Business Basics to run your small business
Thanks to my colleague Jeff Apton, I recently discovered the report The Coming Entrepreneurship Boom from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. This study states that in the United States an entrepreneurial boom is looming; a boom created by baby boomers. Apparently, Americans aged 55 to 64 are more likely to become entrepreneurs than those aged […]
Boomers Are One Third More Likely to Start a Business Read More »
If you are in business you must focus on making a profit. Without profit, without earning descent money, you don’t have a business, you have a hobby. Putting your focus on profit doesn’t make you a Ferengi. It is a necessary part of the business world. When you have a j-o-b, someone else is responsible
What’s your relationship with money? Read More »
I have a confession to make. Even though I’m an adult – a middle-aged one at that – and I’m not currently parenting a breastfeeding baby, I nap. There, I’ve said it. I’m a napper. Oh, it’s not like I nap every day. If you call me at 2 p.m. and I don’t answer, it
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Recently I had become frustrated with my management – or rather lack of management – of my email inbox. As a business owner, a blogger, and an information junkie, I often scour the internet looking for information that will help me run my business or help me help my clients and readers run theirs. When
How I Cleaned Up My Inbox and Learned to Love RSS Read More »
This past weekend I attended Podcamp Toronto. It was an amazing weekend, in part because of the people who were there and in part because I had a plan. I went into the weekend knowing what I needed to get out of the event and how to get it. My personal event strategy is one
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By Janet Barclay One of the greatest challenges many people face in business and in their personal lives is that there never seems to be enough time to accomplish everything they need to do, let alone finding time for things they want to do! They look with envy at those who are able to successfully
Tips For Effective Time Management Read More »
The other day I was listening to the Marketing Over Coffee podcast featuring an interview with Seth Godin, talking about his new book Linchpin. While the entire podcast was interesting – as always – there was one section in particular that stood out. Godin said, “real artists ship.” By artists, he didn’t necessarily mean people
Seth Godin says Real Artists Ship. Do you? Read More »
Last Friday, after about seven hours on the phone with tech support, it was determined that while my laptop wasn’t quite dead yet, it was well on the way. And couldn’t be brought back to life without some major repairs: a new motherboard, memory and whatever else isn’t working. On the plus side, this was
My Computer is Dead! Don’t Let this Happen To You Read More »
Too many people feel like selling is beyond them. “I’m just not a natural salesperson.” I say that’s a load of crap. We are all natural born sales people. It’s just that somewhere along the line we unlearned this very natural skill. Don’t believe me? Watch your kids. Think Big Kids automatically think big. They
Afraid of Selling? Learn From Your Kids Read More »
Yesterday I was speaking with a friend who had spent the weekend working on her books. Turns out she has $20,000 in outstanding invoices. For a solopreneur, that’s a big chunk of her annual income that is overdue. This outstanding balance is affecting her business because she’s now having to make decisions based on the
Do customers owe you money? Read More »