BEIJING —China announced Wednesday that its exports climbed 46 percent in February from a year earlier. Economists said the data signaled a rebound in consumer demand from the United States and other Western markets after the financial crisis last year.
It was the third consecutive month of increases in Chinese exports and the fastest growth in [...]
By Lisa J. Lehr
Would you like to have more communicative employees—or be one? Have a more effective sales force, or be a trainer with phenomenal presentation skills? Be a more confident, competent leader? Be persuasive, inspirational, and/or entertaining?
That’s what 235,000 people around the world are doing right now, and it’s called Toastmasters International.
This might sound [...]
by Lisa J. Lehr (Lisa is a regular contributor to this site)
If you’ve been in business for any length of time, you know that getting new customers is a lot more work—and a lot less profitable—than selling more to your existing customers. Needless to say, people who’ve bought from you in the past already have [...]
I always wonder when I travel to another country why proscription drugs are so much cheaper than here in the States. Here’s one of many reasons drug companies get by charging so much. They spend their money cooking ways to stifle competition, along with full page ads in magazines and TV ads. Here’s [...]
By: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Be leery of e-mails or text messages you receive indicating a problem or question regarding your financial accounts. In this scam, you are directed to follow a link or call the number provided in the message to update your account or correct the problem. The link actually directs the individuals to [...]
By John O’Dell
So the banks with their greed got us into the housing mess. Yes, you can say, well it was the mortgage brokers or the real estate agents that did it. But no, the banks made the rules for the mortgage brokers. No documentation, low down payment, the test to get a mortgage was [...]
by Lisa J. Lehr
“It takes ‘seven touches’ to turn a prospect into a client.”
“Know me, like me, trust me, buy from me.”
“The money is in the list.”
What do these sayings have in common, and what do they have to do with your business? The answer to both questions is that they’re all true, and that [...]
By Lisa J. Lehr
I don’t know about you, but I’m getting really tired of hearing the phrase “in this economy.” As in: “Everyone’s trying to save money…in this economy.” “Who can afford this, that, or the other thing…in this economy?” “Good luck getting a job, making a profit, running a business…in this economy.”
It’s as if [...]
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Are we in a recovery or not? You know, you can get ten economists in a room together and get ten different answers as to how the economy is doing.
But it seems like the roomful of economists are starting to come together and agree that we are bottoming out and coming out [...]
The American Police Force, that mysterious security company that plans to take over an empty jail in Hardin, Montana, is looking shadier than ever.
Montana’s attorney general has launched an investigation into a California company’s plan to take over the city of Hardin’s $27 million jail, following revelations that the company’s lead figure is a convicted [...]
