Any responsible person, even with limited formal instruction or experience, can do a simple fire risk assessment. More complex buildings will need to be assessed by a person with full training and experience in fire risk assessment. Mainly companies and building owners will be affected by the new legislation but it could be anyone who [...]

Welcome to our glorious capitalist society, where every entrepreneur may stay busy at whatever industry they like for as long as they wish to be industrious. Just look at those busy wheels of the marketplace turn, will you! Beautiful to watch it all go round, but when you dive in, you’ll notice that you have [...]

The other day I saw a Wendy’s commercial advertising their 99cent Chicken Sandwich and wondered why they are advertising that price point. After all, in our part of the country you have to spend $2.89 a gallon for gas to get to a Wendy’s. So, the cost of a sandwich will not stop a customer [...]

Procter and Gamble wanted to increase their sales of shampoo so they asked their employees for suggestions. One factory worker suggested that one little word be added to the instructions on the company’s shampoo bottles. The word was “repeat,” as in Lather, Rinse, and Repeat. That one little word doubled sales. Little words can help [...]

Do you have enough money to pay all your bills and expenses, with plenty left over? If you’re like most people, the answer, unfortunately, is no. You’re always a step behind and trying to catch up. What is the psychological reason behind this phenomena? Or do you still think that they (whoever they are) are [...]

A salesperson’s job is to solve the customer’s needs and problems with their products and services. When this is done the sale is closed faster and usually at a higher profit. To do the job with the most efficiency and gain a larger amount of profit the salesperson must know what the customer’s needs and [...]

CDs have become more and more popular all around the world. CDs first appeared on the market in early 1982. Philips and Sony joined forces in early 1979 to create something that would shape the modern world as we know it today. The acronym CD stands for compact disk. If you need to store data [...]

There is no better way to make money than making it from return customers. Return customers is the ultimate sign that you are running your internet business efficiently. It proves to you that your work is actually worthwhile and people are recognizing your expertise on a particular subject. So how exactly can you work towards [...]

Although knowing how to fight fires and use fire extinguishers is important, the best tool to fight fires is fire prevention. If you can take adequate steps to avoid the dangers of fire and detect the signs early then you are much less likely to be involved in a serious incident. Fire prevention ranges from [...]

When you are in charge of a conference, you have an enormous amount of responsibility. It is important that your conference not only is a success from a business standpoint, but also that your participants enjoy themselves and feel that it was worth their time. Here are ten tips which will help ensure a successful [...]