Notes From the Messy Middle
Strategic thinking for Stage II owners. The growth phase no one warns you about.
Strategy & Planning
Business Strategy and Tom Petty: What They Have in Common
Who would imagine that a business strategy and a 1970s rock ‘n roll band would have anything in common —
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Growth & Scaling, Strategy & Planning
Technical Skills Do Not a Business Make: Learning to Work On VS In Your Business
Most entrepreneurs are technicians who have launched a business enterprise. They are accountants, lawyers, dentists, doctors, therapists, consultants, coaches, web
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Sales & Marketing
Why Every Small Business Needs an Inbound Marketing Strategy (In Under 350 Words)
Traditional marketing is becoming obsolete. As more consumers turn to the web to buy products and services, its time for
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Mindset & Resilience
Things Not Working? Perhaps You Need to Renegotiate – With Yourself (In Under 250 Words)
Let’s face it! Sometimes our best made plans just don’t come to fruition. Rather than waste valuable time and energy
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Mindset & Resilience, Strategy & Planning
10 Quick Tips to Improve Your Productivity
Entrepreneurs are driven to continually improve productivity. Taking a page from Lifehacker’s This is How I Work Series, here are
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Sales & Marketing
Don’t Discount Your Small Business Services! Delight Your Clients Instead
It’s tempting to offer hefty discounts to clients. Whether your choice to markdown your fee is to seduce clients into
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Strategy & Planning
3 Tools Every Entrepreneur Needs to Make Strategic Decisions
Making decisions in your business, especially with so much riding on that decision, is tough. Do you follow your gut?
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Sales & Marketing
A Funny Thing Happened During the 30-Day Blogging Challenge…and Other Delightful Results
I know all the stats….companies that blog 15x or more per month get 5x more traffic than those who don’t
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