6 New Year’s Resolutions that will Change Your Small Business in 2018
It’s time to set next year’s goals and we want to make them some good ones. A big part of achieving great business resolutions is knowing how to set big, important meaningful goals that can have a big impact on your business and the owner’s life. For many owners this is one of the first stumbling
5 Schedule Fixes to Make Your Business More Profitable
An entrepreneur’s most limited resource is his/her time, and there is never enough of it! Don’t you just wish you could have a week where everyone leaves you alone you can just work on all of the things you never have time to do? Dreamy, right? Since carving out that EXTRA time seems pretty imposs
11 Tips for Getting the Most out of Attending a Trade Show
The investment of time and money to attend a trade show can be pretty significant, especially when you consider the amount of time away from your business…so set yourself up to get a big return on that investm
You Think You Are Doing Everything Right, So Why Are Employees Bee Lining For The Door? Contests, Prizes, Gifts…And Still Your Staff are Leaving
You’ve tried everything – contests, incentive programs and employee appreciation days, yet you’re still losing employees faster than you can hire them. Sometimes just by switching up one or two things can get the gum out of the works and get things moving again. Try giving one of
One Little Mistake that Cost a Cleaning Business Owner $12,000 a Year
“There must be an easier way” Janet thought. After staring her business just over 4 years ago, she seldom paused to think, but once in a while, in the wee hours of the night, when she falls into her Lazyboy from exhaustion at the end of the day, Janet cannot help but have a small moment of satisfac
5 Reasons Your Staff May Be Running For The Door
When I say “ER” what do you think of? If you thought emergency room, you guessed incorrectly. “Employee Retention” was what I was talking about but most of us business owners dread the discussion just
Take Our Quiz…How STICKY is your STAFF?
How Sticky is Your Staff? Meaning, how good is your employee retention? Are you able to find and keep outstanding staff, or are there some weak spots? And, if there are weak spots…where are they? We have se
Top 4 Objections to Spring Cleaning, and How to Seal the Deal
“Objection!” claims the customer. Sometimes Spring Cleaning sells itself, and sometimes it is a bit harder. Actually your goal when selling Spring Cleaning is not make that one-time spring cleaning sale, but instead to strengthen your relationship with you clients and convert more recurring client[constantcontactapi formid="1"]