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Category: Business & Economy: Classifieds

With today’s mobility in the business world, people are traveling all over the world and taking their work with them. To keep in touch with their business, people carry their laptops so that they can access the internet, teleconferences, and any other feature that their desktop computer can do back at the office. - More details

Category: Business & Economy: Finance and Investment: Insurance: Home Insurance

For the international business person, travel is a way of life. Long distance air travel can be especially brutal. The best advice is to arrive one day before any important meetings or conferences - More details

Category: Recreation & Sports: Motorcycles

These days it’s common knowledge that it’s hard to meet an agent or an editor through an unsolicited mailing. They are more likely to pay attention to a submission coming from someone they have met in person. To that end, writers flock to conferences so they can get some face time with real live agents and editors. And that’s great. I believe writers should get out and network. But those conferences can be pricey. It’s best to combine attending conferences with a few other strategies that are easier on your wallet. Here are 3 you may find useful. - More details

Category: Blogs: Internet

When I receive speaking inquiries from organizations who want me to keynote their conferences or meetings, I always chuckle when I hear comments like: - More details

Category: Recreation & Sports: Travel: Destinations: Hong Kong

I run a small meeting, event and conference planning company based in the New York City area. As an entrepeneur and small business owner with a limited advertising and marketing budget, developing business partnerships has been really helped me to get the word out about the services that I offer. For example, I have aligned myself with a DJ company as the preferred planner for their clients and am actively receiving business and referrals from this source. Also, due to my partnership with a travel agency, I am now handling meetings, conferences and events for inbound corporate groups from abroad. Forming strategic alliances has been and will continue to be a significant part of my long term business plan and model for exponential growth. - More details

Category: Blogs: Internet

Making Contacts____Many cultures outside of the U.S. work on the basis of relationships. People prefer to work with people they know. Therefore, a cold call is often not the best approach to meeting people and making contacts. If you know someone who is close to the firm that you desire to contact, it may be best to try to first meet your counterparts with the help of this connection. Working with an organization that can assist you with your initial contact can be ideal. Many of these third-party firms are industry-related and advertise frequently in local trade magazines. Other venues through which to meet potential contacts and clients are conferences and trade shows. Many of these shows are held in the United States and it is helpful if you do some pre-investigative work. Alternatively, it is worthwhile, and may be even more beneficial, to target a local trade conference in the region in which you desire to make contacts. - More details

Category: Blogs: Internet

Using a Business Blog as the central Public Relations tool for an Event you are hosting really adds w - More details

Category: Blogs: Internet

Let’s face it, setting up and operating the registration process for events and conferences is one of the least favorite things on most event planner’s list of things to do. There is a lot of - More details