Strategic Planning – The 2 Gaping Pitfalls

Strategic Planning is the most important tool for any business success. Yet there are 2 pitfalls for any plan. Large, multi-billion dollar corporations often make these 2 simple mistakes and significantly reduce the opportunity to reach their organization's goals.

Strategic Planning Should Not Forget Goal Achievement Training and Development

Strategic planning centers around goal achievement. Are your people trained to consistently achieve goals?

The 3 Strategies of Market Followers

One type of business plan strategy is to be a market follower. This discussion demonstrates the characteristics of the strategy and what one can expect related to business vibrancy and monetary returns.

The Easy Way to Innovate is - the Hard Way!

Robert Bradford discusses how innovation creates competitive advantage and how you can think about your innovations to create a more solid market position.

Strategic Planning - Understanding the Competitive Value of your Brand

Robert Bradford discusses the strategic value of branding and how to evaluate your brand, plus ways that you can increase the value of your brand.

International Impacts on a Business Plan

Business plans are complicated when operating across international borders. Four critical things must be considered and are high-lighted in this discussion.

Internet Home Business

There are many jobs that utilize the internet including consulting, editing, selling products, offering advice, creating web sites, photography, and graphic design just to name a few. Some people work for a company but work from home due to the nature of their job. Data entry specialists, customer service representatives, and other customer support roles are being offered to those who want to work form home.

Top 10 Business Plan Myths of Solo Entrepreneurs

A recent study of 29,000 business startups noted that 26,000 of them failed. Of those failures, 67% had no written business plan. Think that's a coincidence?

Successful Business Decision Making

Some people make decisions without any difficulty, while others struggle. Are you having trouble making a decision? Do you feel overwhelmed by all the choices you have, and aren’t sure how to pick just one? No matter how big or small those decisions might be, here's how you can make good, strategic decisions.

Small Business Success: Thriving During Change (And Landing On Your Feet!)

Some people thrive on change – they love it and even create more of it. Others view change with anxiety and resistance. Often times we react to it; we try to control it; we create situations and problems to avoid dealing with it. If you’re facing (or anticipating) one change or several changes, these tips will help you navigate through transition and help you land on your feet.

Build Your Small Business by Building Relationships

Building relationships to build your business is just like planting a seed to grow a tree. Seeds that grow and develop are in fertile ground with the water and sunlight that they need. Relationships that thrive and turn into customers, alliances or referrals have been nurtured over time with these techniques. Read more about this…..

Marketing Your Small Business with Success Stories

One of your best customers achieved great success with your new service. What can you do with this? Tell everyone their success story! Here’s how…

Marketing Messages: Your 10 Most Important Business Principles

As Solo Entrepreneurs we use two basic strategies for marketing: writing and speaking. Rose Hill explains why it is important to create a list of your 10 Most Important Business Principles (MIBP) and utilize them in your marketing efforts . Without them, she claims your marketing efforts will be too diffuse to really grab the attention of your intended ideal clients.

Small Business Secrets: Self-Confidence Can Be Arranged

You can arrange to have the self-confidence you need by arranging support structures and encouragement and designing situations that feed you the confidence you need. Learn how!