Customer reviews are the lifeblood of many local businesses, no matter what industry you’re in. This can be especially important for local service professionals. Most businesses don’t know how to ask for reviews. This article will give you simple step-by-step instructions on how to do it. Getting...
Should, should, should. We need to quit shoulding on ourselves. Small business owners face an overwhelming number of things they should be doing. It’s 2018. Time for a fresh start. Rather than heap guilt on you about the million things you aren’t doing, let’s pick a couple things...
Only 1,000 yards to go – a little more than a half mile. Everyone else from my team was out of the water, heading to lunch. And here I was still swimming. I was part of a swim event called the 100x100. You swim 100 yards...
The phone rings and you think, Oh that could be a potential customer. But then the canned message says they are from Google and you need to fix your local listing. Ugh. As a business owner I get these fake phone calls several times a week....
Wouldn’t it be nice to have a crystal ball to predict which prospects will be problematic clients or a bad fit for your business? Everyone knows a good crystal ball can be expensive and unpredictable. What we really need is common sense, preparation and a...
The woman on the TV show, “Barter Kings”, had to decide whether or not she was going to trade an army truck she had for a photo booth. The photo booth was only worth $3,500 and the truck was worth $9,000. You’d think it would be...