I talk with many business owners who tell me their goal is to increase their revenue by X% next year. “Great, how are you going to do that?” is usually my response. Many of these owners haven’t really thought through a solid plan to increase their revenue. The response is often a new marketing method […]
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I always dread admitting that I should have paid more attention in economics class in college. Of course, it didn’t help that it was a 7:30 AM class (on Friday’s no less). It is amazing how much in the world equates down to the simple concept of supply and demand. Business owners of all sorts
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The internet is not short on many things and Warren Buffett quotes are one of them. There is one specific quote that Buffett said that accountants and financial professionals love to use. Accounting is the language of business Warren Buffett BAM! Us accountants have been telling you how important we are for years and now
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Most small businesses I know are always trying to attract great people, but can’t necessarily offer the same “perks” as larger companies. This puts them in the tough position of trying to attract these great people however needing to be creative in the offerings they have. The good news is perks and pay are not
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Wouldn’t it be great if you could get a sheet of paper each week or month that tells you at a high level how the four most important aspects of your business were going? Most small businesses don’t have regular scorecard reporting they use to run their business. This is a shame because just a
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Too many small business owners are losing out by not using some of the data they have readily available. I am always surprised at how many small businesses are missing huge opportunities to learn about their customers from accounting, finance, and other data they have readily available. While small businesses certainly don’t have the amount
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When I first purchased my small business, Monkey Bizness, I took a meeting with a small business strategist. I have to admit, I left the meeting and I turned to my Director of Marketing and asked: “Did you understand what that guy does for businesses?” It wasn’t that the meeting was fascinating and insightful (it
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