You wouldn't build a big house without a detailed site plan, so why would you build a business without one?
Unfortunately, many business owners do. Before you decide to grow your business further, check your foundation. I recommend assessing your current operations to identify what could be systematized, delegated, or automated.
Many of my clients want to move quickly on their initiatives to expand but, like any system, if the foundation is broken, you'll be adding to an unsteady
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This Might Be the Reason You’re Not Achieving Your Goals
Approximately 80 percent of people never set goals for themselves. Even more surprising, of the 20 percent of the population that does set goals, roughly 70 percent fail to achieve the goals they have set for themselves. Yet, most business professionals claim to understand the importance of goal setting.
It may not be surprising to you that even when you do set goals, you may stop at some point during the year from reviewing them. You might start off the year with an intention to meet them,
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How to Systematize Your Business to Attract More Clients and Make More Revenue – Step 5
This week, I cover Step Number 5 in How to Systematize Your Business to Attract More Clients and Make More Revenue.
It's often been said that you can't manage what you can't measure, and without a metric, it's difficult to align your goals, monitor progress, and fix problems.
Speaking of fixing problems, when one of my new clients landed a gig as a columnist for a major website, I asked him how his new assignment impacted traffic on his website, especially since he was able to place a link
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Help! I Want to Start a Blog, But What Do I Write About?
One of the most popular words on the internet is blog. With more and more consumers looking online for their solutions, an increasing number of entrepreneurs are integrating blogs into their marketing to drive traffic to their business and stay in touch with their prospects and customers.
As I mentioned in last week’s article, a blog is simply an online journal or articles for your community to read. A blog can also be used to facilitate a conversation online.
As a marketing tool, blogs
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3 Steps to Living a Life You Love
As a business owner, you are responsible for everything. The buck stops with you especially the quality of life that you create. Every action you take, every decision you make and how you show up is up to you.
Many business owners forget about their quality of life, until they don’t have it - then it becomes important. You get busy with building a business, and forget the underlying reason why you started your business in the first place.
The good news is that you always have the
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