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This week, on the Creative Business Strategy Blog, I added a few ideas to expand your businesses creative potential. Starting off, I wanted to let you know that 2012 is the year of focused action. And that your small business is so much more than you may think it is right now. I would love [...]
Every New Year presents a new set of circumstances. From my position in small business I’m seeing 2012 as the year of focused action. That means you don’t have time to waste. Focus on what your want in your business. Write down real decisions you’ve made about 2012 in plan form. Eliminate encumbrances, distractions and [...]
Simple Business Growth Strategy Listen to this brief 2 minute and 30 second podcast to learn how you can work less and achieve more in your small business in 2012 and beyond. Share
Most small business owners and entrepreneurs follow a pattern of learn and learn some more. Why not. Learning is fun, after all, right? Seldom do the majority of people follow the pattern of: learn, digest and do. This is the path to greater achievement that I would venture to say 80% or more miss completely. [...]
Achieving success and fulfillment in any small business requires you to make decisions and improve your daily focus. To start with, there are 3 BIG questions everyone in small business must answer. If you have not answered these questions and subsequently made your decisions on these 3 areas yet, success will continue to allude you. The 3 [...]
More than almost anything else your customers want a consistent experience when they purchase either products or services from you. Here’s an example to illustrate this point. I know of a consumer products company who sells personal care products. Recently, the company’s product manufacturer ran out of flip top caps for one of their products. [...]
How does feeling down affect a small business? It makes each day seem like a never-ending juggernaut of unsolvable problems for the small business owner. It affects how well clients are engaged, which limits the potential for additional sales and the resulting revenue those sales create. Let’s face it, feeling down limits (or completely destroys) [...]
In my coaching/mentoring/business advisory work I often get asked,“How much should I charge for my service/product?” That fact is, for most industry niches there are no real standards. Sure, you can look at the competition to see what they charge. Or you might be deluded into thinking that there is a “maximum” the [...]
