Here's where we reveal what we know after pouring through countless websites, medical journals and relevant literature. You can count Casanova and Don Juan, the...
Role Models for Your Teen By the time your children reach their teens, there is only a limited amount of time left to influence them and get them started in life in the right direction. ...
Be Aware of the Supreme Deceiver (Part 2) The truth revealed as we read about Hazael also reminds us of David who became so angry and indignant when he heard about the awful behaviors of a rich person d...
Weight Loss Product Warnings -- How to Spot Bad Pills There are numerous ways to make a bad weight loss product look good. How to Spot Bad Pills is the first article in a series on evaluating weight loss products....
Fixed Rate Mortgage vs. Adjustable Rate Mortgage The most basic distinction between types of mortgages that are available when you're looking to finance the purchase of a new home is how the interest rate is d...
Tanning Beds: History and Advice Tanning beds were brought to North America by German scientist Friedrich Wolff in 1978 and rose to popularity in the mid-1980s. Since then, tanning beds have be...
Credit Counseling – Signs That You May Need Help How will you know if you should seek advice from a certified credit counselor? Every persons scenario is different, however many carry similar themes, here are ...
Actin Antibody Available in Imgenex now Actin is a ubiquitous protein involved in the formation of filaments that are major components of the cytoskeleton. It is the monomeric subunit of microfilament...
12 Reasons to Market With Postcards You are overlooking a highly effective and very low-cost sales tool if your marketing activity does not include postcards. Here are 12 of the many reasons why y...
Tips On Writing A Killer Sales Letter Writing a sales letter doesn't have to be that difficult all you need is the right writing style and some tips to knock out a killer sales letter Benefits The ...
Making Good Websites that Stand Out Websites, there's literally billions of them out there in cyber-space. How many of them do you go to and just think this is boring, bland, or hard to use? It se...
