Posts Tagged ‘Planning’
Entrepreneurs Should Rollout Local But Plan Global
New entrepreneurs who want to survive, and optimize the growth of their startups, need to think globally, and act locally, from day one. This approach, popularly known as “glocalization,” means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate.
Read More Crowdsourcing Your Org Chart: Why You Should Collaborate on HR Docs
When was the last time you looked at your company’s organizational chart? If it’s been a while, you should think about the purpose—and potential—of this document.
Read More The Courage to Commit and Execute
Developing new strategies and new programs is exciting. The problem is committing to the execution of the programs. It’s no longer about powerful ideas, but it’s the tough work of making it happen.
Read More Get Your Small Business Growing: Get Creative
As a history major, I understand the past is a great teacher. We learn from our experiences and they can serve as a solid base upon which to build. However, as they say, “If you keep doing the same things, you’ll keep getting the same results.” And in today’s dynamic, rapidly changing marketplace, you’ve got to be willing to shake things up a bit.
Read More Steps to Getting Your Small Business on the Cloud
The popularity of cloud computing for small business continues to boom. To attach some numbers to this claim, only five percent of small businesses used the cloud in 2010, whereas 43 percent of small businesses use the cloud in 2013.
Read More Accurate Assumptions Lead to Defendable Plans
The biggest error in planning may not be spreadsheet calculation error. Or cost estimation. It is most often missed assumptions about the market, the competition, the speed of adoption, or other critical metrics you’ve researched, or selected, or even just guessed at to create your plan.
Read More Thinking About Why You Do Content
While everyone recognizes that they want or need content to further their business or website’s goals, it’s easy to get caught up in the fever of the latest marketing trends to come down the pike.
Read More Employee Trust: Strategic Planning Can Kill It
Trust is the foundation of effective and authentic leadership. Without trust, leaders lose teams through attrition, or dangerously low engagement. Among the many qualities of trusted leaders, clarity is key: People trust the clear and mistrust the ambiguous. So, leaders who earn employee trust provide transparency around goals, plans, and expectations.
Read More 5 Marketing Tactics Every Business Can Learn From
If you have a broad plan that implements several different marketing tactics in unique ways, you can reach an expansive market and earn a sizable return on your marketing investment by turning prospects into sales, and sales into loyal customers.
Read More Holiday Sales Go Up: So Does the Risk of a Cyber Attack
The holiday shopping season not only brings a boost in sales but also an increase in cyber theft. Thieves prefer to target small- to medium-sized businesses because so many lack the resources or expertise to manage cyber-security effectively.
Read More