Strategic planning is essential to the success of any business. You have to look at strategic planning from a global perspective. That means the big picture – not minute details, but, its direction and scope. You start by thinking about your ultimate monetary goals for the year, product development goals, and workshop/teleseminar goals and more…
I’ll bet you are already beginning to think about how you want your business to look in 2012. Yep, it’s that time again. And if you are, that’s right where you should be. One of the key elements you need to consider when planning for this year is an honest look at what you and…
Can you believe how this year has flown by? One of the interesting things I’ve noticed recently (and it’s quite different than previous years), my colleagues and friends are eagerly anticipating the arrival of the New Year. Many of them are feeling a shift toward positive thinking and energy. The consensus is that 2012 is…
What’s Keeping You From Moving Forward? 3 Critical Steps To Success In 2012 NOW is a great time to be thinking of what’s next? in terms of strategic planning and building you marketing plan(s) for the next year. Have you met your goals for this year? Do you consider this year a success or simply…
One of the biggest mistakes business owners and entrepreneurs make is not having business systems in place to run their businesses. Systems either run your business or people do. That might sound odd because it seems obvious that you need people to run your business systems. And, you are absolutely correct you do need people…
The bottom line is if your business/strategic/marketing plan isn’t written down, your staff isn’t going to know what to do. People don’t pick things up through “Osmosis”. I’ve been in situations, where the business owner was not reachable. Staff members had decisions that had to be made, but because there wasn’t a written plan, the…
Holidays happen nearly every day and not just near the end of the year. Every month, week and day there seems to some sort of “National Blah Blah Day” celebration for some historic event or organization. There is a growing collection of celebrations with each passing year. Knowing this is very helpful to you the…
We all know the importance of Strategic Planning in your business. This is the overall “global” plan, if you will, for this year plus, you need to have a plan for about the next 18 months, as a minimum. It’s really not good enough to hold your plan in your head and try to figure…
