In a lagging economy it is good to know that online business may be able to respond more efficiently and effectively to the challenge.
First, the bad news.
Consumers are looking for ways to trim spending.
Impulse buys are less common.
Discretionary spending is subjected to a lot more thought.
Consumers may be more driven by needs than wants.
Many brick [...]
Outsourcing is a word that is on every pair of lips lately. We know it pertains to the corporate world, but what are the benefits of outsourcing… really?
Outsourcing is nothing more than plucking away a part of your processes and operations and entrusting them to a professional team that is not in your company and [...]
The second in a series of articles entitled ‘Know Your Business’, which explores how to identify the perfect business to run and is written by entrepreneur and multi business owner James Keightley, who runs his own ecommerce business and business coaching consultancy.
I have previously outlined that there are several logical levels that are important to [...]
I had never really paid much attention to ITIL training, let alone any other type of training, until the other day when I walked into the office and saw a big notice on the training board announcing an ITIL training course was commencing in the afternoon for all staff.
As I read the notice, I realised [...]
If you think hard about why you are giving a personalised executive gift, it is probably because you have decided to do so for one of a number of reasons.
One could easily be the most common, which is that you feel you should give a personalised executive gift because “it’s the right thing to do”, [...]
If you have read my articles on how to personalise an executive gift you will have seen that there are many ways to achieve the perfect results.
In this article I want to explore further the options you have when choosing an engraved executive gift to give to your valued clients, suppliers or colleagues.
The most obvious [...]
By most accounts, the term ‘team building’ wasn’t coined until the late 1920’s. So what was happening in organisations before that? What happened in ancient Rome, for example, before gladiatorial combat – did Maximus and co just motivate themselves, avoiding any form of group morale boosting? Undoubtedly not. And, did soldiers before battle not look [...]
Businesses are always searching for ideas and concepts to generate profit. Some of these concepts include increasing sales, while others include decreasing overhead. No matter which way you look at it, the name of the game is to generate positive net profit numbers as well as positive cash flow.
There are three ways to make more [...]
Our client was a resort in Florida. Near the resort clubhouse, and not too far from the beach, was a volleyball court surrounded by stadium bleachers. Various types of volleyball games were played in this facility, and the resort wanted us to design a lighting system that would accommodate them all. They also requested that [...]
The reason why many organizations consider implementing a six sigma initiative is due to its promise: greater process efficiency, higher level of customer satisfaction, and overall improvement to profits. That’s a difficult offer to refuse. Oddly, thousands of businesses choose not to deploy the strategy because of misconceptions about it. There are a lot of [...]