Posts tagged People

June is ASK Month

June is ASK Month

It’s amazing what happens when you ask. You receive. The hero figure of our cultures works alone. He or she comes up against a huge problem, then goes away to figure it out on their own. They come back in a blaze and overcome the problem. If there is help, the helper is not one […]

Who Your Customers are NOT

Who Your Customers are NOT

  Your customers are not people who cannot get to you Most people won’t drive very far for the services they want.  The more unique and the more of an expert you are, which comes from focusing tightly, the farther they will be willing to travel to get to you. People won’t travel too far […]

Iterations

Iterations

We are living in a time of flux. Which means, as we start new businesses it is unlikely that we will know what they will be like in the end. We will pivot, head off in other directions, on a regular basis. Sometimes we will hit a dead end and have to retreat a bit […]

How I did with the 100 Day Project

How I did with the 100 Day Project

I started my 100 day project on September 14 so it would end on December 20. Here’s the original post. My objective was to focus on my businesses; to figure out where they can go and to set it up so they will. I outlined 3 business ideas: Crystal Clear Bookkeeping Ltd, this Business Owners […]

Getting Out

Getting Out

I went to a business event this morning.  I’m going to another one on Wednesday and I’m holding one in my office on Thursday. I don’t go to 3 events every week, but when there is a good event, I go. I don’t understand Business Owners who say they are too busy to go to […]

What Does it Take to Make an Effortle...

What Does it Take to Make an Effortless Business?

It comes down to 4 things: KNOWN You know where you are and where you are going.  You know how to do what you want to do.  You know when to ask for help and from whom. You know your why.  Your Business Model is clear.  You have policies and procedures in place that everyone […]

Favourite Customers

Favourite Customers

Our favourite business Owners are the ones that engage in their financials as a way to understand their business better.  They use them to make decisions about what’s working what isn’t and where improvements can be made.  Our favourite Business Owners stop and chat with us about how they are doing, about what their plans […]

Conversations in the Social Media Age

Conversations in the Social Media Age

Conversation at Caffe Nero Originally uploaded by ktylerconk I am so excited to be alive at this time of the world. It is a time of immense change and opportunity. One of the main drivers of that is social media. Social media like Facebook, Twitter, Link’d in, texting and Skype make it easy to have […]

Building Tribes

Building Tribes

The tribes of Chakeshan in traditional attires attending the 25th Republic Day Silver Jubilee of the NSCN (IM) GPRN at Hebron Nangaland on march 22. Originally uploaded by rajkumar1220 This is a longer post to, hopefully, make up for not posting more this week. I’ll keep trying to post 5 days a week. What is […]

Bonhomie

Bonhomie

No Mind 2010-100 Originally uploaded by Ängsbacka Seth Godin said Bonhomie is underrated. I’ll take it one step further and say Bonhomie is essential. It’s what’s missing when Small Business Owners keep plugging away on their own. Many people go to a coffee shop to work, just to be around others. Other people isn’t what’s […]