Archive for September, 2011
Friday Humor: Beware of the Dog
Posted: September 30, 2011 by Alison in Just For FunTags: Business, Cartoon, Farside, Fun
Change the Way You Think About Job Hunting
Posted: September 29, 2011 by Alison in Articles/EssaysTags: Career, Employment, Frank Parsons, Harvard, Job hunting, John Lees, Labour economics, Motivation
by John Lees Taken from the Harvard Business Review An estimated 12% of all humans who have ever lived are alive today. This slice of humanity has more life choices available to it than any previous generation. Four generations ago, the average European worker had about five-to-ten obvious occupations to choose from. Today we have [...]
Don’t Let Guilt Affect Your Decisions
Posted: September 28, 2011 by Alison in Food For ThoughtTags: Decisions, Guilt, Problem Solving
By Akago Kitsune Don’t let people control or affect your decisions through guilt or derision. If the only reason you might change a decision is due to someone else’s negative response, consider the purpose your decision is intended to serve and whether your reason for changing your decision is worth not fulfilling that purpose. For [...]
Internet Marketing Campaign – Is It Right For You?
Posted: September 27, 2011 by Alison in Articles/EssaysTags: Business, Customer, Internet Marketing, Marketing, Marketing and Advertising, Marketing strategy, Pay per click, Search engine marketing
If you think your products and services are worth a buy across the globe, then an internet marketing campaign is the solution you’re looking for. This will enable you to reach out to anyone on the planet. Whether it’s managing customer information, launching a public relations campaign or building sales. If you’re thinking that this [...]
Creating Future Wheels – The Proverbial Crystal Ball for Business or Life in General.
Posted: September 26, 2011 by Alison in Articles/EssaysTags: Business, Crystal ball, Future, Futures Wheel, Management
While taking courses for the IB management masters programme, I ran into something that intrigued me. This thing is called a futures wheel. The idea is that you take a trend that is likely to affect your business/life/whatever and you stick it in the middle. See the picture on the right. Then you try to [...]