Management

E-Mail Wars

I remember the first time an e-mail blew up in my face. I wrote two sentences that included factual information and the other person assumed I was accusing her of not doing her job. She wrote back a snippy response and before I knew it, war had been declared. After we met face to...

Success Strategies: How to Hire and Retain the Right People

This is a guest post if you would like to write for Startup Resources view the guidelines here. Finding the right employees is critical to the success of your business. When you have the best people working for you, your company is able to offer the best service, develop the most innovative products and plan...

Denial Is the Small Business Owner’s Worst Enemy

Procrastination is denial’s best friend, which is why I also tell my clients: If your business is in distress, or you aren’t making the kind of money you’d initially imagined, then it’s time to open your eyes and wise up. In other words, It’s time to stop the denial. Don’t deny yourself until you’re...

How to Cut Your Costs and Increase Your Sales

When a mid-year review of your bottom line reveals you must cut costs and increase sales right now or face losses this fiscal year, what do you do to salvage your year? On paper, the choices look easy. You must either sell more or decrease the cost of sales. Selling more can be tough...

5 Tips For Defining Powerful Unique Selling Points (USP)

The challenge is in clearly defining USP in a way that will attract new customers. For those wondering how you actually go through the process, here are my 5 tips to help steer you in the right direction: Add as many words to each chosen concept as possible Thinking time. Set aside some time...

Credit Repair Necessary Before Business Start-Up

This is a guest post if you would like to write for Startup Resources view the guidelines here. When you are contemplating a new venture as an entrepreneur or small business owner, it is essential that you are financially prepared before moving forward. Part of this financial preparation requires new business owners to check...

Three Habits of Effective Project Leadership & Six Keys to Successful Project-Based Work

Three Habits of Effective Project Leadership For any organization doing project based work, the need for leadership and collaboration is critical. Unfortunately, for many organizations, developing leadership is a challenge—there are never enough leaders in an organization and getting people to collaborate is often a challenge. Here are three leadership principles that can help...

Don’t Become a New Business Failure Statistic

How Much New Business Failure Is There? Five out of every ten businesses fail within the first year! 95% fail within 5 years! Statements are made like this all of the time as if they were fact. Is it a scare tactic or is there a serious problem? If the business failure rate is...

5 Strategies For Building Business Momentum

Every small business owner dreams of the day when his or her organization has achieved industry momentum. As singer Annie Lennox once spoke of her success, “When you’re that successful, things have a momentum, and at a certain point you can’t really tell whether you have created the momentum or it’s creating you.” Companies...

Business Opportunity – Santa Clause Uses The Power of Leverage – Why Not You?

Do you have a business opportunity that you are trying to make more money with? Why not practice the fine art of leverage to get it off the ground faster and easier? Just as Santa Clause uses the leveraging power of his elves to make presents and his reindeer to take presents – to...