In a business, the most important link between you and the consumer is the sales team.

Sales team is the frontline of your business that can generate profits for your business. The sales team does not just sell a product or service.

They also have access to sales information is important for the company. Whether the consumer needs, interests of consumers or consumer buying habits.

Anyway, everything about the customer, your sales team was the first time you are worthy of trust.

Therefore, it is important for you to know the structure of your sales force. Since the structure of your sales will describe the form or method of your sales.

For example, if you rely on face-to-face methods to sell, then you need a sales staff or you need an independent sales agent.

If you rely on telemarketing, then you can hire part-time employees or you are working with outsourced telemarketing company. (more…)

Business what is the trend? The question is often posed to us that will pioneer the business. Naturally, the question posed, because the business is being a trend does offer a fairly high profits. Besides ongoing business trends due to market demand for business products is quite high, however, businesses that are trends that do not have a long period. When Business is already out of fashion trends then this business will not be profitable anymore. In this business, who would sooner he will be.

Learn from it is fine we wrestle businesses that are trends, but need to be alert, observant and cautious. Many examples of successful people pursue ongoing business trends, but not the least total failure due to start a business when the trend has begun to decline.

A few years ago when the worm business trend, one of my friends quite successfully run this business. Until one day we formed a group to be a worm business companion on the slopes of Merapi to the population, which is actually a cattle rancher. Cow manure is a very good worm food just thrown away by farmers. But instead of this effort a success, it acquired losses. This is because the worm business is no longer the trend.

Has not lost his memory we will plant business trend wave of love and other plants that offer exorbitant profits. Business opportunities these plants become a promising business trends. Many people succeed in this business but many are bankrupt anyway.

Not long ago a new business geckos are excellent businesses that promise millions of profits effortlessly. Only with gecko 3 ounces sought from the houses can make suddenly rich. In fact, from the people around me who jumped into the business that is the trend, yet I found that as many have reported success. Never purchased by tens of millions in buying tens of thousands did not.

Departing from these facts it would be nice if we learn from the experience. Be careful if we want to pursue a business let alone it is a seasonal business. There are several things that need to be underlined:
- Businesses that are trends have a tendency to fall and not sold anymore.
- Think, learn a business whether rational or not including the market of business products that are the trend.
- Do not be tempted a business opportunity that promises millions of profits in an easy.
- Whatever the business need sincerity and hard work.

Hope this is useful to not get stuck on a business proposition that is the trend. Learning from the experience of others both successful or not successful. Best wishes.

The government is considering tax incentives poured and non-tax incentives for the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). This was conveyed by the Director General of Taxation Mochamad Tjiptardjo, on the sidelines of the Talk Show Dissecting the 2010 budget, the Ministry of Finance, Jakarta.

“There are some particular business group that is worthy of consideration to be given incentives, including a group of SMEs,” said Tjiptardjo.

According to him, giving this incentive to increase tax revenue growth. Because the group of SMEs assessed absorb labor, so the expected growth in tax receipts from individual taxpayers can be increased.

On the other hand, SMEs also have a high resistance in the face of economic fluctuations and rapid growth. “The role of SMEs in tax revenue in 2009 increased compared to the role of big business group revenue,” he said.

He added that there are two sectors that deserve to be given incentive that can be considered. Namely, the potential sector and the dominant sector in tax revenue. (more…)

Preliminary
The main purpose of recruitment and selection process is to get the right person for a particular position, so that the person is able to work optimally and can survive in the company for a long time. Although the goal sounds very simple, the process was very complex, a time-consuming and not cost very little and there are opportunities to make mistakes in determining the appropriate person. Error in selecting the right people is very great impact on the company or organization. It is not only because of recruitment & selection process itself was time-consuming, and labor costs, but also due to receive the wrong person for a position will have an impact on efficiency, productivity, and can damage employee morale is concerned and those around him.

At this time when competition for jobs more intense, companies often have difficulty in determining appropriate candidates to remember that there are many candidates that are available but very few have adequate qualifications. Low morale and cultural influences “paternalism” that has lasted decades increasingly difficult for companies in getting candidates that really fit. In addition to expertise and skills demanded the clerk recruitment companies also have to really prepare for recruitment and selection process to the fullest.

Understanding
Recruitment is the process of searching, finding, asking and set a number of people from within and from outside the company as a prospective workers with certain characteristics as specified in the planning of human resources. Results obtained from the recruitment process is the number of workers who will enter the selection process, the process for determining which candidates are most worthy to fill certain positions that are available in the company. (more…)

A total of 147 tobacco companies (PR) small in Malang (Malang, Batu, and Regency. Malang) threatened collapse if the Ministry of Finance (PMK) 167/2011 on the Excise Tariff imposed because of the increase is considered to be too high.

Chief Executive of the Public Forum All Indonesian Cigarette Industry (Formation) Susianto Heri, said referring to the new FMD then later machines clove cigarette excise tax (SKMO) class II, layer II, up from Rp170 to Rp235 per rod per stem or the increase is nearly 40%.

“Hands kretek cigarettes (SKT) a small increase was small, an increase of Rp 10 per stem from a Rp75 Rp65 per rod per stem. However, SKT cigarette production from 400 million stems of small to Rp300 million stems per year. That is, the production of SKT 400 million per year to the next grade and tariffs of the tax are automatically certainly higher, “said Heri Susianto in Malang, today.

With the cigarette excise tax amounting to Rp235 per stem SKM, then the selling price is at least Rp8.500 per pack. Price of cigarettes produced little PR for it, then the price of cigarettes would be too high. Consumers value for the price of cigarettes was too expensive because it includes categories of suguh smokers, nonsmokers loyal to certain brands. (more…)

Once I asked a question like this:

“What business is currently the prospects?”
Has anyone ever asked the same in others? Has anyone ever heard of a similar question? I believe yes. This question is usually asked by journalists, or those just starting out in business. No exception fellow colleagues working in the web industry or a startup that is looking for identity.

Answer each person being asked may be different. I also can not say they were wrong and I was right. Everyone sees things from a different angle, so allow me to convey my views. I answer the question above, I would like to share a little about my views on the business world.

During the business that I live a whole new maze, I truly believe that business should not run from anything that looks interesting. But it should be for those who want to learn entrepreneurship in real terms, they should do and run a business that is closest to them.

That is what the most close to them? Well …. if for example we grow in the market environment. Our father traded in the market, and perhaps our neighbors as well. And since we also have regular small game on the market, and once once helped my father there. Take advantage of the momentum and experience. Berbisnislah related to the market.

Whether it’s a trade there. Whether it’s a market to sell goods from elsewhere. Is it possible to supply goods to the traders in the market, whether to coordinate parking. Or even coordinate the civilian market (which is kidding). Well, if your childhood was involved with computers, like the permutations of the program, yes do business that is associated with it.

If you or your child really make a guess now demen guesses on facebook or twitter. Already so involved and participate many, it means business as well as possible associated with the facebook and twitter. Examples? Social Media Manager, etc.. A lot really. Man with many choicesIntinya, for me the best way to start a business is very likely to run what we run. Now. Not later, not tomorrow, not next month. Moreover, investors can wait. Forget it all (anyways where investors are willing to invest the newbie entrepreneur?) Remember, what is the closest. What is the easiest, what’s the least we can do. NOT what most prospects, or perhaps what we like. That’s my view on how to start a business. Why? Because when we are already doing what we used to do, we cut the learning process.

All We have to do is …

looking at how to leverage their business. How do we look for value-added factor of time and from what we are accustomed to do. Meanwhile, if we are looking for looking for new business we have never lived before, it is likely we will be faced with problems that naturally arise. Like for instance, if we do not suddenly want to trade ordinary business selling meatballs, we must learn about the right mix of meat. We must also learn to get the appropriate supplier, the right recipe, place a strategic selling, margin calculations, etc.. Before we finally figure out how to leverage their business. Well, you know why I advise you to start with something that is closest first.

We all need a place to protect our living, and home as a matter a fact is not only a place that will present a pleasure and security flavour to our own self and family but also as an investment tool that its value will keep on increasing for the days ahead. Actually, we are served with a stunning information, it tells that the American Government has spent large number of money as grants every single year. These grants are presented for people that are categorized as low-income group who wish to purchase their first home. The presence of grants for first time home buyers has turned out to be a blessing among complicated situations like happen these days, because with it they can purchase their own home. This special program is held by the cooperation between The Government and banks, they facilitate this program so it is able to raise up this country’s monetary by letting more fluidity in loans to the first time home buyers. Some people might think it as a program that ‘invite’ loads of cheating opportunities, and in fact they have already been wrong, for the reason that The Government guarantee there would not be a chance for some individuals to cheat due to the fact that the state and federal agencies are groups consisted of competent people.