HEATHER CARINE
Heather
For over fifteen years, her research has been relied on for business proposals, marketing initiatives and professional advice.
Heather also enjoys speaking and writing on practical ways to find and manage business information.
She has been awarded the AIIP Connections Writer's award (2009) for best original article published in AIIP Connections and the FUMSI Citation (Find, Use, Manage and Share Information) in 2007 for the most useful article written for freepint.com, as voted by the readership of over 80,000 subscribers to freepint.com.
Heather writes a monthly newsletter on Business Research Tips.
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Carine Research finds answers for strategic business decisions.
When do you call in a Business Researcher?
Carine Research is engaged by businesses to find reliable and competitive information to:
- overview industry or market developments
- underpin a business proposal or bid
- prepare for meetings with potential clients.
Heather Carine specialises in finding, filtering and reporting on quality information sourced from commercial content providers, industry experts and recommended web sources.
Insight
Heather's recent speaking engagements, articles and latest issue of Business Research Tips.
Upcoming workshop:
Seal the deal: How to write persuasive business proposals to win work
Wed., April 28, 2010
1.00 – 5.00 pm
Hilton Garden Inn,
Cleveland Downtown Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Latest article:
Gaining support for your ideas, Australian Law Librarian, 2009
How do you gain support for your ideas? It’s an interesting question, and obviously not a question that is restricted to librarians. Most people, in their working life or community activities, need to gain the support of others for their ideas – from the little things to large projects.
Business Research Tip:
January 2010:
Gaining support for your ideas
We’ve all got great ideas to help our businesses. Likewise, we all have stories to tell of our ideas being overlooked, while we watch other projects receive the attention and funding we wanted.
This year, try the following simple approach to gain support for your ideas:
- A clear goal
- Know your audience
- Build on your reputation
- Look for opportunities to influence
- Is the timing right?
- Talk about the benefits
- Be persistent
Business Research Tips
A monthly email with tips
and practical ideas for finding and managing information.