How to get and keep your audiences’ attention with PowerPoint
By David Gustafson. The PowerPoint presentation is not the show. YOU are the show. Your PowerPoint presentation is the sidekick.

13 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Making A Career Transition
By Ernest Oriente. Thinking of changing careers? Try Ernest’s 13 questions first.

43 Time Management Tips
By Ernest Oriente. How can you squeeze a little more time out of your day? Here’s 43 tips to improve your time management skills.

8 Tips for Using E-mail as a Marketing Tool
By Ernest Oriente. Don’t take your e-mail for granted! Here’s eight essential tips on using E-mail as a marketing tool.

Client Appreciation - It Means Everything!
By Ernest Oriente. Get some tips on how to create your own monthly client appreciation plan.

Tips for building your business in down times
By Doug Florzak. Times are tough, but it doesn’t mean you still can’t make progress with your business.

Three Effortless Ways To Win The Paperwork Battle!
By Ernest Oriente. This article focuses on setting up your paperwork system and how to use the four D’s: Do It, Delegate It, Decide, or Dump It.

Going International
By Doug Florzak. How can you do business internationally? All it takes is an internet connnection, a merchant account so you can accept credit cards, and patience.

Hourly or Fixed-Bid?
By Doug Florzak. The classic debate between charging by  the hour or using fixed bid pricing. Does it have to be one or the other? Check out this Contract Professional magazine article by Doug Florzak.

The good, the bad, and the ugly of starting your own consulting business
By Doug Florzak. Had it with your job? Ready to trade the  "shackles of servitude" for the freedom of self-employment? Hold on there, my friend. Before you hand in your resignation, make sure you understand what you're getting into. Here's the good, the bad, and  the ugly of starting your own consulting business.

Getting health insurance
By Doug Florzak. Options for independent consultants seeking health insurance have improved over the last few  years.  Common sources of health insurance for independent consultants include COBRA, a spouce's policy, individual policies, commercial insurers, professional membership group policies, and state legislated health care plans.

Quick tips: Six basic marketing principles
By Doug Florzak. Use these basic marketing principles as part of your marketing strategy.

Choosing the right legal form for your business
By Doug Florzak. Sole Proprietor? Partnership? S Corporation? C Corporation? See which legal form is right for your business.

Deducting your home office
By Doug Florzak. Although there has been a great deal of confusion and paranoia surrounding the home  office deduction, you may decide it's appropriate to use it. Here are some considerations.