Should You Worry About Inflation?
You can’t help but hear about inflation these days. While we can find the positive signs that the economy is showing at every turn, it’s seemingly the only concern at the moment. But should you worry about inflation if you’re considering opening a business of your own? With a little bit of help and dissemination…
Read MoreHow to Choose a Sustainable Pace to Grow Your Business
We are socialized to choose frantic. No matter how much we do, it never feels like it is enough. Choosing to view your life through the lens of “never enough” and “always behind” is a self-destructive pattern that will rob you of your joy, narrow your field of vision and tamp down your creativity. Building…
Read MoreHow Will My Side Hustle Affect My Taxes?
It’s the age of the gig economy. It’s not unusual for people to work multiple jobs and have a variety of income streams. Perhaps you spend most of your time working with an employer, but you’ve got a side hustle to generate more income. There’s nothing wrong with working on a side hustle to augment…
Read MoreHow to Change These Bad Leadership Habits
Image credit: Andrea Piacquadio; Pexels Nobody is born a leader, and no one is guaranteed to be a good leader. Many top leaders have no formal training or prior leadership experience. This lack of training and experience may lead to unintentional unfavorable habits that demotivate teams. Leaders who can identify their bad leadership habits before…
Read More5 Important Business Lessons from “Mitch”
I’ve been fortunate to offer counsel to many small business owners over the years on ways to improve revenue generation, customer experience, marketing systems and more. It feels great to watch a business grow and prosper because of some tips and tactics I provided. Most often business owners will at least try my suggestions, but…
Read MorePeople, Not Products, Are the Key to Your Success
After two successful careers as a small business owner in both the Martial Arts/Fitness Industries and currently in the Financial Services Industries, I can say with a high degree of certainty that these two industries are far more similar than most may think. How can that be you ask? One industry gets the clients sweating,…
Read MoreThe Challenges of Mainframe Modernization
Forward-thinking businesses know that business trends aren’t permanent and that they should always be on their toes so they can adapt to the call of the times. Technological innovation has been a big help for businesses in all industries, but this has come at the price of varying learning curves and responding through modified business…
Read MoreWho Are Encore Entrepreneurs?
Who are encore entrepreneurs and what is their relationship with small businesses? Encore entrepreneurs are defined as entrepreneurs that are over the age 55, according to the Spring 2021 “The Megaphone of Main Street: Unsung Entrepreneurs” report presented by SCORE. (Previously, the internet might have referred to these entrepreneurs as boomer entrepreneurs.) An encore entrepreneur’s relationship to…
Read MoreRetaining Your Employees During the Great Resignation
Your employees are key to your success in business. Building a team of people who do perform well and deliver a great experience to your customers is not an option; it’s a requirement. So any time you lose an employee, it’s difficult. Not only are you losing the person, but you’re losing all their knowledge and experience…
Read MoreHow to Transform Unhappy Customers Into Fans
A dissatisfied customer is a liability. (We can all think of a situation where an unhappy customer turned into a risk for our business.) But what’s most interesting about these customers is that they can actually be turned into assets for your brand. All it takes is an intentional approach that pushes all of the…
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