Archive for January, 2010

Ideas About Sales Training

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Most of people thinks that there was one simple way to develop sales skills. We all have our own learning styles and preferences. Some learn best through activity, either role-play or trial and error, some through book-based study, others through reflecting and questioning. Indeed, learning is such a personal thing that the latest opinion is that self-directed learning is where individuals and companies should be headed. Companies should aim to provide the infrastructure and learning environment whilst motivating and encouraging employees to take personal responsibility for their own skills development.
The human brain is designed for continual learning, but the question is whether the individual is motivated to learn. The coaching relationship is confidential and personal, allowing the individual to open up and discuss things that motivate them and things that may be de-motivating them. By bringing these concerns out in the open they can then take action to move things forward.

Most of people thinks that there was one simple way to develop sales skills. We all have our own learning styles and preferences. Some learn best through activity, either role-play or trial and error, some through book-based study, others through reflecting and questioning. Indeed, learning is such a personal thing that the latest opinion is that self-directed learning is where individuals and companies should be headed. Companies should aim to provide the infrastructure and learning environment whilst motivating and encouraging employees to take personal responsibility for their own skills development.

The human brain is designed for continual learning, but the question is whether the individual is motivated to learn. The coaching relationship is confidential and personal, allowing the individual to open up and discuss things that motivate them and things that may be de-motivating them. By bringing these concerns out in the open they can then take action to move things forward.The ideal approach to helping each of these types is to have a combination of more classroom, book or audio programmer learning combined with High Performance Coaching. This ensures that the learning is translated into action and anything that is standing in the way is confronted. There is also great benefit in sales people learning from each other. In many organizations, they work individually and an interactive learning day where everyone participates is a great way of building some team spirit.

The Difference Between a Credit Card and a Debit Card

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

A debit card (also known as a bank card or check card) is a plastic card that provides an alternative payment method to cash when making purchases. Functionally, it can be called an electronic cheque, as the funds are withdrawn directly from either the bank account, or from the remaining balance on the card. In some cases, the cards are designed exclusively for use on the Internet, and so there is no physical card.Today debit cards look exactly like credit cards even carrying the same logos. Both types of cards can be swiped at the checkout counter , used to make purchases on the internet, or to pay for the fill-up at the gas pump.

Credit. Every time you use a credit card, you are actually borrowing money that is made available to you by a bank or other financial institution. The institution pays the debt to the vendor, and in turn, you pay the money back to the institution. By signing up for a credit card, you agree to pay back the money that you borrowed, in addition to any interest drawn on the amount you borrowed.
Debit. Odds are, you have a debit card in your wallet or purse right now, since many ATM cards are programmed to have debit options. Issued by your bank, debit cards take funds directly from the money that you have in your bank account–in a sense acting like a check, just faster. With a debit card, you don’t have to carry cash or checks, and it is very convenient to shop at a variety of places including gas stations, grocery stores, restaurants, and retail stores. They provide instant access to your money and are accepted worldwide.
Debit cards are used like credit cards, meaning that the store you are shopping at ’swipes’ them, and then you sign off on the receipt. You don’t have to show a picture ID, and there is usually no PIN number for you to punch in.

Credit. Every time you use a credit card, you are actually borrowing money that is made available to you by a bank or other financial institution. The institution pays the debt to the vendor, and in turn, you pay the money back to the institution. By signing up for a credit card, you agree to pay back the money that you borrowed, in addition to any interest drawn on the amount you borrowed.

Debit. Odds are, you have a debit card in your wallet or purse right now, since many ATM cards are programmed to have debit options. Issued by your bank, debit cards take funds directly from the money that you have in your bank account–in a sense acting like a check, just faster. With a debit card, you don’t have to carry cash or checks, and it is very convenient to shop at a variety of places including gas stations, grocery stores, restaurants, and retail stores. They provide instant access to your money and are accepted worldwide.Debit cards are used like credit cards, meaning that the store you are shopping at ’swipes’ them, and then you sign off on the receipt. You don’t have to show a picture ID, and there is usually no PIN number for you to punch in.

Protecting yourself against credit card fraud

Saturday, January 9th, 2010
Credit card fraud is rare, but someone might:
steal your card and make purchases by forging your signature,use details on the card to pay for goods or services over the phone or internet discover access codes for your account and make internet purchases,obtain cash advances at an ATM if they have both card and access codeuse more sophisticated fraud to skim information off a card and create duplicates.

Credit card fraud is rare, but someone might:

steal your card and make purchases by forging your signature,use details on the card to pay for goods or services over the phone or internet discover access codes for your account and make internet purchases,obtain cash advances at an ATM if they have both card and access codeuse more sophisticated fraud to skim information off a card and create duplicates.

Follow these steps. If you don’t your account institution may be able to hold you responsible for any losses.
Keep your card safe and secure.
Keep your PINs and passwords secret and strictly to yourself.
If you write down PINs and passwords, disguise them and keep the paper in a different place from your credit cards and somewhere where it isn’t likely to be stolen or lost at the same time as your credit card.
Choose PINs and passwords that are hard to guess. Avoid obvious giveaways such as your date of birth, part of your name, address or other things thieves could easily guess if they know you or steal your bag
Don’t store internet banking passwords in an undisguised form on your computer if you use your card for goods and services online, send your card details only through secure internet sites and be fussy about the businesses to whom you send your details.
Check your account statements promptly and carefully, and contact your institution immediately if there are transactions listed that you don’t understand or dispute. A contact number should appear on your account statement.
Tell your institution as soon as you realise that your card has been stolen or lost, or if you think there may have been unauthorised use of it.

The Budgeting process

Friday, January 8th, 2010

A budget process refers to the process by which governments create and approve a budget. · The Financial Service Department prepares worksheets to assist the department head in preparation of department budget estimates · The Administrator calls a meeting of managers and they present and discuss plans for the following year’s projected level of activity. · The managers can work with the Financial Services, or work alone to prepare an estimate for the departments coming year. · The completed budgets are presented by the managers to their · Executive · Officers for review and approval. Justification of the budget request may be required in writing. In most cases, the manager talks with their administrative officers about budget requirements. Adjustments to the budget submission may be required as a result of this phase in the process.

The process of preparing a meaningful and useful budget is best undertaken as an organised and structured group exercise.  The budget process involves asking a number of questions.  These start with plans and goals, not numbers.  These questions can only be answered by programme and finance staff working together:

  • What are the objectives of the project?
  • What activities will be involved in achieving these objectives?
  • What resources will be needed to perform these activities?
  • What will these resources cost?
  • Where will the funds come from?
  • Is the result realistic?

Once the budget has been agreed and the activity implemented, the process is completed by comparing the plan (budget) with the eventual outcome to see if there is anything we have learnt or could do differently next time.

Student Loan

Friday, January 8th, 2010

A student loan is designed to help students pay for college tuition, books, and living expenses. It differs from other types of loans in that the interest rate is substantially lower and the repayment schedule is deferred while the student are still in school. Before accepting any kind of student loan one should be familiar with its basic attributes.

A student loan has two major advantages over conventional loans – lower interest rates and easier repayment terms. The interest rate on a student loan will generally be at least two percentage points lower than the going market rate for conventional loans, but this will vary somewhat.

Repaying a student loan is different, too. In most cases, payment can be can deferred on the principal and the interest until the student is out of school. Repayment typically begins anywhere from six to twelve months after they leave school, regardless of whether or not they complete their degree program. In some cases, repayment begins if course load drops to half time or less, so it is important to check the exact terms and conditions of any student loan.These loans are also given by many multi nationals in order to promote talented people and groom them. In turn this directly increases their resource pool and helps them immensely in the long run.

INDIAN RUPEE TO U.S. DOLLAR EXCHANGE RATE

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

The Indian Rupee is the currency in India (IN, IND). The symbol for INR can be written Rs, IRs, and ₨. The Indian Rupee is divided into 100 paise. The exchange rate for the Indian Rupee was last updated on January 5, 2010 from The International Monetary Fund. The INR conversion factor has 6 significant digits. Large amounts of Rupees are expressed in lakh rupees or crore rupees. A Lakh Rupee is one hundred thousand rupees and a crore rupee is ten million rupees.

In 2007, India experienced rapid appreciation of its currency against the US dollar. The reasons for the appreciation of the rupee were a generally weak dollar in international currency markets and sharp increase in dollar inflows into the country, partly due to India’s increasing attractiveness to foreign investors. Although India had been seeing a steady rise in dollar inflows into the country for quite some time, on earlier occasions, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had intervened in the foreign currency market and purchased excess dollars so as to prevent any appreciation in the value of the rupee. Now, the RBI decided not to intervene, mainly to control inflation which was around 6 percent in early 2007.

Financial Analysis of Companies

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

As most of you guys know, doing financial statement analysis has been one of the things that I have wanted to do for a very long time. Sadly, I haven’t been able to carry out financial analysis of any corporation since 2007 because of variety of things. I believe that I will be free enough from January 2010 to provide financial analysis of at least 1 company a week. The financial analysis of companies that I will likely cover include Boeing, GE, Visa, AT&T, IBM, Ford, Wal-Mart, Citigroup, Microsoft, Toyota, Ebay, Procter & Gamble, and Exxon Mobil. The list of the companies is obviously subject to change.

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Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

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How to protect your money by using fake shipping documents

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

If the seller’s bank believes that the papers are authentic and pays the scammer, the buyer will never see the goods and will spend much time in discussions with his bank.

Always ask the seller to fax you the drafts of all the papers which are supposed to be sent to the bank. Check them carefully. Most of the shipping lines have online tracking system, where by entering the container number you can see when the cargo actually left the port and to which destination. If all looks acceptable, ask the seller to issue the originals and send copies to you by fax or e-mail. By B/L number you can always trace any shipment.
It is a good idea to ask your bank (opening bank) to send you the copies of the documents received. You can check them before the bank pays the seller.
You can include other papers to be presented to the issuing bank: inspection reports issued by an independent inspection company, all kind of documents issued by the official organisations of the exporting country etc.

Always ask the seller to fax you the drafts of all the papers which are supposed to be sent to the bank. Check them carefully. Most of the shipping lines have online tracking system, where by entering the container number you can see when the cargo actually left the port and to which destination. If all looks acceptable, ask the seller to issue the originals and send copies to you by fax or e-mail. By B/L number you can always trace any shipment.It is a good idea to ask your bank (opening bank) to send you the copies of the documents received. You can check them before the bank pays the seller.You can include other papers to be presented to the issuing bank: inspection reports issued by an independent inspection company, all kind of documents issued by the official organisations of the exporting country etc.