Career Development: Steps you can take NOW to advance your career.
Like your job? Working for a good organization? If the answer to either is yes, and you’ve been on the job for awhile, maybe you should consider making yourself indispensable. In truth is no one is truly indispensable, but for career growth by working hard at making yourself indispensable, your career will prosper either with your current employer, or youâll be a top candidate for a job with another organization.
First, assess your strengths, weaknesses and your value to your group. What is your competition? Now develop a plan with both long and short term strategies to boost your value within the operation.
Following are 10 immediate actions you can take to make you more promoteable or make you irreplaceable in the face of downsizing or reorganizing: Read more...
Overview
This case study is an illustration of one of our field marketing services, Sampling. It reflects the process of in-store activity in the retailing, supermarket and grocery sector channels.
Background
In January a highly regarded Scottish Baker wanted to raise awareness of their range of products in conjunction with National Scottish Week.
Focusing on the ‘Scottish’ roots of a range of products, a 3 day sampling activity was required in a leading grocery retailer.
The Field Marketing & Consultancy Group was commissioned to provide staff proficient in food sampling for the duration of the activity.
Challenge & Objective
• Quick reaction to the client brief, 3 day time scale to recruit staff that are familiar with food sampling and have necessary Food Hygiene certification
• To install the sampling display and approach customers promoting the ‘Scottish’ roots of the relevant products Read more...
Overview
This case study is an illustration of one of our field marketing services, Merchandising. It reflects the process of in-store activity in the retailing, supermarket and grocery sector channels.
Background
A client specialising in new, weekly, home product range refreshes wanted to closely monitor its SKUs whilst expanding its choice to consumers. It chose to operate a weekly product-rotation marketing concept in dedicated stores and supermarket concessions.
The Field Marketing & Consultancy Group sourced a team of merchandisers strategically chosen due to placement and experience.
Utilising FM&CGâs âLive Reportingâ system our client had access to daily updates of all information gathered by the merchandising team.
Challenge & Objective
⢠Ensure client products were displayed correctly to planogram
⢠Replenish all displays of client products
⢠Complete returns and maintain stock levels
⢠Accurately record and photograph specific detail required by the client Read more...
It is easy when we first become aware of some new concept, new idea to become excited and rush right on in “where angels fear to tread” so to speak. This can also be true when we become aware of the need to change, sometimes when we perceive personal change but in particular organizational change. The leadership maxim, “be quick to decide and slow to change your mind” is a very necessary quality, because we live in a dynamic environment filled with rapid change, and we see the need for rapid change to survive.
It is at those times when we become aware of the need to drive a change that we can so easily launch right into the phase of planning, because after all we have to get on with the job and get the results, and it’s clear that the sooner we start the sooner we will finish. Right?? Read more...
Project Management Software
Project Management Software is a web based tool that help to manage projects such as Integrated Calendars, Report Generators, Scheduling, Multiple Projects and Tasks, Files Upload, Tracking, Prioritizing, etc. Project Management System is a simple tool that help managers and the team members successfully plan, manage and execute the different tasks involved in each project.
Why Project Management Software and How Does it Work
Online Project Management Software Tool which increases the effectiveness of your work and the happiness of your clients by making the workflow fully transparent to them. Web Based Project Management centralizes complete project information on to a single server that tracks all the work being done. As a result every member of the team can access to the requisite info anytime. Task Management Software is designed to make Project Management easier and even more cost-efficient; Task Management Software is interactive and responsive Tool that runs on the computer as either a single user or may be shared by a group of Project Managers.
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Human resources outsourcing is now a mature industry, a direct consequence of the increasing trust companies have placed in the outsourcing process. Though this concept has been around for quite some time, the growth of HR outsourcing is a relatively recent phenomenon.
A study conducted by The Conference Board in 2004 on 120 companies with annual revenues of at least US$ 1 billion in North America and Europe revealed that 80 per cent of them would turn to outsourcing HR services again. None of the companies revealed that they would wish to take their HR responsibilities back in-house. This is clearly proof that HR outsourcing is really working wonders for businesses, helping them reduce costs and streamline business processes for better productivity. So what exactly are the human resources outsourcing considerations? Read more...
In today’s competitive, yet difficult, business world there are many options for advertising. Unfortunately, banner advertising might not even enter the picture for business owners looking for advertising options. But it should.
When done well, airplane advertising can be more effective than other forms of advertising, turning a simple ad into dollars and customers for the advertiser. While advertisers often think about radio advertising, newspaper advertising, television and even billboard advertising, they often don’t even consider banner advertising.
And that’s a mistake. Let’s look at why airplane banners create advertising that’s effective in several ways.
Cost
Airplane advertising creates a stronger bang for the buck than other forms of advertising. While you might pay for a radio ad each time it’s on the radio, or a premium for a good billboard in a freeway location, with banner advertising, you pay for the banner once and then only pay a small charge each time that banner is flown. Read more...
Online Home Based Business Opportunities That Dupe Customers
The Web has advantages and disadvantages when it comes to online business opportunities. Thanks to it, more and more people can earn money without leaving the comforts of their own homes. Nonetheless, there are some online business opportunities that exploit the Internet.
Some people bite into the bait because the offers promise esteem, high income, freedom and the good life. Remember what our parents used to tell us: “If it’s too good to be true, it probably is.” Soon enough, if you continue reading their advertisements, there is a catch. For a fee, they can set up a site for you. But do not be fooled – this is sponsored by a company, has a duplicate Website and an obvious so-called opportunity. These are what the US Federal Trade Commission call Dot Cons. Read more...
I want to talk in this article about home business opportunities that you can get started in right away. These are some of the best home business opportunities because they are legitimate ways you can make money from the comfort of your own home.
1. Sell big-ticket items and get rich. The Internet makes it possible to sell everything from Internet marketing training courses to satellite dishes and make a lot of money doing it. You can start your new home business opportunity by simply becoming an affiliate to any affiliate program.
What you will find is that it is just as easy to sell big-ticket products as it is to sell a smaller priced one. The only real difference is that you are now catering to people with more money to spend and therefor should cater your promotion accordingly. Read more...
To begin with, the concept behind network marketing is simple. Sharing – through product or business philosophy – is the basis of network marketing.
Network marketing is a multi-billion dollar industry involving millions of independent business people around the globe. Large companies like Gillette, Colgate-Palmolive, Kleeneze Europe, AT&T and others, have all turned to network marketing because of the very real edge it gives them in both domestic and international marketing.
Network marketing is a ‘BIG’ small business, which offers everyone, with or without business experience, the opportunity to start and run a home-based business that works. It is the last frontier where ‘the little guy’, (people like you and me) can make it BIG.
NETWORK MARKETING Vs. TRADITIONAL MARKETING
The traditional way of marketing products is to move them from a manufacturer through a network of middlemen. National Wholesalers, regional wholesalers, Cash & Carry warehouses, retailers, – the ‘middlemen’ – all add their ‘valueless’ percentage to the price of the product. Read more...
