September 2010
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By vanko on September 25, 2010
What do you get when you combine the flavors of individual perfection with organizational flawlessness? It’s a recipe for success made in heaven for performance improvements. Capture this perspective and you’ll soon be accomplishing beyond your wildest dreams . . . while working less. Let me put this message in context: It’s an important lesson [...]
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By vanko on September 25, 2010
Grant money comes in more than one flavor for your college education. Below I explain the types of grant money and what that means for your college money search. Grants are free money for college, and never have to be repaid. 1. FSEOG First the Federal Supplemental Equal Opportunity Grant. The FSEOG program awards grants [...]
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By vanko on September 24, 2010
Most salespeople are encouraged to add more customers. They often receive commissions based on the volume they deliver. Change those commissions to reflect customer profitability, and you’ll see quite a change in which customers your salespeople go after. Unless you support those sales efforts with the right offerings and marketing, however, you won’t make as [...]
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By vanko on September 24, 2010
A friend of mine wanted to advance his marketing career, but he felt frustrated. He was in charge of marketing for one of the lowest volume and unprofitable products in his company, Dream Whip. It was a powdered mix that could be turned into a whipped topping for desserts. Cool Whip was also made by [...]
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By vanko on September 23, 2010
The lower the interest rate you can obtain on your student loan will mean the less your total education will cost you. An interest rate of just a few percent less means thousands of dollars you won’t have to pay back when the time comes, ultimately lowering the costs you will need to finance your [...]
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By vanko on September 23, 2010
Do you remember the time when you mother received a pen and a ‘thank you’ note from a credit card issuer, for being a loyal customer? Gone are the days of simply and straightforward credit cards. Plain vanilla cards are a thing of the ancient past. The latest buzz word on the credit card scene [...]
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By vanko on September 22, 2010
Do you want to promote your business for free and give you the best possible chance of getting your business, product or service in front of the eyes of your customers? If so this article looks at how your press release should be presented to the media to ensure it gets read, gets acted upon [...]
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By vanko on September 22, 2010
When an auto loan provider pulls your credit report, the most important piece of information is your FICO credit score. The FICO score was created as an estimate of the likelihood of a borrower defaulting on a loan; the higher the score, the lower the chance of default. The specific formulas used for credit score [...]
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By vanko on September 21, 2010
Driving traffic to your new web store is an important feature to success for your new small home business. Starting a web store is made virtually easy on the internet with so many companies offering affiliations and free web stores to promote their specific products. In order to drive traffic to your new store, it [...]
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By vanko on September 21, 2010
Do you remember when? 1. If you wanted to watch something on television you stood up, walked to the television set and flicked between the 2 or 3 channels available 2. If you ran out of milk on a Sunday afternoon you would have to wait until the milk man delivered some more early Monday [...]
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