Purchase your first investment property in just 40 days! Many people want to get into real estate but just don't know where to begin. In fact, real estate investor Robert Shemin hears the same question over and over in his seminars—"But where do I start?" Now, Shemin's 40 Days to Success in Real Estate Investing finally answers that question once and for all. It offers a proven, day-by-day plan that covers the basics of real estate investing, helps you set achievable goals, and tells you what actions to take each day to reach those goals. From getting motivated, to finding great properties, to negotiating and closing on your first deal, this straightforward, helpful guide walks you through every step of Shemin's 40-day plan. Along the way, you'll learn all the basics of real estate investing, including: Locating properties Foreclosures Property analysis Government agencies Contracts Networking Negotiations Making an offer Fin

Bestselling author Marsha Collier presents readers with an all-new guide that goes beyond all previous eBay business books, offering one-stop guidance on eBay techniques as well as entrepreneurial fundamentals. She provides in-depth coverage on the most critical eBay topics, including merchandise sourcing, marketing, advertising, and customer service. The minibooks that make up the guide cover eBay registration, navigation, and buying; getting ready to sell; digital photography and scanning for sales pages; eBay selling and marketing; getting legal and licensed; using auction management software; setting up an office (PCs, Internet, networking, and shipping); and PayPal. * Marsha Collier's eBay books have sold hundreds of thousands of copies and her Starting an eBay Business For Dummies is currently the bestselling eBay reference on the market * This one-stop reference examines not only eBay techniques and issues, but also the basic business strategies that people need to run any succe

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An updated edition of the ultimate guide to understandingbiology Ever wondered how the food you eat becomes the energy your bodyneeds to keep going? The theory of evolution says that humans andchimps descended from a common ancestor, but does it tell us howand why? We humans are insatiably curious creatures who can't helpwondering how things work— starting with our own bodies. Wouldn'tit be great to have a single source of quick answers to all ourquestions about how living things work? Now there is. From molecules to animals, cells to ecosystems, Biology ForDummies, 2nd Edition answers all your questions about how livingthings work. Written in plain English and packed with dozens of illustrations,quick-reference Cheat Sheets, and helpful tables and diagrams, it cuts right tothe chase with fast-paced, easy-to-absorb explanations of the lifeprocesses common to all organisms. More than 20% new and updated content, including a substantialoverhaul to the organization of topic

Managing financial risks comes down to understanding how toreduce a complex business environment into workable concepts andmodels. "The AMA Handbook of Financial Risk Management" providesreaders with the tools they need for dealing with the mostimportant areas of financial decision making. Filled withstrategies, principles, and measurement techniques, the book showsreaders how to: categorize financial risks; reduce risks from cashflow and budget exposures; analyze operating risks; understandassessments or risk and return; and, manage risks in capitalinvestment decisions. Providing both explanations and practicalapplications, the book clarifies the factors that affect the valueof a firm, considerations such as time and the proper use of debt,and risks inherent in the capital structure of the firm and thevaluation of business combinations. This is a comprehensive guidethat enables risk managers and anyone involved in the financialmanagement of an organization to know what factors are at stake andhow to p

A key challenge sales professionals confront is how to measure the various activities they perform in the sales planning, selling and execution, and post-sales review phases of the customer relationship. Magic Numbers for Sales Management: Key Measures to Evaluate Sales Success is a ready-reference for sales and marketing professionals who seek clear de*ions of over 50 of the most important sales metrics and formulas. Using clear de*ions and relevant examples from many of today’s leading companies, sales and marketing professionals will learn relevant measurement and evaluation techniques, including: Important metrics for measuring market conditions, sales forecasting, compensation, quotas, sales force-size, pricing, and customers Applying metrics to different phases of the selling process Key behaviors of the most successful sales people Magic Numbers for Sales Management is an important resource for the most demanding sales professionals who want to fully assess the success o

These quick reads, based on McGraw-Hill bestsellers, are designed to meet the needs of busy people. Titles in the series focus on each book's main themes and action ideas, reduced to a manageable page count for on-the-go readers. Rules, guidelines, best practices, problem-solving approaches, and more for applying effective coaching methods in the workplace

The Ten-Minute Trainer is just what you need. Written for the busy training professional, this practical, grab-it-and-go book will show you how to design and deliver effective training programs in less time and with increased learner retention Based on two major concepts-shorter segments of instruction are better than longer ones, and learners remember more when they are involved in the learning-this book provides 150 quick, high-energy ways to involve your learners without sacrificing content. This timely resource will also help you organize your training time so that your learners get the most from your instruction. With The Ten-Minute Trainer as your guide, you will be able to.

You have only an instant to connect with consumers. In a few heartbeats, your brand image must gain traction and begin the process of enticing and persuading your audience. Only the best images survive this process, so every advantage counts. Building Brands and Believers is designed to help you succeed in this hyper-demanding environment. It puts forward a simple but powerful idea: namely, that by understanding the subconscious workings of the mind, you can better motivate consumers. Kent Wertime, a veteran advertising and communications expert, explores the DNA of contemporary commercial images. He explains in clear, simple terms the source code of images and provides steps you can take to improve your chances for success. Read Building Brands and Believers to understand the dynamics of archetypes that: Underlie all commercial images Help in successful brand building in advertising, marketing and entertainment Work across borders and cultures to effectively enhance consumer beliefs Enab

Donalyn Miller says she has yet to meet a child she couldn'tturn into a reader. No matter how far behind Miller's studentsmight be when they reach her 6th grade classroom, they end upreading an average of 40 to 50 books a year. Miller'sunconventional approach dispenses with drills and worksheets thatmake reading a chore. Instead, she helps students navigate theworld of literature and gives them time to read books they pick outthemselves. Her love of books and teaching is both infectious andinspiring. The book includes a dynamite list of recommended "kidlit" that helps parents and teachers find the books that studentsreally like to read.

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Ben Casnocha discovered he was entrepreneur at age 12 and hasn't slowed down since. In this remarkably instructive book, Ben dissects the entrepreneurship "gene," explaining that everyone has inherited it if they have an idea to make the world a better place. In Casnocha's case, he found a better way for city governments to communicate with constituents on the Web. Six years later, Comcate has dozens of municipal clients, a growing staff, and a record of excellence. This book is the story of his start-up, but also a conversation with his mentors, clients and fellow entrepreneurs about how to make a business idea work and how to have the time of your life trying. From Pat Lencioni to Marc Benioff of salesforce.com, Ben has won over the best and brightest of the business world now it's your turn!

Whether organizations face uncertainty or meet the challenge of the constant pressure to innovate, leaders must dig deep to keep their focus and stay effective. In this landmark book, Andrew Razeghi isolates the critical factor that is at the core of successful leadership in any climate. Hope is based on research from neuroscience and behavioral psychology and interwoven with real-world stories of entrepreneurs, elite athletes, political leaders, and groundbreaking scientists. Razeghi shows that hope is a proven tool for competitive advantage and clearly demonstrates how it can be nurtured and developed. Throughout the book, he outlines a proven strategy for honing leadership skills and shows how to apply this strategy to individuals, teams, and organizations.

“The Government would do well to appoint someone to teach us all how persuasion and influence work. I believe it's one of the key skills for everyone who wants to get on in life or business to learn. I'd give the job without hesitation, or even an interview, to Phil Hesketh. This book is the definitive guide to being more persuasive and influential.”Steve McDermott, author of the bestselling How to Be a Complete and Utter Failure in Life, Work and Everything and winner of the European Business Speaker of the Year award. Suppose there was a way to earn more money, get your own way and be more popular. There is. Life's A Game So Fix The Odds is a guide to some of the most powerful influencing and persuading techniques known to man. It shows you how to achieve what you thought was impossible. It reveals how positive communication really works. It proves that you can meet any challenge if you apply yourself in the right way. Philip Hesketh uses accessible and memorable persuasion techniques

Before they can effectively manage others, managers have to be adept at manag-ing themselves. That requires truly understanding their own passions, motiva-tions, strengths, and weaknesses. This guide offers sage advice from businessgreats, including Peter F. Drucker and John R I(otter, on how managers can im-prove personal performance and productivity and, in the process, become bettermanagers of those they lead.

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The Effective Executive in Action is a journal based on Peter F. Drucker's classic and preeminent work on management and effectiveness -- The Effective Executive. Here Drucker and Maciariello provide executives, managers, and knowledge workers with a guide to effective action -- the central theme of Drucker's work. The authors take more than one hundred readings from Drucker's classic work, update them, and provide provocative questions to ponder and actions to take in order to improve your own work. Also included in this journal is a space for you to record your thoughts for later review and reflection. The Effective Executive in Action will teach you how to be a better leader and how to lead according to the five main pillars of Drucker's leadership philosophy.

There are hundreds of tactics, described in dozens of motivation books, to produce a short-term boost in employee morale. But none of them last. If you want truly motivated employees for the long term— leading to higher customer satisfaction and loyalty— you must give employees a motive to want to do well on their own.This unique two-pronged approach provides techniques for introducing powerful movtivators to energize workers and outlines a process for eliminating the most common and pervasive de-motivators. 作者简介： Paul Levesque has two decades’ experience as an international business consultant specializing in customer service. He is the author of Customer Service Made Easy (1-932531-912 EP, 2006).

THE TIPPING POINT is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push cause a fashion trend, the popularity of a new product, or a drop in the crime rate. This bestselling book, in which Malcolm Gladwell brilliantly illuminates the tipping point phenomenon, is already changing the way people throughout the world think about selling products and disseminating ideas.

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The magnetism of Martin Luther King, Jr. (Law #9) . . .Cicero's ability to captivate an audience with his eloquence (Law #5) . . .the connection Will Rogers made with the common man (Law #10) . . .all of these leaders were using the 21 Laws of Leadership long before John Maxwell ever put pen to paper. Through enlightening discussion, author James Garlow illustrates how these 21 key principles have been at work throughout history. Learn from the great General Robert E. Lee why the Law of Respect is so important when leading men into battle. Let the story of the Donner Party's failed expedition demonstrate the significance of the Law of Navigation. Learn from church leader John Wesley how the Law of Process kept his converts steady in their faith while others floundered. These laws have been tested by history; now test them for yourself.

From the preeminent thinkers whose work has defined an entire field to the rising stars who will redefine the way we think about business, The Harvard Business Review Paperback Series delivers the fundamental information today's professionals need to stay competitive in a fast-moving world. With topics that include how to run a successful meeting, change frontline employees' behavior, and build effective management teams, Harvard Business Review on Effective Communication offers useful tips for all businesspeople. A Harvard Business Review Paperback.

Many CFOs have led their companies to invest in ERP and shared services in order to create leaner, more global organization structures. Today, they seek more radical transformation through business process outsourcing (BPO). CFO Insights is a practical, comprehensive guide to this exciting, fast-growing field. It features expert advice from the CFOs of major companies worldwide, including BP, Procter & Gamble, Dell, and Exel. Step by step, it takes you through the stages of a successful outsourcing solution - from evaluating providers and contracting, through transition planning and risk management. “We have seen cost reductions every year for each of the 13 years of our outsourcing experience – now, finally, we are seeing the outsourcing market mature. The advancement of multi-client centers will create new value. As new low cost centers spring up around the world I want to have easy access to the opportunities.” —Ala n Eilles, CFO Downstream, BP “Outsourcing is not about sittin

The IABC Handbook of Organizational Communication is the fourthedition of the best-selling resource that offers a comprehensivecollection of practical knowledge and insights about effectivecorporate communication and its effect on organizationalsuccess.With contributions from the leading experts inorganizational, business, and corporate communications, thisinvaluable resource examines each of the functional areas oforganizational communication including internal communication,public relations, marketing, and communication strategy. Thisimportant book is written for communicators in organizations of alltypes—large and small, public and private, for profit and not forprofit.The contributors demonstrate how these fields are changingand what the future holds. This edition includes illustrative casestudies and information on new topics such as globalization andcrosscultural communication, new technologies and employmentpatterns, corporate responsibility, research measurement and ROI,and the virtual corporation.