by | Sep 28, 2016 | Business Profit & Cash Flow Tips, Business Success Series, Small Business Owners, Small Business Success Series
The 5-15 report is so named because it requires no more than 15 minutes to write and five minutes to read. Handwritten or typed, it is submitted every Friday by most employees. The first part of the report is a simple description of what a person did...
by | Sep 23, 2016 | Business Success Series, Current Affairs, Sales & Marketing, Small Business Owners
In this fast-paced world, have you taken the time to research the new tools available to make your business run smoother? I know what you’re thinking, “I have so much going on. I don’t have time to look into that.” But really think about that statement. If you were to...
by | Sep 21, 2016 | Business Profit & Cash Flow Tips, Business Success Series, Cash Flow, Cost Cutting, Personal financial planning, Small Business Owners, Small Business Success Series
In my 30+ years working with small business owners, I have found there are two main reasons that a business ends up struggling to survive. The first is a failure to understand that everything the owner hates or is going wrong in their business, they...
by | Sep 20, 2016 | Accounting & Bookkeeping, Income Taxes, Other, Personal financial planning, Small Business Owners
Forming a working relationship with your accountant, either as a business owner or as an individual who wants to take control of your financial future, is perhaps one of the most important partnerships you can build. Unfortunately, a lot of people fail to do this and...
by | Sep 16, 2016 | Business Profit & Cash Flow Tips, Current Affairs, Sales & Marketing, Small Business Owners, Small Business Success Series
A trending term in the marketing world is conversion rate. It usually refers to Internet marketing. A Google search will turn up a bunch of different definitions, formulas, and conversion funnels, but they all sound confusing, especially if you’re not a...
by | Sep 15, 2016 | Business Success Series, Small Business Owners, Small Business Success Series
I was talking to a new business owner who was worried about failure. He kept saying, “What will I do if this doesn’t work? I have young children, a mortgage, and other bills to think about.” This “What if I fail?” worry is the biggest thing that stops...
