by | Jul 19, 2017 | Other, Small Business Owners
If you are an independent professional or an artist, you already know that life is much different for you than it is for the nine-to-fiver. There’s always an uncertainty in your life and you don’t always know when you will have free time or when you will be way too...
by | Jul 18, 2017 | Business Success Series, Small Business Owners, Small Business Success Series
The purpose of a special project action team is simply to improve the business. It is hard to improve your business amidst the chaos of day-to-day operations. Apple is a great example of the success of action-oriented teams that strive to improve business and...
by | Jul 17, 2017 | Business Profit & Cash Flow Tips, Business Success Series, Cost Cutting, Income Taxes, Small Business Owners, Small Business Success Series, Surviving an IRS Audit Series
IRS regulations require that every business owner track the business use of their auto. But this can be such a hassle that I can count the number of business owners who do so on one hand. Of course, if you are audited, not having a log can cost you in...
by | Jul 13, 2017 | Business Profit & Cash Flow Tips, Business Success Series, Sales & Marketing, Small Business Owners, Small Business Success Series
The lifetime value of a customer is one of the most important numbers every business owner must know and understand. You calculate it by taking the average price that your customers pay for your main products or services and multiplying that average by the...
by | Jul 12, 2017 | Cash Flow, Personal financial planning, Small Business Owners
It seems today that investing has moved away from having a solid, well-designed, long-term investment strategy to working with a series or string of short-term investment options. The reality is that both short-term and long-term investment strategies are important...
by | Jul 11, 2017 | Business Profit & Cash Flow Tips, Business Success Series, Cash Flow, Cost Cutting, Sales & Marketing, Small Business Owners, Small Business Success Series
The myth most business owners believe: Most business owners think that if they just bring in more sales that profits will take care of themselves. The truth successful business owners learn the hard way: You can increase sales dramatically and still end up...
