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I am a lover of technology. I love my iphone, I love my tablet, I love my laptop and I love being able to access any information I want in seconds, thanks to amazing advances in technology. Things like LTE (seriously faster than wifi), being able to have a business meeting online, or simply being able to order a pizza through an app. Being able to email back and forth
What is your key advice for someone wanting to walk away from their business for a month or more while having it continue to grow? I have some good news & some bad news. The bad news is you cannot control all aspects of your business while you’re away. The good news is that you can & should duplicate yourself before your absence. First, I would share with my team
I strongly believe that every entrepreneur needs to get distance from their business from time to time. What if now it is your opportunity to get away for a couple of weeks? Can you go? Dare you go? What will happen when you are not there? You can only really be totally confident that your business is safe when your team knows what you would do in any given situation.
Delegation is the best tool for leveraging your time and getting more done, particularly when you aren’t available. After all, you can do anything but you can’t do everything. People who are delegated to learn more, are more engaged and tend to want to take on even more. You can build your business by building the capabilities of your people by delegating. However; delegation is not foolproof! It has potential
We asked some trusted coaches to provide us with their key advice for business owners wanting to walk away from their business for a month or more while ensuring that they come back to an intact business (better yet a thriving business). Their responses will be posted over the next couple of weeks. Check back often as you don’t want to miss out on this invaluable insight.
If your business is present on social media, one thing that’s always on your mind is getting more likes and exposing your business to more fans or other businesses that you can connect with. A great way to achieve this is through hosting a Likes Ladder. This gives great exposure to your Facebook page, as well as finding other great new businesses to like and follow. It’s also a great
Entering your lead data into a spreadsheet or CRM so that you can use it to follow up effectively with people you have met is one of our more popular services. The most cost effective way for this to be done (whether our clients do it themselves or we do it for them) is to scan the cards with a card scanner. Over the last couple of months we’ve been
Does it feel like you never stop networking, marketing, putting the word out and yet your leads are just petering out? Your success at growing your business is in the follow-up. As busy entrepreneurs we put so much energy in getting out to networking meetings, passing out our cards, having meaningful conversations and those of us that are diligent manage to send a follow up email within a few days.
In the physically disconnected world that we live in, social media and an online presence is absolutely essential for most individuals and businesses. A lot of networks and connections are made online; therefore it is more important than ever to show your authenticity and personality by way of a good ‘Head Shot’ photo. If you work for a company that has employee profiles on their website or you have a
My husband and I own two businesses and for the first three years in business I managed our websites using an inexpensive bare bones program for Macs called RapidWeaver making use of my 1999 HTML basic skills. The websites were adequate. Last fall we decided to step it up a notch and move to WordPress. Enter serious lapse in judgment. I did exactly what I caution potential clients not to
