Posts Tagged ‘Solving Problems’
The Last 100 Days
When you subtract weekends and holidays, there are about 100 business days remaining in 2014. Any way you look at it, the clock is ticking and you may have less time than you thought to accomplish the things you set out to achieve in January.
Read More 5 Best Marketing Tips from Weight Watchers
Lots of weight loss programs and businesses exist, but what sets Weight Watchers apart is their marketing. The following five strategies have worked for Weight Watchers and could be used to advance your own business—regardless of the industry.
Read More 4 Things You Can Do to Prevent Failure
The number one reason why people fail is because they listen to their self imposed limitations and they decide not to take action towards their goals. It’s not because they don’t want to take action but they listen to what other people have told them in their past or their circle of influence.
Read More How to Manage Poor Customer Feedback
In this digital age, virtually every company receives customer feedback online. It takes just a few clicks for potential customers to find a wealth of information from your client base about your company.
Read More Don’t Get Distracted by the Numbers
As sales professionals, we’re obsessed with the “numbers.” Where are we year to date, what’s the forecast, what’s the pipeline look like, what are the activity levels, how many qualified leads do we have, and on and on and on.
Read More The Heroic Event
The small and mid-sized companies I work with consistently deliver on their promises to customers. These promises are important, but they are promises made outside the organization.
Read More 5 Signs That Your Company Could Be Insolvent
Becoming insolvent is generally the stuff of nightmares as far as small business managers and company directors are concerned. However, it is always better to address the issues upfront rather than hoping they might miraculously disappear or somehow resolve themselves.
Read More Is Your Mindset Keeping Your Startup from Success?
One thing I’ve noticed about all the great business leaders I’ve known is that none of them made excuses. They didn’t say, “I did the best I could” or “I guess luck wasn’t on my side today.” They took responsibility for the problem, identified a solution, and focused on improvement.
Read More Always Be Closing!
Closing starts long before the first call we ever make on the customer. It starts with identifying our sweet spot—what problems are we the best in the world at solving, who has those problems. It’s virtually impossible to close, at least successfully, if we aren’t focused on the right customers.
Read More 6 Ideas for Boosting Customer Service at Your Small Business
Interested in boosting customer service at your small business? If so, the first thing you need to do is ask yourself how well your team executes it. Spend some time on the floor, investigate weaknesses, highlight strengths, and devise a strategy for improvement.
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