Sentences with phrase «based book of business»

Over the past decade, many advisors have chosen to begin making the switch from a commission - based book of business, and have begun doing more fee - based work.

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Roberta Matuson, a Boston - based business consultant and author of the 2013 book Talent Magnetism, says small firms need not be bound to rigid formal HR processes, which creates the opportunity for more creative hiring practices.

Ideally, lenders evaluating a small business for credit approval like to see up - to - date books and business records, a large customer base, a history of prompt payment of obligations, and adequate insurance coverage.

«Before the internet and globalization, you could drive a business on a few successful market launches,» says Ken Tencer, CEO of Spyder Works, a Toronto - and NYC - based business consulting firm and co-author of two books on innovation — The 90 % Rule and Cause a Disturbance.

This minichain of used - book stores, based in the metro Washington, D.C., area, could offer a book lover the appealing combination of a change in lifestyle plus a business with growth potential.

Elizabeth Morley, director of corporate marketing at Books24x7, an online library of technical and business books based in Norwood, Mass., offers companies free access to her site on a trial basis.

David H. Freedman ([email protected]), a Boston - based writer and Inc. contributing editor, is the author of several books about business and technology.

The following article is based on excerpts of Javier Hasse's book Start Your Own Cannabis Business.

Roger Blackwell and Tina Stephan's book Brands That Rock: What Business Leaders Can Learn From the World of Rock and Roll explains how any company can cultivate a powerful fan base.

It used to be that keeping «the books» for a business was literally a paper - based process, involving a ledger, lots of columns, and a pencil to record a business» essential financial data.

«There has always been lots of books out there on how to run a big company,» says McFarland, who now runs his own consulting business, McFarland Partners based in Salt Lake City.

Everyone owns their own book of business, gets a base salary, and the remainder of compensation is commission - based.

The Vancouver Board of Trade, representing 5,000 business members across Greater Vancouver and B.C., has assigned an overall grade of «A» to B.C. Budget 2015, based on the government's steadfast commitment to balancing the books, reducing debt, and stoking a variety of sectors of our economy.

One of the simplest is to calculate a company's economic book value, or the no - growth value of the business based on the perpetuity value of its current cash flows.

Koenig said his new bullish outlook was based on improved software - as - a-service visibility, as Oracle's applications business «gets over the «hump» of its transition to cloud,» as well as to robust bookings activity and solid database licensing activity.

It's not just a book about marketing, but a description of the ethics - based Sustainable Business model.»

Open - book management is a business practices based on radical transparency and consists of sharing financial and decision - making duties among all employees.

VICTORIA, B.C. — The Vancouver Board of Trade, representing 5,000 business members across Greater Vancouver and B.C., has assigned an overall grade of «A» to B.C. Budget 2015, based on the government's steadfast commitment to balancing the books, reducing debt, and stoking a variety of sectors of our economy.

Steve is now CEO and Founder of Meeting Hub, a cloud - based, white label booking solution designed for business centers and co-working spaces to allow customers to book meeting, conference and training rooms in real - time via a provider's own website.

[2] Economic Book Value (EBV) measures the no - growth value of the business based on its annual after - tax cash flow.

CP said in a release that a third of its existing book of business already touches Asia, adding that the Shanghai office will serve as CP's new Asian home base, complementing the company's existing offices in Beijing and Tokyo.

Like Yale's Stephen Carter in The Culture of Disbelief (a book Clinton has promoted on several occasions), Clinton sometimes seems to suggest that it is fine for religiously based views to be aired in the public square, so long as they don't seriously impinge upon the business of governing.

Moreover, for nearly two decades under the leadership of Dr. Norman Kurland, an economist and lawyer, the Center for Economic and Social Justice in Washington, D.C., has advised businesses as well as governments on expanded capital ownership, based on the ideas of Louis Kelso and Mortimer Adler (the latter a Thomist philosopher) in their book The Capitalist Manifesto (1958).

This includes Corporate Social Investment, whereby the group promotes the development of learners through three academies which offer holistic, full - year programmes centred around sport, art and education; Entrepreneur Development which focuses on skills - based entrepreneurial development through its Tsogo Sun Book a Guesthouse and Supplier Development programmes; and Environmental Education, committed to initiatives that reduce the impact the business has on the environment.

She is also the author of Mom 3.0: Marketing With Today's Mothers by Leveraging New Media & Technology, Trillion Dollar Moms: Marketing to a New Generation of Mothers and The Women's Home - Based Business Book of Answers.

Information presented in the media can be highly persuasive as illustrated by two recent high profile exposès on maternity care including the US based DVD «the business of being born» [11] and the Australian based book «the birth wars» [12].

Already we have a burgeoning publishing business: we have storybooks and activity books based on our video game characters, and we are working on a line of educational toys.

The introduction of smartphones, coupled with better connectivity, has created opportunities for mobile - based businesses, from music to games to taxi booking.

A small knitting business based in Edinburgh, founded by designer Ysolda Teague, selling knitting pattern pdfs, books and a carefully selected range of yarns and accessories.

With crime and violence, particularly murders gripping the Corporate Area, one might expect a business boom for funeral it's quite the She's Dating the Gangster is a 2014 Filipino teen romantic comedy - drama film based on the best Pop Fiction book of the same name originally published on

«Tired of London, Tired of Life: One Thing A Day To Do in London», a 224 page illustrated colour book based on this website, published by Virgin Books on Successful Black Man, also known as «Successful Negro», is an advice animal image macro series featuring a photo of a black man dressed in business

In the midst of a major business deal for her books, Dorothy discovers that her books are not based on her imagination, but on repressed memories.

A film about a movie producer based on a book written by a movie producer... You would have to think that a man more than 25 years in the business would be able to make an accurate telling of life in Hollyweird.

Comic book movies continue to be big business — according to the website Box Office Mojo, the three highest - grossing movies of 2014 so far are «Guardians of the Galaxy,» which is based on Marvel characters, «Captain America: The Winter Soldier,» which tells the story of the Marvel superhero, and «The Lego Movie,» which featured comic book characters such as Batman.

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Captain Phillips, Screenplay by Billy Ray; Based on the book A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALS, And Dangerous Days At Sea by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty; Columbia Pictures Nebraska «s Bruce Dern presented the award, hailing the writers in the audience as the group of people who «make a business work — scribes.»

[dropcap style =» flat» size =» 5 ″] I [/ dropcap] n every round of author survey results — from Digital Book World's «What Authors Want» last January, to Dr. Florian Geuppert's report to us last week in Frankfurt on his study of 1,800 European authors using his Hamburg - based Books on Demand platform — entrepreneurial authors tell us that creative freedom and control of their business are top reasons for self - publishing.

Following opening remarks by GKC executive producer Charlie Schroder, PW v - p and children's book editor Diane Roback, and Bologna Book Fair exhibition manager Elena Pasoli, NPD Book executive director of business developent Kristen McLean took to the podium to give an overview of takeaways on the children's industry based on analytics from NPD BookSbook editor Diane Roback, and Bologna Book Fair exhibition manager Elena Pasoli, NPD Book executive director of business developent Kristen McLean took to the podium to give an overview of takeaways on the children's industry based on analytics from NPD BookSBook Fair exhibition manager Elena Pasoli, NPD Book executive director of business developent Kristen McLean took to the podium to give an overview of takeaways on the children's industry based on analytics from NPD BookSBook executive director of business developent Kristen McLean took to the podium to give an overview of takeaways on the children's industry based on analytics from NPD BookScan.

By splitting its children's books division into two separate imprints based on the age demographic of its consumer readers, the publisher is acknowledging not only the very different needs and business practices of children's book publishing, but is also currently strong enough in the market to focus on differentiating its publishing model.

Or, rather, Apple created the tablet business: With the launch of the iPad, Apple created a market for touch - based devices designed for watching videos and browsing the web and reading digital books and e-mail.

Stephanie Chandler is a professionally - trained speaker and the author of nine books including Own Your Niche: Hype - Free Internet Marketing Tactics to Establish Authority in Your Field and Promote Your Service - Based Business and The Nonfiction Book Marketing Plan: Online and Offline Promotion Strategies to Build Your Audience and Sell More Bbooks including Own Your Niche: Hype - Free Internet Marketing Tactics to Establish Authority in Your Field and Promote Your Service - Based Business and The Nonfiction Book Marketing Plan: Online and Offline Promotion Strategies to Build Your Audience and Sell More BooksBooks.

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Stephanie Chandler is the author of several books including Own Your Niche: Hype - Free Internet Marketing Tactics to Establish Authority in Your Field and Promote Your Service - Based Business.

Unfortunately, the children's books genre is the exception to the rule, and its authors will pay dearly for it; unless, of course, Amazon makes good on the promise to add multipliers for illustrations (another author I spoke to contacted Amazon customer service and their response was they MIGHT do this — but MIGHT isn't a sound place for basing business decisions / strategies).

Steve believes this is the most important aspect of generating income with a book - based business.

«I spoke with Litres about the opportunities for Russian e-books worldwide — but my plan was not to build a business based exclusively on distributing digitized Russian books in America — which, given that the Kindle does not yet support Cyrillic is not the easiest of tasks.

My business demographic is also authors and I do see a lot of the same on Twitter however, through building relationships and interacting, and providing helpful, practical content, I've built a strong fan base who are eager to purchase my first business book (sent out in a free «challenge» via email earlier this year)-- my non-business books are branded differently and under a totally different author account.

It's going to make things even more difficult for those who have based their business models on the production, distribution, and sale of paper books, but it could well be a boon to smaller publishers, authors, and — most importantly of all — readers.

Moreover, Olson and Anand point out that the pricing of ebooks, as a stand - alone business, can provide for a wide variety of dynamic pricing based on time - based or other economic incentives that could actually far surpass the revenue available via the current book distribution model (something akin to a consignment shop).

The new additions to the New York - based team include Tim Murray, formerly of Simon & Schuster, as the new VP of Sales; Timothy Cheng, formerly of Perseus Book Group, as the Director of Sales; and Libby Jordan, formerly of HarperCollins, as VP of Marketing and Business Development.

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