Strategic Business Communications would like to award Ultimate Staffing Services with the Strategic Business Communications OOZE Award for July 2010. The OOZE Award is our way of showing our appreciation for the outstanding service from Ultimate Staffing.

Ultimate Staffing Services opened its doors in 1994 and saw their revenue increase by over 22,000% in the first four years. Such dramatic increase only re-instated that customers and job seekers yearned to do business with a staffing partner that listened, cared, admitted mistakes and was trustworthy. Ultimate Staffing Services were proud to see a change in the staffing industry as a result of their values-driven approach. Their mission was to be recognized as a creative industry leader, equally fulfilling the diverse needs of their customers, Ambassadors and coworkers.

At SBC, we want to show that the standard of service is just a standard, but those who go above and beyond should be recognized and awarded. That is how we developed the OOZE Award. We want to express our gratitude to Ultimate Staffing Services for demonstrating what we at SBC believe to be outstanding service, not only in theory, but in the practice of their entire team.

Throughout the years SBC, Inc. has been approached by a number of staffing agencies, however, it was only Ultimate Staffing Services that we felt we would be able to work with in long term. Ultimate Staffing Services has proven to be very reliable with outstanding customer service. They are committed to quality and have a 125% Guarantee on assigned temporary employees which demonstrates this commitment. No other staffing company provides an absolute guarantee with an additional 25% on top of that to pay for any wasted time and effort on your part. Our experience with Ultimate Staffing Services has exceeded all expectations and that is why we as a team nominated Ultimate Staffing Services for the Strategic Business Communications OOZE Award.

"The whole team at Ultimate Staffing has been a tremendous help to our company. Their friendly staff was dedicated to providing our company with only the candidates that fit the position perfectly. They listened carefully to our needs and followed-up regularly to ensure we were all on the same page.  As a result, we have found an amazing administrative assistant a few months ago. We could not have found a better person for the position without them and we have recently gone back to use their services again and received the same great service."

-Dawn Lyman, Operations Manager, Strategic Business Communications, Inc.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ULTIMATE STAFFING SERVICES!!

Today's road to e-Commerce and Global Trade

And the " Global Village " became a Reality

Internet has made real what in the 1970's that visionary of the communications Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980) called the "Global Village".

In a matter of very few years, the Internet has consolidated itself as a very powerful platform that has changed the way we do business, and the way we communicate. The Internet, as no other communication medium, has given an International or, if you prefer, a "Globalized" dimension to the world. Internet has become the Universal source of information for millions of people, at home, at school, and at work.

Internet is actually the most democratic of all the mass media. With a very low investment, anyone can have a web page in Internet. This way, almost any business can reach a very large market, directly, fast and economically, no matter the size or location of the business. With a very low investment, almost anybody that can read and write can have access to the World Wide Web.

"When I took office, only high energy physicists
had ever heard of what is called the World Wide
Web... Now even my cat has it's own page."
- Bill Clinton

Statistics of the Internet

The Internet has made distances shorter and the world smaller. However, the great divider that stands in the way of a truly global society is fact that there are many different different languages spoken in our planet Earth. The following table shows the ten most numerous languages spoken by the Internet users.

To see old (Historic) Internet World Usage Statistics click here. For detailed information on the Internet from Wikipedia.org click here. For more on the Internet's history and its relationship with the information revolution read NetValley's informative nine part report. For current up to date Internet User Statistics click here.Click here for information on the 1995 to 2005 domain count growth. For 1993-1996 domain count data see Internet Growth Summary.


History of the Internet

Learn what the internet is and how it works, read about  the creation of the Internet, Internet culture, legal and moral issues, and a lot more at Wikiverse.

Here you will find the Internet History in a few links learn about Leonard Kleinrock who in 1962 invented the packet-switching technology that made it all possible.

You can see a timetable highlighting some of the Internet key events and technologies that helped shape the Internet as we know it today at the Hobbes Internet Timeline.

The Internet Virtual Library also features a very complete page with links about the Internet History.

The Living Internet is a free web site, including more than 700 pages about the Internet's history, design, advanced use, key features, security issues, help resources, and references
to additional information about the Internet.

The Internet Archive is another interesting website. They are building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form, like a paper library. Free access is provided to
researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public. The Internet Archive is huge and growing every day. They have received help from Sun Microsystems for storing the database, in what could be called, literally Internet in a Box . See the 30 minute video where Brewster Kahle and Greg Papadopolous unveil the Wayback Machine's new datacente.

World Wide Web Consortium
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential. W3C is a forum for information, commerce,communication, and collective understanding. On the W3C page, you'll find news, links to W3C technologies, help and ways to get involved. Public participation is welcome at the WWW

The Top Web Sites of the Internet
For information on the current favorite web sites take a look at Alexa's Top 500 Sites

We found Internet World Stats to be a very useful online source for our international market research and the latest in Internet statistics.  To view the website, please visit www.internetworldstats.com.

By:  Robert E. McMillan

As I write this, the newspaper carries two stories, seemingly unrelated. One has to do with a man who strangled a woman because she went to sleep while he was talking to her; the other has to do with a 15 year old boy who, with two other companions, robbed a service station. The 15 year-old was afflicted with buck-teeth and admitted that he had not wanted to rob, but all his life other boys had poked fun at him and he merely wanted to prove to them that he was a "man."

Both of these stories point out the extremes to which people will go to defend a wounded ego. You can damage a man physically, you can steal his goods, and you can damage him in all sorts of ways and get away with it. But, the one unforgivable sin, as far as human relations are concerned, is to trample on another person's ego. The minute you detract from another's dignity as a human being, you are in for trouble.

Because the human ego is such a precious thing to its possessor and because a person will go to such extremes to defend what he thinks are threats to his ego the word "egotism" has become a bad word.

Let's take a look at the other side of egotism. If egotism can admittedly cause people to do silly and irrational and destructive things, it can also cause them to act nobly and heroically.

What the world calls ego and conceit is really "a divine spark" planted in man and only those men and women who had "lit the divine spark within themselves" ever did great things.

Whatever name you want to give it, "human dignity," "personality," or whatever, there is something deep in the heart of every man and woman that is important and demands respect. Every human being is a unique individual personality and the most powerful drive in any person is to maintain this individuality, to defend this important "something," against all enemies.

This is why you cannot treat people as machines, as numbers on a register, or as "masses" and get away with it. Every effort that has been made to deprive human beings of this individual worth has failed. It is more powerful that armies and prison camps. It proved more powerful than the feudal lords who tried to turn people into serfs. It proved more powerful than Hitler's armies. It set the stage for our own way of life and the freedom we, as individuals, all cherish today. Not certain rights for a certain group of men and women, but the fact that we have certain rights for all men and all women.

We are all egotists, four facts of life. If you are going to deal with people, regardless of who they are; children, wives, husbands, neighbors, bosses, workers, friends, prospective customers, or past customers, you would do well to imprint the following indelibly on your mind and act accordingly:

1.    We are all egotists

2.    We are all more interested in ourselves than in anything else in the world.

3.    Every person you meet wants to feel important and to "amount to something."

4.    There is a craving in every human being for the approval of others so that he can approve of himself.

Invest in Training to Enhance Productivity

Now is the time to reinforce training efforts - not cut back on them.

Training and professional development activities are often among the first to be eliminated in tough times. In fact, a recent Robert Half survey found that nearly one in five chief financial officers said their firms don't expect to offer employee training in the next two years.

Remember, though, that these initiatives don't just keep your employees' skills current; they also boost productivity and job satisfaction. Employees who feel their company is invested in their careers will be less likely to resign when an improving economy brings new job opportunities. Plus, providing targeted training enables your staff to become more versatile and increase their contributions to the firm - a benefit for everyone.

Tips

-Find the hot spots. Identify the skills that will be most valuable to your team in the near term and the future, and invest in training in those areas.

-Cross-train. Training employees to manage diverse projects can help staff develop new skills and stay motivated and engaged in their work. Not only does cross-training improve the group's bench strength, but occasionally taking workers out of their comfort zone also helps keep complacency and boredom at bay.

-Think long term about retaining. In a changing economy, businesses must abandon low-performing products or services in favor of new, more marketable lines of business. Retraining affected staff members to assume roles in the new business division instead of replacing them allows your firm to retain valuable institutional knowledge, instills loyalty and promotes your reputation as an employer of choice.

-Promote mentoring. Mentors help less experienced professionals reduce their learning curve, adapt more easily to the corporate culture and make substantive contributions more quickly. People serving in mentoring roles gain leadership and training abilities, which increase their value to your organization. They may also feel increased job satisfaction from helping others.

-Take advantage of institutional knowledge. Some firms are saving money on training by having classes taught by managers from within the firm or recently retired employees. This approach offers many of the benefits of mentoring but on a broader scale.

-Pass it along. If you do pay for employees to attend a seminar or conference, get the maximum from your investment dollar by asking them to share what they've learned with others on your team. This can be accomplished through a report outlining key details from the training session or a discussion during a staff meeting.

Strategic Business Communications, Inc. receives the spirit of the

"Small Business of the Year" Award

from the San Diego North Chamber of Commerce

Strategic Business Communications, Inc, (SBC) has received one of the 2009 Achievements in Business Leadership Excellence Awards (ABLE) and been recognized as "Small Business of the Year" in its Northern San Diego community. SBC is always striving to optimize every opportunity with zealous enthusiasm with every client. This award recognizes those businesses that have a history of outstanding business practices in the San Diego North community.  This award is to honor the entrepreneurship, sustainability, productivity and effort put forth in a business. Despite the economic downturn, SBC has been pushing through the tough times by providing competitive price negotiations and always delivering results.

The company feels that although economic hardship can pose a challenge, it is not going to affect its service to the clients or community. "Since we have seen a change in the economy we are focused on what can be done and not what cannot be done." The President, Jaime "Jim" Hernandez, and the team at SBC Inc. are all actively involved in the community. There are many organizations, causes, and networking groups that they take part in, including: SDNCC, Vistage, Kiwanis Club of Rancho Bernardo, NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness), St. Michael Catholic Church - Poway, Toastmasters, Once Small Voice, and Girl Scouts.

SBC specializes in management training, consulting, strategic sales and marketing planning, complete corporate event planning logistics, and coordination as well as consumer and employee market research. SBC's goal with every client is to help them optimize every business opportunity they have. At SBC, they believe that making their clients successful is ultimately about helping them do the very best for their own clients so as to do a better job and produce positive longterm results. They do this by carefully researching their customers' clients and industry, and from this information they combine effective strategic planning, sound business management, training, creativity, and resources to create programs that produce their clients' desired results.

SBC was founded in the United States in 1987 as a Management Training and Business Communications company. Today, it is an international organization that has delivered and provided support for business programs on three continents, in over 30 countries, translated into four different languages.

If you'd like more information about SBC, or to schedule an interview with Jim Hernandez, please call Jim at (858)679-1805 or e-mail Jim at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .