Posted by stevenson927 | Posted in Leadership, Managing | Posted on 18-08-2010 | 
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OK, there are a lot of good bosses out there too! Last week I blogged about the bad bosses. This week, let’s look at the good ones. Take these cues and learn from the great ones. I recently heard this great-boss story: A woman was about to start a new job when an unexpected medical [...]
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Posted by stevenson927 | Posted in Leadership, Managing | Posted on 11-08-2010 |
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What to Do about a Bad Boss Maybe it’s the economy, but lately I have been hearing about a lot of bad bosses. I have a friend in sales who works for a boss whose management style is fear: Once a week, every week, someone is fired for not doing their job right. Employee morale [...]
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Conquer the Chaos! According to Clate Mask and Scott Martineau in their recently-published book, Conquer the Chaos: How to grow a successful small business without going crazy, chaos is an inherent part of small business life. The question, they suggest, is how you will deal with it – accept it, fight it, or conquer it. [...]
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Posted by stevenson927 | Posted in Facebook, Marketing, twitter | Posted on 28-07-2010 |
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Social Media is here to stay. Here’s how to hop on board. Getting your business going with Facebook, Twitter and the rest may seem like a big chore, but it need not be. And it is important to do it, even if it does seem daunting. Why? Think of social media is as a conversation. [...]
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Want to grow your business? Seek out bigger clients I have a friend who sells real estate for a living. Back in the day, before the real estate market crashed, he made a great, and fairly easy, living selling small investment properties. Duplexes, four-plexes and mini malls were his specialty. He loved those sorts of [...]
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Posted by stevenson927 | Posted in Growing, Managing, Marketing | Posted on 14-07-2010 |
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Webinars Add Value and Build Your Brand There are many reasons why you might want to add webinars to your business bag of tricks: Webinars are easy in two ways: From a practical standpoint, offering a webinar requires only that you have a great subject, a PowerPoint presentation, and a host for the webinar. A simple [...]
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Posted by stevenson927 | Posted in Marketing, sales | Posted on 30-06-2010 |
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Is there anything worse than being pushed too hard by a salesperson? Before Mother’s Day my daughters and I went shopping in a tea store in a nearby mall. But instead of entering the Zen-like atmosphere one would expect, it was if we had walked into the boiler room of Earl Grey. No, that sampler [...]
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Posted by stevenson927 | Posted in Leadership | Posted on 23-06-2010 |
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Business mistakes happen, but these three can be avoided It is never fun to make a mistake in business, even if they are inevitable. And worse, mistakes are both more prevalent and more dangerous during the startup phase of your business because your idea has yet to be fully cooked; the startup period is, unfortunately, [...]
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Posted by stevenson927 | Posted in Marketing, Uncategorized | Posted on 17-06-2010 |
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Word-of-Mouth Referrals are Gold Word of mouth, often called referrals, are great because those folks who love your business best become your cheerleaders. Which begs the question – is there a ways to create an ongoing referral mechanism, a referral machine? You bet. But don’t just take it from me, consider the wise words from [...]
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Posted by stevenson927 | Posted in Leadership, Technology | Posted on 09-06-2010 |
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There is Plenty You Can Do
Small business people are action-takers and a lot of us want to help out in the Gulf Coast. Here is what you can do:
Volunteer: Whether it is giving staff time off to volunteer or going down there yourself, giving time can make a difference, but note: Have a plan first. [...]
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Posted by stevenson927 | Posted in Managing, business growth | Posted on 02-06-2010 |
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A Team is Born
When SCORE recently asked me to become a regular blogger, I was flattered and excited, but when I was told that I would be the first man to blog regularly of the SCORE Women’s Success Blog, I actually wasn’t surprised. It made a lot of sense in my life. You see, I [...]
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Posted by stevenson927 | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 13-05-2010 |
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Steve is scores new blogger
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