
Being Successful at Interviews Part 2
So you have gathered information about the recruiting organisation. Now for the next step. Decide to attend or not to attend the interview. You need to make an objective decision as to whether taking up this new post is the right decision for you, at this time. Armed with the information that you gathered earlier, you can assess the merits of being appointed to the new post, against staying in your current post, albeit perhaps until a more appropriate opportunity arises, and

Tip 2 - A Balanced Life
This week's tip for a balanced life is all about multi-tasking or rather not multi-tasking. Tip 2 – Avoid multitasking except while being at the office: A rather usual bad tactic today’s working professionals suffer from is subconsciously taking the office habits -especially that of multitasking- home with them. It is not rare that people find themselves washing dishes or cleaning their drawers while phoning a friend or checking their mails. Living everyday in the overdrive h

Characteristics of a Successful Advertisement
Many small businesses don’t get the success they want from advertising due to availability of very little resources. The results are simply flat due to lack of good ideas for improvements. Whether the ads are put in a local newspaper or are printed in the famous periodical or posted on a website, the money invested should gain the desired outcome. There are some common mistakes small businesses and professional service providers do when designing and posting the advertisement

How to be Successful at Interviews
Over the next 11 weeks we will study how to be successful at Interviews. No matter how expert or experienced you are, when you are applying for a promotion in your own organisation, or a post in another organisation, being fully prepared for the interview is critical. Your expertise, knowledge, reputation, experience, and appearance, will help you, but it is highly likely that the other candidates will have similar attributes. Gather information about the recruiting organisa

Tips for a Balanced Life
Finding the right balance between work and home life is vital for everyone no matter what type of personality you have. Over the next five weeks we will provide 5 tips to helping you achieve the balance needed. Tip 1 – Force yourself to separate work and personal life: Social psychologists support that your ability to do a good job while at work depends on whether or not you have a home life that refreshes and restores you. If you cannot stop thinking about the projects you

Steps to Reducing SPAM in your Inbox
Spam first made its mark in the world in 1978 when Gary Thuerk, Marketing Director of Digital Equipment Technology sent an email solicitation to 400 employees at Arpnet. The email created a few sales, but it also created fierce backlash. Today, more than 180 billion spam messages are sent out each day to over 1 billion Internet users. This staggering statistic makes it clear why spam is such a major problem for Internet users. Many companies are working hard to solve the spam

Constructing a Email Newsletter
The construction of a successful newsletter has 6 phases. They are:
1. Content
The newsletter you send stands or falls on the relevance and quality of the content you incorporate. If your website is meant to entertain you content needs to be entertaining. If it is meant to educate, your content better be educational. Workspace does not believe in using the newsletter for self-promotional purposes, as we think that readers rapidly grow tired of reading commercials and self-

Developing an Email Newsletter
The creation of a newsletter is a serious decision because initiating one without the infrastructure and commitment to sustain it can wind up doing more harm than good. Your e-mail newsletter, once launched, will create an expectation among recipients and if you fail to deliver on that expectation it could lead to a backlash as your customers call your reliability or commitment into question. The infrastructure you need includes content sources, graphic sources, and the e-mai

E-commerce What Do You Offer
If your e-commerce store provides customers with significant product choice you might be able to make life easier for your customer. In turn, you will likely experience an increase in online business profit.
Many e-commerce sites develop an online catalogue that may be fairly comprehensive, but may also lack a satisfactory listing of your full line of merchandise.
As e-commerce sites continue to grow it is important for you to develop a full listing of all your products. In

Advice on how to successfully deliver a Public Speech
Public speaking is something most people try to avoid and even dread. I am often required to deliver a speech and therefore I needed to learn the best way of doing this.
Many people get very nervous before and during their presentation or speech. This can have a negative affect on our breathing and can leave us out of breath. When you feel nervous it is a good idea to remember to take regular breaths when talking. In my opinion you should be looking to breath every six to e