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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Easy Article Search Directory - Business</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/index-c-361.html</link><description>Article Search, a comprehensive SEO Friendly Directory of Articles. Submit your articles here for quick inclusion and we'll even promote your articles for you! Find your articles with a quick and easy search. Article Search. </description><item><title>12 Free Tools For Starting a Home Business With No Money</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article519.html</link><author>Bruce Scher</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Want to start your own home business but short on cash? These proven and expert 12 free tools can help you make the move from corporate life to calling the shots.    By Bruce Scher     Home business ownership is the best way to start any business</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>12 Ways to be a Confident Public Speaker</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article520.html</link><author>Sandra Schrift</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Speak from your heart. If you believe in what you say, than  others need to hear it. All confident speakers fall in the  P2 (passion plus persistence). Be sure your speech contains  your most fundamental beliefs and comes from authenticity.      1.</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>15 Ways Salespeople Can Get Motivated</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article521.html</link><author>Jim Meisenheimer</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-First, recognize that motivation is an inside job. The word motivate means to impel, inspire, hope, stimulate, incite, propel, spur, goad, move, induce, prompt, instigate, fire, provoke, actuate, cause, egg on, drive, excite, and to trigger. Dont wait</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>21 Questions To Assess Your Readiness For Time Management</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article522.html</link><author>Gerry McRae</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-How many of us are guilty of Putting the cart before the horse?    Much is written on HOW to manage your time (the load in the cart) while little mentions the first step (the horse that pulls the load) of time management, asking WHY before we do the</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>25 Ways to Find Companies to Buy</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article523.html</link><author>Mark A Smock</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-When you start your program to purchase your ideal company, you quickly realize that your ultimate success will depend on two primary skill sets: 1) Your ability to FIND viable companies that are for sale, and 2) Your ability to effectively qualify the</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>27 Tips For An Effective Presentation</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article524.html</link><author>Jacki Rose</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-So youre not a professional speaker. Thats no excuse for NOT giving a professional presentation.    You have a great product or service! Youve put together an awesome presentation with great content!    You really know your stuff! Youre an expert! None</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>35 Surefire Ways to Kill a Meeting</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article525.html</link><author>John Gravitt</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-1.  Play find the meeting by changing the location and time of your meeting at the last minute.    2.  Dont bother to book your meeting room in advance.  Lead the group from room to room trying to find another place to meet.    3.  Bring 5 handouts for</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>3 Money-Making Reasons to Display Your Newsletter on Your Website</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article526.html</link><author>Roger C. Parker</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Seeing is believing. Unless your website visitors can experience your newsletter and appreciate its value, theyre unlikely to join your opt-in, email list. By posting your newsletter on your website, you encourage more visitors to subscribe and you drive</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>3 Simple Filing Guidelines</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article527.html</link><author>Maria Gracia</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-One of the most basic ways to find papers when you need them is to retrieve them from an effective filing system. A good filing system will allow you to find what you're looking for in 10 seconds or less.    Here are 3 simple filing guidelines that can</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>3 Simple Keys Will Make Your Customers Stick</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article528.html</link><author>Denise O'Berry</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Do you spend a lot of time and energy courting prospective new customers, hoping to pump up your bottom line? If so, you're probably missing an untapped source of sales that exists right inside your company -- there's truth in the statement that your</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>3 Steps To Immediately Increase Sales</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article529.html</link><author>Leif H. Smith, Psy.D.</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Want to increase sales within your company? Its not as hard to do as some might have you believe. Though we as a nation are in the midst of an economic downturn these past two years, your company does not have to be. What follows are three simple steps</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>3 Tips for a Great Summer- Developing Life &amp; Business While Having a Blast</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article530.html</link><author>Beth Tabak</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-As the last day of school arrives I feel the same tendency I had as a child... to drop everything and scream lets go play! After all, extreme self-care is so important. I also wonder if we tend to use the summer as an excuse to procrastinate. So here are</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>4 Customer Service Mistakes Companies Should Avoid Making</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article532.html</link><author>Russ Mate</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-1) Being placed on hold endlessly. Don't you just love it when you call a company and they place you on hold, leaving you to listen to their latest on-hold, recorded sales pitch, over and over again. Would you think it normal business practice for a</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>4 Simple Steps to Successful Delegation</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article533.html</link><author>Inez O. Ng</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Last month, my featured article was about creating a Stop Doing list. Hopefully, if you followed my suggestion, you now have a list of tasks that you are looking to delegate away. It seems a natural progression that I now disclose a few simple steps that</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>4 Steps to Establishing Good Credit</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article534.html</link><author>James H. Dimmitt</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-As a consumer youve learned the importance of establishing a good credit rating with your lenders.  Whether you are shopping for a new home or auto, or searching for the best deals on insurance, your credit worthiness will be judged by your credit rating</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>4 Steps to Success In Life, Business, The Universe And</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article535.html</link><author>Keith Longmire</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Everyone wants to succeed in life. And no one starts a business of any sort, on-line or off-line, wanting to fail.    Yet the sad fact is that 80% of offline and 97% of internet businesses will fail in the first year. 84% of internet businesses will</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>4 Steps You Can Take If Your Online Credit Card Application Has Been Refused</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article536.html</link><author>Wes Atkins</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Help! Ive Been Turned Down    You received an envelope in the mail with a great offer for a low interest credit card. You read all the details, even the boring small print and decided that this card fit your needs to a tee. You filled out the required</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>4th Quarter 2003 Publicity = 1st Quarter 2004 Prosperity</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article537.html</link><author>Todd Brabender - Spread The News PR</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-As the year starts to wind down, many businesses and entrepreneurs are making plans and budgets for the year 2004. Those plans could include anything from setting up goals for new products to preparing marketing, sales and PR</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>5% Down Vs. 10% Down - A Comparison</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article538.html</link><author>John Carle &amp; Sharon Gregresh</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-It has always been an issue for home buyers to save their down payment. Many people, on advice from various people wait to save 10%, rather than moving into the home sooner with 5% as a down payment This is not always a good idea. Let me explain;    We</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>5 Interviewing Mistakes That Can Lead To Hiring The Wrong Person</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article539.html</link><author>Helen Wilkie</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Mistake #1: Going with the flow    Inexperienced interviewers sometimes fall into the trap of letting the interview become free form, spending different amounts of time on different questions, basing follow-up questions on on how the candidates answer.</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>5 Killer Steps to avoid Credit Card SCAMS!!!!!</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article540.html</link><author>Tom Levine</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-In August, 2004, the Federal Trade Commission issued their findings of a recent study, which showed that nearly 25 million adults were victims of fraud.      Now, most importantly,   If you are a victim of fraud, please do not feel like you did anything</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>5 Magic Points: Should I BUY or RENT my HOME?</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article541.html</link><author>Tom Levine</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Buying a Home is the American Dream. It is more than a place you put your hat at the end of the day. It defines you, protects you, and prospers with you. Yes, Home Ownership is a noble pursuit, but it always starts with this first, important question:</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>5 Simple Rules for A Great Job Interview</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article542.html</link><author>Donna Monday</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Many years ago, when I was a young job-searching greenhorn, I ventured to New York City to take a bite out of the big apple of opportunity.    When it came to finding a job in a crowded city of millions, I quickly learned that its much easier on ones</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>5 Surefire Ways To Eliminate Credit Card Debt</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article543.html</link><author>Wes Atkins</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Do you have enormous credit card debt? You are certainly not alone. According to research, the average family in the United States has $7000 in credit card debt and pays about $1000 in interest each year! Throw in a late payment or two, or an</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>5 Things You Must Do To Fail in Business</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article545.html</link><author>George Meszaros</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-There are more books about succeeding in business then curse words on MTV. It is not easy to define what makes a business succeed, but it is easy to describe what makes a business fail. If you are starting your business or currently being miserably</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>5 Tips for Customizing your Resume</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article546.html</link><author>Jessica Klein</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Gone are the days of the bland, generic one-page resume.  Employers these days are more impressed by a resume that is customized and they tend to give jobs to interviewees that have a bit of knowledge about the company.      By doing your research, youre</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>5 TIPS for Home-Based Business Entrepreneurs</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article547.html</link><author>Perry Gage</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Have you ever heard that only a small part (5%) of 'all' Home-Based Business entrepreneurs achieve success?     Do an online research on your favorite Search Engine and you will understand what I mean.     In this article I'm going to show you the KEY to</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>5 Tips for Savvy Use of Your Home Equity Line of Credit</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article548.html</link><author>Tim Paul</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Tapping your home's equity to pay college expenses, consolidate credit card debt or even to buy a new car or boat is common place. Many economists attribute the additional buying power afforded consumers through home equity debt as a primary reason the</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>5 Ways To Protect Your Bond Portfolio From Rising Interest Rates</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article549.html</link><author>David Twibell</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-The Federal Reserve recently raised its target federal funds rate for the first time since March 2000.  This could be just the tip of the iceberg, though, as many experts believe rising inflation and a strengthening economy will spur continued rate hikes</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>6 Keys to Successfully Screening Church Staff and Volunteers</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article550.html</link><author>Glen M. Johnson</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Whether you are in the process of formulating a screening policy for your congregation, or already have a screening program in place, here are some tips to help you with your efforts to protect your church family.    1. Get your house in order.</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>6 Steps To Laying Out Your Competitive Strategy</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article551.html</link><author>Jeff Schein</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Why do so many companies languish and watch as their business turns into a zero profit zone, while others seem to thrive?     When you look at your business, whether its a new venture or a company with a long history, can you answer the following</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>7 Basics to Look for in a Work at Home Business</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article553.html</link><author>Donnie Baird</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-We live in the age of the internet. No where has the internet made a bigger impact than in the area of the work at home entrepreneur. You want to start your own home based business. But, there are so many different ones. Some are legitimate, some arent.</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>7 Bits Of Critical Information You Can't Afford NOT To Know About Your Customers</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article554.html</link><author>Lora J Adrianse</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-If you think customer relationship management is just a piece of software, you're dead wrong.  Customer relationship management is about understanding your customers.  It's about really knowing them as individuals, knowing what they mean to your</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>7 Golden Rules to Financial Prosperity</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article555.html</link><author>Irena Whitfield</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Not Enough Money?     I believe that most people haven't got enough money for everything they wish to have - the more you have the bigger your plans, and you have a feeling that you have less and less money.     Whether you have lots of money or just</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>7 Habits of Highly Successful Small Business Owners</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article556.html</link><author>Lorraine Pirihi</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Do you spend every waking minute in your business? Do you find it difficult to take time out for you? Are you constantly working in a mess?    Unfortunately there are far too many business owners working too long and too hard. They tend to be involved in</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>7 Keys to Running a Successful Business</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article557.html</link><author>Scott Kiser, DDS</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Although dentistry may appear to be different than other types of businesses, in reality it is a business. And although this article is written from a dentists perspective on developing a successful practice, the principles can be used in virtually any</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>7 Proven Tips To Market Your Cleaning Business</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article558.html</link><author>Khali S.</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Marketing your cleaning business is something that you will already have an idea about when you start your business plan. Nothing is better for an emerging cleaning business than a really good marketing strategy. This is when all of your research will</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>7 Reasons Why Law Firm Diversity Intiatives Fail</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article559.html</link><author>Jatrine Bentsi-Enchill, J.D., CPCC</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Many law firms understand the importance of building a diverse workforce. The changing demographics within the United States have signaled to firms that diversity is an important goal that will affect the firms viability and ultimately the bottom line.</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>7 Surefire Ways To Repair Bad Credit</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article561.html</link><author>Wes Atkins</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Do you have a poor credit rating? If so, you are one of tens of thousands of Americans with the same problem. In fact, it seems that this has become a national disease. And just what do people need that have a disease? They need a cure.     Here are some</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>7 Tips for Starting a New Business in a Small Town</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article562.html</link><author>Cathy Goodwin, Ph.D.</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Q. I am transitioning to a new career after sixteen years to spend more time with my family. We moved to a very small town (less than ten thousand people) and I want to start an coffee shop business and also offer PC repair. How can Iinvestigate and then</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>7 Top Home Business Time Wasters</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article564.html</link><author>BB Lee</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-What I call Time Wasters is any action interfering with running your home based business.    What Are The 7 Most Common Time Wasters?     Check Out The Following!    1. Email.    Email is without a doubt a very important factor in operating your Online</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>7 Ways To Promote Your Business-FREE!</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article565.html</link><author>Tina Barraclough</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-1. Free Classifieds: If you have the time to post you ads on classified sites , then this is a good place for you to start. Placing classified ads does work, but this method of advertising will take some time before you will start to see results. You</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>7 Ways to Use Website Audio in Your Marketing Arsenal</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article566.html</link><author>Roger C. Parker</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Most visitors to your website are using computers with audio capabilities. Recently introduced techniques make it easy to take advantage of this capability.    In the past, web audio was primarily decorative, consisting of musical fanfares or other</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>7 Work At Home Mistakes To Avoid</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article567.html</link><author>Tina Barraclough</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-When I first started my own WORK AT HOME business, I had no experience whatsoever , and I did not know how to get started on the right foot. After a lot of trial and error, I have learned [and still learning] on what to do and not to do to get started</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>8 Point Checklist, Evaluating Online Vendors</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article568.html</link><author>Tom Levine</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Here are 8 things to consider, when evaluating lenders online:    	Website Design  	Privacy Policy  	About Us  	Popularity  	Reputation  	Short Form  	Points, Fees, Terms and Rates  	Communication      1.	Website Design:      The webpage is, in fact, the</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>9 Things You Must Do To Maximize Your Chances Of Obtaining A Small Business Loan</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article569.html</link><author>Neil Best</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-To get approval for your small business loan application, you must be able to meet the lending criteria set down.  Some organisations are more risk averse than others, and will therefore have more stringent criteria. To vastly increase your chances of a</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>9 Tips on Creating a Professional Emailed Job Application</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article570.html</link><author>Angela Wu</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-With the advent of the Internet, many of us have the opportunity to apply for work through email.    However, just because this is the Internet and email is so fast and convenient, that does NOT mean you should give up professionalism and</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>9 Ways To Outsmart An Identity Thief</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article571.html</link><author>Andrew Obremski</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Identity theft statistics are shocking, to say the least. And it's not going to get better any time soon. But there is no need for you to become a statistic. Here is what you can do to avoid identity theft.    1. If your mail box doesn't have a lock yet,</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A $2.95 Road Trip, Complete With Souvenirs</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article572.html</link><author>Bonnie Jo Davis</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Hey, I didn't know you were a writer, I thought you were a Virtual Assistant.      No matter how many times I hear this comment it still surprises me.  I learned early on that writing was one of the most lucrative services that I could offer in my</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Balancing Act: How To Properly Organize Your Checkbook</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article573.html</link><author>Jakob Jelling</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-With all the things you have to remember to do on a regular basis, balancing your checkbook doesn't always receive priority. But if you plan ahead and schedule some time for this important task, you will reap the financial rewards.    Before you begin</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Buyer's Guide to Medical Insurance</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article575.html</link><author>Johnny Mangiante</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Buying travel health insurance can be a complex task. There are so many different plans - each with different benefits and restrictions.    It is important to shop wisely for trip insurance. Many people buy coverage that seems inexpensive only to find</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Career with the FBI</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article576.html</link><author>Diana Clarke</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Do you have what it takes to become an FBI special agent? Do you have a sincere desire to enforce federal laws and investigate crimes?     This job requires hard work and can often times be dangerous and stressful. You'll undoubtedly be in close contact</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Dozen Tips for Starting an Import/Export Business</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article580.html</link><author>June Campbell</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Thinking of starting an import</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Fast and Simple way to Update Your Business</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article581.html</link><author>A l Hanzal</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-You open your computer, the flashing button says, We have a new update for your software program.  Do you wish to update now or later?  You choose the Update Now button and immediately your computer begins to download a new version of the software</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Few Easy Ways To Take The Headache Out Of Moving</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article582.html</link><author>W. Troy Swezey</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Moving from one house to another is always a challenge, but it doesnt have to be a nightmare.  Here are some simple tips on how to get it done with minimal stress and strain.    	  Look at all the alternatives: hiring a moving company, for example,</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Great Marketing Model  Utilizing the Power of OPM</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article584.html</link><author>Kathleen Gage</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Staying ahead of the marketing curve seems to be a never-ending quest. Marketing doesnt have to be as complex as some people make it out to be. Its simply a matter of understanding who you are marketing to  your ideal customers  and then coming up with a</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Great Way to Do PR</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article585.html</link><author>Robert A. Kelly</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-As a business, non-profit or association manager trying to get a bang for your PR buck, you could pretty much concentrate on simple print and broadcast mentions or, for that matter, the whole basket of tactical public relations weaponry including old</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Manager's PR Paradigm</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article586.html</link><author>Robert A. Kelly</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-If you manage a department, division or subsidiary for a business, non-profit or association, your primary public relations model probably should read this way: people act on their own perception of the facts before them, which leads to predictable</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Mass Customization Revolution</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article587.html</link><author>Patrick Momany</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-A Mass Customization Revolution    The Industrial Revolution    The great social and economic changes due to the introduction of machine and power tools and large-scale industrial production began in 1760. Through the first 70 years of this century, the</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A New Job Opportunity</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article588.html</link><author>David Leonhardt</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-HR Lady stared at me across the desk.  She was trying to size me up, to understand what makes me tick.  I had explained that I wanted to work for MegaCorp, and that I was the perfect person to fill a position that had not even been advertised.    Tell</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A New Look at Labor Day</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article589.html</link><author>Robert F. Abbott</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-  A day to reflect on the accomplishments of working people: That's been the proud tradition since the first, unofficial, Labor Day back in 1882.    But, one of labor's greatest accomplishments has gone largely unrecognized. Since the end of World War</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A PR Question For Chinese Managers</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article590.html</link><author>Robert A. Kelly</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-As the practice of public relations in China continues to  mature, it seems appropriate to ask whether Chinese  business managers  tutored as they have been by  European, North American and other PR specialists   continue to apply major public relations</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A PR Surprise for Managers</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article591.html</link><author>Robert A. Kelly</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-For those business, non-profit and association managers committed to PR tactics like radio and newspaper plugs,  it can come as a surprise to discover where public relations  value REALLY lies.     Truth is, your PR budget can deliver results far beyond</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Presidential Debate</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article592.html</link><author>Kevin Thompson</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Talk about a controversial topic!    The recent debates were something else.    The interesting thing is this, if youre like me, youd probably already decided who you were gonna vote for, long before election day ever came.    And then, as you watched</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Real Estate Investing Primer</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article593.html</link><author>Adem Hamidovic</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-There are a great many books and web sites devoted to real estate investing out there, but most of them concentrate on one specific area of investing.  It's often hard to find a general description of real estate investing, one that lists the various</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Remedial Course in Investing</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article594.html</link><author>ARA Content</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Or, How We Discovered the Real Y2K    By Carol Clark    (ARA) - Was it really just a year ago that we were all running around trying to prevent computers from coming to a grinding halt on the first of January, and speculating about civil unrest and</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Renewed View of the Modern Business Culture</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article595.html</link><author>Stephen Ainsah-Mensah</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Life can sometimes be unexciting if not refreshed by the will to create according to one's own conscience and freedom. Often, the power of passion fuses into unexciting or appealing activities. One sometimes expects to be free from the demands, the</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Rough Guide to Everyday Mental Calculation!</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article596.html</link><author>Murdo Macleod</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-We all need to check a bill from time to time.     The problem is, how do you do it when you're in a rush, when you're under pressure, and when you don't have a calculator handy?     Actually, it's not at all difficult if you know what to look for.</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Sense of Humor in the Workplace ... Is it me?  Or, was that not funny?</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article597.html</link><author>Edward B. Toupin</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-When I was first initiated into Corporate America, I had a sense of humor that went unmatched by any mortal soul.  I was quick-witted, smart, sharp, and knew every gag and joke available to humanity.  Most of it, I learned in college.  But, college never</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Short Guide to Effective Public Speaking</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article598.html</link><author>Stephen D. Boyd</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Delivering an effective presentation to 20 or to 200 people is difficult.  Because listeners have better access to information since the internet became commonplace, audiences expect more content from speakers today.  In addition, because of the</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Simple Formula for Success</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article599.html</link><author>Robert A. Kelly</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Leaders in the business world need public relations big time, and they show it every day.     How? By staying in touch with their most important external audiences and by carefully monitoring their perceptions about the company, audience member feelings</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Singles Game of Real Estate</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article600.html</link><author>Dan Auito</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-This discussion leans toward answering questions asked most often by our youthful men and women in there early twenties. They often begin to ask themselves the question, Should I consider buying a home, condo</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Well-Oiled Strategy Machine</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article601.html</link><author>Robert A. Kelly</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Yes, thats what public relations really is when it tracks important external audience perceptions and follow on behaviors. And again when it does something about those perceptions and behaviors by reaching, persuading and moving to actions you desire,</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Whack Up 'Long Side The Head Of Human Resources: The Leadership Imperative</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article602.html</link><author>Brent Filson</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-When we perceive the simple center in the seemingly complex, we can change our world in powerful new ways.     Albert Einstein perceived the simple E=MC2 in the complexities of physical reality and changed the history of the 20th century.    Big Daddy</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>According To Sellers, Silence Isn'T Always 'Golden</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article603.html</link><author>W. Troy Swezey</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-When trying to sell a home, silence isn't always golden especially when you're expecting your real estate agent to call.  In fact, it's one of the leading complaints among sellers in the real estate market.  Often times you find an agent who is more than</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Accountability In Trading</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article604.html</link><author>Harvey Walsh</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-I recently heard from a trader who told me he has been having problems with discipline in his day trading. He knows how to trade, he knows the setups he needs to be looking for in the charts, when to enter, and when to exit. His trouble is in having the</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Achieve More in 2004</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article605.html</link><author>Kelley Robertson</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Another year is upon us and if you are like most people you have hit the floor running without planning a clear objective for the upcoming year. However, top performing sales people make the time to establish clear targets. Setting goals is not a</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Advanced Hosting for the Mission Critical Web Presence</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article609.html</link><author>Vincent Bezzina</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-As companies that conduct their business online have proliferated, hosting of those websites that provide the primary point of contact for transaction of business has become highly mission critical; having these sites go offline or perform poorly not</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Affiliate Programs 101!</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article610.html</link><author>BB Lee</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Joining an affiliate program is one of the easiest ways to start an online business and generate income for your website. These revenue sharing programs are very popular on the net. And is the way many new entrepreneurs started online.    When you join</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Affirmative Inaction</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article611.html</link><author>Gary Whittaker</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-One of Abraham Lincoln's claims to fame is the fact that he is best known for abolishing slavery. While he may have felt some personal satisfaction from liberating the Negroes from their bondage, Economy was the main reason why he made his emancipation</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>After July 8, Pay This Amount...</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article612.html</link><author>Robert F. Abbott</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-You undoubtedly go through this, too. A few times a month you gather up the bills coming due and write checks or pay them online.    As I was doing some bill payments recently, I noticed the tactic one company uses to get its customers to pay by the due</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>All Successful Entrepreneurs Do This</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article614.html</link><author>John Baker</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Everyone wants to make money! Some want to make money   by owning their own business. All successful entrepreneurs   have the self discipline to build their business. Most of us have  heard the saying you need money to make money. Basically  what this</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Alternative Legal Billing -- Win Win Strategies</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article615.html</link><author>Dan Harris</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-In the old days of legal billing, lawyer's invoices  usually a single page of elegant letterheadcontained only the phrase, legal services rendered, and a hefty dollar amount. No time breakdowns, no list of activities performed or equipment and supplies</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Alternative Options For Rising Interest Rates</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article616.html</link><author>Thad Collins</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-As interest rates have risen in the last six weeks from record lows, homeowners are once again face with finding viable options to reduce the amount of interest paid on their home loans.  The rush to refinance provided borrowers with good to excellent</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>An Untapped Resource For Finding Your Ideal Home Business</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article618.html</link><author>Chuck Huckaby</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-The pitch Business For Sale! may be your key to a Profitable Home Based Business!     In fact, your GOLDEN Opportunity may be just a FEW CLICKS AWAY!...     But most people NEVER even know that a profitable, proven, growing home based business that</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Angels, Are They Real?</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article620.html</link><author>William Cate</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-They're real, but few survive. High risk investing is dangerous to your bank balance. The process toward extinction is that an angel risks money in one venture. It fails. Then, he joins a group of angels and risks money in another venture. It fails. At</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Anxious About Your Public Relations?</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article621.html</link><author>Robert A. Kelly</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Shooting from the hip always creates anxiety.     Especially when managers order a communications tactic  here, another there, but fail to base them on a realistic  public relations goal and strategy. One that could increase  the chances theyll get the</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Applying for a Home Loan</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article622.html</link><author>Jakob Jelling</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Applying for a home loan may not be the most exciting way to spend your time, but if you are like many potential homeowners, it is probably a necessary evil. If you have some knowledge of the process ahead of time, however, it will go much more</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Are Mortgages a Risky Business?</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article625.html</link><author>Jenny Barclay</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-A bank or mortgage company is nothing more than a box in which to keep money. The owner of the box has to do a few calculations.  Firstly, how much is he going to offer those people who deposit cash in his box, in return for such a deposit? Secondly, how</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Are You A Google Junkie</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article626.html</link><author>Debbie Reyes</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Google this, Google that, Google Google Google.......     My name is Debbie and I am a Google PR Junkie.     I have to laugh at myself as I say that. Because to me I was a Google PR junkie. I had to know what my PR was everyday! Sometimes more than once</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Are You a Marketing Octopus, or a Marketing Worm?</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article627.html</link><author>Andr Bell</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-One of the greatest challenges to effectively marketing a business is determining which marketing method is best for your business.    Most people look at what their competitors are doing to market their businesses and then simply imitate that, whether</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Are You a PR Chowderhead?</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article628.html</link><author>Robert A. Kelly</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Please feel free to publish this article and resource box in your ezine, newsletter, offline publication or website. A copy would be appreciated at bobkelly@TNI.net. Word count is 850 including guidelines and resource box. Robert A. Kelly  2003.     Are</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Are You A Work Addict?</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article629.html</link><author>Lorraine Pirihi</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Work addiction is very common in our society today, yet it is not one that is not highly recognised.    An interesting article in the March edition of The Success Report published by Success Technologies stated:    Of all the addictions receiving</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Are You an Entrepreneur That is Starved for Time?</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article630.html</link><author>Vishal P. Rao</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Being an entrepreneur and running a successful home-based business is stressful at times, and can be hectic. Success within a home-based business though, absolutely demands time management skills, or the chores that need to get done will be left undone,</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Are You An Expert At What You Do?</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article631.html</link><author>Jennifer Tribe</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-One of the most common refrains I hear from people is, I cant create information productsIm not an expert!     Yet what is expertise?     Many organizations have tried to pin down the exact criteria that make an expert. They talk about university</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Are You An Innocent Victim of These Popular Myths?</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article632.html</link><author>Karin Workman</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Misconceptions, misinterpretations and just plain untruths are floating about income taxes. Believing them could be costing thousands of tax dollars!    Myth: A Professional Tax Preparer knows all there is to know about taxes so you don't have to know</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Are You At The Mercy Of Computer Geeks?</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article633.html</link><author>Melanie Mendelson</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Many business owners are sabotaging their business without even realizing it.  They are completely out of the loop when it comes to all technology aspects of their operation such as websites, computers and software.  They become completely dependent on</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Are You Brand Worthy?</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article634.html</link><author>Kim Castle</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Branding is one hot topic, although it is wildly misunderstood. To make things even more confusing, branding is often tossed in the same basket as marketing which makes its application to an entrepreneur or sole-practioner even more unclear.    While out</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Are you in AWE of your Employees?</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article635.html</link><author>Jan B. King</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Employers have become so concerned about seeming unfair or worse becoming the victims of lawsuits by unhappy ex-employees that theyve stopped requiring minimum standards of employees. This can only lead to poor individual and eventually poor company</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Are You In The Right Online Business?</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article637.html</link><author>F. Terrence Markle</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Did you select the right online business to pursue?  People that are struggling find it difficult to admit they are possibly in the wrong business.  Fortunately for everyone, many bad decisions can be corrected if recognized early enough.  This article</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Are You PR-Challenged?</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article640.html</link><author>Robert A. Kelly</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Please feel free to publish this article and resource box in your  ezine, newsletter, offline publication or website. A copy would  be appreciated at bobkelly@TNI.net. Word count is 870  including guidelines and resource box.  Robert A. Kelly  2003.</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Are You Profiting From O.P.P.?</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article641.html</link><author>Sue and Chuck DeFiore</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Are you profiting from O.P.P.? If not, why not?    We know many of you have the desire and dream of running your own home-based business. But, like so many people, you're not sure where or how to start.    You're not sure what type of business you should</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Are You Sabotaging Your Career?</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article642.html</link><author>Brent Filson</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-My experience working with thousands of leaders world wide for the past two decades teaches me that most leaders are screwing up their careers.     On a daily basis, these leaders are getting the wrong results or the right results in the wrong ways.</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Are You Set Up For Success</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article643.html</link><author>Craig Binkley</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Believe it or not, 2004 is already here. Yeah, I know, where has the time gone? My mom always told me that as I got older, the years would start to fly by. Did anyone ever tell you that? Did you believe them? Well it is happening to me right</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Are You the Culprit?</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article644.html</link><author>Robert A. Kelly</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Are you a manager who pretty much ignores your organizations important outside audiences?     If thats you, do you realize how difficult youre making it to achieve the important behavior changes you really need and want? I mean changes that lead directly</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Are You The Worst Enemy of Your Business?</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article645.html</link><author>Suzanne Everett</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-My 14 year old son attends classes at a martial arts center.  The martial arts center is run by a 30 year old man.  He is by all means a successful business man for his young age.   He stood in front of his class and asked them if they knew what the most</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Are You Throwing Good Time After Bad?</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article646.html</link><author>Kimberly Stevens</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-We've all heard the old saying throwing good money after bad referring to losing more money on something rather than cutting your losses and moving on. Laura was doing the same thing in her business -- only it was time she was wasting.     After two</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Are You Too Busy for Your Kids?</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article647.html</link><author>Lorraine Pirihi</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-In his recent newsletter Happy Kids, parenting expert Michael Grose (yes he is an expert with three kids of his own) said:     Australian parents currently rate achieving work-family balance as their greatest parenting challenge. Currently, 71% of</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Are You Using the Right Form of Energy?</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article648.html</link><author>Al Hanzal</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-As we near the end of summer, here is a question I have for you, Are you using the right form of energy to grow your business?  Are you having trouble growing your small business as fast as you want?  Are you making all the right moves and still the</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Are You Worth Investing In?</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article649.html</link><author>Lorraine Pirihi</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Do you realise that if you're green you're growing and if you're ripe you're rotten? So says Winston Marsh, Business Marketing Guru in his recent newsletter.    Here's and excerpt from it ...    Over the last week or so I have been presenting a series</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Are YOUR Toes Bruised?</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article650.html</link><author>Cathy Bryant</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-What a question! What's THAT supposed to mean?     I ask the question because so many people today who profess to be interested in operating their own business spend far too much time tire-kicking.     While I would never underestimate the importance</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Army Ranger Reveals How to Control Corporate Stress</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article651.html</link><author>Dale Collie</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one. Hans Selye - the father of stress and founder of the Canadian Institute of Stress.     Every worker in America has heard of individual stress management techniques --</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Articles That Sell: Use The Best Kept Secret Of The Internet To Promote Your Business For FREE!</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article652.html</link><author>Bonnie Jo Davis</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-The power of the Internet as a marketing tool for small business owners cannot be overstated.  However, developing a web site is only the first piece of this intricate puzzle. Driving traffic to your site is an ongoing, arduous process  one that is most</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Asking For Proof in the Economic Pudding</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article653.html</link><author>Donald R. Carroll III</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-There are no stupid questions, only stupid people. Ask an economist for proof of one of their pet theories and you'll find quickly that the age old axiom that we all learned in school and work place training seminars is dead wrong. You can ask a stupid</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Assembly Work At Home Scams</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article654.html</link><author>Tina Barraclough</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Many people who need extra money would like to work from home. Unfortunately, some companies  cheat people out of their money by preying on this desire to make money from home.      Most work at home opportunities look like legitimate ways to make</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Assessing the Opportunities Presented by the New Iraqi Currency</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article655.html</link><author>Sakina Walsh</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Could it be possible that you are staring right into the most spectacular financial opportunity of the century? Operation: Iraqi Freedom will undoubtedly be a war marked in history for loss and tragedy, American victory, and the rise of a nation with a</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Attention PR Shoppers!</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article657.html</link><author>Robert A. Kelly</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-As a business, non-profit or association manager, what do you want?     Publicity that delivers newspaper and talk show mentions, or behavior change among your key outside audiences that leads directly to achieving your managerial objectives?     Special</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Attention To Details Helps Homeowners Sell Fast In A Buyers Market</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article658.html</link><author>W. Troy Swezey</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Your boss has just given you the career opportunity of a lifetime, but the job is in another state.    Soon you discover that moving your family to another city may be one of lifes hardest tasks.  The thought of leaving behind old friends and schools for</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Attracting Clients With Ease</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article659.html</link><author>Bernadette Doyle</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Whether you are already running your own business, or still thinking about starting your own business, I suspect that deep down you know you have gifts and talents that can really make a difference to others. In an ideal world, you'd spend the majority</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Automate Your Repetitive Home Business Tasks</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article660.html</link><author>Chris Brown</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-If you work from home then you know that your time is valuable. Creating ways to automate your home business can save valuable time or even provide you with more time to build your business. By pinpointing the things that take up the largest part of your</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Avoiding Credit Card Traps</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article662.html</link><author>James H. Dimmitt</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-The next time you open your credit card statement, take a closer look at the small insert titled changes to your credit card agreement.  You know the one Im speaking about.  Its that small, folded paper written in legalese that you promise to read some</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bad Credit? Qualify Yourself For A Zero Down Mortgage Loan</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article663.html</link><author>Nick Graziano</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-I decided to write this article today after closing a home purchase loan for a couple that had some major credit issues.  They got into the house with ZERO down payment, and only had to bring $600 for the closing costs.  Their situation was pretty bad,</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Balancing Home &amp; Work: The Challenge of the Home-Based Business</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article664.html</link><author>Vishal P. Rao</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-With the holidays around the corner, you may find yourself struggling to keep your home-based business and your home life separate and running smoothly. And you're not alone.    Operating a home-based business has many benefits as you already know, but</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bankers in Denial</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article665.html</link><author>Sam Vaknin</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Denial is a ubiquitous psychological defense mechanism. It involves the repression of bad news, unpleasant information, and anxiety-inducing experiences. Judging by the German press, the country is in a state of denial regarding the waning health of its</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bankers-Banks - The Role of Central Banks in Banking Crises</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article666.html</link><author>Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Central banks are relatively new inventions. An American President (Andrew Jackson) even cancelled its country's central bank in the nineteenth century because he did not think that it was very important. But things have changed since. Central banks</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bankruptcy Basics</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article667.html</link><author>James H. Dimmitt</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-According to the American Bankruptcy Institute household debt is at a record high relative to disposable income.  The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts reported that the number of filings for the year ended March 31, 2003 exceeded 1.6 million for</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Basics of Stock Market</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article668.html</link><author>John Goldfinger</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Financial markets provide their participants with the most favorable conditions for purchase</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Societys Cancer: Unemployment</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article669.html</link><author>Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-The official figures are staggering: 35% of the workforce - about 280,000 people - are unemployed and looking for a job. Each 1.43 employee support 1 unemployed person. In the USA the figure is 3.3 to 4 employees supporting all the unemployed AND all the</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Be a Realtor with Curb Appeal</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article670.html</link><author>Angela Butera Dickson</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Are you a realtor with curb appeal or are you more of a fixer-upper needful of updating?     How you present yourself  to colleagues, buyers and sellers, from the very first moment, will influence your sales records as well as the confidence and</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Be a Storyteller, Not Just a Speaker</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article671.html</link><author>Sandra Schrift</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Stories develop themes. The themes chosen to illustrate the  possibility of stories are:      Relationships, Choice, Creativity, Making a Difference,  Celebration.      Speakers are ordinarily people, from teachers to  grandparents, from mountain</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Be an Entrepreneur</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article672.html</link><author>Michelle L. Casto</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-The Department of Labor predicts that the #1 employer in 2010 will be self.  A recent Internet poll of 25-44 year olds revealed that 90% of them hoped to own their own business.   A survey conducted by Ernst &amp; Young found that 75% of influential</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Be Brief!</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article673.html</link><author>Stephen D. Boyd</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Centuries ago great speakers often spoke two hours and more.  But today when sound bytes on television news are the norm and serious problems are solved in an hour on a television drama, audiences are most interested in speakers that get their points</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Beating The Business Blues</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article675.html</link><author>Terri Seymour</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Internet marketing is a wonderful business, but if you are like me, there are days when you get really down and just can't seem to get going. This is compounded for some people with the Winter Blues. Sometimes sitting in your lonely corner of the bedroom</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Become a Customer Enthusiasm-Guru!</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article676.html</link><author>Peggie Arvidson Dailey</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-One thing all successful small business owners have in common is the knowledge that their business is based on enthusiastic customers. Despite their multi-tasking titles of bookkeeper, service provider and sales-manager, their most important title is</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Becoming A Solution To Your Customers Problems</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article678.html</link><author>Sue and Chuck DeFiore</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Those of us in home based and small businesses are in effect selling our product. So becoming an effective salesperson is very important. Remember, however, that selling is not the only thing you do. Dont forget to use your time wisely.     What you want</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Becoming An Empowered Consumer</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article679.html</link><author>Lora J Adrianse</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-How many times have you said to yourselfI just wish that company would treat me like they appreciated my business!?      For many years I trained Customer Service Reps at a large corporation.  There is no doubt that it was during those years I</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Becoming Radiant: Boost Your Team's Creativity with Mind Mapping</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article680.html</link><author>Maya Talisman Frost</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-I don't take notes anymore. Instead, I create one wildly colorful, creative and inspiring page whenever I need to make a decision, prepare a presentation, or plan an event. That whole two-column plus and minus approach? Gone.     Bring on the Mind Maps!</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Becoming Wise - Wild &amp; Free - Writing A Successful Business Plan - Part 2 - Do It In Steps</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article681.html</link><author>Rod Francis</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-So you've decided to write your own business plan because you know the value that the experience will give you. With the books and software that are out there today you can probably sit down and complete the plan in a day or so, right? Plug in the</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Before Getting A Franchise</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article682.html</link><author>Colin Ong TS</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Buying into a franchise is a great way to be part of a recognized brand with the benefit of lower advertising outlay.  With many franchises to choose, here are some tips before you get involved with franchise:    Get The Support of Your Family:    The</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Begging Your Trust in Africa</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article683.html</link><author>Sam Vaknin</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-The syntax is tortured, the grammar mutilated, but the message - sent by snail mail, telex, fax, or e-mail - is coherent: an African bigwig or his heirs wish to transfer funds amassed in years of graft and venality to a safe bank account in the West.</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Being a Disciplined Home Business Boss</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article684.html</link><author>Lawrence Roth</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Leaving the corporate world for a home business is exciting.  Being ones own boss and making ones own decisions is a great feeling. However, one still needs to have discipline to be effective at being a home business boss. In my home business I have</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Belief Management - The Missing Ingredient?</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article685.html</link><author>Joan Friedlander</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Joan, I'm working so hard and I'm not getting anything done! I have heard some version of this cry of frustration by many an entrepreneur. It's a common complaint voiced by those of use who sought the freedom to have complete authority over our</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Long-Term Investment In Todays Market?</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article686.html</link><author>Willard Michlin</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-  The stock market is very unstable at this time going up and down while interest rates are so low you want to be a borrower and not a lender. Would you like some suggestions on how can you get the most out of low interest rates while being assured your</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Beta Factors: How They Can Be Used In The Current Situation</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article687.html</link><author>Andy George</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Ever since the turn of the century, world stock markets have been very volatile. In other words there have been significant movements (up or down) in share prices.  This phenomenon has been evidenced by the collapse in recent years of the share prices of</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Better Decisions: Balancing Efficiency &amp; Buy-In</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article688.html</link><author>Andrea Corney</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-A big source of managerial churn is lack of clarity around the decision process. The biggest source of confusion is the Team Decision. Does this mean that the boss wants lots of input and discussion before deciding or does it mean that a decision isn*t</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Beware of Bogus Credit Repair Companies!</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article689.html</link><author>Omar M. Omar</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-So-called credit repair companies claim they can remove negative information from credit reports. Advertising as Credit Advisors, Credit Rating Correction Services or Credit Consultants, they trumpet variations on this message: Turned down</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Beware of Psychic Vampires</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article690.html</link><author>John Assaraf</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-I am often asked how I stay happy and motivated all the time. The answer has two parts to it; positivity and self-talk.    Many years ago I had a colleague who was forever complaining about everything and everyone in her life. Each day when she arrived</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Birds of a Feather May Be Turkeys</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article691.html</link><author>Gene Griessman</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Birds of a feather do flock together. It's true. Given a choice, most of us will seek out people who think like we do, people with whom we feel comfortable, those we won't quarrel with. Visit any company cafeteria and you will notice that the people at</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Body Language Speaks Louder Than Words</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article692.html</link><author>Lydia Ramsey</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-Has it ever occurred to you how much you are saying to people even when you are not speaking?  Unless you are a master of disguise, you are constantly sending messages about your true thoughts and feelings whether you are using words or not.     Studies</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Book Review - Manners That Sell:  Adding The Polish That Builds Profits</title><link>http://www.ez-article-search.com/Business/article693.html</link><author>Bonnie Jo Davis</author><description>http://www.ez-article-search.com/site-This beautifully laid out trade paperback has a gorgeous and practical design both inside and out.  I recommend you read this book with a highlighter and a pen and be ready to take copious notes in the blank pages thoughtfully provided between</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>