Using Strategic Partners to Expand and Grow
How many of you think you don't have enough business? Guess what, there are others among you that have said they have too much business! These two predicaments are an excellent starting point to show [...]
3 Problems When “Shoestring Marketing”
There are 3 mistakes I consistently see small businesses make that cause them problems with their marketing. These are not “shoestring marketing” specific, but their impact to performance is magnified when using “shoestring marketing” tactics. [...]
Is Your Startup Focused on the Right Objectives?
Lately I have been involved with a number of startup businesses, including a couple of my own. One observation I have made is that many small business startup owners tend to focus later stages objectives [...]
Avoiding Price Problems That Can Kill Your Business
In a previous post, Avoid Blowing Your Revenue Engine, I described how important calculating your maximum capacity is and how it can help you make better operational decisions. Now I want to show you how to [...]
Creating Goals That Motivate – Your First Step to Success
In my last post, Nowhere Land – Stuck Between Small Business Survival and Success, I shared the fact that while many small business owners have personal success they do not have business success. This is [...]
Have You Created An Impending Storm for Your Early Stage Business?
photo by Rachel Gardner Financing in the startup stage is always a challenge. In this posting entitled Chinese Math, yoursmallbusinessgrowth.com regular contributing writers, Frank Gnisci, gives a great account of market forecast fallacies [...]
A Great Stress Reducer
At the end of January 2010 I switched to a “smart phone” as my PDA began acting up and the cellular carrier price wars rage on. As I look to see how some of the time management [...]
What is Your Business Growth Stage?
Knowing your business growth stage is critical if you want to speed your business growth. A previous posting, The Search for Growth Continues, concluded a 5 business growth stage model made the most sense. It's [...]
The Search for Small Business Growth Continues
In a previous post, So You Want to Grow Your Business?, I shared some of my general findings in recent research I have conducted in small business growth models. While many of the models and [...]
Walking the Talk
I hadn't planned on posting today. But, as I posted the link below on my social network, I began to really think of how much my friend’s daily thought really impacts our ability to be [...]
So You Want to Grow Your Business?
How To Grow Your Business Faster With Less Pain!Small business owners tell me all the time, “I want to grow my business.” So, I ask them some simple questions, top line growth, bottom-line growth, market share, [...]