Posts Tagged ‘Growth’
Team Talk: The Smart Financials of Investing in Your People
For the entrepreneur, salaries may be your biggest expense, and there is a lot at stake. Ideally, your team members will be “brand ambassadors” – representing your company well, doing their jobs effectively and efficiently, and staying with you for the long term.
Read MoreBecoming One with Your Customers – A 2-Part Series
Part II: Growing Customer Loyalty… and the Bottom Line! Often, busy, multi-tasking, success-driven business owners build day-to-day procedures and norms that are internally focused. In other words, we build our businesses – from sales to service to billing – that are based on our business needs, norms and challenges, rather than the desires and behaviors…
Read MoreTrue Cost of Social Media ROI
When considering social media marketing for your business, there are two factors you should know: Cost and ROI (Return On Investment). I’ve heard some business owners comment that since Facebook and LinkedIn is free, why should there be a cost, but they don’t consider the time and efforts in content writing and posting? Others may…
Read MoreBudgeting for SEO – with Guest Blogger Sharon Arena
By Guest Blogger: Sharon Arena of Salty Red Dog Marketing, LLC Running a small business is not easy. Most small businesses have limited resources and extremely tight budgets, especially when it comes to sales and marketing. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is best defined as the process by which the visibility of your website can be…
Read MoreFour ways to assess your business health
With the start of a new year comes promises to become healthier. There are plenty of ways to assess your physical health (weight, BMI, cholesterol, resting heart rate, blood pressure, etc.) Why shouldn’t we be looking at our businesses similarly? When thinking about the health of your business, here are four areas to review when…
Read MoreEnd-of-the-Year Checklist for Small Businesses
I love this time of year! Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It’s tempting to focus on holidays, traveling and family visits, but tend to forget about your businesses 4th quarter closing. Now is the time of year where your business needs your attention the most, especially when it comes to your finances. Keeping on top…
Read More15 Financial Management Tips for Beginners
15 Financial Management Tips for Beginners Separate Business Expenses from Personal – This will help keep your personal spending separate from your business costs. Plus, having a business credit card could come with a higher credit line, for unforeseen expenses. Not separating the two can cause confusion when you’re analyzing your yearly spending. It could…
Read MoreForecasting Growth
Is your company growing? Would you like it to grow? We tend to think of growth as a universally good thing, and while it is a good thing, it comes with its share of challenges. Did you know that almost every growing company will run into cash flow shortages? Or even worse, limited cash flow;…
Read MoreForecasting Growth
Is your company growing? Would you like it to grow? We tend to think of growth as a universally good thing, and while it is a good thing, it comes with its share of challenges. Did you know that almost every growing company will run into cash flow shortages? Or even worse, limited cash flow; something that…
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