Keywords: starting a business, legal paperwork
Getting A Business License: Once you have met with the zoning and business license departments and have determined that your business meets all the specific requirements for operation as a home-based business, you are ready to officially apply for the license. Business licenses are generally issued through the city […]
Keywords: Lean Manufacturing, six sigma, culture change, cor, process improvement
All Show: No Go.
Microcosms of Excellence: Negligible Bottom Line Impact.
Solutions Looking for a Problem.
Teams for Teams’ Sake.
Unnecessary Complexity.
Foreign Language Studies.
Meaningless Awards & Certifications.
Data Overkill.
These are a few of the more common pitfalls that we see.
One fundamental tenant of Lean Manufacturing is the elimination of waste. […]
Keywords: color brochure printing, full color brochure printing, brochure printing services, brochure and catalog printing, cheap brochure printing
What better way is there to promote your business than by distributing brochures? Say you want to have a garage sale. If you compare a black-and-white flyer with a full-color brochure, which one do you think will capture […]
Keywords: Overnight Success, top-notch, secret, Flywheel, Doom Loop, outstanding results, tipping point
A person I admire has a very successful business. He’s sharp, personable, funny, smart, and helpful. And, the products and services he provides are top-notch. He’s sold thousands of them, and his business is operating at a level […]
Keywords: early years, start-up phase, secret, gut-clenching scared, early years, fear is a friend
You want to know a secret? My clients and class participants all trust me to hold confidentiality with the most intimate details of their business, but I’m going to go public with one detail I know. […]
Keywords: employee retention strategy,employee retention program,employee retention survey,employee retention plan,employee retention research,ways to improve employee retention,employee retention idea
A committed employee is extraordinarily valuable. You can gain staff commitment by meeting people’s key needs: paying attention to people at all levels; trusting and being trusted; tolerating individuality; and creating a blame-free, can-do culture. But why go […]
Keywords: Authenticity, Stagnation, Learning from Experts, Monkey See Monkey Do, Effectiveness
I have a recommendation for you for 2006: Take a risk and be inauthentic.
Authenticity, being yourself, is the foundation of your health, and the health of your business. But, it can also be a source of stagnation, and, eventually, your death. It has to do […]
Keywords: fundraising ideas,fund raising,fund idea raising,fund organization raising,fund letter raising,charity fund raising,event fund raising
Stay at home moms, school children or just about anyone who wants to raise some funds for either a good cause or for some personal reasons need not worry about which fundraising idea they would use and considering that there are actually […]
Keywords: sales, home based business, wahm, selling, sales, work at home moms
Kids play hard, and sometimes that means they play really loud in the midst of exploring their worlds and role playing with siblings and friends.
I know with my kids, if I’m not hearing some degree of noise; [i.e. play], from them, it probably […]
Keywords: PAS, prosperity automated system, passive income, Eventis, Coastal Vacations, Mentors In Motion, EPI
First and foremost, if you don’t have people to talk to about your business, you’re not going to get anywhere, fast! You need to either have a warm market (people you know) to talk to, or the resources in place to contact […]
Keywords: increase sales, sales, sales training
Are you always looking for ways to increase your sales? Here are 19 smart sales promotion methods for increasing sales.
1. Right after the first sale, make sure you follow-up with your client. Send a “thanks for your order” email, or letter that includes a promotion for another product you sell. […]