Click Here to Download Podcast Stop wasting time and money on marketing. You pour tons of money into marketing strategies expecting the phone to ring or customers to walk in the door only to be disappointed repeatedly when nothing happens. Marketing strategies can work and generate sales growth if you take the time to build […]
Continue readingAs this article is being written the Adele concerts in Vancouver are only a couple of sleeps away. As we hear one story after another about how tickets sold out in just moments and how resellers and scalpers are getting thousands of dollars for just a few hours of entertainment it has me searching for […]
Continue readingBusinesses open their door every day, market their product and try to put their best foot forward, yet many struggle with flat sales and unprofitable growth. The hard truth is that your customers may not want what you are offering, because they are not your ideal client. Many businesses make the fatal error of going […]
Continue readingSustaining profitability is one of the biggest challenges and source of frustration for many business owners. Competitive forces are continuously putting pressure on pricing, margins and profitability. However, if businesses just did this one thing pressure on pricing and margins would dissipate like helium being released from a balloon. The one thing is to identify […]
Continue readingMarketing is the nemesis of most small business owners, a necessary evil that rarely seems to translate into measurable sales. The fact is that the marketing program may not be problem; it may be your sales system. The sole purpose of marketing is to generate qualified leads. The marketing program has done its job once […]
Continue readingEven the most successful and established business can find itself in a position of financial distress. This is caused by sudden and significant changes to the business landscape or it may have crept in over time due to a lack of monitoring and controls. Before you know it you have a runaway train that requires […]
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