The words “PowerPoint” and “presentation” have become almost synonymous in the business world. The software is packed with mini-tools designed to grab the audience’s attention and drive home your message. Used correctly, these tools can be a powerful message enhancer. Go overboard, and it’s just a mess. Here are the top five ways to improve […]
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Top 5 Ways to Improve Your PowerPoint Presentation
Wednesday, Aug 11th, 2010 by JacquiK | 0 Comments
Filed under: Consulting, Copywriting, Customer Focus, How To, Marketing, PowerPoint, Presentation, Project Management, Small Business, Uncategorized
Filed under: Consulting, Copywriting, Customer Focus, How To, Marketing, PowerPoint, Presentation, Project Management, Small Business, Uncategorized
End-of-year self review part 3: updating yourself
We discussed what small businesses can be doing to prepare for the coming year in Part 2 of the series. Today, we’ll get into the fun stuff: focusing on you. Your personal “look” says a lot to clients. Whether you’re in the office every day or work at home in sweats and tee shirt, eventually, […]
End-of-year self review part 2: preparing your small business for the New Year
Monday, Dec 21st, 2009 by JacquiK | 0 Comments
Filed under: How To, Project Management, Small Business, Uncategorized
Filed under: How To, Project Management, Small Business, Uncategorized
We discussed basic office organization in part 1 of the series. Today, we’ll focus on the home-based office. We recommend starting with the organization discussed in part 1, as it will make your small business tasks we’ll be tackling here much, much easier. Step 1: Review your professional materials While we live in a primarily […]
End-of-year self review, part 1: organizing your office life for a happy New Year
Sunday, Dec 20th, 2009 by JacquiK | 0 Comments
Filed under: Consulting, How To, Project Management, Small Business, Uncategorized
Filed under: Consulting, How To, Project Management, Small Business, Uncategorized
It’s the end of the year, when offices are mostly empty and the self-employed are at the movies. Whether you volunteered to stay at work “in case a client calls” or you’re just taking it easy in the home office, you have work to do. In this three part series, we’ll discuss the key tasks […]
Why we’ve abandoned big banks: No service for small business and, oh yeah, many are in trouble
Wednesday, Jul 8th, 2009 by DaveK | 0 Comments
Filed under: Small Business | Tags: bank of america, banks, BECU, credit unions, home equity line of credit, personal banker, seafirst, Small Business, wamu
Filed under: Small Business | Tags: bank of america, banks, BECU, credit unions, home equity line of credit, personal banker, seafirst, Small Business, wamu
For years, we thought that most banks were about the same and the thing that distinguished them was how many ATMs they offered and whether they charged you for checks and other services. When we moved to Seattle in the mid-’90s, we amended that to include nice, local community involvement and customer service – largely […]