Free Business Planning Webinar
Your Business Plan – Road Map to Success Here are three reasons why you need a real live business plan, instead of a quick template that you filled out years ago that you can’t even find. A strategic business plan is your roadmap – a guide for you to refer to as you make decisions […]
Do I really need a business plan?
Business plans are one of those things that as a business owner you know you should have, but how many of you actually have one? I’m talking about a real one that is a representative and usable document that defines your company, your target market, and your goals and outlines a path to achieve success, […]
Chart Your Course to Business Success – 10 Week Intensive
Take 10 weeks to leap forward in your business education. This intensive 10 week program is designed to help you learn the important fundamentals of running a best practices business and get you ready to kick off 2012 and make it your best year ever! This course is a condensed version of our On Target […]
Business Planning Doesn’t Just Happen Once
Business Planning doesn’t just happen once when you start your business. Strategic planning is an ongoing activity for businesses who want to grow and achieve long term sustainability. What does business planning look like? Many people just think of business planning as the activity you do when you start a business, or maybe when you […]
Business Plan – Roadmap to Success: 5-Session Teleclass Series
Your Business Plan – Roadmap to Success A well developed business plan helps you as a business owner to focus on future business success and guides you in gathering all the necessary resources to achieve that success. It is a well documented observation that most businesses do not plan to fail – they simply fail […]
Take Time for a Mini Retreat
Recently my partner and I took a mini-retreat to spend time thinking strategically about our businesses. We had both been feeling like we were down in the weeds of our day to day work and needed to get our eyes up to the horizon to look around and do some strategic planning. While a more […]
The Solution to Healthier Sales
Good times and busy seasons always feel like they will last forever. However, there always times when clients are harder to find. The global financial crisis and its consequences showed that when an economy sours, firms without robust processes tend to founder. Fewer leads and falling sales are typical signs. Companies can reduce the effect […]
Social Media Marketing for Painting Contractors
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 1:30 PM Eastern (12:30 PM Central, 11:30 AM Mountain, 10:30 AM Pacific Duration: 90 minutes Presenter: Linnea Blair A Workplace Training Center Audio Conference by American Painting Contractor Magazine If you want to know how on earth social media could ever pay off for your painting contracting business, this is the […]
Lead and Appreciate
Your employees depend on your leadership to guide them, inspire them and make them feel that their contributions are of value. It’s even more critical when you are asking your people to take a risk and join you in your newest business initiative before you have time to prove that it will be a success […]
How to retain good clients
When times get tough, it can cost more to do business. Potential clients are less likely to want to talk to a salesperson because they are in a conservative mindset regarding spending. In recent months you may have heard the phrase “retention is the new acquisition”. This simply means you’re doing well if you can […]