Diana Heeb Bivona on June 29th, 2007

Home-based businesses are a popular avenue for the entrepreneur and have grown in popularity over the years.  A recent Forbes article took a look at things you should consider when deciding whether a home-based business is the thing for you.  Here are a few tips from small-business experts found in the article: Do you homework [...]

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Diana Heeb Bivona on June 28th, 2007

It’s easy to loose that personal connection with people today given the constant high-speed pace we live in.  We tend to be a race of multi-taskers who pride ourselves on being able to do more than one thing at a time, either by choice or sheer necessity.  How many times have you caught yourself taking [...]

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John Vanhara on June 27th, 2007

We are getting very close to opening date of our new office in Memphis, TN. One of the services we are going to offer is virtual offices and executive suites. Our contractors are finishing interior improvements and hopefully we will be able to open our doors in about week. [photopress:office.jpg,full,pp_image] The virtual offices will be [...]

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Diana Heeb Bivona on June 27th, 2007

UK-based FDS International recently conducted a survey of 11 countries and their employees trying to discover who has the most demanding (whiniest) workers.  They surveyed nearly 14,000 employees in 23 countries regarding their work attitudes.  Who has the most “demanding” employees? Here are the rankings: 1. France 2. United Kingdom (tie) 2. Sweden (tie) 4. United [...]

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Diana Heeb Bivona on June 26th, 2007

Nobody enjoys having to deal with an upset or angry customer.  Having someone yell or berate you would tend to raise anyone’s hackles.   Successfully handling an angry customer can mean the difference between retaining that customer over the long haul or loosing them.  When dealing with an irrate customer, remember: Not to take it personally.  When someone is [...]

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Diana Heeb Bivona on June 25th, 2007

It’s not unusual today to find that many employees answer to two bosses.  If not handled well, it can create a very stressful atmosphere for the employee.  After all, they have to deal with two different sets of expectations, two different personalities, and two different understandings of what qualifies as “urgent” or “priority”. For the two [...]

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