Executable Strategic Plan Provides for Quick Course Corrections

Does your strategic plan provide for quick course corrections? If not, maybe it is time to revisit your plan and your attitudes?

Executable Strategic Planning Is Effective Delegation of Who Does What By When

Does your strategic plan indicate who does what by when? If not, it should.

A Top Business Plan Can Be Even More Helpful

Why a Business Plan is a 'must have' life-line for any small business.

Business Intelligence - Better Merchandising, Better Sales

Operating within the ever-changing consumer electronics market, cellular retailers face unique merchandising challenges that extend beyond the typical lost sales due to out of stocks and markdowns from excess inventory – their business is susceptible to handset design trends, emerging technologies and of course, passing fads. When planning merchandise, however, retailers are not completely powerless. Business Intelligence (BI) software, with its predictive analytics, helps retailers improve their merchandising processes to identify hidden opportunities and eliminate lost sales and markdowns.

Requirements Matrix - A Necessary Evil

A Requirements Matrix is an essential beginning to a proposal Use it!

International Impacts on a Business Plan

Business plans are complicated when operating across international borders. Four critical things must be considered and are high-lighted in this discussion.

Strategic Planning - What Does Your Company Mean?

Last week I had an interesting discussion with a director of Mary Kay, one of the most successful companies in the cosmetics industry. She wanted to know why it would be important for her sales reps to understand strategy.

Internet Home Business

There are many jobs that utilize the internet including consulting, editing, selling products, offering advice, creating web sites, photography, and graphic design just to name a few. Some people work for a company but work from home due to the nature of their job. Data entry specialists, customer service representatives, and other customer support roles are being offered to those who want to work form home.

Rejuvenate & Re-Fuel Your Inner Drive

Solo Entrepreneurs have unique needs as they build their small businesses. Here are three key ways that Solo-E's motivate themselves to success: by maintaining a focused marketing approach, finding the support they need in alliances that fuel their creativity and personal vision, and honing in on their assets to create personal expertise.

Operating Your Small Business - Everything Really Is A Project

If you aren't using project management tools and skills to run your business, your productivity is suffering. Rose Hill, a successful solo-e, talks about the tools she uses to manage her business.

Blowing Your Own Horn - A Key Marketing Strategy for Small Business

Successful solo entrepreneurs spend quite a bit of time building and expanding their networks. We may meet face to face, over the telephone or online. We exchange pleasantries, information, referrals or resources and in doing so, strengthen the bonds with individuals and the whole organization. What is not quite as common in our exchanges is the use of a personal or business success story.

Think Yourself To Success

You've bought and read every popular book on entrepreneurship and success in business. You've joined all the right organizations and met the right people. You've learned the latest time management tips and have the most up-to-date software. Still there is something missing. What is left to do? Read on...

Small Business Mistakes: Are You Making Enough of Them?

One of the most important mental shifts we all need to make as self-employed business owners is from hiding and avoiding our mistakes to embracing them! Learn why.