All Posts in "Month: January 2022"

7 Fantastic Careers in Finance

A career in finance can be extremely rewarding. Not only does it pay a generous salary, but it allows you to work in the core of powerful companies in the market places. You actions cause change, and move entire markets, and as a financial professional you weld a lot of power over the economy and society itself.

What are the best careers in finance? In other words, what careers should you be pursuing?

#7 Money Management Salary range: $50,000 to $100,000 / yr

If you like crunching numbers then money management might be a good finance career to consider. Money  

Thomas Veneman by — January 26, 2022 in Finance
Insurance Agency Lead Scoring

Many insurance agencies have not yet formalized their lead scoring system. This is a worthwhile endeavor for all agencies, and one which should be revisited every year, while tracking the return on investment of their marketing programs.

What is lead scoring? It is a methodology used to rank prospects against a scale, and then assign a value to determine interest level and distribution. For example, let’s say a trucking insurance lead appointment arrives at your agency. This lead is with an owner of 15 power units, they use company drivers, and they are unhappy with their carrier. Perhaps your lead  

Thomas Veneman by — January 25, 2022 in Insurance
Square Business Cards – Good Idea Or Bad?

Each and every day, entrepreneurs, job seekers, freelancers, employees, and executives hand out business cards. It happens in offices and on the street… during chance meetings and networking events… in between friends, new associates, or newly united strangers.

With all of these cards being exchanged, it’s very important to have a business card that stands out from the pack — one that grabs attention the instant it’s placed in the palm of someone’s hand. After all, there’s nothing worse than making a first impression with a dull and drab card.

Perhaps the easiest way to stand out is to have  

Thomas Veneman by — January 24, 2022 in Business
Quick Guide to Implementing Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing & BPM

Definitions and Overview

Business Performance Management (BPM) establishes a framework to improve business performance by measuring key business characteristics which can be used to feedback into the decision process and guide operations in an attempt to improve strategic organisational performance. Other popular terms for this include; Enterprise PM (EPM), Corporate PM (CPM) Enterprise Information Systems (EIS), Decision Support Systems (DSS), Management Information Systems (MIS).

BPM: Cycle of setting objectives, monitoring performance and feeding back to new objectives.

Business Intelligence (BI) can be defined as the set of tools which allows end-users easy access to relevant information and the facility to  

Thomas Veneman by — January 23, 2022 in Business