Archive for June 2010

Salary top ups are nothing compared to reputation!

Jun 30th, 2010 | By Eveloped Journalist | Category: Business Acumen

Commission is the name of the game in our business so its imperative that I get as many life insurance leads as possible every month. Not only is it essential when it comes to my salary but also for the in house competition we run in the office. For the past 7 months […]



Is this the strangest idea for a present EVER?

Jun 18th, 2010 | By Eveloped Journalist | Category: Business Acumen

I’ve seen some pretty strange gifts listed on wedding lists and such like, before, but never have I seen furnace filters listed as a potential wedding gift. I thought it was a typo or something like that but when I enquired about this I was politely told that the newlyweds to be didn’t have […]



Comparing faucets is the least of my worries

Jun 18th, 2010 | By Eveloped Journalist | Category: Business Acumen

Our neighbours are somewhat ostentatious to say the least. They recently refurbished their bathroom and had great pleasure in telling us that they now had Moen faucets. Who the heck cares? I thought! Faucets are faucets whatever way you look at it – you turn them on and water comes out, […]



A new website for crash repairs company

Jun 12th, 2010 | By Eveloped Journalist | Category: Business Acumen

When I went looking for crash repairs corrundulla recently I found that I had to look in crash repairs claregalway also. To find a crash repairs company isnt as easy as it sounds and you need to get with a company that you can trust. I got in touch with cathal keane the Managing Director […]



Home is where the heart is and I love my business!

Jun 10th, 2010 | By Eveloped Journalist | Category: Business Acumen

I was recently reading an article about cost savings that small businesses are implementing and ideas that people who had lost their jobs were considering. High on that list was the establishment of a home based business , maybe even to use some curvatrim – costs are minimal, no travel too and […]



No end of year bonus but a lifetime of rewards all the same

Jun 10th, 2010 | By Eveloped Journalist | Category: Business Acumen

We’ve all had to take pay cuts at work but our employers have come up with another kind of bonus incentive to motivate employees. The company has decided to pay for a years term life insurance for each of us in lieu of any form of bonus this year. Sneezing gives me need […]



Recessionary times should mean recessionary caution

Jun 3rd, 2010 | By Eveloped Journalist | Category: Business Acumen

I’m not big on jewels and bling, not because of financial hang ups but because I just don’t like ostentatiousness. A new store recently opened in the local shopping mall and I was intrigued why such a store was opening in times of a recession! The signs all over the windows read […]



Sometimes it pays to pay attention

Jun 3rd, 2010 | By Eveloped Journalist | Category: Business Acumen

We receive lots of market in our office on a daily basis, half of which we don’t have time to review. But just recently, we took note of material we received from one new company and we’ve been so pleased that we did. We’ve engaged a company called to buy a Symbol […]