Evolution, Not Revolution, for Business Growth
Consumers aren’t looking for brand-new products. They are looking for clever new adaptations of products they already know and love.
READ MOREKicking the Can Down the Road
To overly simplify it, the catalyst for our fiscal predicament is the eat-drink-and-be-merry bunch affectionately referred to as “baby boomers.”
READ MOREDear ETR: "How does someone like me fit anything else into a day?"
“I have many goals and lots of things I want to do to further my life financially and otherwise – but how does someone like me fit anything else into a day?
READ MOREChecking E-Mail All Day? You’ve Got the Wrong Job
If your job requires you to check e-mail more than twice a day, you should probably be looking for a new position. That’s what Michael Masterson told me in a recent editorial meeting.
READ MOREThe Flip Side of Falling Property Prices: Rising Income Opportunities
As real estate prices fall, the income you get per dollar invested rises. This means greater cash flow and the ability to deliver bigger dividends to your investors.
READ MORE10 Dumb Ways to Start a Business
Entrepreneurship is based on selling. You test the market with a product you think will sell well. If it does, you keep selling. If it doesn’t, you try something else. This approach lent its name to my most recent best-seller: Ready, Fire, Aim. The main idea is that to start…
READ MOREMake Way for Life Happens
Life happens – and it often gets in the way. But how many websites actually take that fact into consideration?
READ MOREThe Language Perfectionist: A Misuse That Can Land You in Big Trouble
As in the above examples, the word notoriety is sometimes used as if it means fame. In fact, it means fame for the wrong reasons, such as criminality or other bad behavior.
READ MOREWhen Others Are Fleeing the Bear
Maybe you know we’re in a bear market. But do you know what stage of the bear we’re in?
READ MOREYou, the Movie
Have you ever wondered where the knack for finding stories and hooks — the main ingredients of any great copywriter’s bag of tricks — comes from?
READ MOREThe Attack of the "Old Maids"
Dozens, if not hundreds, of companies are pretending they’re not holding the Old Maid. In other words, they’re hiding the full extent of their bad debt, assets, and hedges.
READ MOREWhat Do They Have That You Don’t?
The more power and influence you develop on the job, the more you will be paid and the faster you will be promoted. There are three types of power that you can develop at work, all of which can be extremely helpful to you in getting ahead. The first type…
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