JoAnn Lombardi
VR President
Consider
this synopsis: You’re an owner of a $30-million-a-year fee-based professional
service business that grew 20 percent last year; but you’re frustrated with the
results. The issue isn’t a monetary or revenue issue, but a performance one,
where your staff isn’t performing Read More>>
JoAnn Lombardi 8/19/2009 10:40:00 AM Comments (0)
Peter King
VR CEO
Many
businesses realize that creating a successful brand franchise involves
mobilizing the entire organization. Every aspect from the premises through the
employees’ conduct (such as with customer relations) to company letterheads and
formal marketing communications should reflect the values of the bran Read More>>
Peter C. King 8/18/2009 2:46:00 PM Comments (0)
JoAnn Lombardi
VR President
What is a brand?
It is the difference between a bottle of sugared, flavored,
carbonated water and a bottle of Coca-Cola.
A brand is the sum of the functional and
emotional characteristics (both tangible and intangible) that a consumer attributes
to a product or service a business creates and sell Read More>>
JoAnn Lombardi 8/18/2009 9:53:00 AM Comments (0)
JoAnn Lombardi
VR President
Every
business is always finding ways to increase their profit. Generally, there are a
few ways that this can be done:
Conducting a Market Analysis;
Increase sales volume;
Reducing and/or ensuring that costs
are fully recovered;
Improving the product mix R Read More>>
JoAnn Lombardi 8/17/2009 3:17:00 PM Comments (0)
Peter King
VR CEO
Businesses
exist in a rapidly-changing environment that can and will lead to radical
responses and strategic planning. There are many challenges that one
organization can have with the daily grind of responsibilities that despite
attempts to push forward, the shareholder value drops. Therefore, the solution
lie Read More>>
Peter C King 8/17/2009 10:02:00 AM Comments (0)
Peter King
VR CEO
If you’re a company owner that’s buying another business to operate, there are some options that you can consider when proceeding.
TYPES OF ACQUIRING ENTITIES
Normally, there are four basic types of entities that can be used to buy and operate the business of the acquired corporation:
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Peter C. King 8/13/2009 11:39:00 AM Comments (0)
Peter King
VR CEO
So, you’ve
met new people, focused on their interests and how you could add value to their
lives – but not yet through buying your business products or services. The
relationship should be at the point now where they feel good about you – they
know, like and trust you; open to doing business Read More>>
Peter C. King 8/11/2009 3:27:00 PM Comments (0)
JoAnn Lombardi
VR President
Computer viruses are always a threat on the Internet; therefore, they will be a threat to your business. Whether you’re building, about to buy or sell one; today, you can get one as easy as visiting a web site or opening an email.
Types of Viruses
What a computer virus does is attach itself Read More>>
JoAnn Lombardi 8/10/2009 12:09:00 PM Comments (0)
JoAnn Lombardi
VR President
Say you’ve attended a conference, event or trade show and you’ve just finished meeting some nice people that may be prime candidates for business referrals. And you did this while not hitting anybody over the head with your sales pitch regarding your products and services. Instead, you focused Read More>>
JoAnn Lombardi 8/6/2009 5:06:00 PM Comments (0)
Peter King
VR CEO
The idea of becoming your
own boss is always appealing as millions of people have tried and liked it. How
you determine if you are ready to become one yourself? What are the challenges
of buying an existing business that’s for sale?
There are ten questions that
you need to be able to ask yourself:
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Peter C. King 8/5/2009 3:03:00 PM Comments (1)
JoAnn Lombardi
VR President
So you’re at a conference,
trade show or event and have met a contact that would be a great contributor to
your business in some shape or form. You’ve established initial rapport; let
them talk about themselves and their business instead of you pitching your
intentions. By the time that y Read More>>
JoAnn Lombardi 8/4/2009 2:58:00 PM Comments (0)