Employee Engagement for the Small Business
You know the famous quote “Good help is hard to find”. You have probably heard it at least a dozen times, if you are a business owner, you have maybe said it at least two dozen times. In the hiring market these days, it sometimes seems to apply. Sometimes you may feel like you are […]
7 Social Media Tips for Small Business Owners
Social media is complicated. There are new trends to keep up with, new platforms to learn, and there are so many different ways to engage with your customers on those accounts. Whether you’re a social media newbie or veteran, here are some standard tips for small business owners to follow. 1) Identify Your Audiences The […]
Four Key Elements For Evaluating Sales Performance
Evaluating sales performance should be nuanced for most businesses, but many owners are too quick to look simply at the bottom-line sales dollars. It’s easy to understand why business leaders just want to skip to the total dollars. Money is the fuel that keeps the business engine running and pays the bills. Dollars are also […]
How Can the Lack of Accurate Financial Information Destroy Your Business?
At some point, after hanging the shingle up and opening for business, most entrepreneurs hire someone to help with their bookkeeping. Whether a family member, friend, or clerk, we pay our bills, send out invoices, and make deposits in the bank. However, since the person hired to help isn’t an accountant, very few actually have […]
What Does it Mean to be an Advocate for Your Team?
I think it would be arguable to say that everyone is an advocate. We advocate for our favorite sports team in the stands. We advocate for our political representatives by voting on the ballot. We advocate our favorite brands claiming better quality or taste. We advocate for our favorite schools, bands, businesses, the list can […]
Strong Christian Values are the Foundation of a Healthy Life and Business
I’m sure you’ve heard the story of the wise and foolish builders. If you have not, it is a parable that Jesus told, about a man who built his house on a rock, and a man who built his house on the sand. Of course, once a storm came, the house that was built on […]
Leadership: Doing It All Consistently
Have you ever seen anyone who works out perfectly for one week of the month, and then fall off for a few weeks, get in the best shape of their life? Can you eat great a few days and then gorge yourself and stay feeling great? Can you build excellence into anything by occasionally killing […]
5 Important Steps to Improving Your Creative Team Process
So, you have the job of managing the creative team process for your business. Firstly, we’ll pray for you, but secondly, we’ll provide some tips we have learned over the years to improve our own internal creative processes. At first thought, “creative” and “process” really don’t seem to go together. Raise your hand if you’ve […]
Five Essentials to Building a Strong Team
Leading a small business can be hard. Leading a small business without a strong team is a lot harder. You cast the vision, you take the risks, you produce results that enable the business to grow; then if you grow enough to need employees, you manage a team of people. Whether you’ve already got a team […]
How Understanding Data Can Help Grow Your Business
Every business has access to large amounts of data whether big or small. Many small business owners do not utilize their data to its full potential. Understanding your data allows for businesses to gain valuable information and knowledge into company performance, its consumers, and its competitors. 4 Ways Understanding Data Can Help Your Business Here […]