href=’http://www.articlegeek.com/authors/206.php’>Susan Anderson Many people are now looking for ways to get out of today’s corporate business world, and to become their own boss. One way that some have been successful is by opening up and running their own day care center. More moms than ever before now have to return to work after their baby [...]

By: Robert Boduch The concept is simple… Increase the amount of the initial customer purchase by offering discounts or other extra bonuses on quantity purchases. What you want to do is encourage the buyer to spend more money by offering special inducements, extras, discounts and special deals. Some buyers are happy to buy consumable products [...]

By: Roger Bourne Hear you are, perfectly relaxed as you attend the farewell party of Joe. Your boss comes up and asks,” Would you give the farewell speech to Joe in 10 minutes time?” “I can’t’” you splutter, “my vocal chords are paralyzed.” And the fear kicks in. “I can’t do this!” I must be [...]

By: Osama El-Kadi I was invited to participate in a round table discussion along with senior colleagues from the largest procurement organisations in Europe. The moderator of the forum asked a question to all the attendees:” what are your views on the latest thinking in procurement organisations – Cheap Sourcing”. People started answering while highlighting [...]

By: Osama El-Kadi Two Approaches: There are two negotiation approaches prevailing in the world today, but “unfortunately” only one that is more widely spread, especially in the negotiation training circles. First is the basic negotiation tactics approach, that dominates the training industry especially in the Western world. It is also practiced widely and naturally in [...]

By: Rob Dougan When you are planning for your next trade show exhibit you should look back to when you were only browsing the many different booths, exhibits, and displays. Remember what type of exhibits got your attention. Your presentation should also draw the crowd. Before you just rush out and purchase displays for your [...]

By: Josh Allen I’m going to start this off with the most essential mindset; I believe this to be the number one business-saving, money-generating rule. I call this the SGT method. SGT Method Sgt. Common Sense wants YOU … to Stop your Greedy Tactics! With your own personal gain in mind for business decisions you’ll [...]

By: Sean Priestley The entire concept of 6-σ (Six Sigma) is based on satisfying customers. Although the methodology is said to have been first proposed by Bill Smith of Motorola company (Wiki, 2006), statisticians have been aware of this concept long ago. Smith only was the first to apply it in production processes in 80′s. [...]