Getting to Know Businesses

2010-02-04T13:17:00.001-08:00

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Steve Stevanovich and the Stevanovich Center

2009-12-29T12:42:00.000-08:00

In the increasingly complex world of financial markets, The Stevanovich Center believes in carefully and systematically integrating mathematics, statistics, and economics into the field of finance. Steve Stevanovich supports the work of The Center as it continues to bring together leading academic researchers and financial professionals whose insights from daily experience in the markets can help translate theory into improved practice.

The important process includes integrating more sophisticated tools to address challenges that range from analyzing, visualizing, and interpreting massive data sets, to building more accurate, tractable, and robust models to measure, price, and hedge risk. Steve Stevanovich agrees with the Center’s strong philosophy of offering a number of professional programs. Just as teaching at a medical school rests on a combination of research in the life sciences and clinical practice, Steve Stevanovich strongly backs The Center’s curriculum of scientifically based research and practice in financial markets. This is the role of the Stevanovich Center, and why the participation of professionals in the markets is a key element of its success.

Deven Parekh Directs Insight Venture Partners

2009-12-29T11:09:00.000-08:00

In today’s fast-paced world of technology, many are finding their businesses need to upgrade to include the latest and fastest equipment and products.

Deven Parekh, managing director at Insight Venture Partners knows first-hand the importance of helping businesses achieve their potential. Insight Venture Partners is a New York-based private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1995 by Jeff Horing and Jerry Murdock. The firm focuses exclusively on software and Internet-enabled businesses and currently has a capital base of approximately $3 billion

When Internet-enabled businesses need to upgrade and move forward to benefit their customers and the world, Deven Parekh and Insight Venture Partners provide guidance, assistance and support.

Deven Parekh was previously a Principal at Berenson Minella & Company a New York based merchant banking firm where he served on the firm’s M & A Committee.

As 2010 rolls around, many new Internet businesses and technological endeavors will be found breaking new ground. Companies such as Insight Venture Partners and their top executives are excited to meet the challenges of the next decade and beyond.

How to Get Published: What can Positive Testimonies from Authors Mean to You?

2009-10-19T12:41:00.000-07:00

If you’re shopping around for a publisher for your new fiction, nonfiction or poetry book, it’s important to study the websites of publishers and get to know the types of books they’ve been successful at publishing and promoting. One good way to do this is to read author testimony pages. From such stories you can gather a lot of good information, i.e.; first-person experiences, success stories, hardship stories and how an author overcame and truly get to know an author’s opinion about the publisher.

How to Get Published: Author testimonials Give Important Insights

An author’s testimony will give you insight about the way the publisher works. For example, many testimonies give details about how the author established a good working relationship with the publisher, and even more so, how the publisher gave one-on-one, personalized service to help the authors succeed. This is what you’re looking for in a publisher – one that can give you the attention you need and deserve. As you study a publisher’s website, look for whether or not the publisher will get back to your emails within a one to two-day timeframe. You want to know that your book will be assigned to particular representative for personalized service.

How to Get Published: Author testimonials on Marketing Services

Another thing to look for on the author testimonial page is whether or not the author felt the publisher provided good marketing services. Marketing is everything after selling a book. Some authors know little to nothing about marketing, but if they hook up with a good publisher, they soon learn that there are many ways to market a book. One good example of a publisher that provides top-notch, leading edge marketing is Strategic Book Group (SBG). On their marketing page, they list more than 20 ways they help authors market their books. Some very happy authors have a lot to say on their author testimonial page.

How to Get Published: Author testimonials on Scope of Reach

Finally, it’s important to select a publisher that can reach not only the national markets, but also the global market. A good publisher has a vision to reach the world and find authors in countries throughout the global market. SBG has that potential and experience as you can see on their foreign right’s link. This shows innovation and a sense of motivation in selling books. Hooking up with such a publisher can guarantee you a larger scope for reaching the world market.

Choosing Between Publishers: Five Ways to Find the Right One for You

2009-10-02T10:53:00.000-07:00

For authors who are seeking to submit a manuscript to a publisher, establishing criteria for choosing the right publisher is a good idea. Following are some tips authors might consider when seeking out a publisher.

Track Record – This might refer to years in business, but some relatively new publishers have successfully accomplished major feats in the publishing industry in a short time. One such publisher comes to mind - Strategic Book Publishing (SBP). The key is to check the numbers of book sales -- for example, authors who have sold more than 1,000 books. You can bet this means the publisher is aggressive and helps its authors with marketing.

Payment – When choosing a publisher, look for one that offers a payment for your work, as well as provides an avenue by which to “self-publish” your work. Although you may have been taught that vanity presses or self-publishing are not the best way to go, many authors have discovered that it can and does work for them. Find a publisher who offers both avenues. Again, SBP has two services by which authors can get published. They have Eloquent Books and Strategic Book Publishing. Read up on the differences.

Global Reach – Submitting work to a publisher that has a far-reaching global appeal is smart. You can bet this means they have good resources, personnel, and motivation to work for you. This shows that a publisher has a larger market scope, sees the big pictures and will reach more people for you!

Killer Marketing – More than anything, a publisher that offers not one, two or even three great marketing strategies, but one that has more than 20 innovative ways of marketing your book is what you should be after. Once again, I refer you back to a good example of a publisher that has approximately 25 ways to market its writers - SBP. Their marketing division is known as Strategic Book Marketing. They offer a wide scope of leading edge marketing services that encompass both on and offline methods of promoting your book. Just reading their list will get you excited at the possibilities.

Taps into Latest Technology – If there’s one thing you don’t want is a publisher that is so old school they don’t know the latest ways to promote your work. Technology is important. Find a publisher who is in the know in the latest! Kindle, for example, is an important option for your book. Ebooks are really doing well right now because of Kindle alone. Make sure you find a publisher that can provide this option. Also, make sure they can create audio books, too.

These are just five things to look for in a good publisher. There are many more, depending on the genre you write in and etc. For many authors, looking for a publisher that’s small enough to offer personal service is important. Study publishers’ websites and services carefully before you decide. Your goal is to build a strong, lasting relationship with your publisher so you can publish more in the future.

Education Changes Lives

2009-09-07T12:43:00.000-07:00

Today, more than ever, education is important, especially as young people enter the business world. From learning the basics of communications to understanding how to become a community leader, Ashley M. Stevanovich is among those who promote innovative programs such as the "Break Through" program for young people. Along with her husband Steve Stevanovich, Ashley M. Stevanovich are lifelong advocates of the power of education to change people's lives.

Working in South Florida, Ashley Stevanovich helps take kids with potential out of public Middle Schools and brings them to Pine Crest School to work with students and teachers. This program is a six-year, year-round, academically intense, study skills based enrichment program that works with middle school students until they graduate and head to college.

Because of such programs, kids are better prepared academically and socially as they enter the world of college and continue their education. From there, many will go on to higher education and positions in business and beyond.

Hopefully, others programs such as this will develop across the nation to better prepare our children for the future.

Ideas with a Purpose

2009-04-06T16:42:00.000-07:00

How to Start a Special Needs Summer Camp is an article that can help anyone who has a love for camping, the wilderness, kids & aduluts with special needs start a summer camp. Check it out!

Hired to Blog

2009-02-16T11:50:00.000-08:00

Today's marketing techniques have changed to include social networking, also known as blogging. Hired to Blog is a new business that takes blogging and website marketing seriously.

By hiring a network of freelance professional bloggers who write profiles, reviews, and blogs about business clients, Hired to Blog helps create jobs for bloggers as well as bring traffic and increased sales to the businesses that sign up for their services. It's truly a win win situation.

Hired to Blog has three packages to choose from, making it easy for businesses of all sizes to get started. Whether you're a new business, an existing business, or someone who wants to promote a new book you've written, a new site that showcases your art or hobbies, Hired to Blog can have ten blogs or more up within a few days to help generate sales and traffic to your site.

Think of it like hiring professional journalists to write article on you for newspapers or magazines, except these articles or blogs are posted on the Internet. Hired to Blog hires bloggers who write these positive articles. By using carefully planned keywords to optimize searches, your website will reach top ranking in just a matter of months, possibly weeks with the new Hired to Blog service.

Getting More Productive

2009-02-10T09:16:00.000-08:00

Ways to Increase Work Productivity
Increasing work productivity means becoming more organized with your time and schedule.
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Norman Steisel Deputy Mayor –A Management Expert

2009-01-15T16:36:00.000-08:00

Having private and public sector experience in management means Norman Steisel Deputy Mayor knows not only how to handle projects, but how to manage people and provide leadership in all areas of city work.

Norman Steisel Deputy Mayor has many years of experience that have shaped his management style to include innovation and excellence in communications, planning, development and implementation of projects. Norman Steisel Deputy Mayor has served as First Deputy Mayor of New York City directing a $2 billion down-sizing of government during the recession of the early 1990’s while at the same time implementing innovative environmental, healthcare and crime reduction programs.

Studying his management and leadership skills teach those observing that perseverance, hard work, dedication and integrity help bring city workers and the community together during good times and bad. This is why he’s recognized as a top executive and management expert in the state of New York and beyond.

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Making a Difference in the Taxi Cab World

2008-12-17T06:25:00.000-08:00

For those who work as taxi drivers, new developments in the industry that makes their job easier is always appreciated. This is why when Amos Taman began solving taxi fleet problems, he became an innovation leader in the business.

One of the latest industry breakthroughs was when Amos Taman created a wireless means for fleet owners to process credit cards. Now cab drivers in New York City and Philadelphia can pay by credit card. Hopefully, this technology will spread from state to state and provide a much needed convenience to those who ride taxis when traveling. This also helps create a safer atmosphere for taxi drivers as they no longer have to carry as much cash. Less cash, less robberies.

Amos Taman is a creative problem solver. Some of his other ideas were quite innovative and helped improve fleet management issues. He's repaired taxis, worked on taxi meters, and systems to improve fleet management and fuel management for fleet owners. His latest innovation was the most sweeping of all – providing fleet owners with the ability to process credit cards using wireless technology.