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What is ALL this *STUFF*-Home, car, and office clutter

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From: hardwarehome
Date: 12/26/2005
Time: 10:48:47 PM
Remote Name: 222.212.90.17

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Selling Globally through a B2B Exchange

From: Nowshade Kabir
Date: 1/31/2005
Time: 9:33:18 AM
Remote Name: 62.5.207.210

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Participation in B2B Exchanges is increasingly becoming one of the fastest growing marketing methods for businesses looking for augmenting their client base beyond their local markets. Any good B2B Exchange offers direct contact with thousands of prospective buyers in a single location. For some new participants of a B2B Exchange, it appears to be a goldmine as they discover unexpected quantity of readymade clients without much effort from their side. Of course, there are many other great benefits companies can reap from getting involved in a B2B Exchange. What is a B2B Exchange? In a broader sense, Business to Business Exchange is an online platform where buyers and sellers come to communicate, collaborate and make business transactions. B2B Exchange caters a large number of participant companies as a community. The main objective of a B2B Exchange is to create a venue, filled with features that allow members to efficiently conduct business processes through the Internet. B2B Exchanges are also known as e-marketplaces. What are the benefits? B2B Exchanges are capable of helping companies in buying, selling and streamlining their business processes. The benefits of participating in a B2B exchange may include: a) Efficient inventory management: Integration of your products and services with the Electronic Catalog of the Exchange will help you manage inventory more effectively. b) Better customer relationship management: Ability to have constant interaction through the Exchange allows you to serve your customers better. You can track the whole ordering process from payment to delivery and bring greater efficiency in customer service. c) New sales channel: By becoming a member of a B2B exchange, you open a low cost, highly functional and easy-to-use sales channel for your company. You expose your company to a new targeted audience which otherwise would have been untapped to you. d) Save significantly from reduced paper works: Automated supply chain management helps trimming down paper work greatly. e) Eliminate rogue spending: Consolidated and automated procurement and approval method stops unauthorized purchasing in a company. f) Community participation: You can receive valuable feedbacks from other fellow buyers, receive industry-related information, build new partnerships and use the networking ability of a community. Tips for Success The key to ensuring success with B2B Exchanges are in planning, active participation, learning the tools necessary to use the Exchange effectively and dedication to work through it. 1. Choosing the Right B2B Exchange Although, there are huge benefits in participating in a B2B Exchange, you have to be careful in selecting one. Not all B2B Exchanges might work for you. There are thousands of B2B Exchanges available on the Internet. Some are industry specific, some cater only certain geographical areas, and some concentrate more on delivering business tools to the participants. The challenge is to select the right B2B Exchange, which will serve your particular needs. In order to conduct the selection process you must establish certain goal. Possible objectives for you should be to: • Generate sales • Get access to a large numbers of buyers or sellers • Find distributors and importers • Enhance customer relationships through online tools • Develop product awareness • Extend market shares • Conduct market research • Streamline supply chain • Automate selling process • Adopt e-procurement Your goal should combine several of these objectives. In evaluating a B2B Exchange you also should consider whether it has following features, as these features are vital elements for any good B2B exchange. 1. Product catalog based on an industry-standard classification system 2. Product search capability within the marketplace and e-catalog 3. Directory of members 4. Product content adding and editing interface 5. Ability to promote products and services Other key characteristics of a B2B exchange also include: Simplicity – Primary tools of the exchange should be easy to learn and use. Significant membership base – The quantity of members should be big enough, so that new participants can expand their business from the very first day. Flexibility – The Exchange should add new and modify existing tools according to the market need. Neutrality – The Exchange owners should be unbiased and maintain absolute neutrality. Providing an open and transparent market for all the participants is an important constituent of the value proposition of a B2B exchange. 2. Preparation Participation in a B2B exchange in order to achieve successful result is a serious commitment. Study the exchange of your choice thoroughly. If they offer trial membership, subscribe! Spend time on learning the tools - how they work? Are they beneficial to you business? Proper preparation will help you: - saving money - making seamless adoption - increasing productivity right from the beginning - reaching your goals faster However, poor preparation can get you into serious trouble. - You may encounter higher costs - Productivity may suffer significantly - You even may be forced to abandon the whole idea 3. Adoption The primary factors of company productivity are Revenue Increase and Cost Cutting. Both are easily achievable if you adopt a quality B2B exchange, train your stuffs to use it effectively, integrate exchange’s various tools to your advantage and slowly but consistently make it one of your primary channels for buying and selling. For more information on B2B exchanges or E-marketplace and how these Internet based platforms can help you, read other articles located at http://ezine.rusbiz.com/topic/2.html About the author Nowshade Kabir is the founder, primary developer and present CEO of Rusbiz.com. A Ph. D. in Information Technology, he has wide experience in Business Consulting, International Trade and Web Marketing. Rusbiz is a Global B2B Emarketplace with solutions to start and run online business. You can contact him at mailto:nowshade[at]rusbiz.com

From: Janet L. Hall
Date: 9/4/00
Time: 3:33:45 PM
Remote Name: 4.17.67.117

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- by: Janet L. Hall ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Excerpts from What is ALL this STUFF-Home Clutter available on tape, as a workshop or teleclass).

Clutter and chaos in your bedroom could be the reason you wake up with a headache, a stuffy nose, or runny eyes.

Maybe you feel stressed out, depressed, fatigued, or distracted when you wake up to all your clutter and chaos.

We spend 1/3 of our lives in our bedrooms. A place we go to to find solitude, peace of mind, and slumber. But how can you expect to get a good night sleep or to awaken with vitality and energy with all that clutter facing you?

~~ What's the first thing you see when you wake up in the morning? ~~ Is it piles of clothes, books, newspapers, and mail all over the place? ~~ Are you stepping on and tripping over stuff on your floors? ~~ Do you just want to pull the covers over your head and stay in bed rather then face all that clutter and chaos?

Let your world stop for 15 minutes and announce to the world, "This is the day I'm going to make a change in my life." Jump out of bed, throw back the curtains, open the shades and windows (yes, even if it is 20 degrees outside!), turn off the news, crank up some music and do the Toss In Box!

Get a box (a garbage bag will also work) and pick up everything off the floor and do the Toss In box! (TIP: Don't stop and dawdle over any items, we'll do that later).

Feel the energy?

Hip Hop over to the dresser, bureau, makeup table, and nightstands and take everything off that you don't use daily or nightly and do the Toss In Box!

Feel the adrenaline?

Waltz on over to your sitting area, chaise, or clothes valet and take it ALL off and do the Toss In Box!

Now, doesn't your bedroom feel better already? DON'T YOU feel better?

Grab 10 more minutes, another box, a garbage bag, your car keys and sprint out to your car. Tune into your favorite radio station and do the Toss In Box. Get rid of everything that you don't use daily (please keep your emergency equipment). Get rid of everything that you don't need. Don't forget to check under the seats, in the glove compartment, and the trunk.

Forget about those boxes for now. Get ready for work and with a song in your heart, another box, and garbage bag zip off to work.

When you get to the office take another 10 minutes and proclaim to your co-workers that you are changing your ways. Go into your office, cubicle, or workspace and start doing the Toss In Box.

Okay, now reality starts to sit in. You still have a lot of work to do because you have to go through ALL that STUFF! Don't panic, I'm still with you.

Decide which of your boxes is the most important box to attack first. Set a date and time that you can start sorting through ALL that STUFF.

What's that I hear, "But I don't have time." You have to FIND the time. Make an appointment with yourself and keep it, just as you would go to the doctors or attend a meeting.

Decide on a reward you will give yourself when you finish sorting your box, such as a new outfit, tickets to the theatre or ballgame, or my favorite, a chocolate milkshake.

I've developed a technique called TEASER which will give you 11 actions you can take to help you sort through your boxes of clutter. What? Teaser only has six letters...you'll see. First yell, "What is ALL this STUFF!" Get a garbage can or bag, 10 boxes and label them with the following:

Toss it ~~ It's not yours, you don't know who it belongs to, it's outdated, it can't be repaired, you don't need it. End it ~~ You don't want it, you want to cancel it, or you don't read it. Act on it ~~ Needs an action, such as your signature, phone call, or immediate attention. Store it ~~ This will have three boxes: Current Stuff, Things I need to Reference, and Historical Stuff. Enter it ~~ Information you need to enter into your planner or computer. Refer/Recycle/Read it/Repair ~~ It belongs to someone else or you think they need it. ~~ Use it again or put into a recycling bin. ~~ Something you want/need to read. ~~ Something that can be fixed.

Be ruthless, determined, and honest and start sorting ALL your STUFF by using the TEASER.

Your next step to take is to schedule a date and time (don't forget your reward) to act on the items that you sorted.

~~ Call, write, or email the items you want to END or stop from coming into your life. ~~ Decide how and where you will STORE your current, reference, and historical papers or 'stuff'. ~~ Sit and ENTER all your information. ~~ Pack up and take items that you are REFERRING to someone else, RECYCLING, or taking to get REPAIRED. ~~ Put READING material in area you like to sit and read and create a TO GO reading folder to take with you whenever you leave the home or office.

Congratulations! You have taken the first steps to "overhalling" your home, office, and car. Keep up the good work. If you want to know more or need additional help with your home clutter, please sign up for my March teleclass. See http://www.overhall.com/teleclasses.htm

Remember, YOU control your STUFF! Don't let your STUFF control you or make you sick.

Smiles, not Piles, Janet L. Hall

Janet L. Hall is a Professional Organizer, Speaker, and Author and owner of OverHall Consulting. Janet is based out of Southern Maryland and can be reached at 410-586-9440, 800-687-3040, or e-mail her at overhall@chesapeake.net. She has extensively researched organizing and time management techniques and developed ¡§The 5 W¡¦s of Organizing, a TEASER, and a ¡§TICKLE¡¨„¶¡¨. Janet can ¡§OverHall¡¨ your office, home, and computer clutter. She has written two booklets, writes for several internet magazines, conducts teleclasses, and has a monthly newsletter, OverHall IT! To find out more about her services and products, please visit her web site at http://www.overhall.com

Copyright „¦ 1999, 2000 by OverHall Consulting P.O. Box 263, Port Republic, MD 20676 All Rights Reserved. Permission is granted to reproduce, copy, or distribute so long as this copyright notice and full information about contacting the author is attached.


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