Economic Crisis: What does the future hold?

Get Back 20% of Your Time Lost At Work!

Believe me, I have been there. I used to think that being busy was extremely important, not till I found out that I was doing a lot of things, but nothing productive was done. In this world of multi-tasking, I asked myself is there something I could do to make myself more effective and yet have more time for myself?

The answer was a resounding YES! It is so simple and you could do it too. Now is the time to do less and yet be more effective. Follow these lessons and you will immediately gain back your lost time!

Affiliate Marketing - For Dummies!!

Affiliate marketing is a concept of revenue sharing between online advertisers/merchants and online publishers/salespeople, whereby compensation is based on performance measures, typically in the form of sales, clicks, or registrations.

The translation of the revenue share principles to mainstream e-commerce happened almost four years after the origination of the World Wide Web in November 1994.

Cybererotica was amongst the early innovators in affiliate marketing with a cost per click program. During November 1994, CDNOW launched its BuyWeb program. With this program CDNOW was the first non-adult website to introduce the concept of an affiliate or associate program with its idea of click-through purchasing.

I Have Learned - Very Inspiring

I came across a very inspiring poem by a famous writer Omer B. Washington … Go thru it and do share your thoughts ……

I’ve Learned

I’ve learned that you cannot make someone love you.
All you can do is be someone who can be loved.
The rest is up to them.
I’ve learned that no matter how much I care,
some people just don’t care back.
And it’s not the end of the world.
I’ve learned that it takes years to build up trust,
and only seconds to destroy it.
I’ve learned that it’s not what you have in your life,
but who you have in your life that counts.
I’ve learned that you can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes.
After that, you’d better know something.

Five Sure Ways to Fail As an Affiliate Marketer

Count on luck.

Nothing beats good prep. Do your homework. Research affiliate products carefully…the trends, the competition. Patterns will begin to develop. Count on those. Don’t waste time or money on products with no intrinsic value. Don’t waste time on products with an army of affiliates already attached. The idea is to stay ahead of the curve, not behind it. The more competition you have, the harder it is to lure traffic.

You Should Know When Looking For an Affiliate Marketing Program

If you have a website there is no question that affiliate marketing is one of the best marketing tools to promote your website. However, it can be difficult finding which affiliate marketing program suits your website best. With the proper research and a few quick tips to consider, you no longer have to worry about finding the right affiliate marketing program.

When selecting an affiliate marketing program you have to remember why you are looking for one in the first place, to make money. You want to make sure the program you select has a great payment structure. It is important to research to find a program that pays a high commission. Not only that, but check into how reliable the program is with paying you on time and paying you the full amount due.

Affiliate Programs Selection Tips For Your Success

When you venture into internet marketing or affiliate programs, I believe you already have something to sell or promote, be it a product or service. However, if you do not have one, this article will give you specifically two ideas how to go about selecting one. For a start, in general, it will be much easy to sell or promote information products such as, e-books, e-course, e-zine or e-newsletter, downloadable CD or audio program as you do not need to keep an inventory or have any up front capital outlay. This is the beauty of internet marketing or affiliate programs.

Do you tip in the workplace?

I believe that there are 2 lessons we can draw and apply in our workplace. Here are the following powerful techniques on motivating your staff to work hard and get results! Here are my thoughts: 1. Do we ‘tip’ our staff before they work? At the end of each tour, tour guides are usually given tips. However, what do you think will happen if you were to give it to them right from the beginning of the tour? Do you think their attitude will change and you will get better service? I know that this is a rather unconventional, but I am sure that it will get results. Even in our workplace, have you considered rewarding your staff this way? This means that we actually reward our staff even before they even start their work. We are actually telling them that this is what we need to do and if we achieve it, more reward will come. This powerful technique actually demonstrates your leadership in helping to bring the desired future into the present and excite your staff when they work towards getting results. Bill Zander writes in his book together with Donald Trump “Think big and kick ass in business and in life” that he effectively rewarded his employees straight with big wads of cash (USD $10,000) even before they started the New Year. He tells them that “This is just a taste of the riches about to come your way.” Some of the staff called back home to tell their husbands and wives about their bonuses and their spouses told them to concentrate on the retreat while they took care of the kids back home. If you take care of your staff, your staff will take care of the company for you. 2. Do we ‘tip’ our staff well? If a tour guide does his/her job fairly well, they are rewarded for their efforts. They already know what their rewards will be and are willing to work hard for it. Do our staff know what how they will be rewarded if they work hard? Many times, most managers do not know how to set specific rewards to motivate their staff towards organisational effectiveness. Simple rewards other than money can be given, here are some that I recommend: Staff recognition for adhering to deadlines, letting a staff go back early after a tedious project they completed, buying them movie tickets and saying that you want them to take a break and bring their kids out for a show. Even a simple acknowledgement in front of the rest of the staff is important in the motivation process. We should seek to reward and emphasize GOOD behaviour rather than keep disciplining bad behaviour. So… how are you going to tip your staff from now onwards?

Welcome to VipinVerma.com!!

The Internet is changing the way we communicate, work and live. Until five years ago someone aspiring to write - be it film reviews, fitness articles or technology news - would need to pass through traditional media.

Things have changed a lot. Innovative media platforms such as blogs and wikis are dominating the access to information. Today someone with interesting idea can literally reach the whole world, and all it takes is an internet connection.

Blogs are certainly changing the online landscape, with easy interface and readily available themes. But developing a successful blog is not that easy. Quality content is the key to success, backed up with effective promotion.

Empowerment of staff

I recently went to Malacca, Malaysia to conduct a recce on a particular hotel for a huge convention slated in end 2009. The experience of being able to visit all the suites and rooms was rather pleasant and it gave me a good impression of the quality and services offered by the hotel.

At the end of the recce, I sat down with my companions to discuss our observations. Just before we left the hotel, I realised that my parking coupon was not validated yet. I approached the front desk staff and asked them to help me with it and this is how the conversation went:

“Excuse me, I was with your Sales Manager Azizah, just now (pointing to the front lobby) and after such a wonderful conversation, I forgot to ask her to validate my parking coupon. Is there any way you could do that for me?” I asked politely.

“I’m sorry Sir, but this is only for our hotel guests only.” The frontdesk lady replied… surprised by my request.

“I understand, but its only a small ticket and I’m sure that Azizah will it be able to handle it.” I retorted.

“I see, but still….. it is strictly reserved for our hotel guests.” The frontdesk lady stood unwavering.

“Ok, then can you please call Azizah and tell her its me. I request for her to do this… “. I was feeling a little frustrated because it was going no where and we just discussed a deal that is worth over hundreds of thousands of ringgit (Malayisan Dollars). A parking coupon was not a big deal at all, compared to what the negotiations we discussed earlier.

While I stood there waiting for Azizah to respond, I was wondering why the frontdesk personnel were so rigid in their policies. Imagine how things will be if they were just empowered to make decisions that will make their guests (or potential clients like me) happy? What if their managers told them that they could do anything to please a guest as long as it does not cost more than $50? I am very sure that decision making will be really quick and people like me will be impressed by how their management trust them to do things.

Isn’t great if staff are empowered to make decisions? Wouldn’t a lot of unneccessary distractions be reduced for their managers? However, when I look some managers or employers , particularly entrepreneurs, this is still not the case. There is still a lot micro-managing; which unfortunately demands time and attention.

The role of a good boss is to give their staff a good framework of the desired results, empower them to make decisions and tell them that he/she trusts them. Once this is achieved, people tend to take a more pro-active approach in their work because they now know that they are responsible for the decisions they make. They will also feel a sense of empowerment that their boss really trust them to do what it takes to make their clients happy.

Back to my situation, I finally got my ticket validated by Azizah… I smiled knowing that a small thing like this made a customer happy.

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