I will never forget the day one of my tax clients came to pick up his personal income tax return.
“How’s it look?” he asked.
“Well,” I said, “You’re getting a refund.”
Putting Images on Your Web Site
Once upon a time, in the dark ages of the Early Internet, there were no images on the web pages (in fact, this is poetic – no images, on the web pages). There were just links. Hyperlinks, hyperlinks everywhere, and not an image to click.
But as the Internet and the browsing technology improved, web developers were able to incorporate images, and as the HTML matured, images could also be used as Hyperlinks. And now some developers develop imageless web sites just as some “arty” filmmakers want to make black and white silent movies.
A Profitable And Successful E-mail Ad!
In order to have a “Perfect E-mail Ad,” your email only needs two (3) very important “Key” elements:
1. Be Requested.
2. A “Killer” Title.
3. An Email Link.
Don’t Waste A Dime On Pay-Per-Click!
Pay per click search engines are a way to get hundreds of targeted hits to your site quick. But in our hurry to bring hordes of visitors ready to spend their money we sometimes overlook what we’re trying to accomplish.
We need to maximize our click throughs, and pay less for each visit. So, following is my checklist of five sure-fire ways to get more bang for your pay per click buck.
You Have a Good Home Business Idea… What’s Next?
So, you want to start your home-based business. You have an idea. But do you know where to start? That’s important to start with the legal aspects of running a home-based business: business registration and taxes. The first thing you should consider is choosing an appropriate form of business.
From a legal point of view, there are four types of businesses:
The Annual Career Check-Up
As we are all aware, technical innovations, the globalization of the marketplace, increased competition and demands from consumers have all contributed to the necessity for flexibility and focus in meeting the needs of the rapidly changing, fast-paced workplace. Terms like “change management”, “life-long learning”, “multi-tasking” and “cross functional skill sets” echo these new demands made on employees at all levels.
Get The Raise Or Promotion You Deserve
Do your annual performance reviews come and go with no particular recognition of the contributions to your organization? Start a work journal to track your performance. It’s similar to a diary in that you must keep it faithfully, week-by-week, if it’s to have any value to your career. It can be a comprehensive record of your achievements on the job as a paid employee and also your non-paid activities at work. It should be detailed enough to record your contributions to progress, productivity, efficiency, cost cutting, problem solving, etc.
Interview Techniques For Frequent Job Changers
Since 1997 I have had several job changes as a result of downsizings, market crashes or company foldings. During some of the breaks in employment I worked as an independent consultant. Prior to that I had a fairly stable employment history. This recent spate of job changes usually comes up at interviews. Usually I demonstrate the most of the changes are the result of conditions beyond my control. What would be an effective strategy when presenting your employment history?
Benefit from the Hawthorne effect
This is a phenomenon first noted way back in 1924 – several years before the era’s leading “can-do” guru, Herbert Hoover, led the nation into the Depression. Elton Mayo was trying to study the effect of lighting on productivity at a Western Electric plant in Hawthorne, Illinois. He divided workers into two groups. For the test group, he increased the illumination in their work area. Productivity went up. For the control group, he left the lighting the same. Productivity went up.
That made no sense to Mayo, so he tried another study. He took a group of female workers, gave them regularly scheduled rest periods, company paid lunches and shorter work weeks. Productivity went up. Eighteen months later, all those perks were eliminated. And productivity? It went up once again.
Start Selling Online with No Inventory
I’ve recently discovered an easy way to promote your business and make some income at the same time. It’s a way to try out selling products online without a huge outlay of time or expense.