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3 Tools to help you get found locally

One of the keys to success with small business (and one of the challenges) is that your potential customers need to be able to find you before they can actually spend any money with you. Of course you also need to have a product or service that solves their problem, presented in such a way […]

Supercharge your Rolodex…with LinkedIn

   photo by renaissancechambara Remember the days of the good ol’ rolodex? Only 7 years ago Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter didn’t exist (LinkedIn started in May of 2003, Facebook in February of 2004 and Twitter in March of 2006).  Now there are more than 400 Million people on Facebook, 105 Million registered users on Twitter […]

What does it take to start up a business?

Every parent wants their kids to do well in school.  Even with a lot of the great schools we have in the Kansas City area (with some obvious exceptions) there are a lot of kids that would benefit from an opportunity to learn more…to learn new ways to learn, especially when it comes to math! […]

Are you getting the little things right?

Presentation. Attention to detail. Serving the customer. I was at my daughter’s soccer game this morning and one of the other parents had recently purchased furniture for their daughter and although they liked the product, the overall experience was very bad.  What was promised in no later than 8 weeks delivery took over 10 weeks.  […]

5 Great Reasons why a business blog is smart

Dolphins are really smart – if you haven’t had a chance to check out the new show Life from the Discovery Channel you’re missing out.  There was a recent episode that did a segment on dolphins who lived in a really shallow area in the ocean.  The dolphins would purposely stir up mud in a […]

In Kansas City – Be remarkable to be successful

photo by Yodel Anecdotal Seth Godin makes me nervous – but for all the right reasons. Godin published ‘Purple Cow – Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable’ in 2002 and he explains the title in the first chapter by talking about a trip his family made to France where they were amazed at the pastoral […]