When a small business brainstorming session was confronted with two lost women needing directions, the idea of “thinking outside of the box” took on a whole new meaning.
Category Archive: business consulting
Feb
28
Fear of Change and the Small Business Owner
Convincing a small business owner that his or her current way of doing business needs to change is difficult. There’s actually a scientifically-proven mathematical formula on what it takes to overcome the resistance to change. It takes dissatisfaction + a vision + action.
Feb
16
Create a Prospect Contact Follow-Up Plan for Long-Term Results
If you want to get the call instead of your competitor, you want to stay top-of-mind with all the prospects you come in contact with. Take the time to create and follow a prospect contact follow-up plan and reap the rewards.
Oct
20
Website Traffic Building Ideas for the Small Business
Every small business online quickly discovers that you need to have traffic to make any website or blog successful. Just as quickly, you’ll discover that traffic is an elusive thing to find. Traffic, traffic, traffic. The fact: building traffic to a website or blog takes time. It doesn’t happen overnight. Even if you find the …
Oct
15
Installing System Updates — A Necessary Process for Successful Small Business Owners
Does your computer do this to you? I woke up this morning, all rarin’ to go, ready to finish up some market research I owe a client on, of all things, reikki for animals (this is the small business she wants to start and by golly, I think there may be a market for it …
Oct
02
Attack With Hummus and Other Great Problem-Solving Ideas for Small Business Success
Success takes action. Sometimes it is simply that easy. If you want to be successful at building a small business, you have to beat the paralysis of analysis and do something. I met with two small business owners and their staff about a year ago who were struggling with knowing what do to next. They …
Sep
29
Beat the Paralysis of Analysis. Action Leads to Small Business Success
Admit it. When you first thought about starting a small business of your own,you got really excited. You were going to set the world on fire. But then you spent WAY too much time surfing the web, reading sales letters that go on and on, pulling out your credit card to buy this and to …
Sep
15
Are Your Small Business Tax Records in Order?
Taxes are a necessary evil when you own a small business. Getting educated about this important topic should be on every small business owner’s Must-Do list. Here are nine tips to get you started.
Aug
30
Welcome to the Small Business Success Resource
I have a passion for helping small business owners achieve success. I hope to provide you with tons of tips, suggestions, and resources that will make it easier to start, run, organize, and manage your small business every day.