A Florida salesman is hoping the road to his success is paved in simple red bricks. Next week, Eric Polins will vie to become the “World’s Greatest Salesperson,” a contest put on by Ad giant OgilvyOne to see who can come up with the most convincing sales pitch for an arguably hum-drum product – a […]
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Whether their child wants to be a princess or dance like a ballerina, a variety of moms are creating clothing for their kids and selling it to you too reports ArgusLeader.com. Since shortly after Lydia was born, she’s been making her tutus, hats and head bands. “She has a lot of frilly stuff now,” [Stacey]
Working from home may reduce commute time, save money, and shrink an employee’s carbon footprint. But it can also be a hazard to career advancement, a new study shows. Futurity reports that In a pair of studies–one involving in-depth interviews with office workers and another using a behavioral experiment–Kimberly Elsbach, professor in the Graduate School
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BBC: Bob Young is a self-confessed contrarian with a strong desire to change the world by allowing people to share and collaborate. The approach has served him well and has helped turn the Canadian into a multi-millionaire. Mr Young started out as a typewriter salesman and went on to found and run a computer-leasing company.
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The Wall Street Journal reports that a PricewaterhouseCoopers study found that in 2009, online ad revenues continued to climb to $24.2 billion, while print ads fell 28.6% to $24.8 billion. Online ads are expected to rake in $34.4 billion by 2014, which means print ads should dip below their online counterparts in a matter of
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Hotel News Now: Franchising and Asian expansion are top of mind at Accor, according to Olivier Poirot, CEO of Accor North America, who spoke with HotelNewsNow.com last week during the 32nd annual New York University International Hospitality Investment Conference at the Marriott Marquis. Poirot had a brief stint as CFO of parent company Accor Hospitality
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Franchising.net.au: Rockhampton Go Sushi franchisees, Glenda and Gordon Johnson have won the overall Pacific Retail Management (PRM) Franchisee of the Year award, announced at the PRM Conference and Awards Dinner in Brisbane. The inaugural Awards Dinner invited franchisees from all four PRM brands – Go Sushi, Love Coffee and Crepes, Kick Juice and Beard Papa.
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Woodlands Online: The Melting Pot Restaurants recently celebrated National Cheese Fondue Day with “Cheese for Charityâ€. The local restaurant located in Shenandoah, chose the South Montgomery County YMCA as their charity of choice. For every cheese fondue purchased, $10 was donated to the YMCA. During the 8 hour period, more than $550 was raised for
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photo credit: Paulo Brandão During the past few years, business owners have seen some very rough times and their employees have been loosing faith as they watch several hundred people being fired and laid off permanently. I just read an amazing article located on EsbJournal.com that had some really great ideas for keeping your remaining employees
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Las Vegas Sun: Week after week, we are bombarded with news about the recession in Las Vegas. As the rest of the nation appears to be in recovery, our city is lagging behind. And none of us is surprised, given that our economy is still so dependent on one industry. As gaming goes, so goes
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