Free Business Courses, Money Saving Tips, and How To Thrive and Not Simply Survive Social Economic Woes

(Plus have some fun with promo!)

RE-SOURCE is collection of ideas, tools and news collected and sourced specifically for our readers,

SAVING MONEY IN YOUR BUSINESS IN TOUGH TIMES:

Watching the DOW resembles a ride on a "thriller" roller coaster; how many times can the wind be knocked out of us while being "jerked" every way but loose? Here are some ways to save money without much effort.

1. Consider switching from traditional telecommunication services to the phone services available on the Internet. VoIP can save a small business as much as 60%. Although the initial offerings of VoIP has their glitches, today the service is remarkably reliable.

2. Why pay for all that travel if you are trying to pay the month-end payroll? Try out some of the Internet interactive Web Conferencing tools. Take a look at gotomeeting.com, or Microsoft Office Live Meeting (and many others) for your next sales presentation.

3. Get to the Bank before morning coffee - get credited with today's deposits and make interest on the amount for an extra day.

You can find 75 more practical ideas at INSIDE CRM.

LEARN FROM THE BIG SHOTS @ HOT SHOT PRICES

You don't need to spend the 150K to get the business education you need to address your business issues. Why not take advantage of some of the business education available to you for FREE?

The following education resources are provided at no cost from MIT.

Entrepreneurial Finance (focused mainly on the technology industry)
Global Entrepreneurship Lab - Take your business to the world!
Competitive Decision-Making and Negotiation - Essential skills for business success.
Find many more courses available at: BSchool.com Business Schools Directory

HOW COMPANIES LITERALLY THRIVE ~ EVEN IN A DEPRESSION

"To begin, not all was doom and gloom during the Great Depression. It was a time when those who knew what they were doing made great economic strides, and the very nature of the Depression was an economic boon for them. It was a time when several companies benefited from aggressive marketing while their rivals cut back. A good example of that would be Kellogg besting C.W. Post during that time. Consumers didn't stop spending during the Depression; most just looked for better deals, and the companies providing those better deals came out stronger after the Depression ended. When spending picked up, consumer loyalty to those companies remained.

Generally speaking, those companies that not only survived but also thrived during the Great Depression were those that continued to act as though there were nothing wrong and that the public had money to spend. In other words, they advertised. These are industries that didn't wait for public demand for their products to rise. They created that demand even during the most difficult of times."

Read the whole story at: IMEDIA Written by Dave Chase

JUST FOR FUN

When taking your afternoon coffee break and in need of some creative flair, visit CafePress and design your companies promotional t-shirts, mugs etc. Maybe design something for some of your best customers and make it personal.

Harmony Thiessen is a THINK TUB strategist. Using her own creative intelligence and experience, combined with the expertise of a select group of experts, she offers her clients cutting edge ideas and the strategic implementation methods to help you succeed.