Marketing Options For Cleaning Companies ? Part Two

Part one looked at telesales, yellow pages and other directories, using mailing lists and advertising in local papers and journals. In this article I will be considering direct selling techniques, leaflet drops and internet advertising.
1. Direct Approach
You could simply cold call on a company and hope you can get to talk to somebody. My experience of this is that it is quite a daunting task and by and large relatively unsuccessful in gaining new business. A lot of time, effort and fuel can be wasted as well as damage to ones morale which could take quite a severe battering as you experience one knockback after another. Not a technique to be recommended. However with regard to builders cleans it can be successful. What this entails is visiting any building s View the rest of this article

Forex Software Packages

If you plan to start trading FOREX online you will of course be using a software system. This system will make it easy for you to get information quickly about market prices and make trades. There are two types of FOREX software available, client based and web based.
As the FOREX market is a fast moving market and you will need up to the minute information to make informed transactions, it is up to you to see you have a high speed internet connection. Dial up internet access will absolutely not work for this. Another consideration could be the location of the servers used by your broker. If your broker's servers are located quite a distance from you, say in another country, this could potentially slow down your transmissions. If you plan to trade online you will View the rest of this article

Babies Bring Love, Joy And Opinions

The old saying ?babies aren?t born with instruction manuals? has opened the door for unwanted advice from family and friends, alike. If you?re a mother, specifically a ?new? mother, at first you may appreciate the guidance of those that went before you. But eventually even the most patient of women will break. You will most likely become a hermit, hiding the car in the garage, locking the doors, turning the ringer off and avoiding anyone that perceives themselves as an ?expert? on the subject of motherhood and newborns. So before you become a recluse and start avoiding all human contact; here?s some more advice on ?unwanted? advice.
Often times, a new mother?s insecurities get the best of her, and in all honesty, this happens to all mothers; not just the ?new? on View the rest of this article

How To Gain Web Traffic Through 9 Simple Tips

Driving traffic to your website can be a time consuming task. However, these easy tips may help you increase traffic and convert those visitors into actual customers.





1. Title on your main URL and secondary pages


Originally, my title was ADVANCED SYSTEMS-A Leadership & Organizational Training & Development Firm near Chicago, IL. If I searched for the first two words ADVANCED SYSTEMS using Overture at http://inventory.overture.com I found a little over 4,000 keyword searches. By using this tool, I entered various key words and discovered that the term education and training had over 210,000 searches during the previous month. Research also recommends that the title length not exceed 77 characters and so I continued researching the most View the rest of this article

Ten Great Reasons to Create an eBook

According to some sources, it is estimated that the Information
industry is going to be worth over $7.8 billion over the next 3
years.

If you could tap into just 0.0000001% of that $7.8 billion, you
could rake in $78,000!

Isn't that a good enough reason to create your own information
laden ebook?

If it isn't, here are 10 more great reasons to create your own
ebook:

1) If you create an ebook that solves peoples problems, you will
feel great knowing that you are helping a few, possible thousands
of people improve their lives.

2) A well written and presented ebook will bring you notoriety,
prestige and even fame! People will respect your opinions and
want to read more of your work.


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Who Is Responsible For Solving All Of Life's Problems?

What are the biggest problems facing the individual these days? Although they will vary from person to person, generally in the Western society I see the following four problems:
1. Unhappiness
2. Health issues (in the majority of cases this is a weight problem)
3. Money problems
4. Relationship problems
I live in Australia, a nation of 20 million people, in which 1 million are currently reported to be on anti-depressants. With such horrendous figures, why has no-one taught us ?basic happiness skills??
When one in two marriages lead to divorce, why are we not taught ?basic relationship skills??
When greater than 50% of people are considered overweight, with obesity rates continuing to rise, why are we not taught ?basic health skills??
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Do you work from home? Plan your next home purchase accordingly

The flexibility afforded by a “zero-commute” combined with the skyrocketing price of gasoline has strengthened the case for full time teleworking and telecommuting. According to an Environmental Protection Agency (2004) study:

“Americans spend an average of 46 hours per year stuck in traffic. Gridlock produces more than $63 billion in congestion costs per year”

The artist community has been well acquainted with the use of work/living spaces for years, but improvements in technology have made the benefits of teleworking and occasional telecommuting more attractive to general consumers. According to the key findings form the International Telework Association & Council (ITAC) Telework America (2000) View the rest of this article