Create a Mobile Application for your Business

Create a Mobile Application for your Business  

Have you been trying to advertise and grow your business with limited success? Creating a mobile application for your organization could easily be your best solution. In a world of technology, most businesses step up their branding and marketing by creating a mobile application.  The majority of North Americans research products and services online using their smartphones, therefore it only makes sense to market your company by making your business readily available to all mobile users. There are several wonderful benefits of creating a mobile application for your business.

How to Grow Your Business with Link Parties

Link parties are a brilliant way to grow your online business while discovering other blogs and making new friends at the same time! If you have just launched your business and want to make your presence felt on the internet, you need to get people to come to your site. Driving traffic to your site is made easier if you get your link on any of the established websites. Participating in link parties and initiating them is a sure-fire way to get more people aware of your business. Even if you are new and initiate a link party, there will still be other new business websites or blogs that would benefit from that and give you the benefit of linking to their blog too. No matter what the number of their readers is, it will be a significant leap for your numbers and traffic!

How to Build a Good Website

Good writers are those that can kindle and sustain the interest of the reader; likewise a good website is one which can entice customers and make them want to stay and shop. Good web pages make great websites and with a little effort, you can create one that will be the envy of many.

How to Lead an Online Workshop

Online workshops have several advantages over traditional workshops. Creating and launching an online workshop is a highly effective way to spread your message across to people without any limitations of geographical or cultural boundaries. You can run your course from the convenience of your home or office without having to travel physically anywhere. You can exponentially increase your earnings without increasing the effort that you would expend. Whether the course is for one person or 100 people, once the course is created and launched, it can be replicated any number of times. It is easy to follow up on your students too, all within the privacy and convenience of your home.

How to Take a Mini Vacay

All work and no play isn't healthy for the creative soul!  Sometimes it's important to change perspective by taking a mini vacation.  I spent the day today beaching it and whale watching on the shores of Redondo Beach. 

How to use Pinterest to Gain Clients

The Internet has conquered the entire world within a few years so that the world has shrunk into a global pool offering myriad activities. People can do a numerous things using internet such as shopping, trading, learning, gaming, entertainment and what not. People can even socialize through various social networking platforms in order to expand their social circle; or just to get in touch with nears and dears one. 

In such a scenario, social media platforms like Pinterest are gaining popularity to the extent that more than 70 million people are using it worldwide. More than 70% of the users claim that they use it for getting inspiration about the latest trends and what is the best thing to buy. If a company is marketing on this site, it is very likely the business will usher to bring in a lot of prosperity. It is important to note here more than 80% users on Pinterest are women. The site is a forum for the latest happening is visually very appealing and striking. It can be regarded as a novel approach to replace flipping the magazines and books in order to get acquainted with the latest trends related with the décor, wedding, and fashion.

This platform is indeed the best place to share the news about the latest products in order to enhance the business avenues. In this way it can be regarded as a gold mine, which would generate enticing gains. Following approach will help in gaining new clients:

How to Create Videos for the Web

Do you need an ad campaign video for your brand, website or upcoming event? Creating it yourself using online tools and a camera with high capabilities is more personalized, rewarding and satisfying!

With the availability of faster bandwidth speeds, videos are now huge part of the online industry. Come to think of it, online users watch YouTube videos for more than 6 billion hours each month and 100 hours of uploaded videos every minute. With these huge numbers, video is indeed a fastest growing trend in digital marketing. Knowing this market reality, all size of businesses is taking advantage of video to inform and entertain their target audience. When done right, videos are effective way to promote your brand and convey your message in a more credible and engaging way. To make the most of video advertising, you should know the several video formats which you can choose from. You may combine some of these formats according to your needs.

Spring Clean Your Virtual Tools

Spring is upon us. Warmer temps, blooming flowers, and sunshine!  As the days get longer and warmer, it's important to take time to give your virtual tools a little spring cleaning. I mean this in several ways!

Put a little rubbing alcohol on a cloth and wipe your computers, laptops, tablets, and mobile phones. Clean all your headphones.

How to use LinkedIn and Facebook as Business Tools

Almost everyone in the business world is using social media. Social media is one of the biggest breakthroughs of the internet technology in the 21^st century. It has given people the opportunity to interact and communicate online and also the chance to do business, search for opportunities, or hire the right person for a job. Social media websites like LinkedIn and Facebook have become important mediums these days for most entrepreneurs and professionals.

Social Media Considerations for Executives

Collaboration, talent management, employee engagement, and administration-these are all important considerations for world-class leaders in the business industry.  Modern leaders must empower their employees to become evangelists for their own firms on social media platforms. This way, every people in the company can work together to help customers, attract talent, build the brand, and give a personal face to the company. All of these four factors are just external advantages through the effort of the social media leaders who are more personally bonded and engaged to the company. These employees might come from anywhere in the business organization from line personnel, interns, product leaders, managers and to executives.

How to Manage People Online

Leadership online requires that management overcomes communication challenges that can occur when working virtually.  Without face to face interaction, it can be tricky to create engagement, challenge employees, spark interest in the tasks required, and facilitate projects.  New models need to be created to define the behaviors, skills, and attributes of a successful leader in an online setting.

Differentiating average and exceptional virtual leaders in an organization is similar to the recognizing the difference between mediocre and professional athletes.  A mediocre athlete may be technically precise, but lack the intuitiveness and ease of a professional. Likewise, an online manager must exhibit the behavior and skill of a virtual leader. However, data from studies suggested that highly effective virtual leaders intuitively display ‘constellations’ of attributes.   By effectively blending core attributes, these leaders build a collaborative online culture that furthers instructional objectives. 

What is a Virtual Leader?

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Design and Build Your Professional Reputation Online

In today's world, technology has influenced different aspects of humanity. Technology is on its peak of providing great changes to the society that we are living today. The cloud offers numbers of great advantages in terms of connecting to the world for business and industry. There are numbers of reasons to polish your virtual image on the Web.

How to Make Decisions in Cloud Based Teams

Virtual leadership is the practice of leading an organization in a virtual environment regardless whether the organization is hybrid or virtual.  E-teams are increasingly being created in organizations that can span time and distance, taking on new challenges of globalization.  Effective virtual leadership encompasses the leadership of virtual teams by effectively increasing the trust of stakeholders working remotely, and reducing process losses by effectively using technology. A virtual team leader leads a virtual team asynchronously and synchronously using electronic means of communication.

What is successful leadership in the online environment?

Leadership Models and Theories

In weighing the options for using individual or combined leadership theories in organizational settings, there are many factors to consider. To determine the most cost-effective and feasible solution, several of these factors will be analyzed and recommendations set forth based on this analysis. Among the factors considered are the organization, the vision and goals of the company, culture, traits of followers, and implications of the use of each theory analyzed.

DIY Business Plan - FREE Downloads

Planning is everything when you are launching and running a business. Creating a business plan keeps you on point but allows for flexibility to meet unexpected challenges and surprises. There are several free business plan templates available online.  If you need assistance and guidance, consult a professional to get you on track. Free downloads of business plan templates are at the end of this post.

DIY - Build an Online Video Library

Build your own video library on topics relevant to your business.  The Web literally has millions of short videos (many of them on YouTube) about every topic imaginable. Some are very basic; some can be very complex, based on your level of expertise. The goal is to build a library of specialized topics you'd like to know more about.  Write a short review of each video as a reference, so you can refer back to your library and build your skills, solve problems, or increase your knowledge on topics of interest.

Self Hypnosis for Achieving Goals

What comes to your mind when you think of hypnosis? Probably stage shows where people are made to do silly or mystifying things. Possibly also the controversial subject of “lost memory retrieval,” or dramas where unsuspecting victims are made to commit crimes without their knowledge. In any case, it’s not something you think of in the context of ordinary life.

So this may come as a shock –  each one of us is basically in a state of self-hypnosis all the time. We are constantly entrancing ourselves with a steady stream of hypnotic suggestions in the form of beliefs about ourselves, our lives, the future, and everything we consider to be “real.”

How to Present Yourself to Others 2015

When it comes to interviews, presentations, important or personal meetings, and any situation where you need to make a good impression, looking professional is just as important as being professional. But looking professional means more than just having a top-of-the-line briefcase, Italian shoes, the best laptop money can buy, and a bright smile. Here are some tips you may never have thought of in the course of your career.

Don’t Get Chained To Your Computer: Time Management for Online Entrepreneurs

Online entrepreneurs need not be chained to their computers because of lack of time management. Even if you have family or personal commitments, managing your time well will leave enough space for you to do your own personal things together with spending time with your family. Successful online entrepreneurs always say that the key is to manage your time wisely. Here are ways to do it:

How to Brand your Business on Social Media

Having a strong online professional reputation today is more important than ever. Your credibility as a leader is at stake when people cannot find you online.

Further, if you are found online and what is found is outdated, incomplete, negative, or inconsistent, then you as the leader are at risk of being viewed as a poor leader. This is like having bad press, and no leader or company can afford bad press in a world driven by consumer perception and opinion.

In case you want to know how to brand your business online, follow the methods below.

Building a Successful Online Business

The lifestyle that comes from running an online business is great and you get to work from home each day, set your own hours, and enjoy abundant income. When we think about income generation, we immediately think of the web.

Building an online business is an exercise in personal development. Running online business tests you in many ways — your self-discipline, your intelligence, your communication skills, your focus, etc. If you’re lacking in any of these areas, your business results will reflect it.

Create the Ultimate Home Office

The key to being successful at working from home is maximizing your productivity. The best way to ensure you get the most out of your home-office days is to create the ultimate home office for yourself. 

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Free 2015 Calendar Download

Free 2015 printable calendar. Enjoy!  Click here to download. 

The Influence of Information Literacy on Scholarship, Practice, and Leadership in E-Commerce Consulting

The U.S. Department of Commerce (2009) website indicates that for the 2ndQuarter of 2009, retail e-commerce sales growth increased 2.2 % at $32.4 billion although retail sales decreased.  Clearly, the paradigm shift toward technology based business models for success require scholarship, practice and leadership that is current, effective and practical in an unclear economy.  Leadership and survival in e-commerce are dependent on resources from others. Relevant and current information is necessary to compete in technology-based business.   The fast pace of emerging technology requires reliable, current information to formulate accurate strategy.

Biz and Life Hack: Meditation

Meditation is a practice in which an individual trains the mind or induces a mode of consciousness, either to realize some benefit or for the mind to simply acknowledge its content without becoming identified with that content or as an end in itself.

The term meditation refers to a broad variety of practices (much like the team sports) that includes techniques designed to promote relaxation, build internal energy or life force and develop compassion, love, patience, generosity and forgiveness. Meditation has been used by many cultures and religions for the purpose of seeking knowledge, spirituality, relaxation, and improved focus. Today, meditation is being researched for its possible benefit to helping with certain health conditions, effects on increasing relaxation, and seeking a greater understanding of what is commonly referred to as the "mind-body balance.

CREATE A 2015 VISION BOARD AND REALIZE YOUR GOALS

A vision board is a tool used to help clarify, concentrate and maintain focus on a specific life goal. Literally, a vision board is any sort of board on which you display images that represent whatever you want to be, do or have in your life. 

2015 IS HERE ~ PLAN YOUR GOALS AND WORK YOUR PLAN

Greetings from Rancho Palos Verdes, California. As we recently journeyed into 2015, now is the time to establish some life balance goals, business benchmarks, and intentions for abundance.  There are a lot of ways to get on path and motivated for the upcoming year.