How to Be More Persuasive
What will make you more persuasive? Thinking less about what you want and more about what you deliver for others....
Tag: Business
What is your EXIT strategy?
Stephen Covey stated, “Think with the end in mind.” Many business owners are so excited and overwhelmed that they often overlook a big part of their business, operating plan. Their exit plans. You may finally figure your target market. Your USP (Unique Selling Proposition). Your business structure and much more, but you have not figured out how it all ends.
Top 10 Reasons Small Businesses Fail
Sad to say this but the stats don’t lie. The statistics for a new business to succeed is not too...
How to be strategic in your business
One reason that many businesses fail, is that they have no strategic plan. They are always chasing a sale, or marketing/advertising just to be marketing or advertising with no real purpose. Yes, we get it. You want more sales, but your marketing and advertising is not strategic towards the goals of your business. It has no real purpose; it does not have any strategy that is in alignment with the goals of your business. That is one of the many reasons you are not getting an ROI on your marketing/advertising investment. Strategic management is a widely studied field because it is through strategy that organizations attempt to reach their goals and out-think the competition. Thinking strategically requires research, analysis, and forethought in order to create a plan for how you will proceed as an organization. Most small business owners do not take time out of their schedule for strategic planning. They have no strategic “game plan.”
To create change you need Action
All the planning, pondering and philosophizing in the world won’t produce your desired results. All the contemplation, envisioning, affirmations, chanting, positive thinking and meditation won’t materialize your goals if you do not take action.
Speed Networking and More
Launch yourself into a new circle of people waiting to talk to you. Speed networking programs are showing up all...
4 Simple Strategies to Manage Your Online Reputation
True story: In 2017, Devon an 18-year old was charging his Dell laptop on his couch. It let out a...
Complacency Kills
When a business’s culture stagnates and complacency sets in, performance declines, growth stalls and existing customers sense the lack of...
Ready to Grow in 2019? Plan to tell a story, and tell it well!
Have you ever considered that one of your primary roles as the owner of the business is lead storyteller? That...
STRATEGIC LIFE PLAN
So… Think about where you were 5 years ago. Seems like only yesterday,right? Are you where you’d thought you’d be 5 years later,...