by | Jun 27, 2017 | Sales & Marketing, Small Business Owners, Small Business Success Series
All of your marketing will be wasted if the receptionist has a bad attitude, your staff is not properly trained, and you don’t have systems in place to ensure that the customer’s needs are being met and exceeded. Management consultant and speaker Tony Alessandra in...
by | Jun 22, 2017 | Business Profit & Cash Flow Tips, Business Success Series, Small Business Owners, Small Business Success Series
The Education of the Accidental Manager: Part 2 Tuesday's blog discussed how most business owners are “accidental managers” who have never been formally trained. I also argued in the blog that mastering employee management is an essential skill needed to...
by | Jun 20, 2017 | Sales & Marketing, Small Business Owners, Small Business Success Series
The majority of business owners are accidental managers who have no formal training in managing employees. In fact, managing employees is often very far from the business owner’s mind when they start their business. Unfortunately for them, being able to...
by | Jun 15, 2017 | Business Profit & Cash Flow Tips, Small Business Owners, Small Business Success Series, Web/Tech
I have attached an excellent video by Drew Davis on the huge increase in sales that can result by producing videos for your products and services (www.tippingpointlabs.com/2011/04/25/steal-this-slidethe-value-of-product-videos ). The research he includes in this video...
by | Jun 13, 2017 | Accounting & Bookkeeping, Business Profit & Cash Flow Tips, Business Success Series, Cash Flow, Cost Cutting, Small Business Owners, Small Business Success Series
I always recommend outsourcing payroll. Yes, it will cost you about $50 to $150 per payroll (depending on how many employees you have), but this might be some of the smartest money you spend. Yes, I know that you would rather spend the $2,000 to $3,000...
by | Jun 5, 2017 | Business Profit & Cash Flow Tips, Income Taxes, Small Business Owners, Small Business Success Series
If you hire qualified employees age 16 or 17 for the summer, you may also benefit from a credit equal to 25 percent of the first $3,000 of wages (maximum credit of $750 per qualified worker). Here are the requirements to qualify for the credit: Must perform...
