13 Ways to Researching Your Competing Brands
The following answers are provided by members of Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched BusinessCollective, a free virtual mentorship program …
Delete and Replace Annoying Habits to Increase Clientele
A mishap will predict whether you are likely to get the sale or not. Why? It’s the way in which you handle the circumstances plus your demeanor that reveal your true personal brand. Your prospective clients will either be completely turned off or duly impressed.
Stand out from the crowd as errors occur by proceeding …
How to Improve Your Employee Development Programs
As an entrepreneur, you have your work cut out for you. You have operations to manage, books to balance and strategies to plan. With all those balls to juggle, can anyone blame you for putting programs like employee development on the back burner?
Even so, you’ll want to push career development programs higher up your …
Time Wasters that Kill Your Productivity
There is only a certain amount of time during the day to finish tasks but no matter what we do, it seems that time is never enough. Sometimes at the end of the day, we accomplish nothing and feel unproductive. But maybe, the reason of it is not the time. It is because we are …
Why Start-Ups Call for Clear Thinking
In physics class, the teacher spoke about how getting a ball rolling drains more energy than just keeping it going once it’s on the move. I think that most business owners will agree that they were onto something.
Running a business is never going to be easy. But a lot of people will agree that …
Personal Branding Online and Offline
It’s estimated that the work force is comprised of approximately one-third Millennials, one-third GenX, and one-third Boomers – with a few Traditionalists not ready to walk off the playing field. It’s a little funky, frankly.
You are in one of those groups. Regardless of your age or time in the workplace, in your pursuit to …
Improve Your Brand Reach Through Target Market Research
As a personal brand your goal should be to attract right customers for your business who show a genuine interest in what you have to offer. But how do you discover your niche?
That is where focused research comes in to collect important data and provide you with a well-rounded picture of your target market, …
How to use POP on the Job
There are a lot of measures of productivity.
For some, that means just pure and raw output.
For others it means the ability to use your EQ and IQ – sometimes in proportion and sometimes not.
No matter what everyone has Patterns of Productivity, aka POP.
How do you make the most of your POP?…
Is LinkedIn Important for Job Seekers?
By definition, every job seeker is a seller of self. The recruiter and the hiring manager, on the other hand, are the buyers. Buyers are obligated to perform due diligence before making commitment to sellers. Now, I’m sure that you the reader do not stretch the truth, exaggerate the facts, or even occasionally lie on …
Who Likes You and Where Do They Congregate?
Articles are always suggesting to review analytics of every type. This includes the number of likes and shares of our postings. Unfortunately, unless popularity is consistent, it becomes disheartening to see low figures when it comes to “likes”.
One source rarely provides the complete picture; analyze many.
A cautionary note is to not let poor …