Strategic Planning Articles
As business owners and managers we are quite often caught up in the day to day work of running our businesses, dealing with clients, managing staff, developing new products and more often than not fix
Mon, 11 Jun 2007: How Investing Overseas Can Help Your Domestic Market
Investing overseas can help a firm protect its domestic market in three different ways. The first is to establish foreign operations in countries where the firm has major clients (Ball et al., 61, 200
Mon, 28 May 2007: Ideas On Starting A Magazine
Starting your own magazine is an ambitious project. I'm probably more timid than you, because I would suggest that you establish your journalistic chops first. If you've got a track record as an effic
Sat, 26 May 2007: Ways Of Breaking Into Publishing
I have always wanted to work for a newspaper or a magazine. It has been my goal for as long as I can remember. I have a degree in graphic design and have wanted to do layout design. I have had trouble
Sat, 19 May 2007: The Power of Planning
Every great invention, every work of art, every new innovation all starts with a thought. Thoughts are the most powerful forces in the universe - with the right thoughts and right focus you can achiev
Mon, 14 May 2007: Insurance Deductibles and How the Changes Will Affect Health Care Professionals
First of all, let me make clear that I do not really know what will happen. I can however for sure tell you that, like the stock market, the game is fixed!! Yes, I mean just that. You will never win.
Mon, 7 May 2007: Best-Laid Plans Going Awry For You?
Robert Burns stated it well in "To a Mouse" when he made this statement, "The best-laid plans of mice and men go oft awry." No matter how carefully you plan a project, something still may go wrong.How
Tue, 24 Apr 2007: Better Business Direction With Strong Strategies
After completing the Vision and Mission Statement portions of a Business Plan, the next step is to come up with strong strategies that will make the business successful.Along with setting the directio
Sat, 14 Apr 2007: Keeping A Close Ear to the Economic Pulse of Your Customers
Every business begins with a small seed of an idea, a great invention, or a dream of a new and improved product. While making a profit is surely a concern for any entrepreneur, offering a quality prod
Thu, 12 Apr 2007: Don't Let the Process Derail Your Business Sale
Most business owners sell only one business in their lifetime. It is complex, emotional and pressure packed. Given this backdrop, the odds of a great outcome are, well, not that great.One of the most
Tue, 10 Apr 2007: Who Do You Think You ARE Anyway?
In order to write a vision for your business, the first step is identifying who you really are and what is important to you.Not what you DO or have been doing, but who you ARE.You may be doing things
Thu, 5 Apr 2007: Strategic Planning: The Three Key Elements Of Business Strategic Planning
For businesses strategic planning is a concept, a mind set and a process. It is looking down the road at what's around the bend. When everyone around your place is focusing on what's coming you will a
Wed, 4 Apr 2007: Delay Gratification - Get Results
We live in a society driven by instant gratification.Why wait for tomorrow when we can have it now. Buy now, pay later. Earn millions today. Get rich quick. Lose weight without eating less.You can'
Mon, 12 Mar 2007: The ingredients for a successful business plan
Running your own business can be very rewarding however it is certainly challenging too. You’ll find yourself working long hard hours and making difficult decisions day in day out, so it is definitely not an easy option. A heavy dose of realism and plenty of research is a must before you take that first step and approach your bank manager for finance.
Sun, 25 Feb 2007: Manage call-center performance with business metrics
Some facts about call center. It works better, if you pay more attention to coaching. It works better if you measure and control internal process performance. It MUST generate revenue.
Thu, 22 Feb 2007: Understanding The Ambidextrous Organization
The Roman god Janus had two sets of eyes - one pair focusing on what lay behind, the other on what lay ahead. General Managers and corporate executives should be able to relate. They, too, must cons
Fri, 16 Feb 2007: Putting Security at Risk
To survive in a competitive global environment, an organization must provide targeted customers more value than its competitors, as customer value is the difference between all the benefits derived fr
Fri, 16 Feb 2007: The Marketing Research Challenge
Many firms, driven by a need to better communicate with their customers and other stakeholders, recognize that marketing "is not a specialized activity at all. It encompasses the entire business and i
Fri, 9 Feb 2007: Using Expert-Based Research to Enable Innovation
In today's environment of economic hardship and intense competition, almost every CEO in America realizes the importance of increasing their organization's ability to innovate. In fact a recent Pricew
Wed, 7 Feb 2007: 3 Steps To Creating A Marketing Plan For Your Business
Every start-up venture needs a business plan, yet many entrepreneurs do not realize a marketing plan is equally vital. Unlike a business plan, the marketing plan focuses on the customers. A marketing
Thu, 25 Jan 2007: What Marketing Can Do For You
I thought I would clear up some misconceptions about marketing. What Marketing Can Do For You and What Marketing Can't Do For You. We'll start with the positive.Over the years, I've had dealings with
Tue, 2 Jan 2007: Selling Your Business - Prepare for the Buyer Visit
In our mergers and acquisitions practice a very important event prior to receiving letters of intent is the buyer visit. Don't be fooled into thinking that this is a simple headquarters tour. Experien
Wed, 20 Dec 2006: Contractor and Home Builder Shows: The Power of Advertising
Contractor and Home Builder shows are becoming extremely popular among folks who are looking to build their home or are even just slightly considering having one custom-built themselves. Some of them
Fri, 15 Dec 2006: Selling A Business - The Eleventh Hour Contract Change
The next line could be, "Will it Derail Your Sale?" We have seen it go both ways, unfortunately. If a deal does blow up, everybody looses. The seller has spent six months of divided focus and many of
Mon, 11 Dec 2006: Getting Your Computer Business Ready for High Tech Peripherals
Much of the effort in beginning a home based Internet business is installing and maintaining the various technical pieces of software and equipment programs you will need to market, create, and delive
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