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Hitting the Wall – Motivation for Small Biz to Reach Your Profit Goals
Every runner on the planet knows what it’s like to “hit the wall”. Your legs are filled with lead. Your lungs have shrunk to the size of a pea. Visions... read more
How to Mine Your Current Customer (Profit) Gold
Fact: The cost to find and win a new client is vastly higher than the cost to retain a current client. Don’t believe me? Consider your expense and resource commitments... read more
Small Business Cash Flow Statement in Plain English
If you’re like most small business owners, you find 15th century Greek easier to understand than cash flow statements. On your list of priorities reviewing your cash flow statement is... read more
Using Community to Power Profits
As a small business owner do you feel alone? Frustrated? Wishing for a regular 9 to 5 job (horror!) simply to enjoy some water cooler talk? Perhaps you dream of... read more
Scooby Doo to the (Mentor) Rescue
Remember those old episodes of Scooby Doo where the villain would be unmasked at the end? The sweet old grandma was really a dirty rotten scoundrel. Ghosts were actually people... read more
Email Lists – Profit is Not by the Numbers
Do you think your email list is a cash cow? Do you believe if you get enough people on your list the money will just roll in? Are you convinced... read more
How Start-ups Can Build Business (Processes) to Prosper – 3 Easy Steps to Success
Starting a business involves sweat, long days, rants, moments of elation, and days of despair. Yet through it all, you know you are doing the best you can for your... read more
Four Small Business Lessons I Learned From My Dad
It must be Father’s Day: ads for power tools rule the airways, and my mailbox is stuffed with flyers for ties, watches, and gadgets. In addition to the gift you... read more
For More Profit, Just Add Quirks
Would you buy a finance book from this person? Listen to her advice on pricing? Ask her to help with your cash flow issues? If your answer was “Heck Yeah!”... read more
Tame Your Fear of Finance and Grow Your Profit
Would you rather walk on broken glass than “do the books” for your business? When it’s time to review the budget do you reach for your dentist’s phone number? (Surely... read more
Mom’s Top 5 Finance Lessons
Mother’s Day is almost upon us, with blog posts, newspaper articles and TV spots highlighting all the sweet, sensitive and supportive things mothers do. Yes your mom IS all those... read more
Outsourcing to Upsize Your Small Business Profits
If you’ve ever eaten at McD’s (I blush to admit I love their fries), you know they’ll ask if you want to super size your meal. Wouldn’t it be cool... read more
Put Your Time Where Their Money Is (Get Paid To Do Your Market Research)
Are you sick of developing products only to see dismal sales? Do you feel like you’re playing Russian Roulette when you develop a new service? Do you wish you could... read more
Take the Boring out of Small Business Planning – Interview with Jennifer Lee
Do you face your business planning with a sense of dread? Is creating a plan something you only did because you needed it for funding? Do you have a business... read more
Unusual Assets – Taking Stock of the Past Year
What is your most valuable asset? Do you think it’s the equipment you use to create your product? Perhaps you feel it’s your stellar ____________ skills, or your track record... read more
