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- Hispanic Business Leaders Believe Economic Downturn Will Affect Their Firms
A quick survey by this newsletter shows that Hispanic business leaders in general feel they will be materially hurt by the wild gyrations on Wall Street. - Smaller Companies Are More Likely to Experience a Loss Overseas
As businesses continue to grow their foreign operations, small to mid-size companies are more likely to experience a loss to corporate assets outside the United States or Canada than larger companies. - Hiring Top Talent Getting Harder, Not Easier
Despite rising unemployment, hiring quality talent is not getting easier. At a time when recruiting key positions is a cornerstone for corporate competitiveness, a survey of 775 recruiters and managers show that locating qualified candidates for key positions is a huge challenge. - National Store Location Closing Spells Opportunity For Some Employees
One way to jump start a new business is to take over an older, national brand outlet and continue the store concept. In Santa Fe, NM, a veteran employee did just that. - Tested Spammer, Email Protection Available For Smaller Firms
Increasingly, companies are suffering from spammer problems. Like mosquito protection, as companies ramp up protection, spammers find ways around these efforts. - Travel Expenses Gaining Greater Attention From Corporate Management, As Alternatives Sought
Travel and entertainment (T&E) is an area of significant spend within an enterprise. With increase in gas prices and other expenses associated with travel, this drain on resources will continue to grow. - Georgia Adopts Tax Policy To Help Small Business Provide Healthcare Insurance To Employees
Georgia has adopted a new tax policy in a further sign of the growing use of HSAs as a means of helping small employers provide healthcare insurance benefits. - Companies Can Generate Sales With Book That Highlights Expertise
For companies looking to generate new sales, one expert has an interesting, effective approach --- books. More specifically, one book written by a senior manager, usually President or CEO, that is designed to display the firm's prowess in the target sector. - How to Discover a Brand's Truth
Branding is at best an art and at worst, a difficult task that leaves many companies with questions. For many, finding the right position within the marketplace is also a time-consuming and frustrating task. - Hispanic Widow Grows Foods Business, Adds Products
As is the case in many situations like this, not only did the company survive but it thrives today, thanks in great part to her leadership and fortitude. - Marketers Should Heed Five Rules In Selling To Hispanic Markets
As their numbers grow, the Hispanic market has become a desireable target for both Hispanic and non-Hispanic marketers. One of the top agencies specializing is Hispanic marketing is iNSPIRE. - Hispanic Business Leaders Need To Build Bridges To Financial Institutions
Hispanic business owners often fail to properly prepare the best documents when seeking professional loans. Equally as important, they neglect a key element in this process -- establishing a personal relationship with the bank. - Hispanics Underrepresented In Government Agencies, Probe Launched
Many Hispanic business leaders complain about the lack of representation in governmental agencies. Two agencies are launching a probe to see if this is true. - Using Social Networking To Sell Products Especially Helpful To Smallest Enterprises
Companies of all sizes, including home-based businesses, now have a new marketing channel. A Colorado company has merged social networking with specialty sales, a model that can enable even the smallest companies to build storefront with a built-in audience. - "The Curse of Knowledge" Muddies Corporate Communications
Business communicators sometimes become the victim of their own success and insularity. It’s called "the curse of knowledge." - Infomercial King Gives Tips On Selling Products On TV
Many business leaders have wondered if they can use television “infomercials” as a way of jump starting their products. One of the leading proponents of marketing through infomercials is A.J. Khubani. - Four Factors To Consider In Resolving Job Dissatisfaction
Over half of U.S. workers are dissatisfied with their jobs, and problems have persisted unresolved for at least two decades without improvements on the horizon, says one respected non-profit business group. - More Small Manufacturers Considering Expansion, But Not Physical Plant
More owners and managers of manufacturing businesses plan to grow their operations during the course of the next 12 to 24 months, but they will be doing so more through investments in human resources and customer needs rather than in facilities and processes, according to the latest Small Business Research Board (SBRB) study. - Online Marketplace For Lead Generation, Sales
An interesting new approach for obtaining sales leads has been launched out of beta testing is now available to all users. An exchange where sales leads can be bought and sold has been launched by Salesconx.com, an online business referral marketplace. - Tips For Finding The Right Decision Person Within A Target Company
Whether contacting someone to submit a resume to or as a source of sales lead generation, it can be extremely difficult to locate the right person within a company. - Businesses Face Harsher Rules If Employee Social Security Numbers Are Not Verified
Business managers are faced with a requirement that they resolve social security number discrepancies within 93 days or face penalties if they have not discharged the employee involved. - 10 Tips to Boost Business in Down Economy
Small and family businesses are facing tough challenges from the economy’s slowdown, but they can weather the downturn by considering 10 business-boosting strategies, according to the small business unit of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. (MassMutual). - Six Rules for Increasing Revenue and Profits
In today's business world, much of the work is focused on cost management. What many businesspeople have failed to realize, however, is that almost any company has the potential to geometrically increase their revenue stream and profitability. - Government Program Offers Easy, Free Method To Verify Immigration Status Of Potential Employees
Companies looking for a way of checking on the immigration status of employees have a little known but effective program available at no cost that is being provided as part of the federal government’s homeland security agency. - Juggling Commercial Construction, Motherhood Propels Miami Entrepreneur
Not satisfied with her own daughter, a Miami Hispanic who was the first in her family to go to college, adopted a Russian child. Now, she has them installed in an office next to her and is building unique apartment buildings in Miami. - Efforts To Educate, Bring Hispanic Employees Under Healthcare Programs Pushed By Aflac
The disparity of health care in this community is partly due to the lack of insurance education. This result was recorded in survey by StrategyOne for Aflac, the insurance giant.