As any type of company or consultant, the WRONG clients can destroy your success. It is often very tempting to keep clients, since the money seems nice, but when you drill down to the nitty gritty, they are often not very profitable at best, and a complete resource drain that can damage your pocket book and your quality of life at worst.
Breaking Down Camps
As the guy who pitched in for both BarCamp and MashupCamp, I should comment on the back and forth that happened this weekend.
Enhance Time Warner By Breaking It Up
Investor Carl Icahn wants to see Time Warner split apart into four companies, and for it to buyback some $20 billion in stock from the market.
British Breakthrough Keeps Patients From Breaking Through Their Pants
British researchers have supplied the latest ammunition for the battle of the bulge-a drug that pumps up production of a hormone that regulates appetite. The lead scientists believes in the weight-loss solution so much he’s already set up a company to translate pounds into, well, pounds.
Sales Therapy 101: Breaking Your Fear of Cold Calling
Almost every day, visitors to my Unlock The GameT website click on my live instant-messenger chat button, which invites them to “Ask Ari a selling question.”
China is Breaking Trade Records
China’s foreign trade value hit a record high of $1 trillion in the first 11 months of 2004, making it the third largest trading country in the world.
Breaking the Ice and Winning Over the Client!
Wherever you turn these days you’ll find articles covering every business strategy and tactic available to man, from how to make a great presentation to strategies for success all the way to negotiations and prospecting and getting a client to commit. But hardly anyone touches on the subject of breaking the ice with a new client and winning them over.
Breaking In As a Telecommuter
Telecommuting, teleworking, working from home. No matter how you chose to phrase it, this type of flexible work option is gaining momentum. And it should. Just recently, a survey mentioned on Telcoa.Org, indicated that the number one or number two preferred job benefit for job seekers was telecommuting–even over health insurance! It seems like getting a telecommuting position is the way to go.
Study Shows Record-Breaking Online Ad Sales
In 1996, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) began tracking interactive advertising revenue.
Breaking the Voice Mail Barrier
Even if you never place a cold call, you still have to reach people by phone. That customer who was so interested last month never called you back, and now you must call her. You call once, twice, three times, but you can’t get her in person. How can you manage to close a sale if all you ever get is voice mail?