At the core of every successful business is a vision. Without a clear idea about where you are headed, it’s very hard to achieve a goal. Vision, in many ways, defines leadership. It is often what leaders point to in explaining their success. Not only does vision command the way things are, but it also clarifies the way things ought …
Get Found
Regardless of the size of your business – whether you’re just starting out with a new enterprise or you have established a brand – you have to get found in order to be successful. To get found you need a strong online presence. Digital Marketing In order to optimize digital marketing, customers need to be able to get information about your business …
How to Create a Winning Company Culture
Every company has a culture. And let’s be clear – organizations that claim not to have a culture, by default, have a culture. Most successful things in life don’t just happen serendipitously; they’re intentionally planned for and strategized. You wouldn’t be a very fruitful entrepreneur without a business plan. Football teams can’t run routes without a playbook. Teachers don’t effectively …
Divvying Out Your Marketing Dollars
There’s no doubt that marketing budgets are important. After all, everyone wants their business to grow and make money, and that doesn’t magically happen by itself. Marketing is an absolute necessity. Unfortunately, some small and medium sizes businesses struggle creating a marketing budget. Getting it right can ultimately be the difference between success and failure for your business. Why Your …
Colossal Fails of a First Date: Tips for Building Strong Customer Relationships
All good business owners know and understand the value of impressing potential customers and clients. After all, the success of any small business depends on customer relationships, and you invest a lot of time and money to create, build, and maintain them. The right marketing strategies make it easier to reach your target demographic and appeal to their interests. But …
Expand Your Brand
Your brand has to be more than just a pretty face! Building a great brand takes more than just a great appearance. The things people see like your logo, color scheme, and website are important, but they aren’t enough to build sustained growth. It takes more than good looks to keep your customers coming back. Think about dating. Attractiveness is …
Ready, Set, WORK
Effective business owners and managers know that productivity can be improved constantly. Finding ways to increase productivity at work isn’t rocket science, but it requires paying attention to how time is managed and making changes that eliminate time drains. Because there are a limited number of hours in a day, making the most of your work time is critical. There are …
Harnessing the Power of Culture
Maintaining the culture of your company as it grows is as important as the growth itself. The culture may change with the times and at times while the company grows, its culture may seem to be suffering. This is the time for you to harness the concepts of the culture you have worked hard to achieve and make it even …
The Art of Acknowledgment Not Apology
Apologizing at work by automatically saying “I’m sorry” has become all too common. It is so common, in fact, that it often seems insincere and merely a way to placate an irate customer, business associate, or co-worker. But it also implies that you are accepting fault for your actions or perhaps your company’s action. So apologizing at work is not always the …
Hollaback Y’all
Can we get a little hollaback, y’all? Because without customer feedback, it can be difficult to know where your strengths and weaknesses lie. There’s a lot of value to customer response, but you need to understand how to use customer feedback to your advantage. Here are a few ways that you can improve your business with input from your customers. …