The Assessment of Your Business is Personal

The Assessment of Your Business is Personal

Business, Career, General, Real Estate
It is time to assess your goals you put in place the first of the year. We are half way through the year and if you are not where you intended to be, ask yourself why not. Here are my personal suggestions for moving your business forward fast and efficiently. As part of the process, you might call your good customers and ask them for any feedback they can give you to increase your business, the second half of the year, to the level you expect it to reach based on your good business planning and goals. Work on your marketing program over the next 30 days. Your networking may need to expand either on the personal level or on the E-Social media level. Do an assessment of where your…
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What is Professionalism?

What is Professionalism?

Business, General, Motivation
Professionalism is defined as a “person engaged or qualified in their field, an expert, someone certified in an area of their profession”. The word “professional” is tossed around a lot. Everyone has their own image and their own definition of what the word professionalism means to them. Companies have in writing and policy how professionalism is defined and should be demonstrated within that company. The following are universal agreements on the subject of professionalism within most industries: Always performing to the best of your abilities in every aspect of your career is at the top of the list. This may sound ambiguous and all encompassing. It is all encompassing. Most career minded individuals know the basics of their day to day jobs. Pull those basics apart and then evaluate yourself…
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Netiquette and Teliquette

Business, Technology
Telephone etiquette and internet etiquette via e-mail are actually hot topics right now as many believe the use of e-mail and cell phones have brought into the business environment a loss of good manners. E-mailing is as important as live phone conversations in today’s companies and many employers are losing customers, leads and dollars due to poorly handled e-mails. One can have their character, performance and intelligence pre-determined by the way they write, reply and use e-mail communication. Let’s start with the basics of e-mail. There must be a subject line that demonstrates the core meaning of your e-mail message. There should always be a greeting as with any mail correspondence; that is just good manners. There should be a closing so as to not make you sound terse or…
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