Strategic Planning Articles

Business » Strategic Planning | By Christian Fea @ Monday, 21st July 2008 @ 6:23 AM

Customer relationships are one of the most important aspects of marketing your business. In business, principally with Internet businesses and marketing, it is particularly important to form strategic alliances to help build your customer relationship base and expand these important customer relationships. The Internet has allowed a number of niche market businesses to flourish, and a large percentage of Internet businesses offer specialty products and services. These small businesses oft... more...

Business » Strategic Planning | By Christian Fea @ Thursday, 17th July 2008 @ 3:09 PM

Let\'s say you have a successful Internet business with a successful e-marketing platform, and you feel you have good relationships with existing customers and fair success at gaining new business but then you hear about Collaboration Marketing and you wonder why all the hype? Why should you consider changing anything or expanding in a new direction? Collaboration Marketing may not be a must for your business, but it\'s certainly something worth exploring. You may not need to co... more...

Business » Strategic Planning | By Christian Fea @ Saturday, 12th July 2008 @ 1:54 AM

To maintain a successful business, it is important to develop a strong and integrated marketing strategy. Some small business owners are hesitant to embark on a collaboration marketing strategy however; there are a few points to keep in mind that will make it a strategy with beneficial elements for your business. Once you have decided to embark on a collaboration marketing strategy, there are challenges to working together, and it\'s wise to be aware of these issues before you get st... more...

Business » Strategic Planning | By Christian Fea @ Wednesday, 9th July 2008 @ 11:12 PM

The emergence of collaboration marketing is due to the astronomical rise and success of Internet businesses and the marketing techniques that have grown from the expansion of the World Wide Web. Many Internet marketing techniques mimic traditional print marketing techniques and follow the design set forth by these established techniques, but the innovation of the Internet domain demands that these traditional techniques be modified and expanded. One of the biggest shifts in Internet mark... more...

Business » Strategic Planning | By Amy Nutt @ Wednesday, 2nd July 2008 @ 2:48 AM

An offshore bank account is an account at a bank located outside the United States or other country of residence of the banking client. These bank accounts are known for having low tax liabilities, thus making them also commonly known as tax havens. Offshore bank accounts also tend to provide financial and legal benefits. These benefits may include: - less controlling legal regulation - little to no taxation - greater secrecy - easy access to funds - protection against l... more...

Business » Strategic Planning | By Thomas Pretty @ Wednesday, 25th June 2008 @ 12:35 PM

All business owners want to run an operation that is efficient and cost effective, no where is this truer than in the world of fleet management where the management of vehicles can make or break the profitability of the business. Fleet management tracking tools can help business owners and managers keep track of their mobile assets and the activities of their employees at any point throughout the working day. By having access to this information the task of increasing efficiency is made that muc... more...

Business » Strategic Planning | By Thomas Pretty @ Tuesday, 24th June 2008 @ 6:30 AM

When you start a business you will undoubtedly be filled with both hopes and fears; hopes that that your business will scale the heights of profitability and fears that it will all end in misery and financial ruin. To prevent the fears taking a front seat it is advisable to take out a business insurance policy to protect and secure your operation. With the risks so high, it is essential for any small business to have adequate insurance should it all go wrong. Part of your selection of insurance ... more...

Business » Strategic Planning | By Rebecca Kepple @ Sunday, 22nd June 2008 @ 9:13 AM

Having a strong database of people who want to buy from you is amazing. If you see a quiet month coming up you just send an offer out to your database and your booking diary and sales sheet will instantly be filled... A strong database eliminates your downtime and it can maximize the time you do spend with clients. Whether you use your database to get more appointments, to sell more or even just to educate your clients, if you have a database that wants to hear from you, you are in cont... more...

Business » Strategic Planning | By Nicholas Nanton @ Wednesday, 18th June 2008 @ 1:07 AM

Who said that? We did. Someone else said it first, but that\'s not important. What is important is your recognition that change is an integral part of life and if you don\'t incorporate it into your business, sooner or later you will be left behind. Now for those conservative minded readers who still wear bow ties and Brooks Brothers suits, we will gladly acknowledge that exceptions abound. Unfortunately, however, most of us do not have the luxury of waiting to see if the public... more...

Business » Strategic Planning | By John Purfield @ Wednesday, 11th June 2008 @ 10:28 AM

You have everything to think about and not enough time to think when it comes to starting a small consulting business. However, first thing is first, you know what you\'ll be doing. While you may think that this sounds silly for me to say. However, you will find that even the greatest ideas that started small businesses still need some granular focus on who you be selling to. There are two benefits to this. One is you able to find a niche you\'re going to serve. The second benefit ... more...