Goal Setting & Planning
For Word of Mouth Marketing, Make Sure Your New Company Name is Sayable
By Marcia Yudkin
Take it from someone who often has to rescue someone from mispronunciation or suffer silently when someone reads my last name out loud for the first time: There is huge value in having a name that people can look at and have no doubt about how to pronounce.
That’s why I [...]
How to Effectively Set Goals and Reach Them
By Diego Norte
How many times have you set a goal for yourself and not followed through with it? There are some simple steps to take to prevent this from happening again.
Most people know that setting goals is important when they want to achieve something. Unfortunately, not many people know how to effectively do this. How [...]
Growing Your Business During Tough Times
By Lois Raats
Worried about the recession? Remember that the Chinese symbol for “crisis” involves two elements: “danger” and “opportunity”. Employ these commonsense strategies to triumph during the potentially difficult days ahead.
1. Focus on the positive
Did you know that during a recession, 70% of companies survive, and 5% actually thrive?
Okay, it’s true that 25% of businesses [...]
Be It Resolved: Reviewing the Year and Making Resolutions That Work
By Rochelle Melander
We are moving quickly toward a new year. It’s time to evaluate the year that’s slipping quickly through our fingers. Did we do what we resolved to do? Then, looking ahead, we set goals for the coming year. I’ve been working on this task with my clients. Now it’s your turn! Here’s my [...]
4 Ways to Get More from Your Email Marketing Campaign
By Cherie Ang
Email marketing continues to thrive as an Internet profit center for those people who do it correctly. This is not rocket science, but you do need to do a few things systematically to get more from your email marketing labors. We are going to talk about four of those in [...]
Ten Ideas To Have The Best Year In Your Business
By Debbie Gilster
As a consultant to small businesses, I have discovered that many of the complaints I hear over and over again have to do with organization. The beginning of the year is an excellent time to get all aspects of your life organized, so why not start 2009 off on the right foot? Setting [...]
The Sprint to the Finish and a Look to the Future
By Andrew Silins, CRC, MA
It is hard to believe that 2008 is nearly over… It has been a blur! Less than a month until we turn the page to 2009. A new year: and with it, new resolutions… Most people don’t give their resolutions much thought, as they are so [...]
Time Management For Solopreneurs
By Michael Charest
To create a thriving business you must stay in action and put time, energy and attention on the things that will generate the results you desire (ie: more clients!). Seems fairly obvious, right? Well then why is it so hard to DO?!?
Virtually all small business owners struggle with time management. They say, “There [...]
Starting A Home Based Business Requires A Realistic Outlook
By Kirk Bannerman
Many people that decide to start a home based business are destined to fail because their motivation and expectations are completely unrealistic.
Over the years I have helped thousands of people start up their own home based businesses on the the Internet and I have come to recognize two of [...]
Starting A Home Based Business: Periods Of Delight And Despair
By Kirk Bannerman
Now I know that it’s just a normal part of the game… the path to developing a home based business will have numerous high points and low points.
Back a few years ago, when I was starting my home based business, no one ever told me about the emotional highs and [...]
