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The interface is a navigational panel that should be operational by just about anyone that encounters it. Too many options and too much flare may confuse your viewer, but not enough can leave them disinterested. The key to creative web design is combining that creative aspect with a design built for the web. Which of course means it functions as a working tool that provides to both parties.

The skeletal structure of the site counts the most. The remaining design is what completes it, but without the structure of content management the concept collapses.

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We couldn’t have asked for a better more cost effective way to market a product or service than the Internet. The beauty of how the Internet is tied together is the search engines.

With the search engines comes a focused way to market to potential customers. When it all boils down you need to set up your seo tactics so your page is working for and with the search engines as well as your customers.

Following the search engine optimization standards is just good business both for the search engines and for the quality of your page as well.

They don’t require these things just for the heck of it.

Your marketing power where search engines are concerned is based a lot on how tight your seo practices are.

If you do everything right you still will have a bit of a struggle to get to the top but since this marketing game is always being one step ahead of the next guy you always have your shot to beat someone out.

Getting your marketing practices down so your making the search engines algorithm happy as well as your customers and you don’t necessarily have to be the first site on the list to get really good rankings.

Getting to the first page is good enough, and is a pretty nifty feat as well!

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As with numerous firms, the level of the client relationship decides the profitability of the Blue Skies Careers firm. Back when the company was first opened there was a view in mind, and that was to better said level of service that both candidates and clients receive in recruitment service business. Marketing jobs can be found online at the Blue Skies website, they are experienced in the market, and thus they can assist you in your search.

There is a single clear factor that splits the company from their rivals, that is that at some time or other each member of the marketing recruitment employees has spent time either marketing agency or client side. This is useful given that it can guarantee the recruitment consultants get a clear perception of what the candidates looking for jobs in the marketing industry, and agencies with available a marketing job.

Blue Skies Careers has four offices, in Midlands, Yorkshire, the North West and London; recruiting candidates looking for a job in a marketing position. Blue Skies Careers give recruitment services for both freelance or permanent positions.

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My parents were out of town last week, so I decided that I would throw a party to thank everyone for being so supportive of me. I am the captain of the varsity football team and they do so much for me. After school there is always somebody there to do my work, and take me home. Our party was very successful, but the place was trashed. I didn’t know if i’d ever get that place cleaned, but my friends knew just what to do. They called the California janitorial cleaning service to come and clean. They did an amazing job and my parents never knew it happened.

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Back when I owned an inventory-based business, one of my better customers had a clever barb in his repertoire. If we were out of anything he needed in his order, he would say “You know, this would be a great place to open a supply house.”

But supply, we did for 20 years on my watch. We were in a smaller market, handling about 10,000 separate items, so we enjoyed few economies of scale. We competed with some large distributors and did very well largely due to our focus on inventory control.

At the time we used integrated management software that included an inventory control (IC) module. What made our system work so well was our commitment to keeping accurate inventory on a real-time basis, which necessitated “cycle counting.”

Wikipedia.org defines a cycle count as “an inventory management procedure where a small subset of inventory is counted on any given day.” In our case, this meant that, instead of taking a physical inventory once a year, we counted 2% (one-fiftieth) of our inventory each week up to the fiftieth week of the year. Using this method errors are caught more quickly, and extra counts can be performed on error-prone items.

With that introduction, let’s talk about the steps you can take to get your inventory under control:

1. Evaluate your IC “infrastructure.” Are you ready to automate IC? If you are using a management software package, is the IC module adequate for your needs?

Is your inventory layout conducive to administering a “real-time” IC? Can your staff take on the extra duties involved? While getting such a system going can require a lot of initial attention, IC systems save time, by allowing you to know what’s in stock without having to go to the warehouse, by quickly detecting any possible theft, and by lowering rates of stockout (lost sales) and overstock.

2. Set a target for customer service level. Measures can include percent of orders filled completely, or percent of items delivered to items ordered. The primary constraint on reducing inventory is, of course, customer service level. What’s an acceptable service level for you? 95%? 99.5%? IC software generally uses such a figure to determine how much “safety stock” you need to meet this objective.

3. Learn industry norms to aid perspective. While it should seldom affect your behavior, it is “nice to know” what the industry norms are for businesses of your size. You can probably get these from your trade association, or go to the “Annual Statement Studies” by the Risk Management Association, or “Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios” by Dun & Bradstreet.

What if the industry norms are 90 days of inventory on-hand, and you only keep 45 days worth? What if you keep 120 days worth? No action may be necessary, but this gives you a greater context and perspective as you fine-tune your system.

4. Use “best practices.” Minimum overall inventory is not the end of the story. Ascertain whether a reduction is advisable. Even at a good overall level of stock you may still have many items out of balance, over or under. So our efforts should be about “best practices” that minimize quantities required, while raising the quality of your inventory.

5. Clean house! In my most recent turnaround consulting appointment, a plumbing wholesaler, we started by identifying all the items that our IC system identified as overstock. We went from thinking we needed more warehouse space to having about a third of existing space available.

Of course, much of it went straight to the trash heap, but some was recent enough to send back to the manufacturer. In between, we sold some at two garage sales we held, and donated the rest to a local housing agency.

6. Implement “Just-in-Time. ” JIT includes a set of actions that work together to squeeze slack out of your processes. Do you enter received material as soon as it arrives? Can your key suppliers commit to shorter lead times?

7. Zero-base SKUs. Take a hard look at the realistic contribution of every item in inventory. You may need to keep some losers as “service items,” but you will be amazed at how many of your items are break-even or worse.

8. Partner strategically. Can you narrow your number of suppliers by getting more items from the “majors?” You may currently split up orders to save a penny here and there, but the vendor left standing would probably meet or beat the other’s prices for a greater share of your business. More from each vendor means more frequent replenishment, and more opportunities for JIT.

These are a few actions that should apply to continuous improvement programs at most inventory-based businesses. As they say, “your mileage may vary.”

John B. Vinturella, Ph.D. has almost 40 years experience as a management and strategic consultant, entrepreneur, author, and college professor. For 20 of those years, Dr. Vinturella was owner/president of a distribution company that he founded. He is a principal in business opportunity sites jbv.com and muddledconcept.com, and maintains business and political blogs.

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You’ve got your web site online. You’re on top of the search engines. You have killer web site copy. Now all you have to do is wait for the sales to roll in right? Well … not exactly.

In the last five years of working with all types of businesses, the most common mistake companies make is believing that their web site will do all of the work for them. Sure, a web site will definitely help productivity but it can never replace the human element of your business. Potential customers are still looking for some type of bond that brings them into your company, something that still makes them feel important and like an individual - they are looking for real people with real knowledge. And the reason why people choose to buy from you is because of you.

One of the most overlooked aspects of web sites is online customer service and ultimately your email correspondences. Think about it: if a “sales prospect” called your business would you leave them waiting a day or more before replying? Now, unless you work for a bank or just don’t want the business, you would never do that. But as crazy as it sounds, this is what many companies are doing. Sabotaging their own success simply by putting off returning emails to clients.

Here are a few basic rules I personally go by and suggest you adopt:

1. Develop a sorting mechanism in your email program so that you can answer your “sales oriented” emails first and then others later.

2. Answer sales oriented emails in under day if possible (even a simple return email “I am working on it” will suffice in some cases).

3. Answer non-essential emails within 1- 2 days.

4. When you respond to any email, make sure you include at least the following information 1) Your name + your company name, 2) your title, 3) address, 4) telephone (with area code), 5) your return email, 6) your web site and 7) lastly make sure your subject line makes sense!

Also consider the following:

1. The web is now used more than the yellow pages when people are looking to buy a product.

2. It is very probable that your potential customer also contacted your competition.

3. Like your first sales meeting with a prospect, make your email stand out. Tell them what makes you different.

4. Your prospect probably gets SPAM emails on a regular basis..

Make sure that the subject line is not confused with SPAM or your email may never even get read!

5. Make your subject line short and don’t come across as a used sales car person. A simple subject such as: As per your request at ABC.Com is usually sufficient.

6. Do not send files larger than 500k (1/2 a mb) - as a lot of people are still on dial-up.

Following these simple steps will maximize the benefits of your web site. In today’s fast moving economy, the old cliché “you snooze you lose” is more real than ever. And remember the web is no different than any other medium when it comes to building rapport/relationships with your clients. Have fun, stand out from the crowd and you will be surprised by the results.

(c) Todd Jamieson 2004

About the Author:
Todd Jamieson is Founder and President of EnvisionOnline.ca, an Ottawa-based web development and consulting firm. He holds a Bachelor of Business in Marketing from Bishop’s University and has over ten years experience with Internet and database technologies. Jamieson has worked as Project Manager on more than 200 web sites, web applications and Internet e-business initiatives for small and medium sized enterprises. He is also actively involved in a number of other small businesses and is Associate Director of Exploriem.org, Professional Entrepreneurs and Intrapreneurs Organization. He lives in Ottawa with his spouse, Erin.

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When I was a little younger, I took up photography and have myself exposed to different subjects. I find the art awesome. It captures and preserves moments and things you cherish and adore.

I consider photography as a protective cloth for my valued possessions. Memories that cannot be seized for a long moment and things that will deteriorate in the future time will be detained in your photos. That’s the very reason I liked photography.

Along with my photography penchant, I also developed my love for postcards. Basically it is the same as collecting pictures only that you have a message on it and you mail it. Since then, deltiology has been part of my life.

Deltiology or postcard collecting is currently the third largest collectable hobby in the whole wide world. I am so happy that I am part of that hobby. Doing the same, makes me acquainted with different places and things which are both seen and unseen by me. Credit must be given to Franco-Germans since they are the ones who produced the very first historical card.

The present era is a photochrome postcard milieu. It is also commonly called as ‘modern chromes’. It started in the year 1939 and stays up to the present time. I am influenced by this milieu in the sense that I have learned to incorporate my pictures to come up with customized postcards.

With customization, the creator is given a wider leeway. He can put in his choice of pictures and captions that way the postcards created will appear more personal and warmer than those customarily made.

Since, these postcards are not that ordinary thus, it must be processed through custom postcard printing. A special postcard printing process that acknowledges your postcards special needs. When you have opted custom postcard printing, be sure that you only entrust your printing needs to a credible and reputable commercial printing that way you can be secured of the results. You need not be troubled with discrepancies and other annoying aftermaths.

Nowadays, I do not worry about my priceless possessions. I just enjoy them to the fullest!

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People are not interested in you, your company or your product. They are only interested in the result and benefit they get when they buy from you. Here’s how to keep their interest…

THE ‘I’s’ HAVE IT - BUT THEY SHOULDN’T

The absolute, paramount, crucial point you MUST remember when writing your sales letter, adverts, brochures, web pages or newsletters is to write from your reader’s point of view.

“What’s in it for me?” is the number one question you should be answering for your prospect.

One of the easiest and simplest ways to check if your letter is focused on you, or your reader, is to count the number of ‘I’s in your letter. Count I’s, We, Us, Our. These are all focused on you, your company and your service or product. Then count how often the words ‘You’ and ‘Yours’ appear throughout your letter. If these are very low in number compared to the others - that’s BAD NEWS.

Your prospect’s going to be completely turned off - and there’s a pretty good chance your letter won’t even be read.

We’re used to talking about our products or services; our company; our delivery reputation; our quality control. Apart from concentrating on the wrong person (the writer instead of the reader) this also concentrates on the features you’re offering, not the benefits - it doesn’t explain what the reader can expect to gain.

It’s a difficult style to develop in your letters if you are not used to it. Persevere - it’s worth it. You’ll start to get amazing results when you do.

Write your letter as normal, then go through and edit it, remove all those I’s and turn the message around so YOUR READER IS THE CENTRE OF ATTENTION.

Any message about your product can be turned around and written from your prospect’s point of view, for example:

“Our unique weight-loss programme is designed to reduce your weight by at least 10lbs each month” could be written as…

“In your first month on this unique weight-loss programme you lose at least 10lbs - and continue losing until you reach your ideal weight”

Check the count - make sure the I’s do not have the majority.

(Tip: Use your word-processor’s search facility; search for ‘I’ ‘we’ ‘our’ and ‘my’ and then rewrite the sentence or paragraph).

© 2004 Carol A E Bentley

Extracted from the book ‘I Want to Buy Your Product… Have You Sent Me a Letter Yet’ (How to create powerful sales letters, advertisements, flyers, brochures, web pages and newsletters that persuade hundreds, or even thousands, of additional customers and clients to buy from you!) by Carol A E Bentley (Rated 5-star on Amazon.co.uk)

Subscribe to your free reports, with no obligation, at
http://www.accelerateyoursales.co.uk or visit http://www.CarolBentley.com

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A blog is basically an online journal wherein you can digitally
pen down your thoughts, ideas, opinions and practically anything
that you want people to read. Blogs come in different styles,
formats, and settings, depending on the preference of the user.
Many blogging sites, offer built in features such as hyperlink,
straight texts, pictures etc. Some blogging sites, even allow
you to put video and mp3’s on your blogs.

Instead of writing texts, some bloggers choose to make their
blogs more audio friendly, by using spoken word entries. This is
called audio blogging.

Basically a blog contains these features:

title- which allows you to label your post body- this is the
content of your post trackback- other sites can be linked back
to your blog permanent link- every article that you write has a
URL comments- this allow readers to post comments on your blog.

One of the advantages of blogging, is that it is made of only a
few templates. Unlike, other websites that is made up of
numerous individual pages. This make it easier for blog users to
create new pages, because it already has a fix setting that
include: slots for title, body of the post, category, etc.

This is especially useful for first time users, since they can
start blogging right away. They can chose from a number of
templates that blogging websites provide.

Anyone who wants to start a blog can do so by becoming a member
of a blogging website of their choice. Once they’ve become
members, they automatically become a part of that particular
blogging community. They can browse through other bloggers
pages, and link them back to their own blogs. They can also make
comments on other members’ blogs.

Blogging is not just limited to personal usage. There are a lot
of blogs that follow a theme such as: sports, politics,
philosophy, social commentary, etc. These blogs espouse on their
specific themes. This way blogging becomes a medium in which
people can share their knowledge and opinions about a variety of
themes and topics.

Some bloggers even use their blogs as a means to advertise. Some
authors advertise their books on their blogs. While other
bloggers, use their blogs to shed light to currents issues,
events, news and catastrophes.

Nowadays in education, blogs also play an important part.
Professors use blogging to document the lessons that they have
discussed and taught. This way, students who who have missed
classes, can easily catch up with their assignments.

A lot of entrepreneurs benefit from blogging by promoting their
businesses on their blogs, with millions and millions of people
logging onto the net everyday, blogging has become a lucrative
move. Some bloggers who run online businesses promote their
merchandise online. While others profit through advertisement.

But by far, the most popular blog type is the one that takes the
form of a personal journal. This is the kind that is usually
used by first time bloggers. Individuals who want to document
the daily struggle of their everyday lives, poems, rants,
opinions, find that blogging offers them a medium in which to
express themselves.

Bloggers usually communicate within themselves. This is one of
the appeals of blogging. It creates a community of people
sharing their ideas, thoughts, and comments with each other.

Blogs varying in topics, themes, and set-ups, can be found in
blog directories. First time users who want to get an idea of
what the blogging world is all about can browse through a number
of blogs using these directories. This way they’d get an idea of
what these blogging communities are like.

Blogging is popular all over the world. Blog is short for the
term weblog. There are no rules when it comes to blogging.
Bloggers have the freedom to express themselves how ever way
they want, and the best thing about blogging, is that most
blogging sites are free.

There are numerous blogging websites to choose from in the net.
This give first time users the option of joining a blogging
community that appeals to their interests.

Just search any blogging directory and you’d get a listing of a
lot of blogging sites that are available on the net. It’s easy
to search a blogging directory, because it is organized
according to category. This way you would get exactly what you
are after. Blogging is really for everyone. It is fun, simple
and easy.

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