Why Great Customers are so important You’ve heard of the Pareto Principle. Applied here, we can say that 20% of your customers bring you 80% of your revenue. For that matter, 20% of your customers cost you 80% of your marketing and service budget. And they are rarely the same customers. What if you […]
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Great Customers Means a Great Busines...
What is the best way to increase revenue There are 3 ways to increase revenue:(1)sell more things, (2)more often, to (3)more customers. Two out of three of those are about your existing customers. Small Business Owners tend to jump straight to advertising when they want to make more money, but that is the expensive route. […]
The Three Levers in Your Business
Think of your business as a big machine. You have three levers and they work together. Your environment works with your experience works with your value exchange. Suppose you own an accounting business. Most people think that people go to an accountant for their accuracy and knowledge of tax laws. Wrong. Those are simply ‘gimme’s’ […]
What your Customers Want
You have to know what your customers want to design the journey through your business. This is an oldie, but goodie! Gary Morton, Shaun Whynacht and I trade stories about businesses that do this well and some that don’t. Learn how to do this for your business. Get the 23 page SB/OS workbook when […]
Lessons from Flowers on Attracting th...
The whole reason for flowers to exist is to become fertilized so they can create seeds. Each flowering plant has specific strategies to attract the ideal bugs, bats or birds. They don’t try to attract just any old bug, bat or bird – only the ones that are perfect for them. We can learn everything […]