Business Advisory

IT Managed Services can be sized to fit any business – even a business with only one (1) computer! The main benefit of Managed Services is that the business turns over the care and maintenance of its IT systems to an expert or group of experts. This in turn frees up the business to utilize its time and assets in building its business. Many business owners or managers believe their particular business is too small…

How do you go about building your business? Many of us use previous learning such as what we learned from school, books, or “experts” to direct our building process. I suspect a larger number just jump in and start building their business. Yes, they may take a class and or read a book, but if you talk to them they have a difficult time relating almost anything in their business building process to what I…

How do you go about building your business? Many of us use previous learning such as what we learned from school, books, or “experts” to direct our building process. I suspect a larger number just jump in and start building their business. Yes, they may take a class and or read a book, but if you talk to them they have a difficult time relating almost anything in their business building process to what I…

This week’s blog is obviously directed at those small business owners who have employees. However, I believe that even those who do not have employees can benefit themselves from the information in the blog. There are several factors that motivate all of us to do the work we do. Each employee is a human being and what motivates them in most cases motivates all of us, including owners, to be successful. I believe that one…

I was reading an article this past week by John Jantsch entitled, “The Biggest Marketing Challenge for Small Businesses”. In his article, John provides an ‘ABC’ on putting together a viable marketing plan for small businesses. One of the items on his “checklist” is to create a description of your ideal customer. The question of who is my ideal customer comes up in most marketing discussions. My question to you is have you really identified…