How to Collect the Capital to Start Your New Business
The hardest part about starting any business is getting enough money to get your business off the ground. Ideas for new businesses are a dime a dozen, but getting needed funds can be difficult. For this reason, potential business owners should take the time to examine the amount of money they will need at each…
Read MoreCustomer Stuck? Not Moving Forward?
It’s a common lament among sales people: “I’m trying to close the customer, I can’t get them to move forward! They’re dragging their feet, they just won’t order!” Last week, with several clients, I was doing pipeline reviews. Too many sales people were saying this, slipping their forecasts, slipping their target close dates another month (one becomes…
Read MoreHow Small Business Owners Can Leverage Digital Public Relations for SEO
SEO has changed rapidly over the last few years, and in order for small businesses to increase visibility within search rankings, it has become extremely important to focus on building high quality backlinks from strong domains. The most likely way to acquire a backlink, which serves as a trust single to search engines that your…
Read MoreHow to Break the $10 Million Ceiling in Your Business
Getting over the $10 million hump in our business has taken some time and has not been an overnight process, as some might think. My company, Star Staffing, has been in business since 1998. I joined the company in 2009 as vice president, and my business partner transitioned from CFO to CEO. We worked tirelessly on repositioning ourselves…
Read MoreDisciplining Employees
Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out. ~Stephen Covey One of the hardest things to do is discipline an employee. Most people just do not want to hurt another person, and sometimes, they are afraid of the repercussions of this action. However, having staff means it will one…
Read MoreThe Entrepreneurial Lives of Millennials
Society has a love/hate relationship with Millennials right now. Especially when it comes to looking at them in the job market. Either you love to love them, or you love to hate them. There’s not much room in between these two schools of thought. That is unless you look at the facts about Millennials from…
Read MoreHow Life Insurance Can Protect Your Business
As an entrepreneur, you’ve spent years of your life building a name for yourself by opening your own business. But what happens when you’re gone? Without a plan in place, there’s nothing to protect your business from going under. Just like traditional life insurance, business life insurance protects your business in the event of your…
Read More3 Online Marketing Trends You Need to Know for Success in 2016
It’s a new year. And as new years often are, it’s brimming with the excitement of new plans, new hopes, and the possibility of making your business dreams a reality. But a new year also ushers in a touch of trepidation to go with all that excitement. The online marketing landscape changes so fast it…
Read More5 Ways to Feel More Fulfilled in Your Franchise Ownership
There’s a lot that happens when you buy a franchise. One aspect rarely talked about is the social giving side of franchise ownership. As a new business owner in your community, you have a unique opportunity to give back to the people you serve. This goes beyond your standard service offerings. You are able to…
Read MoreWhat’s Your Oops Plan?
Every business needs to have an oops plan—a pre-determined course of action that allows you to make amends with your customers when something goes wrong. This isn’t something you can create on the fly—it needs to be something that is rehearsed and ready to take off the shelf at a moment’s notice. Because even the…
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