Sourov De November 2, 2021 This past year, my wife and I experienced the joy of having our first child. While nothing can prepare you for first-time parenthood, as a business owner, I can’t help but find similarities between raising a child and growing a business from the ground up. Business owners dream about the … Continue reading Business Owners, Stop Helicopter Parenting Your ‘Business Baby’
Marketers, Stop Apologizing: It’s OK To Use Data by Ben Kunz , September 17, 2021 Like medieval monks lashing themselves for past sins, marketers have been wincing in shame at their data behavior. The flood of webinars, white papers and new technology announcements related to Google’s decision to end third-party cookies (a move now slated … Continue reading Marketers, Stop Apologizing: It’s OK To Use Data
Liz Kislik July 22, 2021 Whenever a particular bit of business jargon comes up multiple times in the same week from different clients, I always wonder what ripples are moving through the corporate zeitgeist! Are you hearing about people being asked to “stay in their lane”? One conflict-averse vice president described herself as staying … Continue reading Why It’s So Important to Stop Telling People to Stay in Their Lane
Matt Ambrose July 22, 2021 How to attract high quality clients… But WITHOUT spending hours writing free swipes for each one. Send them an action plan on how you can heal a gaping wound in their business instead. To give you an example of why you should… I recently hung my shingle in the Nothing … Continue reading Stop Sending Clients Swipes! Offer to Heal a Gaping Wound Instead
Anthony Mersino June 25, 2021 I recently received an email from a colleague I’ve known for nearly 20 years. It started with this line: “You should be speaking here…” I flagged it as junk and blocked my colleague. Which may seem like a dramatic overreaction. I felt triggered and controlled by the word “should”. You … Continue reading Stop Trying to Control People
Amy Drader May 13, 2021 People vector created by freepik – www.freepik.com How many times have you said “should” (either out loud or in your head) in the last 24hrs? I should take a break. I should set up that meeting. I should talk to my boss about that. I should play with my kids. … Continue reading Let’s Stop Should’ing On Ourselves
Steve DiGioia May 7, 2021 Tomorrow is a busy day at work. You’ve planned for it, scheduled properly, made the needed operational adjustments, and kept your fingers crossed so that everything will work out as planned. Then it happened… The first thing in the morning you get a call from one of your key employees. … Continue reading Stop the Sick Day Resentment
David DeCorte April 13, 2021 If you’ve operated in the eCommerce space for any significant length of time, you’ve probably run up against chargebacks at least once or twice. These bank-level payment reversals are more than minor inconveniences. Chargebacks mean lost sales revenue and merchandise, plus added fees and long-term threats to your business’s survival. … Continue reading Failing to Stop Third-Party Fraud Makes it Harder to Fight Friendly Fraud
Nura Eston March 30, 2021 Still producing invoices manually? It’s time to stop. Invoices have come a long way over the years. Paper invoices are pretty much a thing of the past now, and even sending invoices by email has been replaced by virtual options. Why should you switch? Virtual invoicing solutions offer stronger … Continue reading Still Producing Invoices Manually? It’s Time to Stop
Susan Poirier March 11, 2021 Getting down to business is more than being busy. Busy focuses on getting things done and checking off items on a To Do List. It is easy to confuse being busy with being productive. As an entrepreneur, you’ve got an organization to manage, a product or service to market, and … Continue reading Stop the Task of Being Busy
