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Driving Business Growth Through Strong Leadership [UPDATED]
6 Powerful Leadership Principles to Bring Out the Best in Your People As a business growth coach I am often asked the question, “What’s your advice on achieving fast business growth?” My one line response, “Never try to do it alone.” Whether you are the CEO or a key...
How to Find Right Virtual Assistants
Need to Find Right Virtual Assistants? Signs you need to find right virtual assistants: You're drowning in an endless to-do list ... you feel overwhelmed all the time ... you always feel behind in hitting your goals ... you're stuck spinning your wheels ... you're...
Hiring Tips for Small Business Owners – Q&A Episode
Hiring Tips for Small Business Owners If you're looking for great hiring tips, sales and marketing strategies then you're in the right place! Growing a business is always full of new challenges at every stage of growth. The good news is you don't need to struggle...
Overcoming Employee Resistance to Change, Part 1 – 8 Simple Strategies to Creating Successful Change
The challenge of overcoming employee resistance is a hurdle both small and large business owners face.As your business grows, it has to adapt to changing circumstances. Trends and tastes change, and new challenges emerge; and it’s the most flexible, adaptive...
7 Reasons Your Website is Leaking Leads
Did you know the average time visitors spend looking at a website is less than 8 seconds? And for many websites it’s even as low as just 3 or 4 seconds. That’s not a whole lot of time to capture their attention, interest and desire to inspire visitors to take action...
Social Media Tips from 12 Experts Share on How to Use Social Media to Grow Your Small Business
Making an impact on social media is not an easy task especially if you do not have any social media tips from renowned experts. If you think about it, an average user's timeline/feed gets updated with thousands of posts in an hour. This number increases drastically...
How to Motivate Your Sales Force
Even though most job descriptions for sales roles typically say that the candidate most be "self motivated", as a business owner you've probably realized by now it is wishful thinking that merely hiring "self motivated" people will by itself, lead to creating high...
Business Growth – How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be in Your Business
Everywhere you look, there are so many success stories of other small business owners who started from a simple idea to create a thriving, profitable business they love. Their big achievements can make entrepreneurship look so easy, but the truth is they all went...
Feeling Overwhelmed? First Aid Tips to Beat Overwhelm for Entrepreneurs
Feeling Overwhelmed? If you find yourself feeling stretched, stressed and overwhelmed from so much to learn when it comes to marketing and growing your business, I wanted to encourage you that ... You’re not alone. I’ve been a business owner for over 25 years now and...
Hiring Your Dream Team – The Ultimate 7 Point Checklist for Small Business Owners
The backbone of a great business is the people working hard to make it a success. If you’re a ‘one man band’ looking to expand your services, you may have the capital and experience to know what you need from a ‘dream team,’...but you may not be 100% sure on how to go...
Surprisingly Easy Way to Get More Referrals
HOW to get more referrals? Get more referrals if you want more clients, so you need to get more prospects in your pipeline. If you want a robust list of prospects you need to grow your list of subscribers. If you want an easier way to grow your list you want to put...
Are Your Thoughts Boosting or Killing Your Sales?
Are you trying to boost sales but feel like you’ve lost your Midas touch in your business? You look back on those years when sales came so much easier to you and wonder why you might be suffering a sales slump now? The good news is you’re not alone. Many entrepreneurs...
Easy Local Business Marketing Ideas to Boost Sales
I recently surveyed my email subscribers and asked them what is the number one burning question they would like me to help them with. One of the questions that came up again and again was asking about easy local business marketing ideas to boost sales. So, here are...
How to Come Up with a Great Business Idea (Part 2)
With a job market that's in a continual state of flux, many entrepreneurial-minded professionals are thinking of a great business idea and looking for ways to earn extra money on the side, sometimes supplementing income lost through downsizing, layoffs, or being...
How to Come Up With a Great Business Idea Part 1
Thinking of a good business idea is tough. Do you want to start a business, but have no idea what you would enjoy doing that’s also profitable? When it comes to running a profitable business, you want to come up with a great product or service idea that solves a...
5 Simple Tips to Help Your Business Run Smoother
No business owner can know exactly what the future holds for their business, or what bumps in the road there might be on the path to success. Even so, every owner is aware that the more smoothly and efficiently a business runs, the more agile it will be in handling...
Top 10 Worst Print Ads – Avoid Killer Advertising Mistakes
One small error or oversight is all it takes to derail a marketing endeavor. When creating ads that make an impression, you want them to be memorable for the right reasons. The wrong reasons can prove fatal for a brand, especially in today’s hyper-connected world....
The #1 Missed Step in Creating Truly Irresistible Offers
First, the benefits of creating irresistible offers: As entrepreneurs and small business owners we all want to increase sales. But, getting the sale is not just getting one big YES. Rather, it's about setting up a system that generates a series of yes-es. It's...
7 Local SEO Strategies That Work for 2021
It’s funny how ranking high in search engine results locally can often be far more challenging than ranking high globally. That may seem counterintuitive, but in many instances it’s true. But just because it’s hard doesn’t mean that it can’t be done - and done...
The Importance of Print Advertising for Small Business Owners
With the advent of social media and email marketing, printed advertisement has taken something of a backseat. However, its relevance cannot be overstated even today. According to published reports, 38% of US adults visiting a business’ online page based on printed...
Use this free template to help you define your ideal customer avatar.
Driving Business Growth Through Strong Leadership [UPDATED]
6 Powerful Leadership Principles to Bring Out the Best in Your People As a business growth coach I am often asked the question, “What’s your advice on achieving fast business growth?” My one line response, “Never try to do it alone.” Whether you are the CEO or a key...
How to Find Right Virtual Assistants
Need to Find Right Virtual Assistants? Signs you need to find right virtual assistants: You're drowning in an endless to-do list ... you feel overwhelmed all the time ... you always feel behind in hitting your goals ... you're stuck spinning your wheels ... you're...
Hiring Tips for Small Business Owners – Q&A Episode
Hiring Tips for Small Business Owners If you're looking for great hiring tips, sales and marketing strategies then you're in the right place! Growing a business is always full of new challenges at every stage of growth. The good news is you don't need to struggle...
Overcoming Employee Resistance to Change, Part 1 – 8 Simple Strategies to Creating Successful Change
The challenge of overcoming employee resistance is a hurdle both small and large business owners face.As your business grows, it has to adapt to changing circumstances. Trends and tastes change, and new challenges emerge; and it’s the most flexible, adaptive...
7 Reasons Your Website is Leaking Leads
Did you know the average time visitors spend looking at a website is less than 8 seconds? And for many websites it’s even as low as just 3 or 4 seconds. That’s not a whole lot of time to capture their attention, interest and desire to inspire visitors to take action...
Social Media Tips from 12 Experts Share on How to Use Social Media to Grow Your Small Business
Making an impact on social media is not an easy task especially if you do not have any social media tips from renowned experts. If you think about it, an average user's timeline/feed gets updated with thousands of posts in an hour. This number increases drastically...
How to Motivate Your Sales Force
Even though most job descriptions for sales roles typically say that the candidate most be "self motivated", as a business owner you've probably realized by now it is wishful thinking that merely hiring "self motivated" people will by itself, lead to creating high...
Business Growth – How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be in Your Business
Everywhere you look, there are so many success stories of other small business owners who started from a simple idea to create a thriving, profitable business they love. Their big achievements can make entrepreneurship look so easy, but the truth is they all went...
Feeling Overwhelmed? First Aid Tips to Beat Overwhelm for Entrepreneurs
Feeling Overwhelmed? If you find yourself feeling stretched, stressed and overwhelmed from so much to learn when it comes to marketing and growing your business, I wanted to encourage you that ... You’re not alone. I’ve been a business owner for over 25 years now and...
Hiring Your Dream Team – The Ultimate 7 Point Checklist for Small Business Owners
The backbone of a great business is the people working hard to make it a success. If you’re a ‘one man band’ looking to expand your services, you may have the capital and experience to know what you need from a ‘dream team,’...but you may not be 100% sure on how to go...
Surprisingly Easy Way to Get More Referrals
HOW to get more referrals? Get more referrals if you want more clients, so you need to get more prospects in your pipeline. If you want a robust list of prospects you need to grow your list of subscribers. If you want an easier way to grow your list you want to put...
Are Your Thoughts Boosting or Killing Your Sales?
Are you trying to boost sales but feel like you’ve lost your Midas touch in your business? You look back on those years when sales came so much easier to you and wonder why you might be suffering a sales slump now? The good news is you’re not alone. Many entrepreneurs...
Easy Local Business Marketing Ideas to Boost Sales
I recently surveyed my email subscribers and asked them what is the number one burning question they would like me to help them with. One of the questions that came up again and again was asking about easy local business marketing ideas to boost sales. So, here are...
How to Come Up with a Great Business Idea (Part 2)
With a job market that's in a continual state of flux, many entrepreneurial-minded professionals are thinking of a great business idea and looking for ways to earn extra money on the side, sometimes supplementing income lost through downsizing, layoffs, or being...
How to Come Up With a Great Business Idea Part 1
Thinking of a good business idea is tough. Do you want to start a business, but have no idea what you would enjoy doing that’s also profitable? When it comes to running a profitable business, you want to come up with a great product or service idea that solves a...
5 Simple Tips to Help Your Business Run Smoother
No business owner can know exactly what the future holds for their business, or what bumps in the road there might be on the path to success. Even so, every owner is aware that the more smoothly and efficiently a business runs, the more agile it will be in handling...
Top 10 Worst Print Ads – Avoid Killer Advertising Mistakes
One small error or oversight is all it takes to derail a marketing endeavor. When creating ads that make an impression, you want them to be memorable for the right reasons. The wrong reasons can prove fatal for a brand, especially in today’s hyper-connected world....
The #1 Missed Step in Creating Truly Irresistible Offers
First, the benefits of creating irresistible offers: As entrepreneurs and small business owners we all want to increase sales. But, getting the sale is not just getting one big YES. Rather, it's about setting up a system that generates a series of yes-es. It's...
7 Local SEO Strategies That Work for 2021
It’s funny how ranking high in search engine results locally can often be far more challenging than ranking high globally. That may seem counterintuitive, but in many instances it’s true. But just because it’s hard doesn’t mean that it can’t be done - and done...
The Importance of Print Advertising for Small Business Owners
With the advent of social media and email marketing, printed advertisement has taken something of a backseat. However, its relevance cannot be overstated even today. According to published reports, 38% of US adults visiting a business’ online page based on printed...
Use this free template to help you define your ideal customer avatar.