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Top Five Mistakes Women Investors Make in Tough Markets
In today’s markets, it is more important than ever to maintain an unwavering focus on your long-term investment objectives. This is especially true when tough markets start to drag down even the best investments. At times like these, it’s prudent to remember that there are rights and wrongs when it comes to managing your portfolio. By keeping your perspective, you can avoid the five most common investing mistakes.
1. Setting unrealistic investment objectives
Dreaming the impossible dream is not a sound approach to investing. Unrealistically high returns over a short period of time are the exception not the rule of successful investment performance. Setting your investment objectives at a realistic pitch is an essential first step to making intelligent investment decisions. …
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Getting Paid, Part 2: Delinquent Accounts
The starting point for any accounts receivable recovery strategy has to be timely and accurate record keeping. All of the major accounting software packages contain an accounts receivable module, so there really is no excuse for not having an up-to-the-minute print out of who owes you money.
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Organize Your Wardrobe to Minimize Stress
This month will provide you with more detail on how to organize the items you’ve purchased in order to minimize your stress when getting dressed in the morning, especially as the holidays creep closer and other events jostle for space in your already busy calendar. There are a number of benefits in getting your closet organized, namely, dressing decisions are made easier in the morning, you can access your clothing items faster, fewer clothes make more outfits, and clothing lasts longer because it is being properly stored.
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“Thought” full Networking
Networking is essential to the growth of your business.
Once you accept that fact, the question is, how do you connect with the ‘right’ people? Since many decision makers rarely attend local networking events, how do you build rapport with them if they’re not there?
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Getting Paid
The bane of every small business owner’s existence is actually getting paid for the work she does. While the problem is universal, it seems to be most acute in the services sector, especially for those selling advice or specialized knowledge. There seems to be a general reluctance to pay for something the consumer can’t see, touch, eat or feel.
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The Customers’ Bill of Rights
Customers are the lifeblood of every business. Knowing how they think and what’s important to them can make or break your business efforts. The following are some basic “Customer Rights” that everyone involved in running a business, from owner to front line staff, should keep in mind.
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Business structure for dummies
One of the more stimulating exercises facing the budding entrepreneur is deciding upon the structure for her new business venture. There are important considerations of cost, liability and brand protection, and tax to be addressed. There are also the needs of family, partners, financial backers, and employees to be considered.
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Connections Count!
Do you know how important word-of-mouth marketing is? Did you know it can turn a business around from failure to success overnight? Well, that is if it’s positive word-of-mouth marketing, negative word-of-mouth marketing can have the exact opposite effect.
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Wardrobe Planning in Five Easy Steps
As an entrepreneur you don’t have a lot of time to think about your wardrobe, let alone shop for it. You make marketing plans, action plans and financial plans – why not spend a little time on a wardrobe plan? Here is the way to plan ahead in five easy steps.
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How to Cut the B.S.*
I recently asked a group of HR executives what they did in their jobs. In return, I got B.S.* (That’s BureaucratSpeak!™) And unfortunately, it’s become the language most spoken in the workplace.
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Women and Money: How gender affects financial decisions.
Women currently own half of the financial assets in Canada and projections are that the number will rise to 70% by 2019 (Oppenheimer Funds, 2005 Report on Women and Investing). Tom Peters identifies this trend as a “demographic tsunami.” This presents an enormous opportunity for women.
