(Time to read this article is about 90 seconds) Whether you sell to consumers or to other businesses, loyal customers are a treasure and they love being thanked, acknowledged and appreciated for their loyalty. The good news is that today’s technology allows us to track, thank and WOW them in simple, affordable and powerful ways. […]
(Time to read this important Blog article is about 2 minutes) Employee engagement is a hot topic these days…and so it should be. Imagine, the positive impact on your business and your bottom line if you could increase the number of fully engaged employees on your Team and get rid of the non-performers. Employees who […]
(Time to read this article is about 90 seconds) The real battle in business today is the battle for talent. Businesses large and small now realize that not having an engaged and top-performing Team carries a huge bottom-line cost in lost business, inefficiency, missed opportunity, low morale and high frustration! So, employee engagement and commitment […]
(Time to read this Blog article is about 2 minutes) When I was a teenager, girls who were “easy” were popular for all the wrong reasons. But in business, being “easy” is a very good thing. Staples, the office supplies retailer, has created a whole marketing campaign around being “Easy” to do business with. So, […]
(Time to read this Blog article is about 60 seconds) Note: I always write my own blogs, but this week I’m ‘borrowing’ one from a gentleman named Randy Phillips. I have no idea who is, or what he does, but this Blog touched me. Randy makes an excellent point about the importance of being an […]
(Time to read this article is about 2 minutes) Note: I run this Blog each year in January. It’s an important reminder for each of us. This year you could have lunch alone, or skip lunch altogether. But imagine what you could learn and accomplish if, just once or twice a week, you chose to […]
(Time to read this article is about 2 minutes) A recent Biz Coaching client needed to triple their profitability, but didn’t know where to start. To help clarify their profit growth options and create a Profit Improvement Plan, I created the following 14 profit possibilities, some of which will be helpful in your business or […]
(Time to read this article is about 1 minute) A few years ago, walking through a shopping mall in Calgary, Alberta, I came across a beautiful flower shop. Displayed outside the doorway, in the mall aisle, were mixed bunches of fresh flowers, nicely wrapped and ready to go. A great idea to make that ‘impulse […]
(Time to read this Blog section is about 60 seconds) Addicted to screens: A recent US survey reveals that teenagers now spend an average of 7 hours a day looking at screens on phones, laptops, desktops and tablets. That’s 42 minutes a day more than the last survey in 2015. Another survey shows that […]
Paying your staff a ‘bonus’ to coincide with the birth of a baby 2000+ years ago makes absolutely no sense at all. There…I said it! Jesus wasn’t even born on December 25th. Most scholars agree that he was born some time around March 21st. The Church cleverly chose December 25th to celebrate in order to […]
