IM Solutions

By Kilo Vanice

Author: Sharpening Drill. Most Internet marketing solutions are provided by special professional services that assist businesses with the optimization of web sites on a constant basis. Depending on how much work is involved, the price per service can vary between $100 and $5,000 or more. This surely seems a small fortune and it definitely is, but when calculating the budget, any smart investor and web developer ought to analyze what goes in as investment and what results as profit. Otherwise, the money-effort and the whole Internet-business effort is not worth it. Start from a service comparison before deciding on the choice of Internet marketing solutions.

The companies that provide extensive marketing consultancy are directly interested in increasing the client's chances of profit because this is the best form of advertising they can get for themselves.

The client asks a business model, and a team of experts will afterwards try to come up with the right Internet marketing solutions to make it functional. The budget planning part we've mentioned above would thus be included in the first stages of integrated strategy building. There are nevertheless some free Internet marketing solutions one should never ignore; they cost you nothing, and they could be the catalysts in the best of business directions.

Presently, there is an abundance of tips, tricks, strategies, informative articles, tool reviews and so on that help the smart investor choose between Internet marketing solutions without paying for specialized consultancy.

The bad part about it comes from the fact that one needs to filter all the information, constantly investigating the changes in market tendencies and making the modifications on the business structure so that the profitability rate does not drop. Only the best-trained can put together disparate Internet marketing solutions and support them to make good money out of them. This means that the majority of corporations and companies have special teams of marketing qualified personnel or higher competent services to take care of this form of business management.

All in all, the ultimate truth is that the Internet remains a jungle, and only with professional guidance and lots of hard work will one succeed into getting a share of the big gold promise of the electronic market. Regardless of whether you develop your own Internet marketing solutions or you entrust a team of experts with the mission, overall business performance will reveal results. If there is more money in profit than in investment, then you are climbing up the success ladder. - 15790

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Realtime Patient Satisfaction Measurement energizes your HCAHPS scores

By Dennis H. Lewis

HCAHPS scores are not only used to inform the public about the relative quality of care in hospitals. In fact, the most important implications for HCAHPS are related to the value based purchasing program introduced by medicare which condition a substantial part of a hospital's reimbursement payments to the HCAHPs scores. It is estimated that the results of the survey can represent between $300.000 and $2.000.000 dollars a year in revenue differences for any given hospital.

As you can see, this is not a trivial matter for hospital management. The truth is that improving HCAHPS scores is a major priority for healthcare organizations.

One of the most important methods you can implement to improve your HCAHPS scores is a realtime patient satisfaction measurement system. By tracking and analyzing patient satisfaction on a daily basis, you will be able to detect problem areas and correct them before they influence your official HCAHPS scores. This system will provide you with the critical information necessary to become the "Hospital of Choice" in your area.

The reason constant realtime measurement is so important is due to the very nature of the HCAHPS survey process. Following a highly protocoled government designed plan, the survey is administered to a small sample of discharged patients several weeks after they leave the hospital. In fact, the target sample size for an entire year is only 300 patients.

Even though most organizations may surpass this sample size, it is obvious that the number of patients surveyed is relatively small compared to the total population of discharges. Just a few discontented patients which happen to fall into the sample can provoke a substantial fall in the overall HCAHPs scores.

By implementing a realtime patient satisfaction system you are placing an enormously powerful management tool in the hands of your frontline managers. Problem areas can be quickly identified and corrective measures can be made immediately. That way the effectiveness of the corrections can also be verified very quickly.

Until not long ago, an affordable and easy to use realtime satisfaction measurement system was simply a theoretical pipedream. However, thanks to an innovative new technology called Gustometria, hospitals can now track patient satisfaction easily and affordably as part of their daily in hospital routines. By touching the screen of the "gustometer" with their fingers, patients answer a short survey. Usually it takes them about a minute and a half to finish (right in their hospital room), and once they're finished the results are automatically collected and processed by the Gustometria servers.

Thanks to the built in business intelligence tools included in Gustometria, you are able to contrast all of your valuation questions quickly and easily with your custom profile questions. You can adapt and change the surveys on the fly, and thanks to the variable structure of each survey, you can measure hundreds of details about how your patients perceive your services without having to ask any one more than a few questions.

This simple and affordable solution can be up and running in less than a week, and will provide you with valuable information that you couldn't acquire any other way.

Pick up the phone and call Gustometria toll free at 1-877-448-7865. - 15790

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The financial implications of tracking patient satisfaction are greater than ever. Our proven technology can form an integral part of your HCAHPS strategy.

Business Infos - Research in Advertising

By Jan Maurer

Research in advertising is done in order to produce better advertisements that are more efficient in motivating customers to buy a product or a service. The research can be based on a particular advertising campaign or can be more generalized and based on how advertisements create an effect on people's mind.

When designing an advertisement for a particular product many things should be researched like where it should be displayed, whether the advertisement can be printed in newspapers or magazines or broadcasted on television or radio or published on the Internet. Many methods are undertaken to collect relevant information. The research itself is of two kinds, syndicated and customized. Syndicated research is a single research done by the company that is available to other companies as well.

Pre-testing or copy testing is a type of customized research that determines the in-market efficiency of an advertisement before it is released or before the final production. The more the pre-testing is done the more likely that it will be a successful advertisement and apiece pre-testing should be applied number of times. This can done by studying the level of attention the customers have, motivation, brand linkage, communication and entertainment. Flow of emotions and flow of attention are broken down and studied individually. The results are applied on the advertisement that is still being developed to recognize the weak points and replace them. A reliable feedback loop can guide the researchers, client and the agency to work in harmony. Tests should be applied during the storyboard stage of ad making. This is an primeval stage and the results are highly predictive. During this process images are selected and used as integrated campaign print ad.

Post-testing or ad tracking studies are either syndicated or customized. Studies are done over a period of time or continuously. The in-market research is done to understand a brands linkage, performance, awareness, and preference along with product attitudes and usage. They are done by, conducting interviews either on phone or Internet.

All the above studies should facilitate the client's advertisement development make the end product easier to achieve. The study should contain rational information having not only surface knowledge but also provide deep in-sight that will open window to a customer's mind. The customer, too, should provide precise information based on facts and not based on imaginary thinking and self-delusion.

The basis is to provide in-depth understanding about the consumers for improving on the advertisement techniques and other marketing decisions. The traditional methods of qualitative and quantitative techniques have been improved to analyze the information with good insight.

The rapidly changing likes and needs of the customers are difficult to track, but should be studied in order to increase the quality of advertisement. The changes are because of the huge number of options offered to them by the market. - 15790

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Eight Questions About Financial Planning

By Hank Brock

What is Personal Financial Planning?

Personal financial planning is simply expert guidance on personal financial decisions in order to satisfy life needs and goals. It may also include portfolio decisions and fulfillment of portfolio needs through various products or choices.

Why do I Need Personal Financial Planning?

Financial planning allows you to organize your finances in such a way as to maximize returns on investments, reduce tax liability, achieve appropriate risk management, and ultimately obtain financial peace of mind.

But Can't I Just Do It Alone?

Perhaps, but will you? Most business people and professionals are finding it increasingly difficult to plan adequately for their personal financial growth and security. Among the most common reasons for their frustrations are:

- Insufficient time

- Too great a number of investment possibilities

- Tax laws change to frequently to keep up

- Complexities in employee compensation and benefits

What is Generally Included in a Financial Plan?

A plan may range from 50 to 150 pages, based on the complexity of circumstances and the degree of explanation and detail:

- Cash Flow and Budgeting Analysis

- Capital Management (debt and investment portfolios)

- Estate Planning Analysis

- Income Tax Projections and Planning

- Retirement Needs Analysis

- Insurance Needs Assessment

- Future Educational Funding Needs

- Employee Benefit and Holdings Analysis

- Business Analysis (if applicable)

What Role Do I Take in the Planning Process?

You and your spouse provide information about your personal and family goals, attitudes about taxes, indebtedness, investment risk and security. Your financial plan will take this information into consideration. You will also be called upon to update this data at least once each year.

Are Fees for Financial Plans Tax Deductible?

Typically yes. IRS Section 212 lays out the specifics as to what aspects of your investments and tax planning are deductible (and you planner should be able to assist in this).

How Do You Measure the Worth of Financial Planning?

After your situation has been sufficiently analyzed and recommendations have been made, you will be able to compare the cost of the plan to the savings that the plan projects for the future. In the long-term the savings should far exceed the cost of the plan preparation.

Will Personal Financial Planning Make Me Rich?

Unfortunately, there are no get-rich-quick schemes that really work. All the more reason for personal financial planning; it can help you keep more of what you earn and keep your savings working harder. It does this by:

- Increasing the productivity of assets

- Providing capital growth and security for your family

- Broadening asset structure to reduce risks

- Provides introduction to a broader spectrum of investment opportunities

- Increased income through tax planning

- Investment alternatives are provides closer inspection

- Minimizes the effect of disability, forced retirement, and death - 15790

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Hank Brock is President of Brock and Associates, LLC, a St George based financial planning firm specializing in asset protection and generational wealth management. Visit us online for further information on choosing a financial planner and other financial planning topics.

IM for SMEs

By Kilo Vanice

Brought to you by: Sharpening Drill. The rule that a good online business presence has to be backed-up by lots of money doesn't always prove true, particularly in the context of small business Internet marketing. The truth is that the a certain number of corporate giants dominate the online market, but there are millions of smaller businesses that share the Internet for transactions. The necessity to promote small companies locally and regionally has led to the development of a whole series of strategies, techniques and services generally known as small business Internet marketing.

How is it different from the common Internet marketing approach? Here it goes!

Small business Internet marketing focuses on the objectives that contribute to the growth of less ample companies. In order to understand this, we ought to refer to the importance of the online presence for a home business. The world wide web offers access to more customers, making small businesses better known even within the community where their activities are based. The contact details are the first one posted on the site but products and services do receive a different approach in terms of client targeting. This actually resumes the essence of small business Internet marketing.

The distinct nature of the activities gives the specificity of the small business and influences the marketing strategies directly. Regional and local specifics also require a lot of attention when designing the marketing plan to target new business customers.

Consequently, the companies specialized in small business Internet marketing need to work closely with the business owner in order to cover all the specific of the business. This is no longer just about search engine optimization and the choice of the right keywords, there also have to be techniques meant to attract the people from a certain geographical area.

There are also small businesses that promote services without being limited to a certain region, but most of the time such companies are usually conducted exclusively online. This is often the case of web sites that sell third-party products, affiliates or other web jobs that need a specific marketing approach too. In such cases, besides the regular strategies, specialized tools such as softwares will be of paramount importance. Moreover, a good knowledge of the Internet transactions and their underlying mechanisms will also work in your favor, and such advantages are not something you'll get from a small business Internet marketing agency. Good luck! - 15790

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