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Let's be honest: Losing a top employee stinks.  It costs your business time – time to recruit, hire, develop a knowledge base and grow customer relationships.  But it also creates emotional and personal upheaval – team morale can suffer, along with productivity and increased confusion about the future. 

Whether you're a Fortune 500 company or a small mom-and-pop business, losing a massive client is always shocking, uneasy, and frustrating. Unfortunately, it's something that almost every entrepreneur experiences at some point in time.

If you're self-employed, it's critical to protect your business to make sure it stays healthy, even when you are not.  

Financials are a lot of small business people's THIRD RAIL --  Don't touch it - you will die!  Too many people start businesses and 'wish and hope and pray' that they will keep making money and stay ahead without any planning or preparation.  That's a recipe for small business disaster. T oday, we're going to walk you through a few basic habits to help you strengthen your business financial standi...

What it's really like to hire your first employee? In short, terrifying.  Am I ready? How do I know I'm ready? Where do I start?  How do I do it? How much should I pay? What if they suck?  How much time is it going to take me to train them? What if they don't work out?  What if I can't afford to pay them? What if I don't have enough work?  

Today with so many more of us working from home or in a hybrid situation and still haven't found the balance. We're going to dive into this topic to find out what is ideal solution for you. 

You've probably heard the saying that "communication is key," and it's true—communication is a critical component of almost any day-to-day activity.  Your audience might be a group of clients, a customer in your store, your chamber of commerce, or just the most significant prospect you'll ever land.  Let's chat about how to communicate in these situations and connect to make them rabid fans, custo...

More and more companies are requesting virtual meetings to review proposals, meet new vendors, and better understand what you bring to the virtual table.  We all need to be more polished, look more professional, and fully understand our tech to present a perfect presentation to clients.

Sometimes we have to step back and take a long look at our products and services to deliver the best to our clients. 

There are so many details and steps to start your own business. It can seem overwhelming for someone doing it for the first time. Let's break it down into four actionable steps to start off the new year.

January is here, and it's back to business as usual. Or is it? After a holiday break filled with eating, drinking, and being merry, chances are you may be feeling the winter blahs. Psychologists attribute the post-holiday blues to a number of factors including the lack of social events on our calendars, days short on daylight, cold weather, and fatigue. But duty calls—it's time to take action and...

It's been hard to grow your network over the past 18 months the old way - let's discuss the 2022 way of networking. Think of your network as your bank account - we've been slowly draining our networking bank accounts.

20 years ago - we all talked about our 5-year plans -- projections, quotas, large binders, 8-hour offsites in stinky hotel ballrooms. Things change much faster now -- let's talk one-year plans!

It's been almost 2 years with Covid and it has fundamentally changed our lives and how we do business. In fact, many business owners have been running full-tilt the entire time, reacting swiftly to each crazy course correction - shut-downs, supply-chain issues, resignations, hybrid working. Today we want to help you 'reset' for 2022 and find a more proactive position to take to grow your business.

Today's episode dives into social media from a year-long perspective and gives you action steps to push your sales & marketing goals. 

Today's episode is all about the feeling of gratitude. With our second holiday season in pandemic and we have to step up our connections with our employees, clients, and ourselves. 

We all want more clients -- better clients, affluent clients -- and we chase them daily. Why not try to step back and make them come to you?

We answer how we got here and how to get real about demand, inventory, and sell-through.  

Do you ever feel like you don't want to show other people your website out because it's outdated?

In the last several months, businesses have seen a tidal wave of employees leaving.  How can you retain your top people in the face of this tidal wave of resignations?

People, tasks, clients, and personal priorities get in the way of your business success.  Let's take a look at those 'Time Vampires' and figure out how to bury them for good.  

What have you learned from the pandemic and the impact on your mental health -- it's an integral part of your entire business health assessment. 

Making it through a pandemic - you 10X'd your business.  Now you need to continually 10X your next actions.

Are prices going up? YES, THEY ARE!  Do you feel comfortable raising your fees?  If you do, great! If you don't, keep listening.

Everyone HATES having THAT conversation with your client.  Raising prices, unexpected costs, bad behavior, client procrastination --  And the worst: Firing your client.