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Parent Supervision at Car Wash Fundraisers
If you are planning a car wash fundraiser then you need to be smart about parent supervision. You cannot adequately run a car wash fundraiser with only one parent or even two for that matter. Especially a big one with hundreds of cars coming thru, you just need more adults there to prevent chaos and out of control water fights you see?Personally, I have raised over 500,000 dollars in car wash fundraisers and have even written a book online; How to Run a Successful Car Wash Fundraiser. It is free online if you want it simply look it up in the search engine if you are interested. In this book I discuss the need for supervision and the problems that occur when there are not enough parents out there.Parent Supervision at Car Wash Fundraisers is paramount to the succe

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A stands for Achievable. Is the goal achievable by you or whoever needs to accomplish it? To say you want to triple your businesses income in the next 3 months is probably not achievable. Oh, you may hit the lottery or sell your business, but most likely, the goal of tripling your income over the next 3 months is more of a dream than it is a goal.

If you were to state that you want to increase your businesses income by 10% over the next 3 months you have a more achievable goal. It is just beyond your reach, can be measured and is achievable by means that you have or knowledge you can go and get. Another words, the learning curve is not going to be straight up in order for you to accomplish this.

C stands for Consistent. Is the goal consistent with the business plan and or the mission statement? If it is not, then achieving the goal will not move you, the business, or your care

Becoming Successful 21st Century Corporations
The Globalisation and Internet are the two major forces that are responsible for the radical changes that are going on among the business firms in Asia. Successful 21st century corporations respondedwell to the threats and opportunities of the business environment. What makes these corporations different? Its the effective management systems in place that is responsible for their success.Successful organizations, adopt effective management system and policies that are able to generate profit through their employees. Cascio (2006, p.27-29), in his book titled 'Managing Human resource: productivity, Quality of Work Life, Profits'(published by McGraw-Hill) lists seven practices/dimensions that form part of the 'management systems that produce profits throug

Another year is just about ready to finish and it is time to start thinking about next year. If you own your own business or you manage a business division, then you need to ask yourself if all of the expectations that were set forth at the beginning of the year were met. If not then maybe what stopped you was a lack of goals and objectives, or just a lack of a good process to use when planning them. The goal setting process is essential to the success or failure of the business, and many careers have derailed due to a lack of them. Goals and objectives apply to everyone involved.

Being a business owner or a manager implies an inherent responsibility to insure plans are worked on, followed through on, and accomplished. The process that is used can and will determine whether or not you will finish the year with your hat in hand, or be congratulated for a job well done.

If you are a business manager, you were given a mission statement by the organization. This mission statement is the overarching goal of the organization. It does not tell you how it will be done. It just implies that it “is” done. It is your job to determine what resources you will need in order to make them come to fruition.

If you are the owner of the business, then you either have a business plan and or a mission statement. You should have both. Take this information and begin to formulate the things that need to be accomplished, the time period in which they need to be accomplished and by whom they need to be accomplished by.

This is goal setting. Understanding and expressing “what” needs to be done, “why” it needs to be done, “when’ it needs to be done, and finally, “how” it will be done is the goal setting scenario. Goals should be just beyond your reach. Just past your fingertips. If they are too far out there, you will not reach them and will become disappointed. Too close, and they will not be worthwhile at advancing your company or your career.

Start using the SMAC method in setting goals and objectives and always remember goals and objectives are not one in the same, though many people think they are. Goals are where you want to end up. Objectives are the steps to get there.

S stands for Specific. Make the goal as specific as possible. Stating a goal that says you want more customers is not specific. How many more customers? More customers than when? If you state you want more customers, then getting one customer today is more customers. This is not a goal, it is a hope. To be more specific, simply state that you want to increase your customer base for the first quarter of next year by 20% over your first quarter in the previous year. If you know what that number needs to be, that is even better.

M stands for Measurable. The goal must be measurable otherwise, how will you know if you are making progress? How will you know if you have accomplished the goal if it cannot be measured? Anything that is specific enough can be measured. The measurement method may take you some time to work up, but it can be measured if it is specific.

In the example above, if we stated we want more customers. Can you measure that? Now look at the rewrite: increase customer base for the first quarter of next year by 20% over the first quarter of the previous year. Can this be measured? Of course it can. Your goals need to be fluid enough that you can tweak them, make small adjustments here and there as needed in order to insure they are accomplished. Again, if you are the manager or the owner, you need to have a method that you will be able to periodically check the goals to make sure you are on track.

C stands for Consistent. Is the goal consistent with the business plan and or the mission statement? If it is not, then achieving the goal will not move you, the business, or your caree

Life Insurance – It's Your Job to Plan for the Future
Just to get you up to speed, there are basically two different kinds of life insurance – term life insurance, which insures you for a set number of years, and whole life insurance, which insures you for the rest of your life. Both of these kinds of life insurances can do more than just financially help your beneficiary in the event of your death (for example, certain types of both kinds of policies allow you to “cash in” on what you’ve paid should you find yourself in a financial emergency), and both offer you the tools for the job of planning for the future.You may be asking yourself, “How can a life insurance policy, which isn’t supposed to be used until I’m dead, help me plan for the future?” Take whole life insurance policies, for example. They offer a savings co

r, you were given a mission statement by the organization. This mission statement is the overarching goal of the organization. It does not tell you how it will be done. It just implies that it “is” done. It is your job to determine what resources you will need in order to make them come to fruition.

C stands for Consistent. Is the goal consistent with the business plan and or the mission statement? If it is not, then achieving the goal will not move you, the business, or your care

Leadership Attributes for Business Success
Business success is essentially the result of successful leadership. Contrary to the popular myth, leaders are not just born. Leadership skills can be learnt and developed. A business is a distinct reflection of the leader, who may be the owner or manager. A business is never successful despite the leader, it is always successful or otherwise because of the leader.7 LEADERSHIP ATTRIBUTESThere are 7 key attributes that a leader must develop if the business is going to succeed. A leader must have vision, must be an entrepreneur, must inspire others, must set standards, must orchestrate methods, must understand people and must measure results.1 Vision Vision is the attribute that drives the leader, the reason for ex

you will not reach them and will become disappointed. Too close, and they will not be worthwhile at advancing your company or your career.

C stands for Consistent. Is the goal consistent with the business plan and or the mission statement? If it is not, then achieving the goal will not move you, the business, or your care

Write Attention Getting Ads
The most important aspect of any business is selling the product or service. Without sales, you are not generating any income and your business will not survive. All sales begin with effective and powerful advertisements. To build sales the ad must get the buyer to act. The ad writer must know what he or she wants the buyer to do.All ads are written with a basic formula, which is:1. Attract the attention of your prospect.2. Interest your prospect in your product/service.3. Cause your prospect to "desire" your product.4. Demand "action" from the prospect.Never forget the basic rules of copywriting. If the ad is not read, it won't generate a sale. If the ad is not seen it won't be read. If the ad does not command the attention of

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C stands for Consistent. Is the goal consistent with the business plan and or the mission statement? If it is not, then achieving the goal will not move you, the business, or your care

Job Search Advice For A Recent Graduate
A recent graduate can have a tough time finding their first job and getting their career on track.When I finished university, I found it difficult to find my first job. Through university I’d worked in a factory so I didn’t have any office experience that I could point to that would indicate to a potential employer that I could do everything I said I could do.I kept thinking that even though I was a recent graduate with no relevant experience, if only I could somehow convince potential employers what I was capable of, I would prove my capabilities to them.How can you convince an employer what you are capable of when you seem to have no experience?In other words, how can you get experience when no one will give you any experience?When you are

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C stands for Consistent. Is the goal consistent with the business plan and or the mission statement? If it is not, then achieving the goal will not move you, the business, or your career forward. And after all, isn’t moving forward what it’s all about? Make sure you set the goal consistent with the overall plans. To have a plan to have the best customer service response in your industry and then setting a goal to respond to customer inquiries in 7 business days or less, certainly does not seem to be consistent. A goal of responding to customer inquiries within 12 hours would be more consistent with the overarching plan.

Set a timeframe that you will accomplish the goal. By setting a timeframe you instill a sense of urgency that it needs to be paid attention to and accomplished. If you don’t set a timeline, then there will be a tendency to put it off, or start it at a later date. The goal will not seem as important.

Set goals with the people that work for you. In order for you to get more done as the owner or the manager, your people need to be advancing the organization as well. Teach them this process. Take the time and work with them to set 3 or 4 goals that will make them stretch their abilities. It will help improve them and the company at the same time. And don’t forget the most important part of working with your people: Following up. By having goals that you helped them to create and they participated in, you can step in at frequent intervals, measure the progress of the goals and discuss with them what challenges they are having and how to resolve them in order to successfully complete the goals.

When 2006 is over, your business or career will have advanced and you will be proud of your accomplishments knowing that it didn’t just happen by chance, but by good planning and execution.

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A business note is generated when a business is sold and the seller finances the transaction. If you plan on selling your business note at some point in the future there are certain criteria that will make the sales process a smooth one.

Increasingly organizations are becoming dissatisfied with their customer satisfaction surveys and turning instead to designing and implementing customer loyalty programs. They are beginning to understand that it's not just about satisfaction. In order to improve their businesses they have to improve customer loyalty. The real goal is to understand and improve the areas of the business that drive customer loyalty. In my experience there are five key steps to implementing such programs.

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