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10 Sales Strategies For Taking Charge of 2015
Tactics constantly come and go in sales without making a significant impact on outcomes. On the other hand, solid strategies can make a significant difference in what happens. Here are 10 sales strategies that can have a positive influence on your performance in 2015. 1. Define yourself clearly. Most people let others decide who they […]
“What is the best use of my time right now?” The famous question posed by author Alan Lakein, and the related response, “goal setting and planning,” captures the essence nicely. For the typical business owner, “planning” brings to mind income-tax planning, or perhaps sales planning, or even budget planning. While all of these are important,
Making Year-End, Charitable Gift-Giving Decisions
“No one has ever become poor by giving.” — Anne Frank You can count on it. For every holiday greeting card you’ll receive this year, you most likely will get an equal number of traditional “end-of-year” appeals from worthwhile local, national, and international charitable organizations. They hope that they, too, might reap some benefit from
How Homeowner Policies Affect Your Home-Based Business
From a technological standpoint, running a business from home has never been easier. Smart phones, email, fax machines, the Internet, skyping, have all led to a major surge in what have been termed “homepreneurs.” It’s believed more than half of all U.S. businesses are based out of an owner’s home. Unfortunately, many of these people
Are You And Your Roof Ready for Winter?
As the year comes to an end, it’s time to think about winter’s potential threats to your building’s roof. If we lived in a perfect world, we would never have any roof collapses, because: – Roofs would be properly designed to meet code requirements for snow loading, including any sliding or drifting conditions; – Buildings
Does Your FSA Plan Meet ACA’s Excepted Benefit Requirements?
Your organization’s health plan is not the only employee benefit that will be affected by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2015. Employers that offer a flexible-spending account (FSA), or a cafeteria plan, need to be aware of new mandated requirements established under ACA, and set to go into effect for plan years beginning on
Making Self-Promotion Work For You
There’s nothing complicated about being successful in business. It’s simple and it goes like this: “It’s all about making a name for yourself.” That’s it, self-promotion or getting known. Whether it’s finding and impressing prospects, keeping current clients, or moving ahead in a career, volunteering has long been the platform for gaining visibility. For some,
Here we are, nearing year-end, and everyone’s favorite topic — income-tax planning. This year you should be hearing your CPA mention things like net investment income tax and the unknowns around the fate of the “extenders.” While the net investment income (NII) tax is not pleasant, it exists and can be counted on as a
“The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is its inefficiency.” — Eugene McCarthy We’ve all seen the news reports on the ability of “computer hackers” to access electronic information that is reportedly well protected. These reports are relatively ominous. Millions of individuals have had their credit-card information illegally obtained. Hackers around the globe
CNY CEO: A chat with Dave Shiroff, owner of Metro Mattress
Editor’s Note: CNY CEO is a new feature appearing regularly (about every month) in The Central New York Business Journal, authored by guest writer Jeff Knauss who is president of his own digital-marketing firm. In each edition of CNY CEO, Jeff will chat with a different top executive of a Central New York business or
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