Black Friday… Small Business Saturday… Cyber Monday… Manic Tuesday… Wacky Wednesday… Ok, I made the last two up! You get the point! Did you get what seemed like a million emails during those three days? And what about before Black Friday? Didn’t it seem like Black Friday Sales started at Halloween? And I have to…
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….
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…
Do you have “reasons”, or do you recognize when you’re making excuses? You might call them reasons, but in my experience, many times we make excuses instead of taking ownership… especially when things go wrong. Many of us talk about being real or taking ownership but it’s sometimes harder to do than it is to…
Do you have weeds in your business? Watch this 7:32 video to find out… it might just change your business – DRAMATICALLY! What kind of weeds do you have in your business? How many different kinds of weeds are growing in your business? The weeds in your business are keeping you from having a business…
I spent last weekend in Ohio where I grew up. Surrounded by fields of corn and soybeans and open spaces. With friends and family and my love. It was a great long weekend. It took me back to my roots a little bit. While I was there, I was reminded of some of my core…
