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Welcome to the September 29, 2007 edition of carnival of career intensity.

Charles H. Green presents Business Ethics and Self-Orientation posted at Trust Matters, saying, “Harvard Business School takes a surprisingly philosophical look at business ethics and concludes it all comes down to orientation towards the Other.”

Mike Harmon presents The ABCs of Cash Flow Forecasting posted at Basic Accounting, saying, “Cash flow is often called the lifeblood of a business. There are ways to improve cash flow of any small business and remove some of the worries about bills not being paid or not having enough on hand to pay wages.”

Sue Massey presents The Four Perspectives of Business - Keeping Your Eye On What?s Important posted at Business Management Life, saying, “The key element to measuring success is not focusing solely on the financial results of your company but also focusing on the human and cultural aspects of your company. These elements are the true indicators of a company’s future performance and ultimately affect those bottom-line financials.”

Randy Nichols presents Fast Paced Success - Considering a Career in Business posted at Career Advice by Randy, saying, “Whether you have relatives who have entered the field ahead of you or you are simply looking for a field that will always provide you with challenges, careers in business are definitely one way to go!”

Matt Hanson presents Matt’s Creative Advertising Blog » Blog Archive » Benefits Of A More Personalized Catalog posted at Matt’s Creative Advertising Blog, saying, “Catalogs are excellent marketing materials to complement other forms of promotional tools. Often, they are generally used to combine with a companys website, print brochures, and even flyers. When used this way, business owners often get more response from both marketing media.”

Chris Tackett presents Cold Calling - Does It Work Anymore? posted at Direct Marketing News, saying, “Cold calling immediately puts you into a position of being needy. Cold calling gives your prospect the impression that you have nothing better to do, and that all you are doing, is trying to scrape up business. Here are just a few of the different ways you can generate leads or prospects.”

Eric Hudin presents My Estate Planning Career Blog » Blog Archive » The Professional Corporation Trust - Preserving the Value of Your Practice posted at My Estate Planning Career Blog, saying, “The professional corporation trust is simply a revocable living trust with a specific purpose: to keep a licensed individual’s interest in a professional corporation out of probate in the event of the death of its owner.”

Tom Stanley presents Franchising - Before You Buy posted at Tom’s Franchise Information Blog, saying, “Before you make the decision to buy a franchise, it is important to look into the company’s background. By law all franchisors must provide prospective franchisees with a Uniform Franchise Offering Circular (UFOC), a document that contains significant information about the company. One of the most essential components of this disclosure report is any history of litigation and bankruptcy related to the company or its executives.”

Jason Rakowski presents Critical Priorities for Extraordinary Service Quality posted at Learn Good Customer Service, saying, “What are the vital few ideas and actions that really made a difference with the customers and clients? There are thousands of tiny things that made a necessary and positive contribution, but here are five areas that are make or break.”

Chris Russell presents Boldy Go Where No Has Before - Prepare to Do 20 Times More by Looking Five Years Ahead posted at Productivity Planner, saying, “The steps for creating a 2,000 percent solution (accomplishing 20 times more with the same time, effort, and resources) are listed here…”

Stacey Derbinshire presents Finding The Right Part Time Business Opportunity posted at Starting a Small Home Business, saying, “When looking at part time business opportunities, there are several factors you need to consider to help eliminate the ones that are wrong for you and zero in on the good ones.”

edithyeung presents What are You Waiting for posted at Edith Yeung.Com: Dream. Think. Act..

John W. Furst presents Touch It - Do It - Get It Done - Part 2 posted at E-Biz Booster Blog, saying, “Time management is one key skill that you should learn early on. But all theories are worthless unless you follow through. Let me introduce very simple rules and exercises that will get you started quickly. No matter if you are a manager in a huge corporation or a small business owner working out of your home office. I want to talk to you. Start using your time more effectively now.”

Louise Manning presents Keeping busy posted at The Human Imprint.

Ravi Vora presents 8 Easy Ways to Get A Raise and Never Get Fired posted at Ravi Vora.

Ted Reimers presents Most Expensive Colleges posted at CampusGrotto.

GreatManagement presents Graduates do not have right skills posted at The GreatManagement Blog.

Raj Sheelvant presents A New Breed of IT Workers posted at IT Strategy, saying, “Soft skills are becoming more and more important to the IT folks to be competitive because of globalization”

Gavin Ingham presents How to build confidence and close more sales posted at Gavin Ingham.

The Career Counselor presents The Top Six Ways to Shine at a New Job posted at ask the CareerCounselor.

Warren Wong presents What Do You Actually Buy With Money? posted at Personal Development for INTJs, saying, “What do you actually purchase when you exchange money for some item? The answer isn’t as obvious as you may think!”

Christine Scivicque presents Caution: Your Emotions Are Showing posted at The Executive Assistant’s Tool Box.

Matthew Paulson presents Getting a Degree Online: How to Get a Valuable Education and Not Get Ripped Off posted at Getting Green.

Warren Wong presents Why You Should Show Appreciation posted at Personal Development for INTJs, saying, “Why you should show appreciation for the little things people do and how to go about doing it.”

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Posted by Dave Lorenzo - Business Coach

Welcome to the September 22, 2007 edition of Carnival of Career Intensity.

Joy Miller presents College credit for life experience posted at Online College Blog, saying, “Many colleges and universities allow you to earn credit for life experience. How this credit is awarded and assigned varies widely by university.”

Warren Wong presents How To Pull An All Nighter posted at Personal Development for INTJs, saying, “Do you need to pull an all nighter? Here’s some tips to do it effectively!”

Craig Andrews presents Push Yourself Out Of Your Comfort Zone posted at Craig S. Andrews.com, saying, “For excellent results, one the best ways to drive a lot of traffic to your blog or Website is through effective and unique article version submissions. Using a highly effective article submission software is key to your Internet success, visit: http://www.articleprosoftware.com. Please visit my blog for “Real Internet Business Solutions” and more! Thank you, Craig Andrews.”

Mike Harmon presents Proven Tips To Improve Your Cash Flow posted at Basic Accounting, saying, “Ever heard of the saying that a sale is not a sale until the cash is in your bank account? If we you were paid for your sales the moment that you made them, you would never have a cash flow problem. Follow these techniques to improve the look of your bank account!”

Sue Massey presents The ?Human Dimension? And its Impact on Your Business posted at Business Management Life, saying, “Leading people requires much more than just seeing them as a cost-factor. Being aware of and understanding human behavior is essential for the degree of success you are able to achieve with your business.”

Matt Hanson presents Matt’s Creative Advertising Blog » Blog Archive » What Makes Your Business Cards Impressive? posted at Matt’s Creative Advertising Blog, saying, “In our day to day professional life, we feel the importance of business cards, almost every time we need to deal with an external party. The requirement is particularly felt when we need to introduce ourselves to someone, especially a client. But have you ever spent a thought on these business cards and what makes them impressive?”

Chris Tackett presents 5 Steps To Turn More Leads Into Cash! posted at Direct Marketing News, saying, “Here are 5 smart things you can do right now to turn more of your leads into cash.”

Eric Hudin presents Marketing-Strategy Essentials posted at Everyday Marketing Ideas, saying, “For every business, it is essential to know and understand their market intimately, know their potential customers as well the competitive environment.”

Tom Stanley presents You Decide, Buy a Franchise or Create Your Own Start-Up posted at Tom’s Franchise Information Blog, saying, “Franchise or create your own business idea? There is a lot to be said about buying into a franchise system that is proven and working. On the other hand, giving birth to your own idea is very exciting.”

Jason Rakowski presents Customer Service Outsourced and Ineffective? posted at Learn Good Customer Service, saying, “Most businesses admit that customer service is an important function in the role of their business. However, more and more businesses are outsourcing customer support functions as a means of reducing overall costs.”

Chris Russell presents Improve Employee Productivity - Put Your Policy and Procedure Manuals Online posted at Productivity Planner, saying, “Your policies and procedures are a significant part of your business process knowledge. This knowledge must be managed to be effective.”

Stacey Derbinshire presents Home Internet Business Oportunities - What?s Your Passion? posted at Starting a Small Home Business, saying, “Successful minded people are usually pretty creative and motivated to learn and could easily be successful in their internet based business with the proper guidance/training/coaching, etc… Everyone needs to find something they are passionate about.”

Giannis Mamin presents Hard work posted at WeddInWeb Blog.

David Kam presents Screensaver for Promoting Your Company posted at MarketingDeviant.com.

Edith Yeung presents Should I Refer You? posted at Edith Yeung.Com: Dream. Think. Act..

Gustav S presents 7 Lessons to Increase your Productivity and Efficiency a la Personal Growth Style posted at success-is-in-you.com.

Marc and Angel presents 15 Key Qualities that Offset Job Experience Requirements posted at Marc and Angel, saying, “Never let the supposed job qualifications or experience requirements stand in your way of applying. If you know you can handle the job, you are probably the employee the employer wants. All you have to do is make them aware of your potential.”

David B. Bohl presents The Secret to Achieving Your Goals: Turn Them into Habits posted at Slow Down Fast Today!, saying, “Thank you for your consideration.”

Alexander Becker presents Make it Personal posted at WOW, saying, “Since your idea will die from too clean an abstraction anyway, it will be worth that one last try.”

Christine Scivicque presents How to Be Proactive: A Quick Review posted at The Executive Assistant’s Tool Box.

Ted Reimers presents Student Loan Consolidation FAQ posted at CampusGrotto.

Jody DeVere presents Deborah Renshaw: Wide Open for NASCAR Checkered Flag posted at Ask Patty - Automotive Advice for Women.

Matthew Paulson presents Don’t Invest Money in Your Company’s Stock posted at Getting Green.

Ivan Rios presents How To Make Your Team Happy posted at artofleading.net.

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Welcome to the September 15, 2007 edition of carnival of Career Intensity.

Health Chaos presents Balancing Job Offers posted at Health Chaos.

Jack Yoest presents Management Training Tip #2: Writing an employee evaluation? Try 101 helping sentences. posted at Yoest.com, saying, “Academia and the Army have one thing in common. Yes, there is something. Your Business Blogger is a former Armor Cavalry Officer and is currently an Adjunct Professor of Management, so I was surprised to learn of some overlap. Perhaps the only intersection is the willingness to share with with fellow servicemen or teachers various helps needed for the efficient and effective transference of knowledge.”

David Kam presents Chapter 5 Force: Governing and Battling posted at MarketingDeviant.com.

Mike Harmon presents Accounting - The Language of Business posted at Basic Accounting, saying, “Accounting often is referred to as “the language of business” because of its role in maintaining and processing all relevant financial information that an entity or company requires for its managing and reporting purposes.”

Sue Massey presents 7 Lessons From A Bad Manager posted at Business Management Life, saying, “Many people work for bosses who are horrible at what they do. Having worked under a bad manager offered an invaluable opportunity to witness a failed approach to management.”

Matt Hanson presents Matt’s Creative Advertising Blog » Blog Archive » Ways To Advertise On The Web posted at Matt’s Creative Advertising Blog, saying, “This article deals with some of the most popular ways to advertise on the web for free.”

Chris Tackett presents Drip Marketing Nurtures Customers And Generates Leads posted at Direct Marketing News, saying, “Drip marketing is the process of sending out several promotional pieces consistently over a period of time to a targeted list. This direct mail marketing idea is aimed at staying in touch with your current and potential customers. It is essential to have them think of you when they, or someone they know, need your product/service.”

Eric Hudin presents A Word on Word-of-Mouth Marketing posted at Everyday Marketing Ideas, saying, “Some Public Relations purists seem to be giving a derisive sniff to all of the attention paid to Word-of-Mouth and word-of-mouse marketing. They contend, and rightly so, that new innovations have always had vocal early adopters, and publics have long sought out communities of interest to help them make important decisions.”

Tom Stanley presents Dream Your Own Dream posted at Tom’s Franchise Information Blog, saying, “When you are considering owning your own business, a franchise may seem quite appealing. But instead of starting with someone else’s idea, why not start with your own?”

Jason Rakowski presents How to Deliver the Ultimate in Customer Service Delight posted at Learn Good Customer Service, saying, “With the right approach you can add wow factor to your customer experiences and develop mutually beneficial long term relationships with them.”

Chris Russell presents Office White Noise posted at Productivity Planner, saying, “White noise machines are fast becoming one of the most popular developments when it comes to office acoustics. The reason office white noise machines are being implemented in office environments is that they provide a calm and soothing working environment, which leads to better productivity.”

Stacey Derbinshire presents Business Plans - An Outline for the New Entrepreneur posted at Starting a Small Home Business, saying, “You can not afford to have a casual attitude with respect to your planning. Even if you are great at visualizing and know perfectly well where you want to take your business after a certain period of time, you should take the time to put your plan in black and white.”

Wilson Ng presents MultiTasking for Productivity posted at Reflections of a BizDrivenLife, saying, “We always believe that our quest to be more is served by us doing more. Thus, we multitask, trying to do as many task or juggle as many balls on the air. Most tasks that you can juggle may seem urgent, but they may be better delegated or not done at all. The tasks that defines your success may be those that require concentration and full attention. Doing few important tasks well may be more crucial to your success than doing many tasks haphazardly.”

Todd Goldfarb presents 4 Critical Steps to Uncovering the Perfect Career posted at We The Change, saying, “not too funny, and doesn’t stroke your ego but a really good article about finding a fulfilling career! thanks…”

Daylle Deanna Schwartz presents Making Your Mistakes Count posted at Lessons from a Recovering DoorMat.

Wanda Grindstaff presents Prosperity and Abundance is Your Birthright posted at Creating Abundant Lifestyles.

Jimmy Atkinson presents Top 25 Nursing Blogs (By the Numbers) | NOEDb posted at NOEDb: Nursing Online Education Database.

Gavin Ingham presents What sales superstars believe that you don’t posted at Gavin Ingham.

Ted Reimers presents Most Popular College Majors posted at CampusGrotto.

Matthew Paulson presents How to Go to Graduate School and not go Broke in the Process posted at Getting Green.

Raj Sheelvant presents Globalization of Labor - II posted at IT Strategy, saying, “The barrier for job migration has dramatically lowered and hence Globalization of Labor is more relevant now.”

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Welcome to the September 8, 2007 edition of carnival of career intensity.

Charles H. Green presents I Can’t Make You Love Me–If You Don’t posted at Trust Matters

Doris Chua presents My Life Partner is My Working Partner posted at A Meeting Place for All Home Office Women.

Ted Reimers presents How to make Money in College posted at CampusGrotto.

Christine Scivicque presents How to Speak Your Mind (and Keep Your Job) posted at The Executive Assistant’s Tool Box.

Christine Scivicque presents The Art of Biting Your Tongue posted at The Executive Assistant’s Tool Box.

Raj Sheelvant presents A New Breed of IT Workers posted at IT Strategy

Millionaire Mommy Next Door presents The Powerful (and Addictive) Nature of Giving posted at Millionaire Mommy Next Door.

Ivan Rios presents Why Leaders are Authors of Greatness posted at artofleading.net.

Ivan Rios presents Slow Down?Think?Act posted at artofleading.net.

Wanda Grindstaff presents The Results “The Money” is in the Action posted at Creating Abundant Lifestyles.

Matthew Paulson presents How to Find Jobs that Aren’t Listed in the Classifieds posted at Getting Green.

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Welcome to the September 1, 2007 edition of carnival of career intensity.

Matthew Paulson presents Ten Ways to Earn Extra Cash When You’re in a Crunch posted at Getting Green.

The Career Counselor presents How To Recognize and Remedy Job Burnout posted at ask the CareerCounselor.

Jay Liew presents Winds of Change posted at The Sunjay Times.

Warren Wong presents Do You Have An Abundant Mindset? posted at Personal Development for INTJs, saying, “Do you have an abundant mindset? Here’s four questions that will allow you to see just how much you like your fellow human beings.”

Mike Harmon presents Accounting Tips For Those Using A CPA posted at Basic Accounting, saying, “If you are using a certified public accountant there are certain things you need to know. Here are a few important things to do when using a CPA.”

Sue Massey presents Do You Know How to Delegate Effectively? posted at Business Management Life, saying, “Delegating work to others is a High Payoff Activity. Being able to effectively delegate is essential to productivity and the operation of your business.”

Matt Hanson presents Matt’s Creative Advertising Blog » Blog Archive » Spending Those Hard Earned Dollars On Advertising posted at Matt’s Creative Advertising Blog, saying, “Advertising can be a tricky thing. Knowing where to spend on advertising and how much to spend is extremely important in being able to grow one’s business and grow efficiently.”

Chris Tackett presents 5 Things To Consider When Looking for A Network Marketing Business posted at Direct Marketing News, saying, “As the trend of working from home continues, its important to make an educated decision before starting any company. Here are a few things you need to consider and evaluate before choosing a company.”

Eric Hudin presents 5 Things You Can Do To Improve Your Marketing Overnight posted at Everyday Marketing Ideas, saying, “You run a business. You have a great product. Your customer service skills are second to none. But your marketing falls flat. Here are a handful of steps you can take right now to get your marketing back on track and make it perform the way it is supposed to.”

Tom Stanley presents Top Ten Franchise Opportunities for $20,000 posted at Tom’s Franchise Information Blog, saying, “Franchises are among the fastest growing business opportunities available. Franchise opportunities now exist that will fit almost any budget.”

Jason Rakowski presents It?s Up To You - Make Customer Service A Positive Experience posted at Learn Good Customer Service, saying, “The sad truth is that most people can probably recall a poor customer service incident before they recall a great experience. Why is this?”

Stacey Derbinshire presents 8 Secrets to Staying in Business - For Entrepreneurs Only posted at Starting a Small Home Business, saying, “Entrepreneurs that manage to stay in business share a few core characteristics that ensure their long-term survival. Learning these secrets can help you to weather the storm and hang on for dear life.”

Edith Yeung presents Disempowering Phrases Successful People Never Say posted at Edith Yeung.Com: Dream. Think. Act..

Rolf F. Katzenberger presents Successful meetings, or: The Great Commandment of Communication posted at Evomend | Timeless resources for personal organization., saying, “You’ve completed the room reservation in time. You’ve arranged for coffee and beverages. You’ve set up the agenda and mailed it in advance to all participants. All feedback has been incorporated, of course. All flip chart supports are loaded with fresh pads of paper. Then the meeting begins. Discussion starts. After a while, you feel like you’d rather be amidst a bunch of howler monkeys during their mating season. Why isn’t anybody listening?”

Health Chaos presents Admitting Mistakes posted at Health Chaos.

Ivan Rios presents Why I Cried For The First Time In My Adult Life posted at artofleading.net.

wilson ng presents Moving without Pushing posted at Reflections of a BizDrivenLife, saying, “In your organization, do you sometimes get the feeling that you have to constantly push, cajole, threaten, sweet-talk, or even bribe people just to get things done? Here is an anecdote I usually tell employees and fellow managers which passes the message about the need to execute in a humorous yet effective way.”

Matthew Paulson presents Making Your eBay Auctions More Cost Effective: Save Money on Shipping posted at Getting Green.

Joan Schramm presents Bottlenecks, Choke-points and Bad Bosses posted at Accelerating Momentum.

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