There is no shortage of websites that will try to teach you about online marketing, and that’s a good thing for beginners. However, not every type of business can be optimally promoted online. Take local services, for example, like those college students are known to do part-time: lawn mowing, gardening, babysitting, tutoring, book lending and [...]
There are times when even the smallest business decisions can bog you down. Should you call the client now or wait a little? Should you send the papers today or tomorrow? Should you open an account in this bank or that? Should you wear a more formal attire in a meeting or is that a [...]
I think we’ve all seen this in movies or on TV: A writer, looking like he hasn’t gotten any decent sleep, bangs furiously on the keys of a typewriter. He goes over the page obsessively, and spotting something that displeases him, pulls the paper from the machine and crumples it into a ball. This promptly [...]
There are plenty of reasons why you sometimes have to turn a prospective client down. It may be that you’re already swamped with work, the job required is beyond your current capabilities, the offered payment is too low, or some other intangibles. Whatever the case, one should be careful in turning a client down. A [...]
A lot of business deals today don’t happen face-to-face. Even inside offices, a big part of work-related communications are conducted through email. Now with a global economy, it’s the most cost-efficient means to contact business partners overseas. The medium may be popular, but the problem is people don’t give much thought to email composition. It’s [...]
