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The Reason for a Company’s Existence
THE REASON FOR A COMPANY’S EXISTENCE
Many companies out there believe they are in business to make money. Although that may be a by-product of...
The 5 Ingredients Necessary to Create an Excellent Team in Your Business
In a longitudinal study shared with me by one of my Fortune 500 clients, more than 120 teams were studied over a three- year...
The New York Real Estate Scene: Interview with Kathleen Perkins
Kevin Price, Host of the Price of Business on Business Talk 1110 AM KTEK (on Bloomberg’s home in Houston) recently interviewed Kathleen Perkins. According...
Why Mergers Kill Customer Value
The M&A season is underway. Dell is looking at a $24 billion private equity deal that will privatize the company. Berkshire Hathaway is looking...
Innovative Professional Scientific & Technical Services Stories: David Foos, CEO, Room5
Sullivan Alexander is a contributor on the Price of Business on Business Talk 1110 AM KTEK (on Bloomberg’s home in Houston), whom you can...
Innovative Professional Scientific & Technical Services Stories: Gary Conley, President, TechSolve
Sullivan Alexander is a contributor on the Price of Business on Business Talk 1110 AM KTEK (on Bloomberg’s home in Houston), whom you can...
Innovative Professional Scientific & Technical Services Stories:Teresa Hartnett
Sullivan Alexander is a contributor on the Price of Business on Business Talk 1110 AM KTEK (on Bloomberg’s home in Houston), whom you can...
Small Business and Health Care Reform – Ready or Not!
September 2013
By: Sullivan Alexander, MBA,CGMA,CPA.CITP, Conture—Director, Management Advisory
Small Business and Health Care Reform – Ready or Not!
In terms of health care reform, Affordable Care...
The Price Of Business
Host: Kevin Price
Guest(s):Frank Vernuccio, Howard Kahn Richard Campo, Niger Innis, Tim Tray Tindal, Ray Sasser
The Price Of Business
Host: Kelvin Price
Guest(s): William Edmundson, Jessica Zuckerman, Mike Hammond, Mike Hammond, Price Point Edition
William L. Edmundson, IV
Think Outside the Office
Virtual Office Plans Make Your Business Feel Big Without the Big Price Tag
Businesses across the globe are taking advantage of wide...
Customer Experience: Is It The Chicken Or The Egg?
Companies are starting to see the light. They are embracing the principles that Apple, Google, and Philips Electronics have been advocating for a long...
The Price Of Business
Host: Chris Kelso
Guest(s): Martha Zoller, Penny Star, JD Joyce, CourtneyStephensAshleyNorthrup, Price Point Edition
The Price Of Business
Host: Kevin Price
Guest(s): Martha Zoller, Penny Star, JD Joyce, CourtneyStephensAshleyNorthrup, Price Point Edition
How to Earn a 1,000% Return on Your Time
The Law of Planning: Every minute spent in planning saves ten minutes in execution.
The purpose of strategic planning in a corporation is to...
The Price Of Business
Host: Kelvin Price
Guest(s):Wally Wood, Charles Patrick Jason, Kent Batman Larry Goldenhersh, Kent Batman Kevin Brady, Price Point Edition
Re-energize Small Business Planning
February 2013
By: Sullivan Alexander, MBA, CGMA, CPA.CITP, Conture—Director, Management Advisory
Re-energize Small Business Planning
As a business leader, you deal with a lot of challenges...
ALERT: IRS INCREASES RATE FOR MILEAGE ALLOWANCE
The IRS announced an increase in the optional standard mileage rates for the final six months of 2011. Effective July 1, 2011, through...
How to Know How to Exploit the Competition to Take Market Share
Because you are proactive, responsible, and result-oriented, you are continually analyzing your current situation based on the realities of the moment, rather than on...
How to Position Your Business for Success
It is estimated that fully 84% of purchase decisions today are based on word of mouth, or how other people talk about your products...
Is Your Org Chart Driving Customers Away?
Companies today accept an abhorrent level of dysfunction as the status quo. Studies show that knowledge-workers spend half their day in meetings and employee...
RICK PERRY: THE INFORMERCIAL THAT MADE TEXAS REAL ESTATE BOOM
Rick Perry is the greatest thing to happen to the state of Texas.
Did he make Texans look unintelligent? Sure. Close-minded? Certainly. But I don't...
Due Diligence
Why Perform Due Diligence?
Learning how to perform due diligence can mean the difference between success and failure in commercial real estate investment. If you...
Construction Business Cost Saving Stories: Kevin Harney
Sullivan Alexander is a contributor on the Price of Business on Business Talk 1110 AM KTEK (on Bloomberg’s home in Houston), whom you can...
Prestige Properties in Boston: Amy Mizner
Kevin Price, Host of the Price of Business on Business Talk 1110 AM KTEK (on Bloomberg’s home in Houston) recently interviewed Amy Mizner, a...
Social Networking Sites and Politics
I just wanted to let everybody know that social network for politics has entered into a new time and it will be used...
Are Super Pacs like Tabloid Newspapers?
Many Americans are far too busy with work, family, chores, bills, and struggling to hold everything thing together in these stressful times. Sure, the...
The Price Of Business
Host: Kelvin Price
Guest(s): Kelly Moore, Niel Nielsen, John Morris, Crter Holland, Price Point Edition
The Best Practices in Customer Service: First in a Series: Larry M. Weinstein, CPA
Kevin Price, Host of the Price of Business, recently interviewed Accountant Larry Weinstein, CPA about what he does to show customer appreciation.
1) ...
The Best Practices in Customer Service: A Series: Custom Newsletters, Inc.
Kevin Price, Host of the Price of Business (Business 1110 AM KTEK in Houston, TX) and publisher of PriceofBusiness.com continues his series on Customer...
The Best Practices in Customer Appreciation: Brad Smith of Sage
Kevin Price, Host of the Price of Business (Business Radio 1110 AM KTEK; Houston, TX) interviews Brad Smith, Executive Vice President of Customer Experience...
Common Sense??? By our member from TellMyGov jmutchler
http://tellmygov.com/
I saw on 'TelMyGov' somewhere that an insightful member said something to the effect that 'common sense was not so common'. It...
How to Reach C-Level Executives: Amie Hoff
Kevin Price, Host of the Price of Business on Business Talk 1110 AM in Houston, TX interviewed Amie Hoff. Hoff is the co-founder and...
Susan Ahlstrom J.D.
It’s that time of year when we are supposed to pause and be joyful, and celebrate with
our family and friends. Whether it’s during a...
How to Get More of the Important Stuff Done
“Make time for getting big tasks done every day. Plan your daily workload in advance. Single out the relatively few small jobs that...
The One Question Every Business Must Answer
There are two factors concerning time that determine the purchase of any product or service in a competitive marketplace. The first is called “time...
The Best Practices in Customer Appreciation: Pixie Vacations
Kevin Price, Host of the Price of Business (1110 AM KTEK Houston, TX) interviews Lisa and Steve Griswold of Pixie Vacations on customer appreciation.
Tell...
The Best Practices in Customer Appreciation: eThreads
Kevin Price, Host of the Price of Business (Business Talk 1110 AM KTEK in Houston, TX) interviews Emily Worden of eThreads.com
1) Tell me about...
The Best Practices in Customer Appreciation: Jayson Manship of inSourcecode
Kevin Price, Host of the Price of Business (M-F 7 am CST on Business Talk 1110 AM KTEK) interviewed Jayson Manship, who is the...
The Best Practices in Customer Appreciation: 20 Wines' Greg Rudy
Kevin Price, Host of the Price of Business on 1110 AM KTEK in Houston, TX, interviewed Greg Rudy who is the Director of Operations...
The Lengths a Business Has Gone for a Customer: Gordon Veniard
Kevin Price, host of the Price of Business on Bloomberg's home in Houston, TX, 1110 AM KTEK, recently interviewed Gordon Veniard, a 28-year sales...
The Lengths a Business Has Gone for a Customer: Reecy Aresty
Kevin Price, Host of the Price of Business on Bloomberg’s Home in Houston (Business Talk 1110 AM KTEK) recently visited with Reecy Aresty, the...
How to Build a World Class Sales Force for Your Business
Building A World Class Sales Force
The linchpin to this entire process is the sales effort. Unfortunately, many companies are run by people who have...
Accelerating Small Business Cash Flow Forecasting
March 2013
By: Sullivan Alexander, MBA, CGMA, CPA.CITP, Conture—Director, Management Advisory
Accelerating Small Business Cash Flow Forecasting
If you struggle with getting a handle...
The Lengths a Business Has Gone for a Customer: Dan Vuksanovich
Recently, Kevin Price, Host of the Price of Business (on Bloomberg's 1110 AM KTEK in Houston, TX) interviewed Dan Vuksanovich, the self-described "Website...
The Lengths a Business Has Gone for a Customer: Creative Agency Secrets
Recently Kevin Price, Host of the Price of Business on Bloomberg's home in Houston, TX (1110 AM KTEK, M-F at 7 am) interviewed Rebecca...
The Unnamed Villian In The Housing Collapse
THE UNNAMED VILLIAN IN THE HOUSING COLLAPSE
People across all political affiliations generally agree that the American economic collapse can be attributed to the...
The Lengths a Business Has Gone for a Customer: Creative Agency Secrets: F2E Ventures
Recently Kevin Price, Host of the Price of Business on Bloomberg's Home in Houston (Business Talk 1110 AM KTEK) interviewed Nick Ramil of F2E...
The Best Practices in Customer Service: A Series: CBG Benefits
Recently Kevin Price, Host of the Price of Business on Bloomberg's Home, Business Talk 1110 AM KTEK in Houston recently interviewed Jason Pinto of...
How to Identify and Overcome ANY Constraint that is Holding Your Business Back
The theory of constraints, popularized by Elihu Goldratt in his book The Goal, says that, in any work process, there is a limiting step...
The Lengths a Business Has Gone for a Customer: Standing with Hope
Recently Kevin Price, Host of the Price of Business on Bloomberg's Home in Houston, 1110 AM KTEK, interviewed Peter W. Rosenberger is president and...
Sex Doesn't Sell
Does sex sell? Controversy? Or does the coolest, funniest ad sells more product? It's the perennial question that's asked each year during the Super...
How Great CEOs Tackle Complex Issues
General Colin Powell said in a recent interview, “I believe that leadership is the ability to solve problems.” Your ability to solve problems is...
The Lengths a Business Has Gone for a Customer: Blue Logic
Kevin Price, Host of the Price of Business on Bloomberg's Home in Houston, Business Radio 1110 AM KTEK recently interviewed Mark Rushworth, Head of...
The Lengths a Business Has Gone for a Customer: Improving Communications
Recently Kevin Price, Host of the Price of Business (Business 1110 AM KTEK) on Bloomberg's home in Houston, interviewed Richard J. Atkins, Ed.D., President...
The Lengths a Business Has Gone for a Customer: Dan Weik
Kevin Price, Host of the Price of Business Show on Bloomberg’s home in Houston, TX (Business Talk 1110 AM KTEK) recently interviewed Dan Weik,...
The Lengths a Business Has Gone for a Customer: Zlatan Beca
Kevin Priceof PriceofBusiness.com, which is the website for the Price of Business Show on Bloomberg’s home in Houston, TX (Business Talk 1110 AM KTEK)...
Clever Ways to Get Customers: Michele Smith
Kevin Price of PriceofBusiness.com, which is the website for the Price of Business Show on Bloomberg’s home in Houston, TX recently interviewed Michele Smith,...
How to Make Sure Your Strategy is Correct for Your Business
In business, all strategic planning is market planning. The customer is not only king, the customer must be the center point of all thinking...
Clever Ways to Get Customers: Nihar Suthar
Kevin Price of PriceofBusiness.com, which is the website for the Price of Business Show on Bloomberg’s home in Houston, TX recently interviewed Nihar Suthar,...
How to Put Your Business Strategy Into Action Each Day – Part 1
There is a simple five-step formula that you can use for establishing clear objectives and for strategic planning for the rest of your career....
How to Use Your Competition as an Asset
The more and better information you have about your competition and your market, the better decisions you can make and the more likely you...
Clever Ways to Get Customers: Idelisa Benjamin
Kevin Price of PriceofBusiness.com, which is the website for the Price of Business Show on Bloomberg’s home in Houston, TX recently interviewed Idelisa Benjamin,...
The Price Of Business
Host: Chris Kelso
Guest(s): Murray Holland, Toni Harris, Christy Vogel, Rob Cook
How to Reach C-Level Executives: Chad Harvey
Kevin Price, Host of the Price of Business on Business Talk 1110 AM KTEK (on Bloomberg’s home in Houston) recently interviewed…
Chad Harvey, Executive Director,...
How to Reach C-Level Executives: Sylvia S Montgomery
Kevin Price, Host of the Price of Business on Business Talk 1110 AM KTEK (on Bloomberg’s home in Houston) recently interviewed…
Sylvia S. Montgomery, CPSM...