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How to Hit the Public Relations Bullseye (the first time)
So, what IS a public relations bullseye? The public relations professional must modify somebody’s behavior if he or she is to hit that bullseye and earn a paycheck – everything else is a means to that end....more...
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First Impressions Count!
It’s not what you say it is how you say it! I am sure you have heard that statement before. In the communication industry that is so true. What makes one TV newscaster more enjoyable to listen to? Which talk show host do you like to watch?  Our communication styles are all different but there are some techniques that can help us be the one our audience wants to listen to... more ...
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Understanding The Bottom Line
What’s there to understand? The bottom line is the last line on the Profit & Loss (P&L) statement and it is either a profit or a loss. That’s all you need to know, isn’t it?...more...
How To Generate FREE Publicity For Your Company, Product or Cause...
by Thom Reece
One of the most misunderstood and most underutilized promotional tools available to small businesses is FREE PUBLICITY. 
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Outsourcing and Your Business   by Kate Smalley
Outsourcing is an established way of doing business today, allowing companies to maximize their budgets and resources — and generate better products. 
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Can You Really Make Money While You Sleep?   by Kathleen Gage
If you’ve been utilizing the Internet for any length of time it’s likely you have been bombarded with junk mail claiming you can make money “while you sleep.” Most sensible people are bound to ignore such claims of easy money. But is it true? Can you really make money while you sleep?  The answer is an absolute YES!  ...more...
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Demand and Supply and Marketing   by Darrin F. Coe, MA
According to Dough McCormick, Chariman and CEO of iVillage, Inc, “Technologists focus on supply but they don’t understand advertising is focused on demand. Just because we have an available ad doesn’t mean we have to sell it.”.
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Selling Isn't Selling-It's Problem Solving & Filling Needs by Floyd Snyder You will find six different definitions for the word “selling” if you look the word up in the dictionary. Six. However, not one of them will give you the  real meaning of the word you need if you really want to maximize your own or your staff’s sales efforts. So what is selling? ...more...

Marketing On The Cheap: Join The What? by Floyd Snyder

The first thing I would recommend for a new business owner was to become a joiner. If your business is a mama-papa business you should both join an organization or two, but not the same ones. Spread it out. The first organization I always recommended joining was...more...

Marketing On The Cheap: Speak Out! by Floyd Snyder
No matter what business you are in, you probably have something to sell. Furthermore, if you have something to sell, you have something to say. So say it to as many people as possible, and don't wait for them to come to you. You need to go to them. Take your business, your product and yourself,  out of the office or store and onto the local speakers' circuit. Don't have one in your area? Think again...more...
Is Your "A" Student Getting C's? by Barbara Snyder M.A. Ed.
Don't let your child slide by with C's when you know he or she could be getting A's. All children have untapped potential that parents can help bring out. A parent is a child's first teacher.. more ...

Distance Learning, Online Education, Electronic Education, Electronic Learning…Call It What You Want
By Barbara Snyder M. A. Ed.
In looking at this rapidly expanding and viable form of education and training, there are a few basic things you need to consider and some decisions you need to make in order to create the environment that will best suit your needs. You need to know the what, the why, the benefits and the how of the various forms of distance learning...
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Top Ten Helpful Hints to First Year Teachers
by Barbara Snyder M. A. Ed.
As an elementary and junior high school principal for many years, I was often asked for advise by new  and enthusiastic teachers on my staff. Here are the 10 things that I told them to consider doing or thinking about during that first year of their careers. ...
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