As advanced consumer electronics like digital cameras, PDAs, multimedia mobile phones, and similar devices become increasingly affordable to the everyday user, we find ourselves having to keep track of more and more types of technology, which makes keeping all of our devices compatible with each other increasingly difficult.
Four Steps to Overcome Collaboration Obstacles
A thoughtful feature in the Financial Times discusses the question of why in-house collaboration in organizations is so difficult, with the consequent impact on effective working.
Content Spammers Help You Overcome Prostitute Phobia
Ah, spammers. Sometimes their creative wily ways come back to the bite them. And when it does, it’s always good for a laugh. Over at Boing Boing, a directory for wonderful things indeed, we are treated to a path that will lead us to a life free of the fear of prostitutes.
3 Buying Obstacles You Must Overcome
Do you know how may sales you lose from customers who almost buy from you? Losing “almost customers” is a major source of lost income for most businesses. But few are aware of the problem and even fewer employ a strategy to prevent this unnecessary loss of income.
Top 10 Ways For Copywriters To Overcome Writer’s Block
We all know that words have the power to persuade, compel and most importantly, sell.
The Top Three Problems IT Managers Face and How to Overcome Them
Today’s business environment has changed drastically from just a few years back. Rather than working exclusively with equipment, data, and systems, today’s IT managers face issues such as cross training, personnel management, interdepartmental communication, and a widening job scope for all IT employees.
How to Overcome the Call Center Conundrum
Master Time Management
Each day customer service representatives at BancTec Computer and Network Services field roughly 5,000 telephone calls that average 14 minutes and may go as long as an hour–and need to. So when company executives put on the pressure to cut costs and realize efficiencies, Jackson had to be creative.
10 Tips To Overcome Your Fear Of Selling
Ahh. Selling. Sometimes, this is a word that is dreaded and feared by all but the most intrepid business owners. It seems that, even though we all know we need to “sell” our products and services, many of us feel fearful or anxious about actually doing so.
Overcome Writers Block with Snake Dancing
Writers block! Even columnist Dave Berry has it. He admits that at least 30 times a day when writing his humor column, he gets up from his computer to sip his Pepsi and to divert his attention when he can’t think of what to write. Recently, he reached for the cola and instead found a coiled snake. He tried barbecue tongs to carry it away, but when it landed in his pool, he kept the dance going trying to catch the thing.
Overcome Information Overload with Mind Maps
For people who work with information, the problem used to be finding enough of it. If you were analyzing a subject, or writing a report, most of your time was spent finding the information you needed.