Have you received exceptional customer service lately? Please share where and when with us. If not or if your team needs a boost, read these stories of great customer service.
What are your favorite local stores? What would happen if they were no longer there? You can make a difference in your local community.
Although we may be the owner, sole proprietor, and sole employee of our businesses, we are never alone. Who do you have to depend upon?
What do you think of direct marketing techniques? Do they help you understand and consider products? Do long letters provide you with the information you need to make a decision? Do you like the benefits of receiving free-bees in exchange for your email address? How often do you click on and listen to informational videos? How do you like to be introduced to new products?
Happy National Small Business Week! Since 1963, the President of the United States uses this week to recognize the economic contributions of small businesses.
Instead of writing what makes good communication, I focused on what blocks clear communication. See how removing these three obstacles can increase your ability to communicate clearly and in a manner that is well received.
As you develop your strategic plan for your business, be sure to include a solid foundation for future growth.
We are moving into a new economy where we recognize our work provides money for survival but that we no longer have to survive our work.
I hope this overview of business planning will provide you with the framework and incentive to make the plans you need for a successful new year!
I have come to see that Work-Life Balance is a misconception. I think we should stop thinking of “balancing” these seeming dichotomies and instead look at “amalgamation.” To amalgamate is to combine into a unified or integrated whole. Work and life should not be balanced but united.