When you’re the boss, getting motivated and quickly seeing how more customers can increase your profits isn’t hard. Think big, just make sure your expectations can be met. It’s a lot easier to feel good about a 2 percent increase if your initial goal isn’t to double your revenue.

Online shoppers will wait a maximum of four seconds for your page to load before clicking away, according to a 2006 JupiterResearch study. Shaving seconds off your page loading times can increase your sales and your bottom line. Here are some tips for cutting your Web page load times.

A database is a great way to organize Web sites with a lot of regularly updated content. Databases power dynamic Web sites, meaning pages are created each time someone requests them. The pages are made by pulling information from the database into a Web page template upon request.

Your business may have already been impacted by the spring and summer outbreaks of 2009 H1N1 influenza. The CDC anticipates more communities may be affected and/or more severely affected this fall and winter than were in the spring and summer of 2009. The

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released a new model to help businesses with mail-handling operations deal with the threat of anthrax in the workplace.

If your business is in one of several specific industries, your concerns about AIDS and your need to deal with them is far more complex than it would be in other industries because of the increased likelihood of exposure to contaminated bodily fluids or because of other health and safety requirements.

As the number of AIDS cases continues to increase, medical costs will continue to escalate. In addition to the costs of treatment for covered employees, cost of life and disability insurance will also increase.

As the spread of AIDS increases, your chances of employing someone with AIDS or HIV increase. So, it's best to be prepared to handle the situation, should it ever arise. The following checklist may help you to effectively do so.

The decision to create a formal policy depends upon the you. As with the creation of any employee policy, there are pros and cons. If you elect to create a policy, it should contain:

If you find out that an employee has AIDS, you will have several issues to deal with, including whether the employee will be able to continue to do the job and whether you should tell other employees about the employee's condition.

AIDS has become a workplace issue because some employers and employees fear that this fatal disease can be transmitted in the workplace. Additionally, employees who have AIDS fear that they will lose their job, benefits, friends, and more. Employers should worry about the health and peace of mind of all employees.

Treat an employee who has been diagnosed with AIDS no differently from any employee with a serious illness and take appropriate precautions (to both protect life and dignity) in your workplace.

Once you are aware of the office automation-related injuries and illnesses that your employees face, you can better prevent them.

Just as the hazards of the office are different from the industrial workplace, so are the injuries that can result.

Ergonomics is the study of the spatial design of job requirements and worksites in relation to human physical and psychological capabilities and limitations.

One important part of the on-going administration of your safety program and efforts is documentation. Document your activities in all elements of your workplace program. Essential records, including those legally required for workers' compensation, insurance audits, and government inspections, must be maintained as long as the actual need exists.

People may tend to think that safety in the workplace is an issue that needs to be addressed only by companies that perform "dangerous" work such as foundries, steel mills, and auto manufacturers.

As the workplace becomes a more dangerous place and as we learn more about hazards, new safety issues and concerns emerge. In some cases, OSHA is taking action, or is considering taking action, to address some of these newer workplace hazards.

Here are some things to take into consideration when implementing your safety program.

An effective accident prevention program requires proper job performance from everyone in the workplace.