by | Dec 1, 2016 | Business Success Series, Small Business Owners, Small Business Success Series
A common complaint I hear from business owners is that they spend all day answering their employees’ questions or correcting their errors. If a business owner really is dedicated to using their time in the areas that will massively increase sales and profits,...
by | Nov 17, 2016 | Business Profit & Cash Flow Tips, Business Success Series, Sales & Marketing, Small Business Owners, Small Business Success Series
A few years back I placed an online order with Best Buy. What a disaster! They wouldn’t deliver it to my home because it was the week before Christmas, so I had to pick it up at a local store. They sent me an email saying it was there, but when I...
by | Nov 9, 2016 | Business Profit & Cash Flow Tips, Business Success Series, Sales & Marketing, Small Business Owners, Small Business Success Series
From 2001 to 2007, I was a school board trustee. For those who don’t know, this amounts to having a non-paying part-time job. The politics involved and the amount of time it consumed made it almost impossible for me to do any serious marketing for my CPA...
by | Nov 4, 2016 | Business Success Series, Small Business Owners, Small Business Success Series
I was recently listening to an interview that master salesman Steve Clarke gave (you should check out his website www.newschoolselling for some great sales tips). In it he mentioned three traits that every successful salesperson he's ever met has. After...
by | Nov 2, 2016 | Business Profit & Cash Flow Tips, Business Success Series, Small Business Owners, Small Business Success Series
The formula for business success is amazingly simple. It consists of the following: Find the hungry customers. Dan Kennedy is famous for saying, “The number one thing I would want if I owned a restaurant is hungry customers.” By this he...
by | Oct 28, 2016 | Business Profit & Cash Flow Tips, Business Success Series, Small Business Owners, Small Business Success Series
It’s also the best way to grow your business. My 30+ years of working with small businesses and their owners has taught me that the key reason for business failure is the inexperience and lack of business knowledge by the owner. The good news is that you can...
