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Will You Add? - Alternative Investment Strategies - Lending for Double Digit Returns
Ten Tips for Creating a Winning Proposal - Part 2
Part 1 of this series described five critical components for creating a winning proposal. In some instances, these components are all a prospective client needs to make a determination and award the job. Be sure to carefully review the request for proposal to determine the amount of information you need to include in your proposal. Remember, each proposal is unique.Here are five more tips to keep in mind when preparing a winning proposal.Tip #6 – Properly Estimate Job CostsSelecting the right price for the proposed work is a delicate balancing act. Pricing the job too low could cause you to lose money on the job. Also,
weakly or slightly inversely correlated with the majors is critically important and woefully absent from the portfolios of most individual investors.Part 1 of this series described five critical components for creating a winning proposal. In some instances, these components are all a prospective client needs to make a determination and award the job. Be sure to carefully review the request for proposal to determine the amount of information you need to include in your proposal. Remember, each proposal is unique.Here are five more tips to keep in mind when preparing a winning proposal.Tip #6 – Properly Estimate Job CostsSelecting the right price for the proposed work is a delicate balancing act. Pricing the job too low could cause you to lose money on the job. Also,
Debt vs Credit Cards
When you are considering getting a credit card you should be fully aware of all the consequences that could come with the responsibility of having and using one. Some people prefer to make use of a debit card instead of a credit card to keep them out of financial peril. This is all a matter of personal opinion and needs, wants, and desires. When you use a credit card, if you are not careful you could end up in a deep financial hole that is extremely difficult to get out of. Using a credit card takes a mature responsibility of resisting temptation, setting and sticking to a budget, and having the ability to pay off the charges at the end of each month.<
In the same genre (what a great, funny word that is) as past articles, this is another in a series of investment strategies that can exceed the long run returns of the major indices and is also non-correlated with the performance of the U.S. equities market. Exceeding the returns of the major indices is an obvious goal. Otherwise, we should all be in S&P ETFs paying low fees and beating the 80-85% of actively managed mutual funds out there that extract a 1-2% fee for losing money to a lowly index. However, diversifying your portfolio with multiple streams of income from multiple investment categories that are either weakly or slightly inversely correlated with the majors is critically important and woefully absent from the portfolios of most individual investors.When you are considering getting a credit card you should be fully aware of all the consequences that could come with the responsibility of having and using one. Some people prefer to make use of a debit card instead of a credit card to keep them out of financial peril. This is all a matter of personal opinion and needs, wants, and desires. When you use a credit card, if you are not careful you could end up in a deep financial hole that is extremely difficult to get out of. Using a credit card takes a mature responsibility of resisting temptation, setting and sticking to a budget, and having the ability to pay off the charges at the end of each month.<
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P.A.P. The Basics of Pipeline Management
Pipe Line Management is fundamentally, a time management problem. It begins with answering the following questions.• Are there alternatives to a sales person spending the majority of their time doing demand fulfillment tasks?• How much time should be spent on maintenance accounts?• How much time should be spent on prospecting?• Do you have a plan for account qualification?• What is your company’s value proposition?• What is your competitive advantage?• Do you have a penetration strategyStart with BalanceHere’s what should happen….there should be a balance in every field sales person’s territory
urns of the major indices and is also non-correlated with the performance of the U.S. equities market. Exceeding the returns of the major indices is an obvious goal. Otherwise, we should all be in S&P ETFs paying low fees and beating the 80-85% of actively managed mutual funds out there that extract a 1-2% fee for losing money to a lowly index. However, diversifying your portfolio with multiple streams of income from multiple investment categories that are either weakly or slightly inversely correlated with the majors is critically important and woefully absent from the portfolios of most individual investors.Pipe Line Management is fundamentally, a time management problem. It begins with answering the following questions.• Are there alternatives to a sales person spending the majority of their time doing demand fulfillment tasks?• How much time should be spent on maintenance accounts?• How much time should be spent on prospecting?• Do you have a plan for account qualification?• What is your company’s value proposition?• What is your competitive advantage?• Do you have a penetration strategyStart with BalanceHere’s what should happen….there should be a balance in every field sales person’s territory
Marketing And Promoting Your Ebay Store
Owning an eBay store is in essence a business of marketing and promotion that is conducted by people who, by and large, know anywhere between nothing and very little about marketing and promotion.The simple act of opening your eBay store in your eBay account, doing the basic layout with the Manage Your Store features, and creating item listings to populate the store inventory - that is the quick and easy part of owning an eBay store.Once you have completed those steps, you might sit back feeling satisfied with your effort. You own an eBay store. People are going to flock to your store in droves. Or, are they?The hard fact is, no, they
ous goal. Otherwise, we should all be in S&P ETFs paying low fees and beating the 80-85% of actively managed mutual funds out there that extract a 1-2% fee for losing money to a lowly index. However, diversifying your portfolio with multiple streams of income from multiple investment categories that are either weakly or slightly inversely correlated with the majors is critically important and woefully absent from the portfolios of most individual investors.Owning an eBay store is in essence a business of marketing and promotion that is conducted by people who, by and large, know anywhere between nothing and very little about marketing and promotion.The simple act of opening your eBay store in your eBay account, doing the basic layout with the Manage Your Store features, and creating item listings to populate the store inventory - that is the quick and easy part of owning an eBay store.Once you have completed those steps, you might sit back feeling satisfied with your effort. You own an eBay store. People are going to flock to your store in droves. Or, are they?The hard fact is, no, they
How to Make Big Sales Even if You Don't Have the Money to Deliver
One of the biggest thrills that you will get as a business owner is getting a large order from a great customer. The sort of order that lets you ring the cash register and take your business to the next level. Unless, of course, you can’t afford to pay your suppliers. Then you risk losing the client, the order and this big opportunity.Going to the bank to try and get financing is often an exercise in futility. Unless your business has strong assets, three years of operating history and audited financials, there is little chance that a bank will provide financing such as a business loan, line of credit or letter of credit. However, there are other al
for losing money to a lowly index. However, diversifying your portfolio with multiple streams of income from multiple investment categories that are either weakly or slightly inversely correlated with the majors is critically important and woefully absent from the portfolios of most individual investors.One of the biggest thrills that you will get as a business owner is getting a large order from a great customer. The sort of order that lets you ring the cash register and take your business to the next level. Unless, of course, you can’t afford to pay your suppliers. Then you risk losing the client, the order and this big opportunity.Going to the bank to try and get financing is often an exercise in futility. Unless your business has strong assets, three years of operating history and audited financials, there is little chance that a bank will provide financing such as a business loan, line of credit or letter of credit. However, there are other al
Surfing Without a Wetsuit
Computers - love or hate them; most of us have come to rely on them for various reasons. There are very few businesses that are conducted without at least one. Oh, have we not all heard the cry the “computers are down” when trying to solve a problem with an organisation. So how did they trade before computers. I resist asking, as the operator was properly not born in a time before computers? The one that baffles me the most is a problem was caused by “A computer Error” A computer is subjected to humans that make errors and blame computers!They, (computers) do change your life, even if it stops a good heated discussion to race to the computer and “w
weakly or slightly inversely correlated with the majors is critically important and woefully absent from the portfolios of most individual investors.Computers - love or hate them; most of us have come to rely on them for various reasons. There are very few businesses that are conducted without at least one. Oh, have we not all heard the cry the “computers are down” when trying to solve a problem with an organisation. So how did they trade before computers. I resist asking, as the operator was properly not born in a time before computers? The one that baffles me the most is a problem was caused by “A computer Error” A computer is subjected to humans that make errors and blame computers!They, (computers) do change your life, even if it stops a good heated discussion to race to the computer and “w
Note that during the recent market downturn stemming from the Asian meltdown, not only did the international funds tank, but so did the U.S. Blue Chips, Small Caps, Energy, and even gold, a perennial stalwart in such circumstances. Diversification is harder to achieve than it once was, as the world has grown smaller and practically all investment categories have grown to be inexorably linked together. So the question is, how do I achieve similar returns in any market?
An excellent option is to become a lender. Previously, this was impossibly impractical for individuals unless you were "connected" with the right
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