photo by randysonofrobert  If you want to use social media for your business, you’ve got to be consistent.  Your social media presence is a garden and if you want your garden to look good and grow, you’ve got to routinely maintain it.  You need to water your garden, trim and prune the plants, create […]

  photo by annia316  A lot of business owners talk about growing their business by networking.  You imagine a crowded chamber after hours meeting and it’s hard to picture generating business in that kind of setting. The reality is you can’t (or at least it’s unlikely). What you can do at those kinds of events […]

  photo by ZEDZAP>Nick  I’ve known Walt for quite a while.  He’s a great guy – warm, genuine, the kind of person that you enjoy catching up with.  He was a consultant and I was the client when we first met – then we briefly worked at the same consulting company and have stayed in […]

photo by pshutterbug Are you building your business on a shaky foundation?  When times are good, you can grow revenues and profits, even without a solid core for your business…however when times are tough (like the last couple of years), an unstable business is one that’s not going to last. What makes for a solid […]

This is the perfect time of year to sit back and relax. Enjoy your family, enjoy your friends. Take some time to purposely not think about all the stuff you normally think about. Let your mind drift, play some games, read a great book, catch a movie…whatever works best for you. It looks like we’ve […]

  Photo by andy_c Maybe this has happened to you.  You’ve got a great idea for a new product or a new business – something you just know people are going to be lining up to buy.  You do some quick back of the napkin business planning and realize that you need to get the […]