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Printing is not something one may think of often, but it does impact our lives everyday. From the morning newspaper to church on Sundays, printing is important to our society. Without printing we wouldnt have books, papers, magazines or many other information tools. To truly understand printing one must look at the machines, processes and technology that has shaped its history.
Steven Sutton is the owner of the Law Offices of Steven R. Sutton and a commercial litigator in New York City. According to Sutton, for employers who are trying to protect their businesses, having new employees sign non-disclosure agreements is a great way to ensure that company information and trade secrets dont get out in the event of an employees departure.
Employment issues are a key part of my firms business, and I have acted as a commercial litigator for New York clients on both sides of this type of case. We have had employers coming to use and asking to have non-disclosure agreements drafted as a way to tie their employees in to the company, and we have also had employees come to us to ask about what the details in the agreement they signed really mean.
Tennis clothes have changed drastically in style, fabric, and color over the last 100 years. The first lawn tennis players in England wore formal attire when playing. Standard tennis clothes for women were full-length dresses. Men wore long pants and formal, long sleeve shirts. The tennis clothes of both men and women were entirely white in color. Contrast this formal style with the tennis clothes worn by the tennis players of today. Modern tennis players favor synthetic fabrics, more athletic clothing styles, and a greater variety of colors.
The evolution of tennis clothes has mirrored the changes in everyday fashion. For example, male tennis players in the 1970’s and 1980’s favored short, tight-fitting shorts and traditional polo shirts. In the late 1990’s and 2000’s, male tennis players began to wear larger, looser shorts and more casual shirts. In addition, female tennis players of the 1970’s and 1980’s favored traditional tennis clothes with an updated style. Popular clothing included shortened tennis skirts and dresses. Today’s women tennis players wear a variety of tennis clothes, ranging from tennis skirts and dresses to shorts and t-shirts. While tennis players still wear white at more traditional clubs (e.g. Wimbledon), there is a much larger variety of colors in modern tennis clothes.
Well, its back to school for almost everyone by now and this means theres a small window of opportunity for you to market to all the teachers in your local school district.
You may be wondering, “What opportunity might that be, Chris?”
In order to write an effective business plan, you will need to start by covering the basics. State clearly on a cover sheet the name of your business, the address of the business and the principles that govern the business. These elements, however, are only part of what you need to include in your business plan. There are a few more essential elements to include in your business plan.
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The core/satellite model approaches investment strategy using the two major viewpoints of stable investment meant to avoid market volatility, and higher risk investment, which is necessary for higher returns. Because of the instability of financial markets, the construction of the core portion of one’s portfolio is necessary to provide a sound base for one’s investments. As the word “core” indicates, these relatively stable passive investments, like ETFs and passive mutual funds, are the bulk of the portfolio in this strategy. The core will often be balanced with other non-equity investments that fluctuate independently from the stock market
Core investment trading is often limited to manage tax losses, and also because this portion of the portfolio is constructed as a long-term investment for the future. With a stable core in place, the satellite portion of the portfolio is intended for higher performance with a smaller percentage of assets. The smaller size of satellite investments limits the overall risk exposure of the client. At the same time, it gives the portfolio manager the opportunity to actively seek returns that outperform their benchmarks.
When earning a sale of any type of you must relate to your customer. A client will be turned off by someone who they cannot relate to. Not only in sales, but with any thing. You dont generally waste your time with things that dont interest you, right? Like with me, I like to read but when it comes to Shakespeare, I just cant wrap my arms around it. Why?, because I cannot relate to his words. When his literature is translated in to words I can relate to, they do interest me, but in Older English Id rather not read it. For example: I cant relate to Older English as well as Modern English, when dealing with a buyer you NEED to be on their level. If not, they wont relate to you.
The first step to relating to your client is noticing the way they speak. If you have a customer who talks slower, you will want to slow down your speech. Have you ever had to talk to someone who spoke with a different pace? They probably lost your attention if they spoke too slowly. If they talked too fast you most likely asked them, what?, more than once. When your customer clearly understands what you are telling them, you will then have their full attention.