7 Steps to Becoming a Recognized Expert in Your Industry
Whether you're a one-person consulting business or a 250-person manufacturing operation, you've spent years developing the knowledge that made your company a success. Why not maximize the return on...
View ArticleIs Your Small Business Ready to Adopt 'Facebook at Work'?
The question of whether instant messaging and social media in the workplace are productivity killers or loyalty enhancers has been an intense topic of debate for the last several years. As 2016 rolls...
View ArticleIs Your Small Business Ready to Adopt 'Facebook at Work'?
The question of whether instant messaging and social media in the workplace are productivity killers or loyalty enhancers has been an intense topic of debate for the last several years. As 2016 rolls...
View ArticlePublic Sector Unions Pin Hopes on Antonin Scalia Going Rogue
You know that public employee unions are in dire legal straits when their best chance for survival may rest with the Supreme Court's most volatile, cranky and impulsive conservative: Antonin Gregory...
View ArticleHow to Talk to Potential Customers
Photo credit: ALDECAstudio / DPC Nothing more vital. As an entrepreneur, your existence revolves around the people you intend to serve. So when you start a new business, can you name the wisest first...
View ArticleHow to Succeed as an Entrepreneur: Lessons From a Multi-Millionaire
Most people get an MBA with one goal: becoming an executive. After graduating from the University of Southern California in 1983, Israeli-American immigrant Adam Milstein decided to become a commercial...
View ArticleWhy I Stopped Filling Out Job Applications
During my senior year and final semester of college, I had the opportunity to intern in Washington D.C. Towards the end of my internship, I found myself without a job lined up, so I did what a lot of...
View ArticleIstanbul Has Always Been a City of Fires and Earthquakes. Today, It Was a...
ISTANBUL -- Watching the footage of the aftermath of the suicide attack in Istanbul's Sultanahmet Square this morning brought back memories of three years ago. While researching for my book, "An...
View Article9 'Smartcuts' That Will Accelerate Your Success This Year
Have you ever looked at someone who achieved rapid success, and with awe or even jealousy, wondered, "How did she do that?" You know what I'm talking about. How did Gina get promoted to VP when she's...
View ArticleBigger Isn't Always Better and Relationships Are Key
Now that I have your attention, we can talk about the financial service needs of the working poor comprised of the financially disenfranchised, immigrants and lower tier of the middle class and which...
View ArticleFirst Cologne, Now Sweden: How Left-Wing Apologism Is Fueling Right-Wing...
LONDON -- In recent days, how many of us gasped at photos of emaciated Syrians in the besieged town of Madaya? In light of this tragedy, the post-Cologne fence-building and anti-refugee postulating...
View ArticleHow To Start Booking Jobs Online and Expanding Your Business
Most small, local, service oriented businesses grow through word of mouth. Someone asks for the name of a good painter, or house cleaner, or lawn maintenance company, and they get recommendations. The...
View Article2016 Is a Year of Hope
Sir Winston Churchill once said, "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." A family trait, perhaps, but as a matter of fact and...
View Article10 Ways To Deal With Unwanted Gift Cards
Did you get what you wanted for Christmas? We hope so, but you probably have at least one gift that you cannot use or do not want. You can usually return unwanted gifts, but what can you do with a...
View ArticleMy Bank Won't Work With Me So I Can Pay My Debt
Question: Dear Steve, The bank called me and told me that I must pay 12600 first before I can apply for account restructuring with an interest rate of 1%. I was not able to pay it as of now because I...
View ArticleTerrorism and Insurance: What You Need to Know
Whether it's TV, the newspaper or social news feeds, today's media coverage is a constant reminder of the violence and civil unrest around the world. As a father and business owner, the idea of having...
View ArticleHere's to New Success in 2016!
While you are probably aware of the various State and Municipal Minimum Wage increases that went into effect January 1st, you may not have the new poster. We have provided those posters on our website...
View ArticleSEC's Best Interest Standard in Name Only Is No Model for DOL
One of the perplexing mysteries in the debate over the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule is why securities industry representatives who profess to support a best interest standard under the...
View Article3 Perceived Weaknesses in Young Professionals That Call for a Different...
As a college student or a recent grad, it's easy to feel like you have more weaknesses than strengths. You haven't had time to develop your skills like some of the senior-level executives have, and...
View ArticleWhy EMV Cards Don't Protect You at ATMs and Gas Pumps
By Ben Luthi As retailers push to update their credit card readers and systems to be compatible with EMV chip technology, crooks have turned their attention to gas pumps and ATMs to steal card...
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