Jumpstart Your Home-Based Business This New Year

Written by Jill Hart


The beginning of a new year can be a great time for your home-based business. There are many ways that you can use this time of year to begin new growth and continuerepparttar rush fromrepparttar 103484 holiday season.

For many people, January isrepparttar 103485 time of year that they reflect upon their lives. New Year’s resolutions are made and goals forrepparttar 103486 New Year are set. Many women in our society are unhappy inrepparttar 103487 corporate world and seeking to make a change and enterrepparttar 103488 home-based working world. What better time of year to be presenting your home-based business opportunity as often as possible?

There are many ways to go aboutrepparttar 103489 task of increasing your business and recruiting. Take time beforerepparttar 103490 New Year begins to make a list of strategies that you can implement to get your name out there. Also, think about what small changes you can make to increase customer loyalty, repeat business and other business aspects like these.

If your goal is to increase recruitment for business partners, consider finding a Leads program in which to take part. Many times these programs can provide you with interested home-based business seekers with which to share your business opportunities. Look for a program that is suited to your particular business or beliefs. There are many different types of Leads programs available onrepparttar 103491 internet – takerepparttar 103492 time to findrepparttar 103493 one that suits you, your business and your budget best.

A great recruiting tool is to sponsor contests. You can do this both online and in your local area. This can create a “buzz” about your business and provide you with names of people who might be interested in your business opportunity. One “out ofrepparttar 103494 box” way that I have heard ofrepparttar 103495 contest sponsorship idea being done is to put contest entry boxes in local women’s fitness clubs or places that would fit your particular business. Use “Customer Care Cards” asrepparttar 103496 entry forms so that you can collectrepparttar 103497 name, address, phone number and email address ofrepparttar 103498 person entering your contest. Follow up with a phone call to each and every entry. Some may be interested in hosting a party for you or in hearing about your business opportunity.

The Synergy Paradigm

Written by John Maceda


The Synergy Paradigm

John Maceda

Synergy: {n} The working together of two things to produce an effect greater thanrepparttar sum of their individual effects.

Most businesses operate on two distinct levels:

•Human Systems – Those systems that are concerned with or operated by people. •Process Systems – Those systems that are functional or mechanical in nature.

Each of these systems is independent ofrepparttar 103483 other and each has its own characteristics and needs. Human systems and process systems do not generally haverepparttar 103484 same challenges or solutions although they must work in total synergy in order to achieverepparttar 103485 greatest success.

Take a simple task like driving your car. The operator (human system) must be alert and competent. The car (process system) must have all of its components running smoothly. The two systems (human and process) must work in total synergy and cooperation with one another in order to succeed.

We could diagram this process as synergy sits atoprepparttar 103486 pyramid of cooperation between human systems and process systems.

Most companies try to operate their two systems in a cooperative manner and most fail to ever reach true synergy.

True synergy isrepparttar 103487 almost effortless cooperation betweenrepparttar 103488 two systems. It produces very little waste andrepparttar 103489 outcome is highly efficient and productive.

So if true synergy is a goal how does one achieve it?

To achieve true synergy in business we must first know and understand what our customers want and expect. We must design our process systems around those customer needs. Process systems must be designed in such a way that they can be readily measured using a statistical approach and remain open enough to allow substantial change to occur. This, of course, requiresrepparttar 103490 application ofrepparttar 103491 human system to study, analyze and design solutions that are first and foremost targeted torepparttar 103492 customer.

So our roadmap for synergy could begin with gathering our customer requirements, identifying waste and variation using tools such as DMAIC, eliminating defects and waste on one side and eliminating non value added or unnecessary items onrepparttar 103493 other and finally proceeding torepparttar 103494 design phase.

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