Social media is a great platform for building business relationships. However, it is not a great place to sell your books. Hear me out please. There are very successful authors doing business on social media, but they are experiencing success with training and coaching. Not running book ads. I do sell a lot of books […]
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Build Trust-Build a Platform Just because your book is the only one available, it doesn’t mean people will buy it. No matter how hot the topic, you’ve still got to do the marketing of not only the book, but of yourself as the expert. Even if you have an incredible book, it will fail without
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What I love about my specialized market is that customers are hungry for knowledge. Many seek me out because of the articles I’ve written and the local training I give. My newsletters, blogs, website, and social networking posts all point to the different methods I use for helping others understand our industry. For example, when
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By: Jeffrey W. Bennett, SAPPC, SFPC, ISOC, ISP When Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) conduct reviews of cleared defense contractor facilities, they go with a purpose. Their first priority may be to conduct a risk assessment of classified information in the contractor\’s possession. However, they are also looking at above and beyond metrics that demonstrate
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Review Questions from Chapter 11 \”DoD Security Clearances and Contracts Guidebook\” By Jeffrey W. Bennett, ISP These questions are international operations oriented. Put yourself in the position and situation described. How would you handle the business. 1. The vice president of business development has just brought up the wonderful opportunity of selling an all weather
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New cleared contractors should understand that the CDSE provides initial training and special briefings to their appointed Facility Security Officer (FSO). This training is invaluable as the new FSO will have a chance to learn about their responsibilities. Sometimes the new FSO will be learning for the first time exactly what is expected of them.
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It\’s a common practice to allow employees to use enterprise computers outside of the enterprise. This has become more common where employees are increasingly working at home. Though a common practice, these occurrences are not always best practices. Anytime an employee leaves work with a company computer, the expectation is that all information is vulnerable.
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A cleared contractor can help reduce expenses with by preparing ahead of time. This is where an experience FSO can anticipate expenses, perform risk assessment while implementing NISPOM and advise on ways to reduce costs while being compliant. The more money saved on overhead expenses, the greater the overall company profit. The earlier into the process
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I\’ve recently received many emails from people who are curious about security clearances and working for foreign owned companies. Though the volume of those questions have increased, I guess the topic is no longer surprising in content as it could have been many years ago. Many years ago, we might automatically assume that working for
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