Choosing a business vendor is serious business. In my opinion, the dynamics are similar to a serious personal friendship and/or marriage. Trust and dependability is involved. In my book, Eleven Leadership Tips For Supervisors, I deal with selecting a technology vendor in chapter ten. I currently view all my technology choices as 2-5 year decisions.
Employee as a Partner to Business Success
If a lady wants your attention and love, it is courtship;
If she does not like your presence, it is molestation.
If an employee wants responsibility, it is empowerment;
If he does not want responsibility, it is a burden.
Choosing a Business Partner
I’m not going to go into the obvious criteria for the selection of partners such assuring they have the appropriate skills, experience and money – these should need no comment. The problem is that these criteria are often as far as most peoples’ consideration goes.
Do you have a long-term partner yet?
By now most people have realized that the Internet is not just about trying to make a quick buck.
Introducing Partner Relationship Management (PRM)
In this difficult economy, companies are looking for tools that can help them retain the loyalty — and business — of their customers. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is one such tool that’s received a lot of attention lately.
Will You Lead, Follow or Develop Your Board as Your Partner?
Why Conduct Board Evaluations?
In Bed With the Enemy: How to Successfully Partner With Your Competition
Strategic alliances are today commonplace among large corporations. The advantages allow these companies to successfully compete in the global marketplace. Powerful synergies are the outcropping of these alliances. Smaller companies can derive the same advantages through alliance relationships. In this article, I will focus on what I call Synergistic Partnering Alliances where competitors can realize great value by building relationships of integrity with one another.
Freelance Writers: How to Partner with Your Competition
Freelance writing is an unstable occupation sometimes. We already have to struggle with dividing our time between marketing our skills, writing queries, and seeking out new clientele. Sometimes there’s not enough time; sometimes there’s not enough money.
Global Revolution: Find the Right Overseas Partner
Team up with a well-connected distributor and watch your sales explode.
Hosting the Silent Partner for Your EBusiness
We have all been hearing the hype about online business–proponents declare that it’s the way of the future; detractors claim that it will never replace brick-and-mortar business…which is reality? The truth falls somewhere in the middle: Online business will never replace brick-and-mortar, but an online presence will be integral to the business model of any successful business. Already, e-commerce revenues are in the billions, and experiencing exponential growth. Any business that wishes to be competitive in this new marketplace–including your business–cannot ignore the power of e-commerce.
Many of you have taken that first step in putting your business online: You have done your research, identified your brand, and chosen and registered a domain name that speaks to your brand. That was the easy part. If you haven’t yet registered your domain name, don’t fret! You can easily do it at: virtualis.com