The title of this post isn’t meant to sound harsh as it likely sounds, hear me out. Your small business has a product or service, you’ve perfect your pitch, and now you are ready to share your business with the world. There are just so many benefits that you can’t wait to share it with […]
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Perhaps your brand blows all your competitors out of the water. Or maybe there are a handful of businesses that have much better blog posts or videos than you do – or so you think. Comparisons with your competitors are not the place to rely on hunches, feelings or the results of a couple of
Step up your productivity and finally start accomplishing your goals with this simple system Goal setting: that thing you know you should be doing, but that you tend to let slide to the backburner all too often. You’re not the only one, and why this happens shouldn’t be a surprise to you: it happens because
No matter where you are in business — from the first inkling of an idea to managing a billion-dollar operation — you have a puzzling challenge that you’re trying to solve. No matter how successful any of us get, we are inevitably doomed to confront yet the next challenge in a never-ending series of problems
Most Scrum Teams that I encounter don’t do refinement of their Product Backlog and try to work on things that they don’t understand correctly. However, if you get to the Sprint Planning Event and your backlog is not ready, then you are doing it wrong. If what you build is not of good quality then
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Just a few weeks into the new year, there’s never been a better time to plan ahead for 2018. But what issues need to be on the radar of small business owners everywhere? Here are five in particular I’m keeping my eye on. 1. The Growing Potential of Automation Lilach Bullock of the Roundpeg blog
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Advice is a powerful thing. The impact of a few words said at the right moment in the right context can change your life. When I was in high school, I was set on following my father’s advice into becoming a doctor. As an immigrant, my father always drilled into my head that having a
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kaboompics / Pixabay I coach a lot of small business owners who just quit their jobs to work for themselves full-time. One of the questions I get asked the most is tips for structuring your workday for productivity. Up until this point, they have been accustomed to someone telling them what to do with their
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Facebook has long been accepted as a great platform for B2C advertisers to reach their customers, but clients in the B2B sector have historically asked us at Hanapin Marketing whether facebook ads would be a beneficial use of their ad spend dollars. I’m here with good news! I have seen success with B2B clients in
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gabrielle_cc / Pixabay I’m not a huge fan of new year resolutions. While I think this time of year is a great time to reflect and prepare for what’s next, I feel resolutions are over-rated. Instead, I like to think about themes for the year, and set goals around those themes. For 2017, my business
