5 Goals I’m Setting For My Business In 2014
We’re all guilty of it. We set our resolutions on the 31st of December, jazzed to make progress in our personal and professional lives, and then, by the middle of January, we’re bored. Our goals, which...
View ArticleHow Fine-Tuning Your Focus Can Grow Your Business
“My success, part of it certainly, is that I have focused in on a few things.”—Bill Gates Many business owners don’t realize that their success is driven by a small subset of their products, services,...
View ArticleIn It To Win It: On Creating Client Relationships That Last
For a business to be successful, you need to get new clients. For a business to be super successful, you also need to also maintain your existing clients and keep them coming back for more. Recently, I...
View ArticleThe Foolproof Recipe For Picking A Business Mentor
For the longest time, I was in search of the best business mentor. I wanted someone I could readily speak to about my problems. I figured that if I found someone with the right amount of experience,...
View ArticleEmpowered Employees: Five Tips For Giving Your Staff A Sense Of Purpose
When you’re in control, you feel invigorated, energized, enthusiastic. You take pride in your achievements and put in the extra effort to get the job done right. Every leader lives this, but...
View ArticleThe More You Know, The More You ‘No’: Learning To Pick Your Clients
“The customer is always right.” It’s a phrase we’ve all heard before, but putting it into practice can end up causing a lot of problems. In fact, sometimes saying no to a client is a much better choice...
View ArticleThree Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting a Business
After running Ajax Union for more than six years and servicing over 1,000 small businesses, I can confidently say that I’ve made plenty of mistakes, learned from them, and continue to strive for...
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Starting A Business From Scratch: Is It Worth It?
As I travel deeper and deeper down the proverbial rabbit hole of franchising, and help other people meet their dreams of business ownership, I find myself reminiscing on the excitement of starting a...
View ArticleKeeping Your Clients Close: How to Stay Grounded As You Grow
Back when I was the only customer service representative at my company, I had a direct line of communication to my clients. It was easy to figure out their goals, challenges, and problems because I...
View Article4 Tips For Coping With The Emotional Cost Of Bankruptcy
Filing for bankruptcy is much more than just a stressful day at the office and a big pile of paperwork. It means the loss of a precious possession, one that may have taken years (perhaps even decades)...
View ArticleWhen the Thrill Is Gone: 4 Ways to Bring Passion Back to Your Business
Ever hear of the “seven year itch,” that point when a marriage supposedly starts to feel stale? It can happen with businesses, too. After you’ve run a company for several years, it’s easy for the...
View ArticleHow to Get the Most Out of Outsourced Programmers
As freelancer marketplaces and tools have matured, outsourcing programming work for your website or app has become easier and more efficient. Hiring outsourcers enables you to control costs and make...
View ArticleHow to Manage a Virtual Work Environment
If you haven’t considered using a remote team, you may be handicapping your business—it’s likely that your competitors are already taking advantage of its benefits. Fuel prices and long commutes are...
View Article10 Stealthy Techniques for Self-Promotion
Marketing is a lot like fishing—some companies cast a wide net to scoop up whatever they can get, while others use bait and wait it out until the right customer takes a nibble. To be successful, you...
View Article5 Ways To Improve Your Attitude in 2015
As we head into 2015 we are hopeful to have more success, happiness and overall fulfillment in our lives. However, too often we think success and happiness derive from outside events, which is true to...
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5 Tips to Stay Present in Business and in Life
A successful investment banker went on vacation to a tropical island. There he met a fisherman who had a unique way of catching fish. The banker immediately saw a business opportunity. The banker said...
View ArticleHow to Fire a Family Member — and Still Keep Your Family Together
You decided to hire a brother, a sister, or maybe an in-law. Congratulations, you won brownie points with your parents, grandparents, or someone else whom you look up to. You also got some karma points...
View Article5 Ways to Achieve Insurmountable Goals
Once, in an interview, Ted Turner poignantly shared with the world one of the last pieces of advice his father gave him before he committed suicide: “[My father] advised me to set my goals higher than...
View Article5 Steps to Effectively Leading Your Company
In the last three years, I’ve transitioned from being an auditor at a public accounting firm to a successful franchise owner of a million-dollar business. The company operates seven days a week in New...
View ArticleWhat Being a Navy SEAL Sniper Taught Me About Good Business
I spent over a decade as a Navy SEAL. I was deployed five times to not very pleasant countries, I was in Afghanistan in 2001 when my first child was born, and finished up my last tour as the head...
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