Right now, there’s a personal matter going on in my life that’s been bothering me – it’s been on my mind heavily all day today. (Don’t worry, there’s nothing directly affecting me, my wife, or children.)
I had to go out and take care of a birthday gift for a friend and a Valentine’s Day item for my wife, and while I was out, I found myself strongly considering two unnecessary impulse buys. My mind and heart weren’t really into it – I was distracted.
I had to fill out some paperwork. As I was filling out the form, I made a significant mistake, one I didn’t notice until I printed it out. I had to print out another copy. I was distracted.
My children were doing Valentine’s card exchanges with their friends. I sent the Valentines for my daughter’s friends with my son and the ones for my son with my daughter. Luckily, I noticed before things were disastrous. I was distracted.
Over and over again, both in the mistakes I make as well as the mistakes I see others make, distractions seem to be the culprit. We make mistakes and bad choices when we’re not completely focused on the task at hand.
Three times today, I was on the verge of making a significant mistake because I was distracted. Three times, a few simple
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By Eve Tahmincioglu
Are you working to get your business to hit the coveted $1 million mark in sales? If so, then heed the following advice from people who have either pulled off the feat or are experts in the field.
Take Randy Horn, who toiled for six years before his board game business hit the $1 million mark–a milestone that came and went without much pomp and circumstance.
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“I don’t remember throwing a party,” said Horn, the owner of Los Angeles-based Zobmondo!! Entertainment and creator of the Would You Rather …? board games. “It felt satisfying to have grown to that size, but I quickly moved on to planning for the next year.”
Horn, whose firm now generates $6 million in annual sales, worked out of the bedroom in his apartment for eight years, still has just one employee, and has been all about growing slowly and methodically. “It was always a priority for me to maximize my profit, never a priority to get huge quickly,” he stressed. “
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I’ll count the WTDirect Savings Account as one of the better known online savings accounts that’s in the market today. If you’re looking for a place to park your savings, the WTDirect account may serve as a great spot for your cash or emergency fund.
Now not all bank accounts are created equal: I believe that WTDirect is best suited for higher net worth individuals and those who care about a more personalized service that’s associated with an online account. For those who expect greater flexibility, accessibility and convenience from their savings account, then the WTDirect Savings Account may be a good fit for you, if you don’t mind the higher balance required to allow you to earn the highest interest rate that’s offered.
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Here are just some of the features I like about this product:
- It’s got a reasonable interest rate of 1.41% APY, which you’ll earn for the first 60 days from the date the account is opened, regardless of how much you have in the account. But in order to keep earning this designated APY beyond the 60 days, you’ll need to maintain an account with at least $10,000 in it. If you are unable
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The NASDAQ Composite Index was up approximately 1 percent in the middle of the day on Thursday, bolstered by news from game maker Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) and a better-than-expected jobs report.
Activision Blizzard reported a $286 million, or $0.23-per-share, loss for the fourth quarter of 2009 – steeper than the $72 million loss it posted in the year-ago quarter. But the company’s stock surged in early trading on news that sales of its latest Call of Duty video game were strong.
“For the calendar year, in the U.S. and Europe,” Activision Blizzard CEO Robert Kotick noted, “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was the number one best-selling title overall.”
The company had record profits and its best-ever operating margins in 2009, and it revealed that it would repurchase up to $1 billion in stock and issue a $0.15 dividend.
Also pushing the NASDAQ higher was news that new jobless claims last week numbered 440,000, fewer than the averages recorded in both January and December. January unemployment claims averaged 466,000 claims per week and December claims numbered 455,000 per week.
We get it. You’re already juggling scads of operational, sales, tech, administrative and marketing tasks, and you’re not totally sold on the value of social networking spaces. Are they gigantic time wasters or strong brand-building sales drivers? Multiple experts opine on the benefits (or lack thereof) of social networking portals like Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook with gusto, and if you take a poll of your peers, you are likely to gather ardent differing opinions as well. Before you invest any time or money in social networking platforms or campaigns, here’s what you should know.
Fact one: There are fabulous success stories of intrepid entrepreneurs who have immersed themselves in one or more of these venues. Take, for example, Massachusetts-based Laura Fitton–aka Pistachio on Twitter–a single mom who went from obscurity to being quoted in The Wall Street Journal and meeting with Google gurus as a result of her creative and insightful tweets on life and social media use.
The other side of the social networking coin–lots of wasted time, aimless (and inaccurate) ranting and wheel spinning–all done by seemingly earnest folks looking to leverage these portals.
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