Do you feel like you’re getting nowhere quickly? Is your business stuck and you can’t seem to get through your next growth ceiling? Could it be your processes are holding you back? Consider this … Processes are the engines of your business; they ensure everything happens when and how it should. If they aren’t working,…
I have been accused of being a bit of a Pollyanna, the one with great faith in possibility … but not so much lately. Recently, I found myself wanting to curl up in front of a good Netflix series or take long mid-day naps to ignore important activities and avoid decision making … a bit…
You may well ask yourself – What do tomato plants and your plans have in common? If you’ve ever gardened, you know the excitement in Spring when you head off to the local garden center and buy those little boxes of tiny tomato plants. You have images of fresh tomato sandwiches floating in your head.…
This year has sped past. We blinked – and now we’re closing off 2022 and looking forward to 2023 and beyond. Planning the year ahead is exhilarating. It’s exciting and so, we’re inclined to leap straight into setting new dreams and goals. It’s true, there’s a positive energy that comes with new initiatives and new…
Sampling as an effective marketing strategy has been around for a very long time. A local story – In 1913, Frank O’Connor opened a candy business selling hand-made chocolates. He soon noticed that once people bought his chocolate and tried it, they bought again and again. His challenge was getting them to try it in…
As the intensity of the pandemic lessens several business owners have commented to me about looking forward to “going back” to normal. I question whether we should be looking forward to “going back” or should we be moving forward to our next normal? A lot has happened since the pandemic was called two plus years…
What Is a Budget? A budget is a projection of your future income (Revenue) and expenses for a specific period, usually a year. Like everything in your business, the “money stuff” must be planned AND managed. The tool to help you do this is your budget. Your budget is the financial plan for your business.…
The world’s oldest form of business partnership is alive and well. In fact, it is thriving and growing. It is the business partnership of two people who live together; they are called copreneurs. There are 227,000 Canadian couples who are copreneurs and that’s not counting the unmarried couples! Copreneurs make a powerful business team. Their…
One consistent thing over the past two years has been the continued support and camaraderie within the small business community as we all worked to overcome challenges and learn new ways to navigate our lives and continue to do business. As we are presented with a new set of challenges stepping into 2022, consider all…
When you launched your business, you knew the start-up phase would be challenging. But here it is, several years later, and it doesn’t feel like you are any further ahead. You’re pretty organized, have great ideas, and certainly work hard. What happened? Why has it become so difficult to manage your business? We call this being…