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3 Tips to Build Wealth Independent of Your Business
As a business owner you know that your "job" is to build a business, not a job. But as a financially responsible individual your job is to also build wealth independent of your business.
Too many business owners forget this critical lesson and end up paying a dear price.
10 Must Have Financial Controls for Your Business
How many business owners do you know who have had an employee or partner steal money from them?
Has it ever happened to you?
How Will You Play Today?
I have a belief that how we as business owners do anything says a whole lot about the way we do everything, that you play like you practice.
So how will you play today in your business?
Will you step up and do the work to take your business to the next level even if it requires you to step outside your comfort zone?
Simple Test to Determine Which Level Your Business Is At
Wouldn’t it help to have a concrete road map through the entire lifecycle of your business from launch to exit?
Well today is your lucky day because I’m going to share with you a short, short summary of this road map. We call it the “Level Three Road Map.”
The One Story Every Business Owner Must Know How to Tell (Your Core Story)
Today I wanted to share a very powerful concept that every business owner not only needs to know about, but also needs to use.
Is Your Staff Doing Things Right?
On Thursday I was talking with a consulting program client about how to make sure that her staff was doing things the right way.
Something I said shocked her. I said "Control is a trap." Now you have to understand that I happen to be a control FREAK!
The 8 Sales/Marketing Questions Every Business Owner Should Ask
What are your most effective systems for generating new leads for your business? E.g., referral relationships; online advertising; affiliate program; social media; display advertisements in industry journals; trade shows; etc.
Good news for business owners
There is just such strong negativity in the media that I wanted to share with you 5 specific examples of business owners who are getting great results.
I'm hoping this inspires you to grow your business and rise above the media barrage of negativity.
5 Selling Systems to Increase Your Cash Flow
Today is going to be a content rich eletter that goes into 5 specific selling systems you can use to increase your business's cash flow. I'll also share several actual case studies of clients in our consulting program who have used various ideas to grow their sales.
4 Tips to Design Your Business Exit Strategy
Hope your week is going well. I have had several great conversations with clients about their exit strategies for their businesses. One client has a CPA firm they want to sell, another has an investment company he wants to sell, and the third has a wholesale business he wants to sell in 3-4 years.
3 Pieces of Advice from a Billion Dollar Businessman
Today I wanted to share with you three specific words of advice from a business owner who helped build a multi-billion company in less than 10 years!
5 Tips to Thrive in Todays Tough Economy
I get asked all the time, “How can we best get through the current economy? After all, how much longer are things going to continue to be so tough?”
My first reaction to a question link that is that I don’t believe in “getting through” rather I want you to get FROM!
5 Core Ingredients From Which To Build Your Business
Today I wanted to remind you of the five core ingredients from which to build your business.
As you read through each of these building blocks, ask yourself two questions:
3 questions to start 2012 off right in your business
Welcome to the new year!
Today I wanted to share with you three specific questions to ask yourself to help you massively grow your business in 2012.
What is the deeper reason for your business?
I just wanted to reach out to you one more time in 2011 to ask you what just might be the most important business question of all:
What is the deeper reason(s) you invest so much of you in your business?
Knowing when to outsource part of your business (3 criteria)
How does your business go about using "outsourced solutions providers"?
Outsourcing is a powerful way to quickly scale or stabilize areas of your business. It brings four powerful benefits to your business:
The Top 10 Financial Controls Your Business Needs Most
- Have more than one person involved in any one cycle of money. This is an essential "check and balance." Having two or more people sign off on all money flows and money cycles reduces temptation and makes fraud or theft less likely. Here are a few examples:
3 Time Tips to Increase Your Weekly Productivity
3 Time Tips to Increase Your Weekly Productivity
Seven Techniques to Close More Sales
Here are 7 proven tactics to apply this knowledge to close more sales. This list is not meant to be exhaustive, but rather to get your brain warmed up and thinking of the best solutions to sell more of your product or service!
The 7 Most Costly Sales/Marketing Mistakes Most Business Owners Make!
One of the unique benefits we get by working with so many business owners is to see the common patterns and "fatal flaws" that catch so many business owners unaware in the key areas of their business. Now in case you're wondering, below is a short, simple 7-question true/false quiz to see which of these all too common sales/marketing mistakes you're currently making (I'm willing to wager that you're likely making at least 3 or more of them!)
