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ARTArticleEnthusiasm is Contagious!Would you rather work with people who hate what they are doing, or people who love what they are doing?
Obviously, it is more enjoyable to be around those who love what they are doing – their enthusiastic attitude is contagious, which makes the work environment better for everyone.rARTArticleEscaping the rat raceHave you ever had days when you felt like Bill Murray in the movie, Groundhog Day, when he wakes up every morning experiencing the same day? Do you feel unappreciated at work? Or even worse feeling worthless because you are out of work at the moment?
How many have had days like this?
9AM Arrive at work just in time for a coffee break surf the internet, visit your favorite blogs and social networks
10AM An unproductive meeting with 5 of your associates talking about what everyone should do
12AM Lunch…rARTArticleEven Off Duty, You Are Still Responsible for Customer ServiceThere are customer service lessons going on all around us. Many times all you have to do is watch and learn.rARTArticleEvery Employee Provides Customer ServiceAny company that wants to increase market share focuses on providing top-notch service. Not all companies, however, understand that every employee contributes to providing that service. While it’s easy to focus solely on customer-facing employees when considering improving customer service, we’d like you to broaden your view.ARTArticleExcuse Us For Pumping Types Of Accounts Receivable Funding In Canada ! Intrigued By Factoring Finance In Canada?Are some types of accounts receivable funding and factoring financing better than others? We're often accused of ' pumping’, aka ' promoting' this type of Canadian business financing for firms of all types in Canada. Why is that?
Is receivable financing, on its own or blended in with another financing a ' holy grail ' of business finance? Not really, of course, but it’s an effective solution that's often very misunderstood when it comes to the mechanics of it and the cost. Let's explain.ARTArticleExploit Your Business Cash Flow Problem ! Financing Your Balance SheetYour business cash flow problem. A lot of times it can be avoided and or fixed by examining your balance sheet and implementing solutions either traditional or alte
ative that address that problem and challenge.ARTArticleExploring Government SBL Loans In Canada . The Can and Can’t Of The Business Improvement LoanGovernment SBL Business Loans in Canada. You can... No you Can’t. What we mean of course is that the program is limited in some respects so lets clarify for Canadian borrowers what they can and in fact can't do with the BIL program - its the acronym for the federal Business Improvement Loan' program .ARTArticleFastest Growing Allied Healthcare CareersSome of the fastest growing professions in the country are allied healthcare occupations. But what exactly does allied healthcare mean and how is it different from healthcare? Allied health refers to the services outside of the three main healthcare disciplines of medicine, dentistry, and nursing.
Allied healthcare covers a whole gamut of services including physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech pathologists, home health aide workers, dental assistants, medical sonographers, speech pathologists, laboratory technicians, etc.ARTArticleFilm And Animation Project Finance - It’s A Mad Mad World Without The Canadian Film Tax CreditsFilm and Animation finance in Canada. What producer/project owner wouldn’t agree that it's a ' mad world ' when it comes to financing a project. That's exact where Canadian film tax credits enter from stage left - they play a key component in our overall financing strategy. Let's examine that a bit.
It's rarely a perfect world, but when on exists in film financing it’s a case of equity investors making a reasonable (or great?!) return on their original investment, and those mezzanine and gap type folks also achieving a solid return on principal and interest.ARTArticleFinancing A Business In Canada ? What Finance Company Or Solution Works Best?Financing a business in Canada. One of our favorite writers recently reviewed a U.S. report focusing on the ability of a company to finance its business in the U.S. . . . The report was portrayed as a current ' pulse ' of the market, including input from business owners and entrepreneurs.
That got us to thinking ... hey... this is Canada. Would that current ' pulse ' of the market be similar? Let's take a look and hopefully provide some insights into Canadian business financing.ARTArticleFinancing Tax Pigs . Your SRED ( SR&ED Tax Credits ) Tax Credit Claims Are Still 100% Financeable!Ouch! Make that a double ouch! Tax pigs? That was the assessment of one of Canada's leading economics and business professors when it came to Canadian firms who line up (we assume he meant at the trough?!?!) to get their fare share of what he called ' tax preferences' in Canada.
The thrust of the article, which appeared in one of the two leading business newspapers in Canada, was that Canada is losing billions, yes that’s billions with a capital B... to a long list of tax programs from which it derives little benefit.ARTArticleFinding a Career PathAlthough the economy has put limitations on many individuals as far as their work is conce
ed, other people find it very easy to find jobs in their particular field. That is why it is important for you to consider working in those fields if you would like to be able to find the work that you need and to continue working, even as the economy gets worse. What are some of the opportunities that are open to you, and how can you take full advantage of them in order to make a career out of them?ARTArticleFinding a Good Internet Marketing CompanyA big problem for lots of small to medium sized businesses is finding a Good Internet Marketing or Search Engine Optimisation Company who are able to help their online businesses succeed and prosper .ARTArticleFirst Step to an Abundance of ClientsYou must believe that you can get clients. One of the most damaging things I hear business owners do at the moment is talk about how bad things are and how there is no money around.
I can hold my hand up and say I’ve done it too. And when I catch myself, then I remind myself, I am creating my own reality through my thoughts and beliefs. And what I focus on is what I get.
Beware of taking part in chit chat about how bad the economy is, how business is suffering in your part of the world, the negative news, etc. The more attention you give to anything, the bigger it gets.ARTArticleFive Levels of Service: Making It to the TopA recent project of mine involved rating and comparing companies based on their level of customer service. I began with a basic rating scale of 1-5 (with one being bad and five excellent), but then I decided to get a bit more creative. I came up with descriptive names for the levels of service.
Five Levels of Service
1. Unacceptable – This may be a kind term for some of the more terrible examples of customer service, but it encompasses any service that is unacceptable for any reason.
2. Basic – Minimum standards and commodity.rARTArticleForeclosure Vs Short Sale - What Should You Do?When navigating through the real-estate world, understanding all the terms can be confusing. In this article we are going to go over the difference between a short sale and a foreclosure.
Okay, so first let's talk about a short sale. A short sale is when we get the bank to agree to accept less money than what is owed on the piece of real estate.ARTArticleFriendship drives 50% of all sales and business relationshipsIf you need more sales you don't necessarily need better sales techniques, you need more friends. Just refer to what Bob Burg calls "The Golden Rule of Networking": "All things being equal, people will do business with, and refer business to, those people they know, like and trust."
I find it odd when people say that they won't do business with their friends. I don't get it. I work with a lot of sales people and business owners and it appears to me that their goals are pretty similar:
• Help people
• Develop fulfilling relationships
• Have fun and enjoy the processARTArticleFrom Purpose to DecisionOne thing we have learned from experience is that once you have passion, fire and purpose behind your desire, the actual decision or "resolution" to fulfill your desire comes much more easily and with a "firmness of purpose".
The way we see it is, when you finally get down to the point of truly making a decision – you have to leave no room for turning back! You "burn the boats". It is in the decision where our free will comes in.
We are the only ones who know what our True Desires are; no one else, not even the Universe can dictate what our True Desires "should" be.ARTArticleFrom Resistance to Receptivity, There’s A Remedy For That!You, the possibility seeker, you know what you want, even if it’s not clearly defined yet, even if you are just starting to step into it, just starting to open the door and take a peek at the possibilities for your life that are beginning to call out to you. You may not know what you want yet, but you know you want SOMETHING. Something more? Something different?ARTArticleFurther your EducationWhen you want to further your education, you are eventually going to need to look at the options that are in front of you and choose one that is going to be to your benefit. It doesn't matter what type of education you're trying to achieve, the same obstacle is going to be a problem. Of course, if you look at the colleges and other higher learning institutions properly, you will be able to make a choice that is right for you and your individual needs.ARTArticleFX Trading and You?Mission Impossible by Tom Cruise lay out very difficult task but things always goes wrong and he will always recalculate his risk and proceed on till the end to achieve mission success. This is similar to Forex Trading.
Forex Trading involve a lot of risk and its not for anyone. Below is some risk discussed to make you ready for Forex Trading should you choose to accept. The first is that you will lose everything you put in.
Money!ARTArticleGet Back On Track With Your Personal BudgetNo one can ever be perfect with their personal budget; there will always be moments when you choose to overspend in a certain area, because something holds a higher priority for you than sticking to your budget. This can be either a conscious or unconscious decision. But getting back on track doesn't have to be difficult if you keep in mind 6 simple steps.ARTArticleGet the Best Deals on Sydney Flights‘Flights to Sydney’ the web portal based on providing travel services to Sydney from UK has launched yet another travel package called flight to Sydney. A comprehensive and up-to-date package it consists of services at unmatchable rates.ARTArticleGetting Citations and Reviews for You Local Real Estate BusinessIf you are a realtor, than local search engine optimization is an important part of the future of your local real estate business. Getting consistent reviews and citations are some of the best ways to insure you get to the top of your local search results. Citations are when someone mentions your business name and address on other webpages, even if there is no link to your website. Reviews are when someone post a comment about you or your business in different locations on the web. In this article I am going to give you a couple key ideas to use when getting citations and reviews.ARTArticleGetting Started With Evaluating Mutual Fund PerformanceWhen it comes to mutual fund investing, many people ask me how to evaluate the performance and quality of their mutual funds in their brokerage account, 401(k) IRAs, etc. Simply evaluating performance in terms of rates of return can be disappointing in our current environment; additionally, it doesn’t speak to an overall investment philosophy or guideline that you can refer to when times are tough.ARTArticleGetting The Most Out Of Canadian Lease Pricing and Best Lease Rates? Here’s How Capital Equipment Finance WorksHow can we get the most out of lease pricing, including by the way getting best lease rates in Canada what we access capital equipment finance via an equipment finance strategy? That’s a typical client question and we'll explore some answers, tips, and strategies in that area.
If there is a threat or disadvantage to equipment financing in Canada it’s a pretty simply one - being unaware of what areas can impact the advantages of a lease, for example a simple ' end of term ' option.ARTArticleGetting Your Home Ready to Sell When You Are On a BudgetThese days just about everyone is on a budget, so when it comes to selling your home you probably do not want to dump a bunch of money into to it just to get it ready to sell. So the question is...
What things are considered the most important when it comes to getting your home ready to list?
Recently over one thousand real estate professionals were asked that very question; what can the consumer do for least amount of money and the most amount of effectiveness? I would like to share the top four things:
1. Clean and De-ClutterARTArticleGolden Rules For Financing A Business In Canada . Working Capital and Debt Solutions .. That Make Sense !Financing a business in Canada. A challenge? Let's just say that's an understatement when it comes to working capital, debt, and ongoing management and recognition of finance problems and opportunities.
Are there some ' Golden Rules' we could follow. We think so.ARTArticleGood Bye Failure – Hello Success In Franchisee Financing In Canada . It’s All About Who And What In A Franchise LoanFranchisee financing in Canada. It goes nicely hand in hand with our contention; we're often told that it’s now what you know, it’s who you know. However, in the case of a franchise loan we think that both of those count.
It is very easy to see the appeal of franchising in Canada. In many ways it’s one aspect of the entrepreneurial dream, in effect ' no boss'. But the amount of time, effort and knowledge in being successful is of course critical.ARTArticleGoogle AdWords and your WebsiteUsing PPC Campaigns in your Internet Marketing Strategy
Pay-Per-Click (PPC) campaigns can be a very powerful marketing source if used intelligently. If left unchecked or improperly setup, however, these campaigns can be quite expensive and ineffective. Many business owners, for example, are perfectly capable of managing their own campaigns and yet time restraints and an often confusing interface makes hiring a PPC management company worthwhile. With a smart, strategic implementation, these PPC campaigns can direct targeted users to your website and make them paying consumers.