The Customer Buying Process and How to Use Online Marketing at Each Stage
Online Marketing: The Buying Process When conducting online marketing, we often times focus solely on the act of purchasing. This strategy becomes problematic because buying is actually an entire...
View ArticleNot Starting Off with the Right Business Type - Legal Issues for Entrepreneurs
There are many different companies in the US. Starting one is easy, but changing from one to the other later involves a whole host of complex legal issues. A lot of entrepreneurs make the mistake of...
View ArticleHow Extreme Is Bernie's Economic Vision?
Major progressive economists are protesting Bernie Sanders predictions of robust economic growth and jobs if his policies are enacted. What are his policies? Policies he claims will give Americans what...
View ArticleWeekend Roundup: Politicizing the 'Rule Of Law' in China -- And the U.S.
Ironies abound. While America is engaged in a bitter partisan battle during this election season over who will control the "non-partisan" U.S. Supreme Court, China's Communist Party authorities are...
View ArticleMortgage Repayment: Questions About Repayment as an Investment (First of a...
Questions from readers about why and how to pay off a mortgage early outnumber those I receive on any other topic, including loan origination. Borrowers typically spend only a few weeks, at most a few...
View ArticleHave Activist Investors Finally Lost Their Luster?
Trust is the foundation of American capitalism. Many activist investors have damaged that faith. Through 2014 and 2015, the activist investor movement was picking up steam. Corporate boards were...
View ArticleTrailblazing Women: Jenny Tooth OBE, CEO, UK British Angels Association
This interview is part of a series on Trailblazing Women role models (Entrepreneurs and Leaders) from around the world and first appeared on Global Invest Her. You have to see what you can be."Have...
View ArticleI Grew Up Poor in a Rich Person's World -- Tales of a Serial Entrepreneur
I stopped asking for presents at age 8. That's when I understood that my family was poor, and that I couldn't ask for much, because the answer would be "No." It's these memories that stand out in...
View ArticleUnderstanding Distribution Can Save Your Company From Peril
Many people go into business thinking that if you can eliminate the middleman, you can make a lot more money. As a result, when the Internet came into common use, many in the middle were eliminated....
View ArticleYoung & Entrepreneurial: Harvard Student Drops Out To Pursue Social Network...
This article is part of the Young & Entrepreneurial series that features young startup founders and entrepreneurs. You can see past features here. To stay up to date with future posts, sign-up...
View ArticleWhy Attitude Is More Important Than IQ
When it comes to success, it's easy to think that people blessed with brains are inevitably going to leave the rest of us in the dust. But new research from Stanford University will change your mind...
View ArticleNo, You're Not Needy
My client was asked to meet her supervisor to discuss her performance. She was told she needed to "improve your communication skills." My client asked for guidance in what way did her communication...
View ArticleWhy You Don't Need A Personal Brand
You don't need a personal brand. Yes, I did just write that. Me, who among other talents and skills, include personal branding expert in their portfolio. And I'm serious.You don't need one. For one...
View ArticleMurdering American Manufacturing: 'Strictly Business'
In the week before Valentine’s Day, United Technologies expressed its love for its devoted Indiana employees, workers whose labor had kept the corporation profitable, by informing 2,100 of them at two...
View ArticleMonday Market Mayhem - Back Over Our Bounce Lines
And up we go again! The market changes almost as fast as the temperature this winter (we went from 0 to 60 in two days last week!) and oil and gold are all over the place (see this morning's Alert for...
View ArticleHow To Discredit Yourself With A New Person In One Word
When I was 18 and in my first year of university, my father enrolled me in a Dale Carnegie course so that I could learn how to become a better speaker and presenter. Now, 17 years later, what I...
View ArticleThe 5 Most Common Causes of Mortgage Blow Ups
We see these mistakes over and over again. To people in the lending business, it's so commonplace we shake our heads when we see it happen, and it's almost always fatal to the loan in process when...
View ArticleBlogging Is the New Black (5 Reasons to Blog + 5 Steps to Begin)
"He captures memories because if he forgets them, it's as though they didn't happen."― Donald Miller, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My LifeI'm a blogger. It's part...
View Article6 Essential Things You Need to Know About Saving for Retirement
Saving for retirement is essential. The concept of retiring on the checks you get from social security has vanished in the 21st century. You have to go out of your way to gather the funds necessary to...
View ArticleDoctors: Why Managed Services Will Save You!
HIPAA... Have you heard of it? Has your IT vendor heard of it? I'm pretty sure that at this point in time you have heard of it. You may actually be very familiar with HIPAA and what it's intended for....
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