Strategic Planning Articles

Business » Strategic Planning | By Christopher Brunner @ Monday, 9th June 2008 @ 11:10 PM

You\'ve brainstormed for uncountable hours. You\'ve killed a dozen trees working through designs and specs. And you\'re in the process of registering patent. Now you need to sell this new invention of yours, but how? The Patent First of all, don\'t go for a full-fledged patent of your invention just yet, because, though you think it\'s the greatest invention known to this generation, there may not be a market for it. Have you ever watched ABC\'s American I... more...

Business » Strategic Planning | By john mce @ Monday, 9th June 2008 @ 10:21 PM

Is now the right time to invest in a spa? In recent months, it seems as if, wherever one turns, hotel owners and hotel operators are adding spas to their package of products and services. From the most luxurious hotels such as Mandarin Oriental and Four Seasons all the way to Butlins and Centre Parks, everyone is getting in on the act. Hotel branding companies such as Starwood have added spa brands to their portfolio and we\'ve got hotel brands like Six Senses which have a spa as ... more...

Business » Strategic Planning | By Todd Ash @ Wednesday, 4th June 2008 @ 5:42 AM

Conducting your business in a market niche may seem the perfect environment. A niche is the name given to a segment of the market which faces a high demand and a low supply. Because there are a lot of potential customers and few competitors, it is often a good place to do business. This article is meant to shed some light on the subject of niche advertising. If this article does not provide you enough information on the topic, you can always search on the internet for an interactive video. <... more...

Business » Strategic Planning | By Todd Ash @ Tuesday, 3rd June 2008 @ 6:22 PM

Social bookmarking is the habit or practice of saving bookmarks to a web site and \"tagging\" .Social bookmarking sites are a popular way to store, classify, share and search links. But do not let the use of NoFollow fool you, the search engines are looking beyond the incoming links from social bookmarking sites to gauge their value to their search indexes. The external metadata compiled via user generated descriptions, tags, titles and categorization is incredibly valued by the ... more...

Business » Strategic Planning | By Bill Shultz @ Monday, 2nd June 2008 @ 2:39 PM

It seems when first looking to start an Internet business everyone seems to deal with the same problem \"Information overload.\" This is one of the reasons that people fail when trying to start an Internet business. When you start an Internet business, you must follow a few guidelines so you will not fall into the black hole of information overload as some entrepreneurs have. When starting out there are a few things you must know and practice to be successful with you online busin... more...

Business » Strategic Planning | By Nir Dotan @ Friday, 30th May 2008 @ 5:31 PM

For a number of years I have been doing business in Costa Rica. I have established quite a few solid business contacts, a few personal friends and have found this small island country to be ripe for new business. There are many reasons to move a business to another country. The ease of doing business in countries unencumbered by rigid import and export regulations and tax laws are top reasons. I find that I will need to use corporate relocation services to move the whole company. Employe... more...

Business » Strategic Planning | By Ann Knapp @ Friday, 30th May 2008 @ 5:01 AM

Among publishers, advertisers, and other business folk, the idea that Americans hate numbers is almost proverbial. One publishing-industry dictum holds that each equation an author puts in a book\'s manuscript will cut that book\'s sales in half. Pundits decry slipping American math scores, suggesting that such math illiteracy may indicate threats to future American dominance in business and industry. And, in business school, teachers warn their students against \"data-dumping,\&qu... more...

Business » Strategic Planning | By Scott Letourneau @ Tuesday, 27th May 2008 @ 1:19 AM

Like Nevada, Wyoming does not impose a state corporate income tax or other taxes. And like Nevada, the key is you must have nexus in the state of Wyoming in order to qualify for the tax savings, otherwise your Wyoming Corporation or LLC will need to register (or qualify) to do business in the state where you live and operate your business. This will negate any tax savings that Wyoming may have to offer. Even an Internet business must determine where nexus is created in the operation of their bus... more...

Business » Strategic Planning | By Todd Ash @ Monday, 26th May 2008 @ 4:17 PM

Video marketing is hot for your online business and for good reason. When compared to traditional sales messages, video is the hands-down winner for grabbing the reader?s attention. If your return on investment (ROI) is not converting enough cash, you need a stronger call-to-action. Adding video to your website may just be the shot in the arm your sagging sales need. There are many ways to use video on the Internet to market your practice. The first is adding video to your exisiting webs... more...

Business » Strategic Planning | By Todd Ash @ Monday, 26th May 2008 @ 2:30 PM

Backlinking is an easy way to increase the number of visitors to your blog or website (and also increase search engine rankings). This is nothing more than having your site address listed on other websites generating traffic back to your site. Backlinking can be done in a number of ways. Following is a short list of ideas to get you started. Defining technically backlinks are the inbound links on the website. They are the links placed on other webpage?s and are directed towards your webs... more...