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Atricle Dump - Make Your Life Happen in 2006!
I always buy my fresh fruit and vegetables from a little corner market, even though it's right near a big supermarket that sells at cheaper prices.Why am I a loyal customer despite the fact I have to pay more?It's because they remember my name each time I shop there, and if my bag is too heavy, they'll deliver it to my home. The big supermarket does none of these things.If that small business didn't look after their customers, they'd be forced to close their doors within a month. Repeat business is absolutely essential for their survival. It's essential for the survival of every small business.So as a small business owner, how do you make sure your customers become repeat customers?1. Say “Thank you”It's so simple, so effective, and unfortunately so rare to b
Use the SMART process when setting goals. You will find this method is simple and easy to execute.
Marketing, that is the one thing that stands between many gifted people and entrepreneurial success. The question we will explore is why and what can be done about it. So let’s start with a simple question that sets the stage for this discussion – if you are not naturally gifted in the art of sales & marketing does marketing have to hurt?The answer is, of course it does when it’s treated like some unfathomable form of torture that precludes your success. If you thrive on pain, struggling, and striving, this is fine … but if you are like most people, just the thought of activating emotional pain is daunting enough to actually keep you from excavating your own potential to succeed. In fact, thinking about it and drowning in the dread of it can cause you to fail or to abandon your dreams altogether. Now I can’t promise you tha
We need to write our goals down on paper so we can refer to them often. They become a roadmap of the direction you are heading in. You can change them, tweak them, or refine them as often as you like. If they are in your head, you have to try to remember them as well as have the internal battle with your subconscious that keeps telling you not to worry about them anymore or that goals are too hard so you should just quit, and that can become difficult.
Setting goals is not that difficult. You remember the riddle, “how do you eat and elephant?” Well the answer is: “One bite at a time”. Obtaining the results you want in your life are very much the same way as eating an elephant. We certainly can’t expect to loose 20 percent or more of our weight in one month, just like we can’t expect to triple our income in one week. We must work through a process of steps and phases. Think about “what” it is that you want to accomplish or that you want to have in your life. Consider “why” you want it. Finally start to write down ideas of “how” you might reach or obtain it (also known as “action plans”). Goals and objectives aren't the same thing, although many people think they are. Goals are where you want to end up. Objectives are the steps to get there.
Use the SMART process when setting goals. You will find this method is simple and easy to execute.
Behavior that is reinforced is behavior that is repeated. Behavior rewarded is behavior that is repeated.This simple, yet profound, concept is at the root of more poor productivity, broken relationships, negative personnel issues and high costs of doing business than any other management principle as well as peak performance organizations that grow and prosper each year.What does the concept – you get the behavior you reward mean and what is the impact of it on your organization’s culture and overall performance?Let me give you an example. You want an employee who is always late to be on time, but you don’t bring up his tardiness with him because it is only 10 minutes. So you wish and hope that the person would just get it - the policy is to be on time. But unfortunately, he doesn’t get your unspoken messag
We need to write our goals down on paper so we can refer to them often. They become a roadmap of the direction you are heading in. You can change them, tweak them, or refine them as often as you like. If they are in your head, you have to try to remember them as well as have the internal battle with your subconscious that keeps telling you not to worry about them anymore or that goals are too hard so you should just quit, and that can become difficult.
Setting goals is not that difficult. You remember the riddle, “how do you eat and elephant?” Well the answer is: “One bite at a time”. Obtaining the results you want in your life are very much the same way as eating an elephant. We certainly can’t expect to loose 20 percent or more of our weight in one month, just like we can’t expect to triple our income in one week. We must work through a process of steps and phases. Think about “what” it is that you want to accomplish or that you want to have in your life. Consider “why” you want it. Finally start to write down ideas of “how” you might reach or obtain it (also known as “action plans”). Goals and objectives aren't the same thing, although many people think they are. Goals are where you want to end up. Objectives are the steps to get there.
Use the SMART process when setting goals. You will find this method is simple and easy to execute.
As the economy improves, so does the outlook for small business. That may mean you'll find way too many things to do and not enough time for you or your staff to complete them. Or maybe you've been solo for a while and have decided your business is growing enough to need help.What do you do? Hire full or part time employees? Outsource to an independent contractor?Before you decide, take the time to define the position. Create a job description. What do you want the person to do? What are you willing to give up total control over? What level of experience or education must the person have? Documenting the responsibilities of the position will help you decide. And it will help you hire the right person the first time.Consider the IRS' 20 point checklist when determining employee vs. independent contractor. A good
Setting goals is not that difficult. You remember the riddle, “how do you eat and elephant?” Well the answer is: “One bite at a time”. Obtaining the results you want in your life are very much the same way as eating an elephant. We certainly can’t expect to loose 20 percent or more of our weight in one month, just like we can’t expect to triple our income in one week. We must work through a process of steps and phases. Think about “what” it is that you want to accomplish or that you want to have in your life. Consider “why” you want it. Finally start to write down ideas of “how” you might reach or obtain it (also known as “action plans”). Goals and objectives aren't the same thing, although many people think they are. Goals are where you want to end up. Objectives are the steps to get there.
Use the SMART process when setting goals. You will find this method is simple and easy to execute.
Some people think that publicity is all about paparazzi snapping photos of celebs and intruding into their private lives -- or as Woodward and Bernstein blowing the lid off of a government scandal. But, as a small business owner, publicity is actually one of your greatest allies! People who read about you in the newspaper or hear an interview with you on the radio will sit up and take notice -- much more notice than if they simply see a flier of yours posted at the Laundromat. But you have to be in charge of your relationship with the media, and make sure that it is a good one!FINDING YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETSThe first step to securing some good free publicity is hooking up with the right people. Sending information to a generic address at every major media outlet in your area is almost always a waste of time. You need
Use the SMART process when setting goals. You will find this method is simple and easy to execute.
In the mid 1960's I was working with Post Tension concrete projects in the southeast United States for Noble Concrete, Inc. Many of our large projects would be stressing ring beams for dome concrete buildings. Domes exert a large lateral load on the walls of the buildings upon which they set. The ring beam is what holds the walls from falling outward from the weight of the dome.In concrete construction there is usually a large safety factor built into the construction in the way of extra steel bars. Post Tension concrete is a little different, too much of a good thing can cause trouble.The design engineer will note on the plans how much tension is required and suppliers like Noble Concrete would bid on the jobs and then make the shop drawings showing the placement and size of the cables required.We got the
Use the SMART process when setting goals. You will find this method is simple and easy to execute.
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