I met Ramesh Pateria for the first time in the late 60s when I visited his show in the Jehangir Art Gallery in Mumbai. There was an untamed animal quality about him. Badly shaved and with hair unkempt he looked like a hobo on the street. But his pieces of […]
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3 Major Reasons Why Marketing is Important
Kotler and Armstrong define marketing as “the process by which companies create value for customers and build strong customer relationships in order to capture value from customer in return.” This definition alone can explain why marketing is important, but let’s outline several reasons why marketing should be one of the […]
Close Fast – Create Momentum and Negotiate Success – Sales Superstar Secret #9
Exceptional salespeople are great closers. Most sales people aren’t effective negotiators because they are too willing to do whatever it takes to make the sale. They are so attuned to serving the customer that they let professional negotiators walk all over them. Sales superstars realize that negotiating is a game […]
Sugar CRM – Customer Relation Management Software for Today
Sugar CRM is an organized method using software to manage customer relations from initial contact to after-sales support. Each contact point with a customer is a chance to excel and after a customer has turned from a lead into a sale, customer relations continue. Each type of customer interaction may […]
Conflict, Leadership And The Leadership Talk
Conflict comes with leadership as the sparks fly upward. If you don’t want to deal with conflict, leadership is not your thing. Being a leader is not about IF you will tackle conflict but HOW. In fact, no other ability (other than being able to get results) so shapes people’s […]
Advantages of Private Label Products
Private label products or services are those manufactured or provided by one company for offer under another company’s brand. These are also known as store brands, private brands, or private goods. Private brands are available in a wide range of industries from food to cosmetics. In the past, these products […]
The Irony of Machiavelli’s Bad Reputation, His Cunning Prince and the Irreverence of Mandragora
Niccolò Machiavelli. His name conjures everything devious, cunning, malicious and cruel. To call someone Machiavellian, or a Machiavel, is not a compliment, unless it be considered praise for unethical behaviour. In Shakespeare’s Othello, Iago is a supreme Machiavel, quite possibly the ultimate and best-known Machiavel in dramatic literature. However, there […]
Usable Payslip Templates for Every Need
Every country has rules that regulate its working force, rules that relate to employment terms and payment, payslips are part of the rules and a business must comply with. Every employee should get a payslip with his salary payment. Payslips are important because they show details like gross pay, deductions […]