Post by Amy Blais, contributing Women on Business writer In the current economic climate, it seems all we hear about is the bad news; people losing their jobs, companies going out of business, and banks failing. Oftentimes the overload of negative news makes us forget about the power of the entrepreneurial market in the US economy. However, entrepreneurs can be the answer to … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2009
The Value of Casting a Long-Term Vision
Organic company growth is typically seen as something that is steady. Five to twenty-five percent a year growth is deemed reasonable and in many cases aggressive. Hockey stick growth, that which is 50, 75, 100+ percent growth in a single year and then sustained at high rates in a few subsequent years, is usually thought to only occur through acquisitions or mergers. This does … [Read more...]
Need a Business Website idea? Hint: Put “Secrets” somewhere in the Title
Post by Monica Flores, contributing Women on Business writer I started my first website in 1999, when I was a contributing member of The Odyssey World Trek for Service and Education http://www.worldtrek.org. This is a "blog"-type site, where my teammates and I travelled to 30+ countries and did "posts" with audio, video, and stories of people working on different social … [Read more...]
How important is Relationship Marketing?
It doesn’t matter whether we are in a recession or prosperity, staying in touch with clients is imperative. Staying in contact not only shows that we care about our clients’ needs and wants, it also shows that they can trust us to be there for them at any given time. The more support we provide and the happier our clients are, the more they will come back and purchase from … [Read more...]
What is YOUR idea of an ideal organisation?
A blog post I read recently that asked “what does your ideal organisation look like?” got me thinking. If we don’t know what our answer to that question is we will never reach it! … [Read more...]
Is Your Sense of Loyalty Actually Hurting Your Career?
If there’s anything that this economic downturn has taught us, it’s that the only person looking out for you is you. In this era of mass layoffs, slashed benefits and mandatory work “furloughs,” we’re all learning quickly that years of loyalty aren’t worth much in a recession. I think that this mindset can sometimes be more difficult for women to get used to than men. … [Read more...]
Promote Women. It’s Profitable
I read a very interesting article recently in The Boston Globe called, "The Female Advantage. A New Reason for Businesses to Promote Women: It's More Profitable." http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/05/03/the_female_advantage The premise of the article is that companies with more female leadership in place at the Board and executive level are more … [Read more...]
Is Your Business Style on Target?
Post by Jane K. Stimmler, contributing Women On Business writer How often have you seen a colleague in action at a meeting or conference and said to yourself – wow, doesn’t she realize she phrases every sentence like a question?… or…she looks like she’s ready to go to a party, not a meeting… or…she rambles way too long when she talks…or…she seems like she’s really unfriendly … [Read more...]
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“As If” vs. “What If”
Posted by contributing writer Chrysty Beverley Fortner. I used to live in the land of "what if." It's not a very enchanting place to be, but so many of us end up there time and time again. Let’s compare two stories of far away lands: "What If;" where the princess never kisses her prince and the knight never slays his dragon to “As If;” where the princess is already making … [Read more...]