Posts Tagged ‘business plan’
Monitor Your Social Media Footprint in 10 Minutes
This is for everyone who says “they do not have the time” to put into Social Media to have it work for them. Now granted this 10 minutes is only after you have done the initial setup work and yes that does take a little time, but you can spend 10-15 minutes once a day…
Read MoreReferral Programs & Why They Work
Word-of-mouth is the best advertising. Although this is a familiar saying, most contractors do not use the very people who create the best word-of-mouth advertising – satisfied customers. It’s important that once you have satisfied your customer you then learn how to use this satisfaction for referral and/or reference programs. You can literally turn their…
Read MoreHow to End the Business Year on a Positive Note
If you’ve been feeling somewhat discouraged about business this year and feel that you were not moving in the right direction, now is a great time of the year to take stock and review your accomplishments. Operating your own business can be like a wild roller coaster ride. There are the highs of a really…
Read MoreWhy You Need to Have MSDS Books
Well, September is here and with it the last quarter of the year. Now is a good time to look and see what business goals you set back at the first of the year still have to be done, evaluate things you have tried this year so far to see if you want to continue…
Read MoreHow to avoid pricing mistakes.
Pricing is a big issue right now for us and for many others. We just finished an in depth mid year review and have found that the overhead costs that have been sneaking up on us over the last year or so have really affected our bottom line. So like so many others we are…
Read MoreNew Year, New Prospective
Happy New Year! Sorry I am a bit late but we have been busy planing great things for the new year for our business and you should be doing that as well. I know how everyone is down and depressed about how last year went, the economy, a new administration and the uncertainty of what…
Read MoreEnd of Year Checklist
Welcome to a new month and the last quarter of the year. With the year winding down I wanted to touch on things to do before the end of this year to get ready for next year especially if this is a slow time for you. A great idea is to do a Business Wellness…
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