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Brian Kathenes - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Brian Kathenes is published author, speaker, Radio & TV host, and consultant. He is the host of Value This! with Brian and Leon, WRNJ’s weekly call-in antiques and collectibles talk show. He and his business partner, Leon Castner, take calls and answer questions on all types of antiques and collectibles, on WRNJ -Oldies 1510. Their new book: Betcha Didn’t Know That – 101 Antique and Collectibles Trivia Tips That Could Make You Rich Famous ... [More]
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- Appraisal Marketing - Are You Barking Up the Wrong Appraisal Money Tree?
[Business:Sales] Keeping in touch with your existing clients is a critically-important part of your appraisal marketing system -- and I do mean "system." Effective appraisal marketing must be a systematic approach, designed to keep the telephone ringing and revenue flowing into your business. Using the "Rip & Read" technique keeps your name in front of all your clietnts and prospects every week.
- Appraisal Customer Service - Turn Appraisal Problems Into Revenue Opportunities
[Business:Customer-Service] A recent article in the Wall Street Journal identifies how big corporations are driving university curriculum to meet the needs of corporate America. A guest lecturer from IBM identifies himself as 'a services professional,' and states to the class: 'You have started thinking about tackling big problems and turning them into revenue opportunities.' This brilliant point is exactly what we do as appraisers.
- Collecting the Statue of Liberty - Little Known Facts About Gustav Eiffel and Auguste Bartholdi
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Humanities] The Statue of Liberty is an American Treasure. Auguste Bartholdi and Gustav Eiffel created the great and majestic structure. There are some little known stories surrounding the Lady in the Harbor, that will surprise and amaze you.
- Autograph Collecting - Getting Started
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Autograph collecting is an exciting and often lucrative hobby. Knowing some basic, but important tips, can help you become a more savvy collector.
- Appraisal Marketing Close to Home
[Business:Marketing] Marketing your appraisal services requires the incorporation of gatekeepers -- those people who have access to dozens of your potential clients. Knowing how to include gatekeepers in your marketing plan will make a huge impact on the success of your appraisal practice.
- Autograph Values - Identifying the Value of an Autograph - So, What's It Worth?
[Arts-and-Entertainment] Every autograph has least four different values. The item's value is directly dependent upon the reason the item is being appraised. The question "So, what's it worth?" cannot be properly answered by a qualified appriser until he or she knows how the appraisal will be used.
- Baseball's Origin - Facts and Myths
[Recreation-and-Sports:Baseball] Abner Doubleday, a Union civil war general has been credited as the inventor of baseball. But there is strong evidence to suggest that baseball was invented 4,000 years earlier.
- Autograph and Manuscript Collecting and Investing - What Makes It Valuable?
[Investing] A variety of factors impact the value of any autograph manuscript or historical document. Collectors, dealers, and appraisers must understand these factors when considering the purchase, sale or appraisal of any historical autograph, document or letter. Content, Condition, Supply, Demand, Rarity, Authenticity and Provenance are a few of these critical factors that impact value.
- Estate Planning - Finding A Home For Your Collection - Charitiable Donation, Trusts
[Finance:Estate-Plan-Trusts] At some point in time, a collector of rare and unusual items must find a "home" for their collection. A collection can be donated, retained and insured, or placed into a trust for heirs. In each of these situations, a professional qualified appraisal is an important, and sometimes required step.
- Congruent Team Training Philosophy
[Business:Team-Building] Creating a congruent team training system for your company is far more effective than delivering a series of disjointed events and seminars. Following the five steps of effective team training will help you create a congruent team training system for your firm.
- Small Business Marketing - Rip and Read Marketing Techniques That Work
[Business:Marketing] Keeping in touch with your existing customers and clients is a critically important part of your small business marketing system. Some studies indicate it takes seven times more money to acquire a new customer than it does to sell an existing customer the same product or service. "Rip and Read Marketing is a simple, easy, proven way to maintain this important relationship.
- Autograph Collecting - Identifying Non-Genuine Autographs
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] The world of autograph collecting is fraut with hazards. Autopens, printed signatures, secretarial signatures and forgeries are everywhere. These simple identification techniques will allow you to identify the good from the bad.
- Autograph Collecting - Albert Einstein, Can I Have Your E = MC Squared?
[Arts-and-Entertainment] Many Albert Einstein letters on the market today are not authentically signed. Knowing one simple characteristic of his signature can help you identify the fakes and facsimiles. His signature and the way he provided them reveals much about his thought process and personality.
- Autograph Authentication - Proving Authenticity
[Arts-and-Entertainment] The phrase "Guaranteed Genuine and Authentic" can be very misleading in today's autograph market. The authenticator must be able to verify that an item is authentic. Autographs must be proven authentic, not assumed to be real until proven otherwise. Authentication is a scholarly opinion based on careful study, research, and intuitive knowledge acquired from first hand experience.
- Team Building Training - Avoiding the Team Building Traps
[Business:Team-Building] Team building training in an organizational environment is fraught with many dangerous traps. Knowing how to identify these team building traps, and learning how to avoid them will prevent a major "CLM" (Career Limiting Move) for you, and keep your organization on track and on top.
- Resolving Customer Complaints and Conflict with the L-E-A-R-N Technique
[Business:Customer-Service] Using a simple five step model can resolve customer complaints and reduce conflict in almost any situation. The L.E.AR.N. technique reduces stress, identifes and acknowledges the problem, and fouses on positive and effective solutions to the complaint.
- Goal Lines, Not Deadlines - The Positive Approach to Motivating Yourself and Others
[Self-Improvement:Motivation] Setting goal lines instead of deadlines is a more effective method for achievement. Working toward the achievement of a goal is more positive than avoiding a deadline. Successful managers set goals instead of imposing deadlines.
- Team Building - Experiential Events To Build Your Team
[Business:Team-Building] Many consulting and training companies offer their clients a battery of experiential team building techniques. They almost always seem to be shrouded in mysterious debriefing processes and psychological oriented discussions. These programs can be very effective, but a consultant can never totally understand the unique personality of the client company. Our research indicates that the trainers and the employees of any company know much more about the company philosophy and its special challenges than an outside consultant.
- Team Building - How to Build Teams That Will Still Respect You in the Morning
[Business:Team-Building] You can't pick up a business magazine today without reading an article about team building. It is THE hot management topic. Most of these articles over simplify the team approach and the effort required to build successful business teams.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson Was Wrong - Effective Marketing
[Business:Marketing] Ralph Waldo Emerson's quote about the better mouse trap is dead wrong, and so is he. To effectively market our services and products, we must tell our clients, prospects and customers why our moustrap is superior to all others.
- Marketing Tips From Universal Studios
[Business:Marketing] Clients are very willing to pay a premium for convenience and extra service. Do not overlook this profitable marketing strategy.
- Scouting for Boy Scout Memorabilia
[Arts-and-Entertainment] Scouting memorabilia is a hot collecting field. Knowing what to look for can help find collectible bargains.
- Honus Wagner - A Bonus For Honus
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] The Honus Wagner T-206 baseball card is one of the rarest and most valuable of all cards. Why so rare?
- Autograph Collecting
[Arts-and-Entertainment] An autopen machine signs signatures exactly like the original. But with practice and knowing the characteristics of autopen signatures, you can determine if a signture is genuine or an autopen facsimile.
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