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Writing Effective Business Emails

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:53:11 -0500

Permission is granted to reproduce this article provided the bioline is included. Perhaps the key to effective and appreciated business email isconsideration. I asked a number of colleagues and clients whatthey would like other people to know about email. "Respectful"turned out to be the main point--respectful of the receiver'seyes and times. Here's the list: . Please put a concise and informative subject line.You may correspond with this person on only one thing, but theyreceive many emails a day from many people and need to know howto sort through and prioritize. Example: Today's meeting . Seems obvious, but make sure your email and yourcompany's email server have the right date and time on theemail. . Correctness still counts. Why? It's verydisconcerting to read all small letters with no punctuation andit slows the reader down. Grammatical mistakes and typos make uspause as we read because we don't expect them. They cause anemotional jolt "that's wrong" which ...

Project Manager Armaments

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:27:50 -0500

As we think of Project Management in the modern businessenvironment, we think of processes, resources, tasks, and allthe common sense needs of Project Management. Armaments are afar cry. After all, armaments are made for killing or cleaving. For Project Management, you can use armaments. You can kill withthem, use them to help people, and you can manipulate situationswith them. Nonetheless, there is a limit on what the ExtremeProject Manager EPM can carry. Do not confuse armaments with tools. A weapon is used to contendagainst an opponent. A tool is used to complete a task. Forexample, Microsoft Project is a tool, while Change Control is aweapon. The EPM will use the tool, and create the weapon.However, only a few tools must be used at a time, otherwise youwill overwhelm the client, and your project staff. One must always keep in mind that as a Project Manager yourprimary duty is to bring the project in on time, and on budget.The operative word is to try, as we all kn...

Starting a Small Business Is Just Like Running the

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:25:59 -0500

STARTING A SMALL BUSINESS IS JUST LIKE RUNNING THEPEACHTREE'ONLY TOUGHERI started jogging several years ago. It was a New Year'sresolution. Like most of my New Year's resolutions, I wasconfident at the time that the euphoria of the holiday seasonwould end soon and so would my brief encounter with running.Unfortunately, that was not the case this time. Six months into the year, I was still running several times aweek and had even extended my endurance to about two miles arun. It was at that time that a good friend of mine suggestedthat I enter the Atlanta Peachtree Road Race. What a ludicrousidea! The 'Peachtree' was a K . Mile run. This was waybeyond my running capabilities. Besides, there would be ,other runners and several hundred thousand spectators. Not achance'As I considered this 'opportunity' that's what my friend calledit, I thought back and considered that this would be just aboutthe craziest stunt I had attempted in about fifteen years. Thatwas ...

Stereotyping and Your Business Decision

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 08:34:23 -0500

What is stereotyping? What's it got to do with our businessdecision?>From Oxford's Dictionary of Business ...Stereotyping n. "Making assumptions about individuals or groupsbased on information which may or may not be valid obtainedbefore the individual or group has been encountered. Onceencountered, opinions formed may be based on dress, speech,gender, ethnic origin, nationality, and gestures. Unfortunately,human beings are liable to have selective prejudices towardstheir fellows, seeing only what they want to see and ignoringfactors that do not fit in with their preconceived beliefs. Theyalso tend to assume that all the individuals of a group have thesame, or similar, characteristics..." If you have in mind the stereotypes of the group your prospectis from, you at least have the guidelines of how to attracthimher with your business proposal, how your sales lettershould look like and what to mention in there.You also get the idea which groups of customers prefer...

Your Strengths Are the Path to Excellence

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 06:58:48 -0500

by Carole Nicolaides http:www.progressiveleadership.comWhat is the one strength that - if you worked on it - would makethe difference in your profession? Is it your ability to drawpictures? Translate feelings into beautiful visual images? Takewords and put them into persuasive sentences? Are you especiallyclever with numbers? Can you sing acappella? Can you inspirepeople at work? The answers to all these questions will be cluesto your natural talents, and most likely to your true purpose inlife. Acknowledging and dedicating yourself to your naturaltalents is the path to excellence, success, and effortlessabundance. One of my gifts has always been my ability of asking questions.It seems others appreciate that I ask questions in anon-threatening way that allows others to see their own issuesand usually the solutions to their problems. I took this giftfor granted for many years. As someone who was in medicaltraining, I thought this was a normal thing to do. Inqui...

Coping With RUDE Customers

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:29:07 -0500

Coping With RUDE Customers by Laurie RogersHave you ever heard this before?"My ad copy has nuthin' to do with those results, it's all YOURfault, because you're NOT doin' your job properly! And I want myfreakin money back and if you don't give it to me - I'mreporting YOU to every agency there is"!Instead of getting angry you may just want to try a littlesomething like this for a response:Really? Well here, you can start at iCop, because I am NOTreally a member there, I just thought the graphic would lookcool on my web site. While you're at it, you go and report me tothe Better Business Bureau, who quite frankly will not careanyways, if I am a con artist or not. Then you can just head over to my site and email all of thepeople who gave me the testimonials and tell them what a BADperson I am, because your ad didn't receive the results you werelooking for. Well, actually you better not, because thosetestimonials are fake, I just made them up I'm not sure wherethe links...

You Get Out What You Put In

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:19:27 -0500

During a recent coaching session with Mark, I was brieflyreminded of how it feels to give your all to your business andhave it spit in your face.'I just don't get it! I'm putting all my time and energy intothis business, and I'm still scraping by. I'm so tired offighting to 'just to make it' but this is what I really want todo.''Tell me about what's happening in your life,' I inquired.'My wife says I'm spending too much time working, and I knowshe's right. But I also know that I'm the one who is responsiblefor paying most of the bills. As it is, I'm probably working hours a week.''I really want to spend more time with her and our son, but ifwe're barely making it now, I can't imagine what would happen ifI slowed down. I'd lose the business for sure. What I need ismore time, not less.'Oh, it was terrible to hear Mark experiencing such pain. Itbrought back all of the feelings I had also experienced duringthe first years of my business several years earlier.He had fal...

How to Sell Even When the Price is Not Right

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:57:28 -0500

How to Sell Even When the Price is Not RightBy Jenny Bosworth http:www.internetwriters.comDo you ever wonder how you are going to make your product orservice sell when you don't offer the lowest price? Becausepeople always go for the lowest price offered, right? Notexactly. Do most people buy their cars from the junkyard? Ortheir TVs from pawn shops? Of course not. There is one thingthat customers value more than getting a good deal. They willpay exorbitant amounts of money to eliminate risk.This is not to say that, when two products or services areequal, your potential customer won't choose the cheaper one.What you need to do is unbalance the scales to ensure that yourproduct is obviously the less risky choice.A web designer friend of mine recently entered into a biddingwar for a project. On the one hand, my friend wanted to charge per hour, which was fair considering his experience and workquality. However, he was bidding against some teenager workingoout of his...

5 Warning Signs of a Scam Business

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:27:25 -0500

For years now the rush has been on to mine the Internet and find"gold." Just like miners in the old U.S. west, people flock tothe Web hoping to strike it rich. Is it possible? Sure it is!However, those miners of old had to watch out for "fool's gold."You - in the days of the Internet - have to watch out for scambusinesses.Most scam business offers have five things in common. Before youdecide to invest your hard-earned money in an Internet business,be sure to compare the offer to this list. The following warningsigns might very well help you avoid a financial disaster! No Contact Information or Limited Contact Information - Mostscam artists don't want you to be able to locate them easily.After all, if you could find them easily, so could theauthorities. That's why they often only give an email addressusually from a free provider like Yahoo or Hotmail andor apost office box. On the other hand, reputable companies DO wantyou to be able to contact them quickly and easi...

Is the Customer Really Always Right? No!

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:51:08 -0500

How do you handle a customer who is clearly in the wrong? Peoplealways tell you "the customer is always right" - but that is notalways true. However, the way you treat your right or wrongcustomer is what will make a world of difference to yourbusiness success or failure. Remember - it's always a numbersgame - and you have to deal with a lot of no's and a lot ofturkeys sometimes to get to the golden client.Here are some very recent dealings my associate and I have hadto deal with, and how we handled it: . I got heavily chewed out because I didn't receive a fax replyfrom someone to whom I faxed paperwork to TWICE. She didn'tcheck to see if her lawyer received my fax - only asked me if Ihad received the reply. I told her I hadn't, and it became "myfault" that her lawyer didn't reply to me. I faxed the papersout again, and she again chewed me out for her lawyer notreplying. I was not given the lawyer's phone number to follow upwith, so I could never follow through to see i...

The Greatest Money-Making Secret in History

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:54:29 -0500

If you want money, you only have to do one thing. It's the one thing some of the wealthiest people on the planethave done and are doing. It's the one thing written about in various ancient culturesand still promoted today. It's the one thing that will bring money to anyone who does itbut at the same time most people will fear doing it. What is that one thing? John D. Rockefeller did it since he was a child. He became abillionaire. Andrew Carnegie did it, too. He became a tycoon. What is the greatest money-making secret in history? What is the one thing that works for everyone? Give money away. That's right. Give it away. Give it to people who help you stay in touch with your innerworld. Give it to people who inspire you, serve you, heal you, loveyou. Give it to people without expecting them to return it, but giveit knowing it will come back to you multiplied from some source. In John D. Rockefeller wrote to his son and explained hispractice of giving away mo...