IMPROVING THE IMAGE OF YOUR BUSINESS

BAn important aspect of a successful business is creating an image that attracts customers and clients. These articles help you do the most basic to the more challenging strategies to enhance the way people see your business.

How To Come Up With Good Business Name

Choosing an effective name is one of the first and most vital steps in putting up a business… it is the first thing that people will see and the impression they get from your name will influence how they will initially react towards your business. A good business name will establish marketing recall and build early equity.

Charity Makes Business Sense

According to research, 57% of consumers said that they are more loyal to socially responsible companies and 52% are more likely to talk to friends and family about those corporations, products and services. Aside from the favorable publicity and tax deductions, supporting a cause adds another dimension to your brand and business and more importantly, provide a sense of meaning and fulfillment to you and your employees.

How To Come Up With A Good Business Logo

A visual impression can sometimes be more powerful than your business name… consumers may not always remember your business name after seeing it the first time but the colors and the design of your logo should give them a more vivid memory of your business. These are just a few reasons why you should invest on a good, effective and memorable design for your business logo.

Spellcheck Your Business

There is a simple lesson to be learned here. Always check the spelling (and grammar) of your business signs. Proofread them before you submit the design to your printer and ensure that it’s still correct when you receive it. Doing so will save you time, money and dignity.
Using Color Psychology For Effective Business Marketing
Through the years, market researchers, brand managers and product designers have used this information to effectively solicit favorable business perceptions and influence initial product engagement. Just look around and you’ll definitely see evidence of this marketing strategy – fastfood restaurants are usually red and orange, banks and financial institutions are often blue, while luxury products are typically packaged in black.

How To Design Your Own Business Cards

A business card is an essential tool for any professional and entrepreneur. Aside from providing contact information, it can also serve as a mini portfolio to showcase your work and products. Moreover, business cards also function as a marketing tool that helps create brand awareness.
Simple Tips For Business Newtwroking Success
Business networking is one of the most effective way to market yourself and your business. By attending such events, you’ll have the chance to meet like-minded individuals from whom you can share and possibly discover and learn new things.
Business Flyer Design Tips and Marketing Strategies
Marketing is an integral part of any business and more importantly, a business should be persistent and consistent with their marketing plan. Thus, it follows that distributing flyers should be done on a regular basis and not just when the business needs a sales boost.

Give Free Offers and Generate Revenue For Your Business

Everyone loves free offers. And most people will not hesitate accepting something that’s being given away for free, right? That’s why giving free offers is something that businesses can leverage on to generate revenue.

College Drop Out Turned No.1 Business Mogul

There was once a 13 yr old boy from an exclusive preparatory school in Lakeside, Seattle who was banned for the summer after he and 3 of his friends where caught exploiting the bugs in the operating system of a PDP-10, a mainframe computer belonging to Computer Center Corporation (CCC), just to obtain free computer time in school. After the ban was lifted, the four students offered to fix the bugs in CCC's software in exchange of more computer time. A year later, they were even hired by Information Sciences Inc. to write a payroll program in COBOL, providing them added computer time and royalties. The 13 yr old boy in my story was very fascinated about computers and got so much involved in programming. At age 19, he eventually decided to drop out of school and start his own computer company. Who was this boy? BILL GATES

Whom of you doesn't know Bill Gates? I guess even the kindergarten pupils know him. He was known as the richest man in the world and topped the list of Forbes magazine for several years. He once quoted "Are you one in a million, or one of the millions?". He was not just an ordinary business man, he was also philanthropist -- something not many people knew. Now i can tell you, he is indeed one in a million. And this is his story.....

Bill Gates is one of the most influential people in the world. He is cofounder of one of the most recognized brands in the computer industry with nearly every desk top computer using at least one software program from Microsoft. According to the Forbes magazine, Bill Gates is the richest man in the world and has held the number one position for many years.

Gates was born and grew up in Seattle, Washington USA. His father, William H. Gates II was a Seattle attorney and his mother, Mary Maxwell Gates was a school teacher and chairperson of the United Way charity. Gates and his two sisters had a comfortable upbringing, with Gates being able to attend the exclusive secondary "Lakeside School".

Bill Gates started studying at Harvard University in 1973 where he spent time with Paul Allen. Gates and Allen worked on a version of the programming language BASIC, that was the basis for the MITS Altair (the first microcomputer available). He did not go on to graduate from Harvard University as he left in his junior year to start what was to become the largest computer software company in the world; Microsoft Corporation.


Bill Gates and the Microsoft Corporation
"To enable people and businesses throughout the world to realize their full potential." Microsoft Mission Statement
After dropping out of Harvard Bill Gates and his partner Paul Allen set about revolutionizing the computer industry. Gates believed there should be a computer on every office desk and in every home.

In 1975 the company Micro-soft was formed, which was an abbreviation of microcomputer software. It soon became simply "Microsoft"® and went on to completely change the way people use computers.

Microsoft helped to make the computer easier to use with its developed and purchased software, and made it a commercial success. The success of Microsoft began with the MS-DOS computer operating system that Gates licensed to IBM. Gates also set about protecting the royalties that he could acquire from computer software by aggressively fighting against all forms of software piracy, effectively creating the retail software market that now exists today. This move was quite controversial at the time as it was the freedom of sharing that produced much innovation and advances in the newly forming software industry. But it was this stand against software piracy, that was to be central in the great commercial success that Microsoft went on to achieve.

Bill Gates retired as Microsoft CEO in 2008.

Bill Gates Criticism
With his great success in the computer software industry also came many criticisms. With his ambitious and aggressive business philosophy, Gates or his Microsoft lawyers have been in and out of courtrooms fighting legal battles almost since Microsoft began.

The Microsoft monopoly sets about completely dominating every market it enters through either acquisition, aggressive business tactics or a combination of them. Many of the largest technology companies have fought legally against the actions of Microsoft, including Apple Computer, Netscape, Opera, WordPerfect, and sun Microsystems.

Bill Gates Net Worth
With an estimated wealth of $53 billion in 2006, Bill Gates is the richest man in the world and he should be starting to get used to the number spot as he has been there from the mid-ninties up until now. The famous investor Warren Buffett is gaining on Gates though with an estimated $46 billion in 2006.

Microsoft hasn't just made Bill Gates very wealthy though. According to the Forbes business magazine in 2004 Paul Allen, Microsoft cofounder was the 5th richest man in the world with an estimated $21 billion. While Bill Gates' long time friend and Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer was the 19th richest man in the world at $12.4 billion.

Bill Gates Philanthropy
Being the richest man in the world has also enabled Gates to create one of the world's largest charitable foundations. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has an endowment of more than $28 billion, with donations totaling more than $1 billion every year. The foundation was formed in 2000 after merging the "Gates Learning Foundation" and "William H. Gates Foundation". Their aim is to "bring innovations in health and learning to the global community".

Bill Gates continues to play a very active role in the workings of the Microsoft Company, but has handed the position of CEO over to Steve Ballmer. Gates now holds the positions of "Chairman" and "Chief Software Architect". He has started that he plans to take on fewer responsibilities at Microsoft and will eventually devote all his time to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

In 2006, the second richest man in the world, Warren Buffett pledged to give much of his vast fortune to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Bill Gates Receives a KBE
In March 2005 William H. Gates received an "honorary" knighthood from the queen of England. Gates was bestowed with the KBE Order (Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) for his services in reducing poverty and improving health in the developing countries of the world.
After the privately held ceremony in Buckingham Palace with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Gates commented on the recognition..

"I am humbled and delighted. I am particularly pleased that this honor helps recognize the real heroes our foundation (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation) supports to improve health in poor countries. Their incredible work is helping ensure that one day all people, no matter where they are born, will have the same opportunity for a healthy life, and I'm grateful to share this honor with them."

The KBE Order of the British Empire is the second highest Order given out, but it is only an honorary knighthood as only citizens that are British or a part of the Commonwealth receive the full Order. This means that Gates does not become Sir Bill Gates.

Bill Gates lives near Lake Washington with his wife Melinda French Gates and their three children. Interests of Gates include reading, golf and playing bridge.

Bill Gates
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3rd Philippine Blog Awards

Philippine Blog Awards is a yearly event held to recognize outstanding blogs. This is a good opportunity for filipinos to meet other bloggers within the Filipino Blogging Community.

WHAT: 3rd Philippine Blog Awards
WHERE: Megatent Ortigas, Pasig (this will also be held at Cebu and Mindanao)
WHEN: Oct. 9, 2009 (same month for other venues)

The nomination period is already closed but it's still a good event to visit so mark up those calendars and together we will go. ^-^

A friend and classmate of mine (actually one of my first tutor in blogging) won the award last year. To have an idea of what a winner blog looks like visit him with this link PinoyBlogero.com

If you have anymore questions or just wanted to know more about this event, enter this link. Pinoy Blog Awards or contact them at pinoyblogawards@gmail.com