10 Things to Help Your Business When Sales Are Slow During the Holidays

Twiddling your thumbs and waiting for some business to come in? Why not use this downtime to set yourself up for greater success in the new year? Here are my 10 picks, but you don't have to do them all. Even doing just one will get you another rung higher on your business ladder.

Sales & Marketing Plan Strategies

Design and implementation of a new Sales & Marketing campaign must be carefully thought through from the beginning. What message do you want to send about your company, products, and services? What are the anticipated results? What is the execution strategy? What is the cost ratio versus expected return?

Snowflakes Improve Holiday Sales

Snowflakes are beautiful! For the Winter Holiday sales season handcrafted snowflakes are the perfect touch. They lend an aura of a mystical winter wonderland to any room, house or office decor. You ...

Seven Deadly Sales Mistakes That Cost Business Owners Big Money - And What To Do About Them

Before you spend money on marketing in the attempt to gain more sales, consider how many sales opportunities you’ll miss if your staff can’t convert the extra leads you generate into business. Here are seven commonly-made sales mistakes along with suggestions on how to fix them.

The ACCOUNTABILITY Challenge for Today's Business Management

Managing a business is really all about securing results. Accountability becomes a partner in the management process. By seeing accountability as a whole with individual parts or elements helps to improve the results for all involved and creates a high performance culture.

The Surest Way to Boost Sales

If you have a small business and you are looking to boost your sales and make the public aware of your business, how do you going about doing this? There is one sure way that I know to boost sales and create awareness. It may not be sexy, but it WORKS!

Project/Program Management Best Practices for Success in ANY Industry!

Where is our success? Although there have been improvements, over 60% of projects/programs failed and many were canceled in 2003 (ref:The Standish Report CHAOS)! Our goal for 2004 and beyond is to ...

All Small Businesses Need to Gather Community Intel

How well do you know your community? As business owners it is essential that we know our communities intimately. Have you ever made the effort to learn more about your town; Do you even know where to look. Lets discuss some ways to gather intel for your community based marketing efforts.

6 Steps to Avoid Losing Summer Sales

Avoid losing sales this summer by taking your business offline using these simple steps.

The Achilles' Heel of Management Coaching

In general, a management coaching meeting should take place only after an employee understands clearly what’s expected and has received feedback at least once that his or her performance is not what it could or should be.

To Increase Your Sales and Revenue Make Sure To Add Value

By defining you and your company’s worth and value as two separate processes, you will go a long way in convincing customers that they should buy your product or service.

Beyond the Golden Rule

Getting your message across is a matter of knowing how to connect with other people. On of the main secrets is going beyond the golden rule.

The Effective Executive

How effective do you feel in your work and in your life? Do you know what is blocking you from acheiving your complete and full potential? Do you know that your deep held dreams and desires are a reflection of your unleashed potential for greatness? Do you want to unleash this potential? If so read on...

Free to Succeed: Effective Sales Leadership Using A Coach Approach

Learn three powerful secrets to effective sales management