Susan Gilbert — November 14, 2018 Follow @SusanGilbert — November 14, 2018 Keep Your Business Strong With These Action Steps When I consult with business owners they often tell me about the way things are from two very different perspectives. Some see a big shift in the upcoming economy, while others are doing everything they … Continue reading How to Become an Unstoppable Force In Your Business
Sarah Sharkey — November 9, 2018 — November 9, 2018 lisabrownlife / Pixabay You want to get more things done. Who doesn’t? Over-scheduling our lives is not an effective way to be more productive overall. It is natural to want to accomplish more. Sometimes our desire to accomplish more things drives us to create impossible … Continue reading Why You Should Schedule Downtime
Robert Gloer — October 24, 2018 Follow @IOUFinancial — October 24, 2018 rawpixel / Pixabay Seasonality is both a blessing and a curse for a small business. The blessing is that you have a great opportunity to capture the bulk of your annual revenues during the busy times. However, the prospect of one or more … Continue reading Seasonal Business? How to Prep for Your Slow Times
Daniel Burrus — October 24, 2018 Follow @DanielBurrus — October 24, 2018 Today, business performance is measured by transactional throughput and is commonly captured in a set of transactional metrics such as revenue, investor ROI, manufacturing capacity, service level performance, available to promise, etc. Commonly, the operations of a business are defined as the transactional … Continue reading Cognitive Excellence Is The New Benchmark of Business Performance
Remember the days when the ‘dinosaurs’ of traditional media had to learn digital ways? Now digital natives must get educated about billboards, print and TV. Grace Kaye on September 26, 2018 Digital marketers like me are big supporters of online advertising, as you might expect, but offline — TV, print, and out of home … Continue reading How to integrate online and offline for the best overall result
Ben Egan — September 16, 2018 Follow @etsplc — September 16, 2018 High performing organisations need high performing leaders. This, surely, is a prerequisite for success in any size business. But great leaders aren’t just born; they need to be trained and developed. So, how can you take your leaders to the next level? Well, … Continue reading 5 Ways to Help Business Leaders Help Themselves
Sandra Wrobel-Konior — July 26, 2018 Follow @sandricz — July 26, 2018 Chargebacks are one of these things that merchants try to avoid at all cost, as they can cause massive losses in revenue. In the following, you can find a list of mistakes that merchants make most often and good practices that can be … Continue reading Common Mistakes Merchants Make When Fighting Chargebacks
Steve Masters — July 20, 2018 Follow @masterstips — July 20, 2018 Free-Photos / Pixabay Websites that accept guest posts might need to rethink their editorial policies, now that the internet is populated by many bloggers who are charging fees for exposure. This phenomenon was highlighted by a Buzzfeed News article, which investigated the activities … Continue reading The Thin Line Between Journalism and Commercialism
Richard Shapiro — July 16, 2018 Follow @RichardRShapiro — July 16, 2018 rawpixel / Pixabay It’s rare that retailers ever talk about or report statistics on repeat customers. Stats are publicized on store over store results, year-by-year. But, that’s it. If you google repeat business, a Bain & Co. study from 2000 pops-up. Yes, the … Continue reading Talking About Repeat Business is Worth Repeating
Sarah Berkowski — July 10, 2018 Follow @sarahberkowski — July 10, 2018 Free-Photos / Pixabay Did you ever wonder why some companies are able to build a track record of consistent, long-term growth, while others seem to simply tread water or, worse, lose business and eventually end up closing their doors? The odds of becoming … Continue reading Operational Excellence is the Real Difference Between Business Success and Failure
