Very little that is worthwhile in life happens by accident. Cause and effect dictates that worthwhile results come from worthwhile efforts and the converse is also true. It’s basic goal-setting theory. Set the goal, put in place the steps that will eventually lead you there, carry them out and you will eventually reach your destination. Think of a business plan as a goal-setting tool for your business.
Putting the YOU in Your E-zine
I get many e-zines in my inbox every week, and they all offer useful information. But there are some I enjoy more than others.
Currency Formatting and Putting Commas In Numbers
This article will show you how to do two things:
1. Round numbers to the nearest hundredth, with two digits following the decimal point. This can be useful when displaying prices or the totals of orders.
2. Insert commas between every third digit (right to left) for numbers 1000 and larger. This can make numbers easier to read.
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.
Putting the A in FAQs
You’ve hunted and clicked your way through the Web site, but you can’t find the information you need. So you go to the FAQs. But the FAQ section is like a vast junk drawer, filled with a jumble of information. Thirty-nine questions organized alphabetically by the first word in the question, not the topic?! Questions arranged chronologicallyin the order they were asked?! Maybe the answer to your question is in there somewhere, but you’ll never find it.
Procrastination: What Are You Putting Off Doing?
What decisions are you feeling resistance to making? When you are “putting off” things, this is called procrastinating. Procrastination affects most people to a greater or lesser degree. You’re probably aware that at times, you’ve been inclined to put off a task. For some people procrastination has become a habit but the remedy is straightforward. Identify what you’re putting off and then address it. The key to handling procrastination is ACTION.
Sell More By Putting Your Prospects In A Trance!
A trance is when you are strongly and continually focused on a feeling, thought, vision, mood, emotion or idea. Usually it takes repetitive actions by a person to gain your attention. You have likely been in a trance at least a few times this week.
Putting First Things First
Quite often we hear business owners proudly explain how they have completed their succession plans for the company. Likewise, convention and conference meeting planners tell us their committees have chosen an attorney, CPA or Financial Planner to present a program on succession strategies for private companies.