November 30, 2008 Edition

Welcome to the November 30, 2008 edition of Corporate Vigilance presenting an array of opinions, instruction, and helpful information as it relates to business and personal finance.

Jayson Gibson presents Hope for Homeowners Act of 2008 ?What's At Stake? posted at New Homes Section Blog, saying, "Information about the Hope for Homeowners Act of 2008. Details about problems in our current economy and how each problem relates to the Hope for Homeowners Act of 2008."

Market Breaker presents It?s Been A Brutal Year posted at Stock Investing Tips, saying, "This year has been the worst year for the stock market since the Great Depression."

Brian Terry presents 3 Ways To Make Money With Product Creation posted at Big Marketing Secrets Blog, saying, "The popularity of online shopping has brought so many opportunities for entrepreneurs. Today, they don’t even need to build a brick and mortar business as they can serve their customers better through online transactions."

Simon Stapleton presents 6 Powerful Questions To Ask In Your Performance Review | SimonStapleton.com posted at Career & Personal Development for CIOs, Technical Professionals and Self-Professed Geeks, saying, "Was your last performance review/appraisal enjoyable? Worthwhile? Inspiring? Constructive? It should be all of these things, if done right. But chances are, it wasn’t. And you won’t be the only one. I recently surveyed over 800 IT professionals from over 600 companies and discovered that over 70% felt their performance reviews were ineffective. What’s happening?"

Andy presents The Black Hat Seo Marketing Tricks - No More Dark Side! posted at Personal Plug, saying, "In order to give your online business a solid chance of being successful in the first place you must first get the basics right. I’m talking about having a solid Strategic Plan that you can put into action, one baby step at a time."

Investing Angel presents Learning Financial Planning through Asset Allocation » Free Stock Market Investing Tips posted at Stock Tips, saying, "Some ways to learn about financial planning."

Great Management presents The 7 Simple (but ignored) ‘Rules’ For Ensuring Your Meetings Are Productive posted at The GreatManagement Blog, saying, "Here are 7 simple basic ideas, which are often overlooked, that can improve the quality of the meetings you organise and the meetings you attend."

Brian Terry presents The Beginner’s Guide to Overnight Traffic | Big Marketing Secrets Blog posted at Big Marketing Secrets Blog, saying, "I’m really excited about this guide because if you want to make money online, then you absolutely need the Beginner Traffic S7™ strategy as described in these pages."

Ralph Jean-Paul presents How To Become a People Person posted at Potential 2 Success, saying, "“All things being equal people will do business with people they like. All things not being equal, they still will. Learn to become a people person and become better in relationship, leadership, and influence in every part of business and life.”"

Helen Trump presents Product Fulfillment: Issues and Resolution posted at Social Marketing by Michelle MacPhearson, saying, "This blog discusses about how email service companies make such companies suffer from their inefficiencies."

Mary@SimplyForties presents Pricing Shenanigans at Circuit City posted at SimplyForties, saying, "Evidently Circuit City is not doing a whole lot to keep their customers happy as they go down."

Wayne John presents UserVoice is a Better Way to Obtain Customer Feedback posted at Wayne John, saying, "If you value feedback from your users, or simply want to give them an easy, professional way to let you know what they think, then you need to look at UserVoice. This is the best feedback tool I've seen. If you run a blog or web site, you need to look at this!"

Archvillain presents Epic Fail-out posted at A Dark and Sinister Force for Good, saying, "Not sure if this meets your requirements, but I thought it needed to be said."

Raymond presents Credit Card Offers For People With Bad Credit Or Poor Credit History posted at Money Blue Book.

Anco presents Tipskey - Misconception Of Quality Assurance posted at Tipskey - Unlock Practicality, saying, "Quality assurance is in charge of the quality of all business processes in a company. For example product inspection, a business process, checks the product quality but quality assurance ensures the quality of the product inspection."

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November 16, 2008 Edition

Welcome to the November 16, 2008 edition of Corporate Vigilance presenting an array of opinions, instruction, and helpful information as it relates to business and personal finance.


tony scott presents Free Online Advertising posted at Promote Your Business, saying, "Free classified Ads buy and sell pets computers real estate used car and general merchandise online. Promote your business for free."

AndrewB presents 4 More Thing You Must Know Before Starting Your Home Business posted at Personal Plug, saying, "It’s tougher and tougher to start a online home business, and yet the opportunities continue to increase. On the one hand, you have to be cautious about the business opportunity you choose; on the other hand, you have to do your due diligence to make sure you are working with a solid opportunity with a stable company."

hank presents Dream More, Work Less posted at My Investing Blog.

One Family presents Exec-proofing – Part 1 – Avoiding Company’s That Suffer From Excessive Executive Pay posted at One Family's Blog, saying, "The post elaborates on common misconceptions about excessive executive compensation."

Tushar Mathur presents Ways To Leave Your Business posted at Small Business Resource, saying, "Selecting your successor is a fundamental objective that is decided early in the Exit Planning process. Almost all owners want to transfer the business to other family members, an employee or a co-owner; only about 5 percent want to sell to an outside third party. Interestingly, however, most persons first identified as successors do not usually end up as the ultimate owners."

Britannica Blog presents The Need for Greater Flexibility in the Workplace posted at Britannica Blog, saying, "Reports on the falling economy and heaving financial industry are monopolizing news lately. At the same time, today’s managers are faced with continuously changing and conflicting demands: consumers want their products customized in record turn-around time while employees are faced with the impeding stress of long work hours and the resulting burnout."

AndrewB presents Home Business Opportunities - Truth About Home Based Business Opportunities posted at Personal Plug, saying, "Research is important when looking for home based business opportunities but it takes a little more than just research to determine whether the opportunity is the right one for you."

Anya Portnik presents Selling in Tough Markets - free special report posted at Gavin Ingham.

Khan presents Promotion Tips - Tricks to Boost Your Business posted at Higher Education and Career Blog, saying, "To operate a successful business, you need to promote yourself. Here are some promotion tips to get you started:"

Raymond presents The Benefits and Dangers Of Payday Loans and Cash Advance posted at Money Blue Book.

Michael. presents Black Monday 2008: Wall Street Stock Market Falls to Historic Lows posted at Michael Emilio.

Will Edwards presents The 4 Ps of Service Strategy posted at ITIL V3 Talk, saying, "The 4 Ps of Service Strategy (after Mintzberg) are as follows: Perspective, Plan, Position and Patterns - at least according to ITIL v3. A Strategy can be any of these things or, indeed, any mixture of them."

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November 2, 2008 Edition

Welcome to the November 2, 2008 edition of Corporate Vigilance presenting an array of opinions, instruction, and helpful information as it relates to business and personal finance.

Louis Burns presents Presuppose Greatness posted at NLP Marketing Blog.

AndrewB presents 10 FREE Product Promotion Tips posted at Personal Plug, saying, "The real truth about product promotion online, and how you really can do it for free."

OW Bureaucrat presents We're Here To Document YOU! posted at Ontario Works?, saying, "Observations from a bureaucrat located deep within the bowels of Ontario's social service system."

Khan presents An Outsider's Guide to Corporate Life posted at Higher Education and Career Blog.

Great Management presents How To Write A Brilliant Speech In Under 5 Minutes posted at The GreatManagement Blog, saying, "Many successful public speakers and presenters can make great speeches in minutes. Here's a proven approach."

Simon Stapleton presents Even The Idiots Amongst Us Practice Leadership When posted at Career & Personal Development for CIOs, Technical Professionals and Self-Professed Geeks, saying, "If you’re responsible for developing new leaders, or if you’re an emerging leader yourself, then don’t forget that what we learn and experience in our ‘everyday’ lives act as strong reminders that we’re all Leaders."

Brian Terry presents 3 Ways To Make Money With Product Creation posted at Big Marketing Secrets Blog, saying, "The popularity of online shopping has brought so many opportunities for entrepreneurs. Today, they don’t even need to build a brick and mortar business as they can serve their customers better through online transactions."

AndrewB presents Successful At Home Business - The Success Secret To Home Business posted at Personal Plug, saying, "Targeted marketing is very much the key to establishing a successful at home business. In other words, targeting the market which is most likely to be responsive to receiving your offer."

Raymond presents How To Generate Valid Credit Card Numbers posted at Money Blue Book.

Tushar Mathur presents Ways To Leave Your Business posted at Small Business Resource, saying, "Selecting your successor is a fundamental objective that is decided early in the Exit Planning process. Almost all owners want to transfer the business to other family members, an employee or a co-owner; only about 5 percent want to sell to an outside third party."

AndrewB presents Tax Dedcutions for Internet Marketers and Online Entrapeneurs posted at Personal Plug, saying, "Great tips to pay very little taxes and get lots of deductions."

debergerac78 presents Is it ethical for other industries to lobby for Wall Street bailout funds? posted at The Business Ethics Blog, saying, "They may not be financial institutions, but they're far less to blame for the economic slump than those currently being bailed out."

Manoj Thulasidas presents Unreal Blog » Blog Archive » » Quant Life in Singapore posted at Unreal Blog, saying, "A whacky look at the life of a quantitative finance professional in Singapore. [Published in the Wilmott Magazine in Nov 2007.]"

Nicola Rowe presents Three reasons why boards of directors are poor at appointing CEOs posted at Strategynut, saying, "Three reasons why boards of directors are poor at appointing CEOs", for your consideration.

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