Communication Articles

Business » Communication | By Barbara Gabogrecan @ Friday, 3rd November 2006 @ 2:48 AM

Technology and marketing - just how do you get them to work well when you may have limited skills in either or both? When you are a small business and especially if you are a sole operator you are very conscious of your limitations. It is a real 'godsend' when something is made available that can help brand your product or services and does not cost a fortune. Micro and Home Based Businesses are able to compete with larger business because of technology which does help level the... more...

Business » Communication | By Laurie Weiss @ Thursday, 2nd November 2006 @ 1:57 AM

When it's clear that a conflict exists and you are the one who must do something about it, do this. First understand that the process of conflict intervention can take almost any length of time, from a few minutes to several years. Steps in the process include: · helping the participants identify their own needs, interests and values; · discover their mutual and complementary needs; · clarify areas of disagreement and search further for the bases of those disagreements; ... more...

Business » Communication | By Ryan Ginster @ Monday, 30th October 2006 @ 12:29 AM

Positioning is the best plan that any business can implement. Positioning is putting yourself in the right place in the eyes of your market. You get your market to know you as an expert that can be trusted. You get looked on as a reliable resource for information. Positioning is easy to do. Just give free information of interest to your market. Your market is the people who would be likely to buy the services or products you offer. Let's say your market is people who... more...

Business » Communication | By Jonathon Hardcastle @ Monday, 23rd October 2006 @ 11:22 AM

Executives and managers are involved in meetings, presentations, interviews, conferences, telephone conversations, memos or emails, participating in all sorts of communications methods to exchange the necessary information. In fact, when one examines an organization, it can be easily seen that many examples of verbal and nonverbal behavior exist. Some communication specialists believe that these and almost all other forms of behavior are really means of communication and conversely that all form... more...

Business » Communication | By Kadence Buchanan @ Monday, 23rd October 2006 @ 11:14 AM

From the times of Graham Bell's research around 1870, people have invented new and exciting ways of improving one of the first forms of communication, the telegraph. Its successor, the telephone invention, has gone a long way managing to penetrate people's lives and directing future technological innovations in a way not ever imagined by its founder. In fact, the telecom industry today constitutes one of the most diverse and promising high-tech markets around the globe. Developing new ... more...

Business » Communication | By Jonathon Hardcastle @ Monday, 23rd October 2006 @ 11:13 AM

According to Peter Drucker in his article "The Transnational Economy" written back in 1987, "To maintain a leadership position in any one developed country, a business-whether large or small-increasingly has to attain and hold leadership positions in all developed markets worldwide. It has to be able to do research, to design, to develop, to engineer and to manufacture in any part of the developed world, and to export from any developed country to any other. It has to go transnationa... more...

Business » Communication | By John Khu @ Saturday, 21st October 2006 @ 9:26 PM

Relationships are essential for success in any field. Your phone communication plays a vital role in building effective relationships. Most people create a mental picture of the person with whom they are talking over the phone. Quite often these people judge a person by the mental picture they have created. To streamline your communication, it is necessary for you to create a good impression over the phone. Captivating people and winning them over the phone needs practice. You need to de... more...

Business » Communication | By Jonathon Hardcastle @ Friday, 20th October 2006 @ 7:07 AM

PT Barnum (born Phineas Taylor Barnum) is best known for being a great showman who staged elaborate extravaganzas through his world-famous Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, a top attraction during the latter-1800s. For many of today's PR professionals, he is also the first great PR man. Barnum first made it to the public eye in 1835 when he staged exhibits showcasing a blind and near-paralyzed African-American woman named Joice Heth whom he claimed was the nurse of Geor... more...

Business » Communication | By John Morris @ Thursday, 19th October 2006 @ 5:30 PM

Sometimes, a great product is not enough to get the attention your company deserves from the public. Sometimes, you need to make waves the right waves in order to get noticed and employing a public relation firm can help you gain your place in the limelight. The relationship between a company and its public relation firm should be long-lasting. IF you change public relation firms periodically, the public may end up being confused with the ever-changing messages of your ads. Start advertis... more...

Business » Communication | By Melih Oztalay @ Thursday, 19th October 2006 @ 4:17 PM

Companies on the Internet offer various services that are just a click away. While online, you can purchase almost anything, and you can get tips and advice on almost all topics. One important service businesses need to seek out are online brochure printing through the websites of printers. Looking for these sites is fairly easy, as they can be found after a very simple query like typing in "brochure printing". The process outlined below may sound lengthy; however, keep in mind yo... more...

Business » Communication | By Melih Oztalay @ Wednesday, 18th October 2006 @ 1:25 PM

The most popular and useful method of printing used in the business world is brochure printing. This type of printing gives business the option of educating the reader as well as creating a wide customer base. Brochure printing, like post card printing needs to be of a high quality. People will look at the printing of the brochure and see it as a direct reflection on your business, so it needs to be of a high printing quality. Brochures are a good way to let people know your business exi... more...

Business » Communication | By Anna Woodward @ Saturday, 14th October 2006 @ 4:11 PM

I've often thought that what I need is not a cell phone, but a two-way pager. Why? A two-way pager allows me to be able to engage in short conversations without having to fully engage in a conversation, stopping other things I'm doing, I could use a full keyboard function without a full-size keyboard, and I could read my e-mail without having to be at a full-size computer or plug into any other network. Because I don't necessarily have the time or the concentration needed... more...

Business » Communication | By Gregg Hall @ Sunday, 1st October 2006 @ 1:56 AM

A popular trend taking hold of many different companies is the practice of call center outsourcing. There are numerous well known businesses that use outsourcing for their call centers for various reasons. Although the term may be used often when referring to company customer service, many still do not know what the act actually consists of. Let's take a look at the word outsourcing. In basically refers to the act of sourcing your work to others outside of your company. In the large... more...

Business » Communication | By Kadence Buchanan @ Saturday, 23rd September 2006 @ 12:50 PM

Whenever we face the task of writing a report, preparing a proposal, completing a staff study, or composing a business letter, we go through the same series of logical steps. First we recognize the problem and/or the purpose with which the message must deal. Then we plan the content of the communication to achieve our goal. Next we organize our ideas so that they will be presented in an order that is logical and psychologically effective. Later we have to write the first draft, which must be fol... more...

Business » Communication | By Ron Bates @ Friday, 22nd September 2006 @ 2:01 AM

The power of a personal Internet presence was the subject of a conversation I had with a colleague the other day. He was trying to understand what the value of a personal Internet presence was to a non-executive. I asked him if he saw value in other industry colleagues, peers, co-workers, subordinates, superiors, existing or prospective customers, media or trade-show personal, fellow industry association members, et al. being able to learn more about who he is as a person, a profession... more...

Business » Communication | By Randy Siegel @ Friday, 15th September 2006 @ 10:06 AM

What comes to people's mind when they say your name? You probably haven't given it a lot of thought; few of us have. When we don't develop and manage our professional image, we invite others to do this for us, and we lose control of how we are perceived. In business, creating and managing our image is called personal branding. A brand is the relationship or position an object or person holds in the mind of the consumer. For example, when you think of Volvo, what comes to min... more...

Business » Communication | By Jonathon Hardcastle @ Wednesday, 13th September 2006 @ 11:27 AM

Before the emergence of television and radio, print media dominated the majority of known societies. However, the technological innovations that were introduced during from the 19th till the 21st Century have created a new global marketplace, transcending national borders and culture barriers. This proliferation of news and their homogenous nature is evident in almost all media mediums used and it is far more forceful and dynamic than the print press news initiators could have ever imagined. Nev... more...

Business » Communication | By Jimmy Cox @ Sunday, 10th September 2006 @ 2:43 AM

Imagine the scene... You have been looking forward to this great get together for a long time and are keen to impress everyone there. You arrive on time and then...to your horror you become tongue-tied! Not being able to speak or start a conversation is the worst thing that could happen to you. The greatest joy of going to a dinner party is not the prospect of a good dinner, but the anticipation of a good converstaion. What To Talk About Next time you are going to a much-an... more...

Business » Communication | By Randy Siegel @ Friday, 8th September 2006 @ 12:02 AM

"I don't get it. Why is my boss heading up my organization when there are much smarter people under him?' a seminar participant asked recently. It was obvious to all of us that she was frustrated. Since I didn't know her boss, I couldn't really answer, but if her boss is like many managers I've known, the answer is simple -- self-confidence. "Do you remember that girl in high school who really wasn't that pretty, or even nice, but she was s... more...

Business » Communication | By Hans Hasselfors @ Tuesday, 29th August 2006 @ 12:26 AM

I recently started a home based business. As a result of this business I am telephoning people across the United States. I cannot believe the messages that people leave on their answering machine. I know that everyone has their own personality and ways of expressing themselves, but using an answering machine to do this does not leave a great first impression. As I have been making my telephone calls I have encountered all sorts of messages. Some people have the standard computer voice say... more...