I spent the holiday weekend at the Biltmore Estates in Asheville, NC last weekend. So many amazing things about the visit and the property as a whole. As always, I found business lessons in many places… I’ll tell you about that next week. What’s interesting is how one thing can taint an entire experience. I…
Veteran’s Day is coming up here in the US. It’s a day when we honor all those who have served our country by serving in the military. I was never in the military (I know you might find that hard to believe… lol). My dad served during the Korean War. He was in the Army….
It’s so important that you know some basic numbers in your business. Even if you’re not a numbers person and you don’t like numbers, it’s important you look at certain numbers in your business. How do you know when and where to invest more of your marketing dollars if you don’t know your ROI (Return…
Optimization… … the process of continually evaluating and making your business better. Optimization involves improving various aspects of your business, including operations, processes, and strategies to achieve better outcomes, reduce costs, increase productivity, and ultimately drive growth and improvement. Optimization is an ongoing process that happens during and after every campaign and promotion. Looking for…
Having a strategy is one of the keys to the results you get in your business. What does that mean… Start with the end in mind – the result you want – when you develop your strategy. You need a strategy for everything you do in your business. Every email, every campaign, every promotion, every…
Action! Massive, Focused, Directed Action! It’s one of the keys to success… And… it’s one you don’t hear a lot of people talking about. Why is that? Because it’s not sexy… it’s not some trick or tactic that will work for a minute and then force you to go look for the next thing. By…
How to get more done in less time… The question all business owners want the answer to! It’s not a trick… For me, a big part of the answer to the question of how do you get so much done is in the knowing. What do I mean by that?It’s a word a lot of…
In a couple of days, it will be October… I know you could have figured that out on your own and are probably even already acutely aware. So why am I bringing it up? Many business owners will now look at where they are in relation to their goals for the year, realize they are…
For somebody who said they don’t travel as much as they used to, I flew two weekends in a row. And, what a different experience this past weekend! It all started at the Atlanta airport… in the lady’s room, of all places! The attendant who was cleaning the bathroom greeted every single person who entered…
I don’t travel as much as I did a few years ago to speak and for business. I am traveling more now for fun and because I enjoy it. It’s funny how a few people in a city can begin to give you an opinion about it as a whole. I spent last weekend in…
