Posts Tagged ‘Growth’
Turning Support into a Strategic Resource for Your Business
In traditional business, customer support teams focus solely on satisfying the customer. They enable a pain-free, enjoyable customer experience while sales and marketing teams drive home revenue and create new customers. Right? Not so fast. Modern businesses are starting to understand that support teams can be an incredibly powerful (and reliable) revenue channel, too. Happy…
Read More4 Upper Management Professionals Who Can Infuse Your Business with Talent
When developing the upper management team that will focus and coordinate operations in the best interests of the business, it’s prudent to seek out professionals who have a broad set of talents of value for multiple aspects of the business. Here are four types of professionals you should have on board. Human Resources A director…
Read MoreSpreading Your Small Business Wings
My local library places lovely floral bouquets on the check-out counter. Always seasonal. Always tasteful. And always accompanied by a business card from the nearby small business who arranged these displays. Our nearby Main Street town provides a bi-monthly magazine chock full of activities and events as well as several profiles of area small businesses.…
Read More6 Baby Steps You Can Take to Grow Your Business
Growing a business isn’t for the faint of heart. It comes with a lot of challenges, dedication and pain. Having a stellar product or service alone isn’t enough to turn your idea into a successful, profitable business. From marketing and branding to considering your customer experience, the life of a business owner can be hectic…
Read More9 Tips for Scaling Your Business from Successful Entrepreneurs
The difference between a small business or startup and a successful and profitable company typically boils down to time and experience. But, there are certain factors that play a big part in how those companies grew to be successful—things like timing, having the right people, focus, and intensely hard work. Remember that every major company was…
Read MoreIs Your Phone System Ready for Business Growth?
The needs of a business can shift quickly and when they do, it is important for your tools to shift with you, both effortlessly and with solid support to back you up. Having an agile phone system that can keep up with your company’s requirements means immediate access to configuration modifications you can manage yourself,…
Read MoreBalancing Compliance with Business Growth
Government and industry regulations are changing the way entrepreneurs do business and this has an important impact on strategic and operational drivers. In today’s environment, the ability to stay profitable while quickly adapting to satisfy compliance is critical. Entrepreneurs tend to take little risk with operations and compliance due to agency oversight, customer demands, and ethical…
Read MoreStartup Off the Ground? 5 Things You’ll Need as Your Business Grows
Too often startups launch with a powerful idea or innovative product but have a limited growth plan or clear exit strategy. The following includes five things you’ll need to keep in mind as your business grows. Third-Party Contracts and Litigation Planning Eventually, you may choose to keep marketing, or IT or other departments in-house, but…
Read More8 Ways to Pivot Your Business to Kickstart Growth
Every entrepreneur I know starts out with a strong conviction that their solution is a perfect match for their target market, and yet almost every one later admits a need to “pivot” before finding their groove. Course corrections, or pivots, are normal for new ventures, so expect them and don’t make excuses. Failure is the…
Read More4 Things to Know About Working with a Business Broker
Brokers can be a great mechanism to rapidly grow your franchise. Particularly for corporations without the financial means to employ in-house staff or purchase leads out of the gate, it’s a cost-effective route to go. At PLAYLive, we have used brokers to bring in over 50% of our franchisees. Like any business relationship, there are different…
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