• Things to Consider While Moving Office

    Growth brings many challenges, and calls for decisions that are tough to take. You might not think of it as a big deal, but finding suitable office space to accommodate your growing needs, is one of those decisions.




  • Make Money With Your Joint Ventures?

    The answer is a resounding yes! It doesn't matter what industry you're in, type of business or number of employees (if any besides you!), creating joint ventures will help you gain new market exposure and make money as well.




  • Motivating Employees: What’s Money Got to Do With it

    Are you under the impression that employees are happy only when you pay them more money? No! That isn’t always true. Even though money acts as a major contributor to employee motivation, remember it is never the only way.




  • Negotiating: Hard Talk at Work

    In the course of running your business, you will find yourself at the negotiating table at lot. Whether it’s a case of striking that huge deal with a marquee client or trying to extract the last cent from a tough talking vendor, your skills of negotiation will be tested to the limit. Tough negotiators are viewed with respect. So, how do you measure up?




  • The Top Income Generating Mistake New Business Owners Make

    Are you looking for the next Pet Rock, Furby or Red Bull? Have an idea for the next new thing you know will make you a millionaire?




  • Multicultural Staff: I Speak Your Language

    One among the many attractions of any cosmopolitan city is cultural diversity. Therefore, it is only to be expected that businesses located in such places would have multicultural staff. Having people with different backgrounds work for you can be an advantage, but at the same time, this may give rise to greater conflict and misunderstanding. Therefore, the key to managing your multicultural staff is to be sensitive and sensible.




  • Link Building: Create a Chain Reaction

    No doubt you’ve heard of word-of-mouth advertising, whereby products or companies get a boost when people talk positively about them. The online equivalent of this kind of advertising is link building. What does it mean? Link building involves getting other websites to link to your site. It is similar to having your friend recommend a good doctor or restaurant; it carries more weight than an address listed in the yellow pages. If a viewer comes to your site through a link from another site, it obviously has more significance than if the person just stumbled across it.




  • Stop Selling, Ask for a Sales Referral!

    A sales referral is when you, as a sales professional, ask a client, a prospect (or even an acquaintance or friend) for the name and contact information of someone who might have an interest, need or want for your product or service. An introduction to the individual makes the sales referral even more powerful.




  • Making Money Through Blogging

    There are a couple of ways to turn blogging into a profit making machine. One way is to contact different companies to buy advertising space on your blog, so that they can reach a niche audience. Another way of making money through blogging is to help a single brand or company improve or sell its image by talking and writing about it in your blog. There is a lot of money to be made either way, especially if you are good at marketing and sales.




  • Must-have Gizmos: Good Living, Here We Come

    Technology is growing in leaps and bounds to automate everything we do through must-have gizmos. You will need them too, if you have to keep pace with the world around you. From smart phones to slim laptops, these gadgets rank high on performance and style! You can’t imagine being a smart entrepreneur without atleast one of these by your side.