Takis Athanassiou

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About Takis Athanassiou
Takis Athanassiou is a Business Consultant and Writer focused on empowering people in their personal and professional life. He is working for over 20 years in IT sector, as Project Manager, Team Leader and Director in Greek SMEs, focused mainly in areas of IT services, e-Learning and consulting.
He channels his effort around the concept of "Leadership Initiative(s)", claiming that Leadership, today, can be used both as a framework of thought and as a tool for bringing desired and intended changes to a personal and professional level. These changes, made on a personal level, can propagate results and outputs in the areas of personal development, relationships, business, communities, politics, etc.
This is the reason, he believes that a broad initiative must be taken, in order to regain the insights that can lead people, to formulate a better social, political, business and personal environment.
His constant goal is to create meaningful and readily applicable approaches, schemes and to provide insights, interconnections, and tools that, he believes, can create a positive difference in various areas, and empower the people in their everyday personal and professional life.
Today he is active in the areas of business consulting, e-Learning and social media, while he writes, blogging and discusses leadership, business, productivity, personal development, social media and tools that facilitate and support the flawless execution in everyday business and personal life.
Connect with Takis!
Website: takisathanassiou.com
Twitter: tathan
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Blog postTakis Athanassiou Five Types of Business Insurance You Need.
You have a lot of responsibilities as a business owner and one of them is to ensure that you have the right types of business insurance. From the moment you start your business, you need to protect it the best way that you can and insurance is a very valuable tool to have in your […]
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Blog postTakis Athanassiou 10 Reasons Why Outsourcing Makes Sense.
As a business owner, you’re always looking for ways to improve efficiency and boost profits. One way to do this is by outsourcing certain business functions. The term “outsourcing” often has negative connotations. But in reality, outsourcing can be a very positive and beneficial business decision. Here Are Ten Reasons Why Outsourcing Makes Sense 1. […]
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Blog postTakis Athanassiou This Guide will Help you to Rocket your Audience Loyalty.
Do you feel as though your audience loyalty isn’t quite what it could be? If this is the case, then you are not alone. So many people are in the same position as you, but there are things that you can do to turn things around. If you want to find out more, then take […]
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Blog postTakis Athanassiou Stay Connected with Loved Ones While Managing a Business Abroad.
When you’re running a business, finding the time to stay connected with loved ones can be challenging. It can be even more difficult when you’re based in a different country. However, with the right tools and strategies, you can do a few things to make sure you stay connected with your loved ones while also […]
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Blog postTakis Athanassiou Applications Of Cloud Computing In Business.
Cloud computing is a near-ubiquitous tool in the arsenal of modern businesses. Modern companies are adopting it as part of their foundational business and security strategies, and to great benefit. Cloud computing can work in various advantageous ways that help a company operate at its optimum level. How exactly? The following are some of the […]
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Blog postTakis Athanassiou Gold IRA Guide.
Hopefully, by now you’ve started investing in your retirement. IRAs, or an individual retirement account, help you save enough money for your golden years. You can get your own IRA account by going to a bank or company that offers them as a part of their services or your employer will offer one to you as part of your employment benefits.
If you don’t have an IRA yet or you’re looking for a change in your IRA plan, a Gold IRA plan might be a go1 month ago Read more -
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Blog postTakis Athanassiou Is There a New Wave of Software Systems for Marketing Agencies?.
Marketing businesses frequently manage a huge number of assignments at the same moment for a range of different customers. Many organizations will (smartly) employ project management tools to stay abreast of all the other moving components of their company. Among the best, Scoro is one of the most sophisticated software options available for marketing businesses […]
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Blog postWordPress setup wasn’t never so easy! WordPress is one of the best, easiest, and most customizable platforms to start operate in the digital market. For more than 35% of the global users, WordPress is responsible for their digital presence, professional brand, and business operations. WordPress’ users produce 70 Million new articles and posts and 77 ...
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Blog postIn this episode I review some personal thoughts on how to get and stay motivated today. As Psychology today states: "Motivation is the desire to act in service of a goal".
YOUR motivation and your personal incentives are the prime forces for doing anything in life and business. And are certainly the driving factors for achieving your goals. That's why you need to learn more thing on how to motivate your self and the people around you.
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Blog postWhy content is so important today? Why most successful marketers use content marketing to provide value to their audience? Why today we need more content to make business better? All these, and more are questions, need to be addressed properly by each marketer, because, the fact is that content marketing is one of the most ...
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Blog postYou are a blogger or a marketer or a content creator and you need a marketing tool to help you communicate with your leads, prospects, and clients. But the cost of mail services is high enough for your small business budget or it is difficult to accommodate all your contacts to just one mail provider. ...
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Blog postAn Interview with Tom Libelt, serial entrepreneur, podcaster and digital marketer.
Tom has focused on many things perfecting his sales skills and competencies and developing various businesses on the process.
Today he helps other people to build online courses and market them.
In today's episode, we talk about business, sales, marketing and how to realize your goals in today's market.
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Blog postDeveloping an online course is not always an easy task. You need expert knowledge, excellent organization competencies, design, and authoring skills and expertise to develop a course that would bring value to your clients! For projects and activities involve knowledge transfer and skills development there is not an easy way! There are systems, methods, procedures, ...
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Blog postModern social media trends influence in a great degree the modern business. Social media marketing has been known as one of the best marketing strategies for quite a while now. This is one of the main reasons why it is very important that you, as an online entrepreneur, utilize it to your full advantage. If ...
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Blog postBusiness has changed today and many more players have come to the area. Not just firms or well-established agencies, but people interested in making some money online or develop a side income. In the digital market, everyone with good ideas and limited resources can make a difference and become known without too much effort. Today, ...
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Blog postAn interview with Michael Bungay Stanier (Box of Crayons founder).
Michael Bungay Stanier is the founder of Box of Crayons (one of the leading companies in consulting, training and coaching areas), award-winning coach and top-notch author.
Michael has developed Box of Crayons as an organization to help other organizations do less good work and more great work.
He’s the author of several books, including the Do More Great Work and the Get Unstuck & Get Going…o3 years ago Read more -
Blog postCoaching is not an easy task. Or discipline. It takes a lot of energy and time, while demands an increased amount of attention, focus, and empathy for the coach to understand and direct better his/her clients. Attributes and features you can find in abundance in the face of Hamid Safaei.
Hamid Safaei is the bestselling author of the “First-Class Leadership” a consultant and a certified coach helping leaders & entrepreneurs to multiply their results.
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Blog postEvery business today to succeed needs to pay attention to its clients. Everybody says it, but very few people and company actually do it. Specifically the successful ones.
There are many tools around to do and new innovative ways to approach your prospects.
Listen today Josh Haynam (co-founder of Interact Quiz Builder) talking about startups, Quizzes, sales, conversions and on how to learn from your clients better!
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Blog postDo you know how to start a business? Good ideas are not enough! You need much more to start a successful business!
You need a lot of learning, to decide to start changing what you were doing, to have a plan B, to seek help from experts and mentors, to have a plan and, most importantly, to know how to execute on your plan.
In this episode, I’d like to invite you to listen a wonderful interview of 2 young people with wonderful ideas: Nick Timms & Eduarda Bardavid who a3 years ago Read more -
Blog postI was thinking this question when I was aiming at meeting an old friend! Not that my friend has nothing to do with the content of the question. Not at all.
He was a very special and gifted person, lovable to all and with a lot of distinctions in his professional field! But meeting him made me think some things!
Things I'd like to share with you!
I made this podcast with the ideas I have developed in this article!
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Blog postAccountability has a pivotal role in our culture and society.
Today, in our modern and complex life, it is important for you to realize that you and only you, you are accountable for your actions or omissions.
Moreover, you have to realize that you are responsible for the sum of all your actions (small or large, intended or unintended) in your course of life.
It is an attitude in life that is not easily implemented. But worth the effort for its acquir3 years ago Read more -
Blog postIt is a difficult period to live in and it becomes even more demanding, by day! This is the reason you need a way to Better Leverage Your Assets!
This podcast has been based on this article trying to establish a better understanding of what your assets are and how to use them more effectively.
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Blog postA line of trust it is a very difficult asset to establish in e-Learning projects. But it is a necessary step! Check here why and how to establish it!
This podcast has based heavily on remarks has been featured in the past on this article and express my ideas and thoughts on how you can employ win-win strategies to deliver the best possible results for your and your clients.
To do so there is only one way. To cultivate strong relationship ties and develop a mutual trust in3 years ago Read more -
Blog postLiam Martin Interview for the Leadership Execution Podcast.
Liam Martin is the co-founder of two companies (TimeDoctor and Staff.com) and he is a really clever guy.
Liam’s main interest is marketing and process design for remote teams while he focuses on online tutoring, business development, data analysis, outsourcing, remote work, and staffing.
This podcast is a discussion of Takis Athanassiou with Liam Martin about entrepreneurship, business, an3 years ago Read more -
Blog postAn interview with Timothy Carroll on Leadership, personal growth and how to become a better person!
Timothy Carroll is an international consultant on personal and professional development sector, lead athlete and author of an excellent book on leadership with the title The Evolutionary Leader: 5 Steps to Dramatically Develop People and Performance.
His insights and consultancy have helped many corporate clients all over the world to evaluate their human capital and3 years ago Read more -
Blog poste-Learning is a complex discipline, includes many things: instructional design, course development, learning, pedagogy, adult learning, technology, platforms, etc. It is not something to take too lightly because the progress of many people and the careers of many more people, may depend on it. It needs knowledge and skills to master, and results to be delivered! ...
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Titles By Takis Athanassiou
The shift of the traditional economy to a digital one was not always easy nor happens without problems. But the new model of doing business remotely is now present and can be used by anyone interested in developing a side income online to boost up his/her living or enhance his/her present income.
It is not difficult today to have some good ideas for developing products or rent your knowledge and skills to someone else, exchanging your time for money (or other resources, of course).
This small book provides the basic ideas on how can earn some side income in the new digital economy. The books covers:
- What Digital Economy Has To Offer You
- Basic Requirements For Working Online
- What It Needs to Getting A Side Income Online
- How To Develop An Income Online
I hope it would help you realize more things about the new economy and at the same time build a business on the side.
Have fun.
Simplicity is a demand by many people today, living and working in an over-complicated world.
Modern societies and economies develop too much stress and information overload while influencing the people in various ways.
People today are feeling alienated, and modern conditions drive them to live without goals or a compass and work too much without results.
To succeed in such conditions is not easy. You need a different approach to help you cope with the modern demands of life and business.
You need an approach to help you focus on what it is important to you and connect on a deeper level with the people and the things are valuable to you.
You need a more simple way of living and working. But that's not all! You need a different way of doing things, a way not only would permit you to cope with the modern environment, but also to become more effective in your everyday life. Simplicity, as a way of living, can do that!
Simplicity signifies a new winning strategy for those want to own their life and business and choose responsibly what they want to gain and what can afford to loose.
As Takis Athanassiou writes: "Simplicity is not abandonment! It is what I thought when I start realizing more and more that I needed to do the things I used to do in a different way."
And in this way, this book is born. As a response to general demand for a more simple way of living, as a challenge for managing to live on and with what matters the most and as a winning strategy can help you deal with a highly complicated world.
These changes, made intentionally on a personal and professional level, can propagate results and outputs in the areas of personal development, relationships, business, communities, policies, politics, etc.
Considering the present situation, with all the problems a modern person has to cope with, the changing of things that are not working anymore, as used to be, should and ought to be a task of personal responsibility. And for this reason, I believe that a broad initiative must be taken, in order to regain the insights that can lead us, to formulate a better social, political, business and personal environment.
I believe that Leadership, as a principle and disciple, is a vital component in this procedure and can be used by anyone in order to enhance his/her personal and professional life.
Furthermore, if leadership backed up and supported by science and productivity strategies, the results would be awesome.
Today, in a competitive market environment, with more demanding tasks and requirements a person can cope with, and with a widespread information overload demanding for attention, a person should he or she have a guide to support him/her in his/hers daily, short and long term goals.
This little book moves to that direction. It consists of articles and posts that provide a framework for reflection and discussion on topics related to the areas of business, leadership, personal development, productivity, and of the tools can support an effective activity in these areas.