Productivity & Hiring
Check out our 7 most popular blog articles on increasing your productivity…
- Outsourcing Your Marketing vs Hiring an In-House Marketing Team?
- Hiring Your Dream Team – The Ultimate 7 Point Checklist for Small Business Owners
- Recruiting Tips | Top 7 Tips for Business Owners to Find Top Talent
- Driving Business Growth Through Strong Leadership (Part 1)
- Driving Business Growth Through Strong Leadership (Part 2)
- Driving Business Growth Through Strong Leadership (Part 2) UPDATED
- Overcoming Employee Resistance to Change, Part 1 – 8 Simple Strategies to Creating Successful Change
Taming Email Overload for Busy Entrepreneurs
Mary got to the office early one morning determined to tackle her end of the month reports early. It was quiet because she was the only one there. Pleased with herself, she logged onto her computer and thought she'd check her inbox "for just a second." After all, she...
Marketing Tips for Helping You Get More Clients Now (Part II)
Last week you received some great news when I told you that you could get more clients for your business - for free! Client referrals are a powerful source of new client generation, and getting more client referrals doesn't have to cost you a penny!Remember: getting...
Marketing Tips for Helping You Get More Clients Now (Part I)
It's a jungle out there, and the competition for clients is fierce. Luckily, you don't have to spend a fortune on creative marketing schemes to get connected with new, quality clients. In fact, the best way to get new clients in your door won't cost you a penny!How...
Is Live Chat Software Worth the Cost for Your Business?
Hop onto an ecommerce site these days, and chances are increasingly likely you'll encounter some form of online chat for the purposes of support and sales. Some businesses even encourage the customer to contact these chat services by initiating pop-ups that urge the...
What’s Your Networking Strategy?
You know it's the key to more success but there are certain strategies that could make it more effective for you. In my seminar last week, "Double Your Networking Results" I laid out 7 tips for powerful networking. The key message was this. Networking is about...
Eliminate the Overwhelm! – Time Management Tips for Small Business Owners
Eliminating the overwhelm isn’t about s imply doing more things faster. Stop trying to do everything yourself. Learn how to get out of your comfort zone.
4 Strategies to Turn Around a Struggling Business
What can you do when business is down and you find yourself with little or no prospects in your pipeline? Discover how to stop your
4 Small Business Planning Tips to Increase Profits
How's your business going? If you were asked this question would you know at any moment whether profits are up or down? Would you know by what percentage or by what amount your profits have increased or decreased? Why should you care to know these answers? Because not...
6 Tips to Attract, Engage, & Convert New Clients
If you hate selling, you'll love my 6 tips on how you can attract, engage and convert new clients. Why prospect? Why solicit? Why cold call? Why not instead attract prospects who are already actively looking to work with someone like you? Watch my short video on 6...
Deal with Email Overload and 7 Steps to Successful Cold Calling
First off, it's not your fault! Have you ever heard impatient bosses sternly demand that their people get out there and "MAKE IT HAPPEN!" ... OR ELSE...? Or, perhaps maybe you're that boss. After all, as Peter Drucker so famously said, "Nothing happens until someone...
Ask Me All Your Burning LinkedIn Questions!
In the old days I used to drop $30,000 a year to be listed in 5 different Yellow Pages and Super Pages phone books. Like so many other business owners, I did that because it used to be that most people would pick up the phone directory when they were looking to hire...
Make Your Marketing Strategies Easier With S.Y.S.T.E.M.S.
The best marketing ideas or business development strategies won’t help you grow your business if they don’t get executed consistently. The most common marketing problem I find happening with small business owners is that the business development plan was just not...