I’ve heard that this shopping season in Canada consumers have spent an average of $100 per family more than over the 2011 Christmas shopping season. Is your business one of the businesses that is benefiting from increased spending? If not then ask yourself what you have done to improve sales this year. In fact I […]
Barb Stuhlemmer
Preparing to Shut Down for the Holidays Again!
Every year I like to cover some points about preparing your business for the doors to be closed for an extended amount of time. It is difficult to have your business closed for a few days, a week, or more, but there are some things you can do to make it easier. Many of my […]
What Should You Be Doing?
I often start training going through an exercise to help people look at what they have built in their business, what their responsibilities are in their business, and then to determine what they really want to be doing in their business. Often times there are large gaps between what people build and what they really […]
Growing in a Partnership
This topic came to me as a result of a question I got for my BLITZ Entrepreneur Club Q&A call this month and I thought I would share it with you too. The Question My client asked, “I have a partner in my business. I am really excited to do new things and have more […]
Don’t Be Afraid to Try Something Different
Being unique is one of the key’s behind every successful person and business. You have to have something that is slightly different than your competitors or your customers have no reason to return to you. Here are two stories I found recently on Alltop that SCREAMed unique. A surprise every time with the Biblio-Mat – […]
Gain Some Speaking Momentum
Are you thinking about adding speaking to your marketing mix to help increase the visibility of your business and the credibility of your expertise? It is truly a great way to do both. Here are some tips on gaining some momentum and increasing the demand for you and your topics. Learn How to Speak Here […]
You are a Salesperson – Yes You Are!
Many people say, “I hate sales” or “I’ll never be a salesperson”, but when you became a business owner you had to be a salesperson. Let me show you some of the areas of your life where you had to excel at sales just to get started in your business. Me First The first person […]
How Prepare for Growth: Creating a Procedure
When I am teaching my clients about business process, we always come to the part where I get them to evaluate where they are spending their time. We are looking for the things they do over-and-over again for clients and then I get them to create a procedure outlining the steps of this process. Each […]
Don’t Be ‘Ho Hum’
It is true that it is unlikely that you are the only person in the world doing what you do. If fact, there are likely hundreds of people if not tens-of-thousands of people, depending on the industry you are in. So when I tell that you need to work towards being ‘the best’ at what […]
Focusing on Your Marketing – Three Steps for a Q4 Push
Many people are realizing, as we enter the last quarter of the year, that they need to put on the push to finish with more than they had last year. Meeting your goals by December 31 is difficult when you start in October, but there is one thing that can definitely help and that is […]