My family and I traveled for the Thanksgiving holiday; we visited some of my wife’s family in Charlotte, North Carolina. Charlotte is a great city with much to do, including beautiful outdoor spaces and great restaurants. We even got to see our beloved Providence Bruins play the local Charlotte Checkers hockey team. I’ve also never […]
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TeroVesalainen / Pixabay Some outsourcing contracts actually ensure poor performance. It’s true! Service levels are too high, penalties drive over-performance in one area at the expense of others, and governance structures look pretty on paper but create zero accountability. Couple these problems with attitudes of blame and superiority that block problem solving and open dialogue
geralt / Pixabay 200-page business plan documents are cumbersome projects that often render themselves obsolete in a fraction of the time it took to initially create the document. Declaring business plans “dead”, however, removes too much of the responsibility around planning as an entrepreneur, often misleading entrepreneurs into thinking that they don’t need to do
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The rise of the Chinese economy has produced a number of cheap and high-quality goods. Entrepreneurs can make a fortune by importing and selling products from China online. However, you need to use the right strategies and tactics. Otherwise, you can suffer massive loss of capital and miss out on opportunities. Use the steps below
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StartupStockPhotos / Pixabay The other day I walked into my apartment when my roommate asked, “How are you so freaking organized in your business?” Now, at this point, my roommate knows I juggle a lot of projects. On the one hand, I kind of thrive off of challenges. I’ve come to terms with the fact
Subscribers are a goldmine of marketing potential. They share your content, heed your advice, buy your products, and tell their friends. They are easier to upsell, more profitable, and more loyal. They return again and again, not because they have to, but because they want to. Sadly, knowing the value of subscribers isn’t going to
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With January around the corner, many business owners are gearing up to hire a business coach. It makes sense. After all, a business coach will help them achieve some of the goals they have in mind for the upcoming year. The problem is there are a lot of business and marketing coaches out there. It’s
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stux / Pixabay One of the reasons why I enjoy freelancing so much is because I can choose my own clients and work with several if I please. Freelancing can seem more secure because instead of just having 1 job you work with several different clients. If you lose a client, it’s usually not the
There are two different types of client experiences: reactive and proactive. Reactive means you’re responding to client’s interactions with you and your business, fulfilling their expectations, wants, and needs. For the most part, this is an outdated approach to doing business and requires you to spend a lot of your time putting out fires. Marketing
Free-Photos / Pixabay I’m not going to lie: committing to doing less in my business was one of the scariest things I’ve done yet as an entrepreneur. Which sounds stupid when you put it in writing — but I bet a lot of you know what I mean. Two years ago, my husband and I
