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Archive for June, 2008

Start a Fire Sale! Give Your Faithful Clients Bonuses!

When is the last time you received an unexpected gift? Or a larger gift than you had expected?
Every quarter, I receive something special from the gardening magazine to which I subscribe: a packet of seeds or a ten page booklet on bird calls or a pair of knee pads for getting down and NOT […]

The Key to Small Business Growth? Understand the Buyer!

Unfortunately for all buyers, each selling organization and their individual sales professionals are unique and often require immense amounts of energy to build a relationship with. This keeps buyers guessing, which in turn keeps the sales organization guessing. It’s a constant game being played out across offices across the country.
To help both sides, […]

“Headlines That Sell!”

The idea is to catch their ATTENTION.
You might have the best product or service in the universe but if no one reads your email, no one will ever know about it.
How many emails do you receive daily?
And, how many of those emails do you delete automatically because the headline did nothing to capture your interest?
The […]

History of the Neapolitan Mastiff

The Neapolitan mastiff has been recognized as a breed in the modern world only since 1949. However through bas reliefs, paintings and statues dating from 3000 years before Christ, we can trace his roots to the giant war dogs of Egypt, Persia, Mesopotamia, and Asia. Even as historical a figure as Alexander the Great (356-323 […]

Disgusting Dog Behavior and What You Can Do to Put a Stop to It

Dogs, I’m sure you’ll agree, can exhibit some fairly bizarre behaviors. A few of them are down right disgusting! Lots of dog owners around the world look at these odd but common dog behaviors and scratching their heads in confusion, asks themselves just why their dog is doing this? The first thing we need to […]

Who Should Incorporate Out of State?

Reasons to incorporate your small business out of state
So you’ve decided to incorporate your small business and protect your personal assets. Unless you live in Delaware, Nevada or Wyoming, you’re probably considering incorporating out of state. Nevada has no corporate income tax on profits, no state annual franchise tax and no annual personal income tax. […]

Betting Halls Marketing Roulette — Coming to Terms With It

You are not required to leave the house to experiment with online gaming since everything is done from your familiar home office assuming you possess a PC and, obviously, an Internet connection.

Is Your Company Cognizant of the Mail Room Threat?

Security Consultant’s Perspective…
Regardless of your type of business, size or location, the threat
of workplace violence and terrorism is all around us these days.
It could involve you, your employees and your business at any
time. Protective Measures seem a bit of theatrics yet failure to
be vigilant or to exercise due diligence could result in a
disaster or a […]

Making Diets Work — How to Finally Lose Weight and Keep it Off

Name a diet…any diet. It doesn’t work. Try to name another diet. Nope, no good. It doesn’t work. No diets work. Don’t misunderstand me, diets can help you lose weight, but that’s only half the battle. What about weight regain?
Diets today don’t work because they focus on weight […]

Mom Let Me Off the Hook

I come from one of those large (eight kids) 50’s and 60’s Irish Catholic families. My mom worked before she got married and went back to work full-time when I was in fourth grade. She is smart - she had been in the first graduating class of women from the Georgetown U. School of Foreign […]