Business Tips by Chris Reich
Tips from growing a business to dealing with disputesConfusion and Turmoil
Introduce confusion and with it comes turmoil.Health care debate.Obama insists he wants to fix a broken system. We hear about 50 million uninsured people. We hear about people losing their insurance when they lose their job. We hear about people who can't get...
Book Recommendation
This is a must read. Not only will it be good for you---good for your health; you'll also get a good lesson in critical thinking. Trust me. Great book.Chris Reich, Author of TeachU's Business Talk BlogChris@TeachU.com
Better?
Quick.Name one thing better today at your business or organization than yesterday.Can't?Why?Every day I look for something to improve. I can tune the website. I can call a valued client. I can design a post card. I can modify a file as in 'improve a database'. I can...
Wave Particle Duality
Light has what we call in physics, wave particle duality. This is very interesting because it defies the laws of classical Newtonian physics. Waves can move particles or travel on particles but not BE particles. Thus, light being both a particle and a wave makes it...
Mixed Message or Eat Here, Get Gas
Quick question. Where are you most likely to get a good sandwich, a deli or a gas station?Next question. Where are you most likely to get a really bad sandwich, a deli or a gas station?Are you going to find the best furniture in a store that also sells shirts and lawn...
Are You Working on Ver 2.SIMPLE?
Our economy shrunk in the past few months. The mighty shoes the U.S. once filled are now just a size too big. We'll wear thicker socks to compensate and for a while, until the next time we buy shoes, few will notice the change. I don't write this stuff to address...
What is a Sale Worth?
If your business is a kind which can make sales of varying magnitude, when entering the sales process of a potentially large sale, do you intelligently scale your sales strategy accordingly? Do you even have a sales strategy?Most companies have a sales process but few...
First, Do No Harm
Before you start looking for ways to improve your business, look for the things that are harming your business. Fix those first.Example? Sure.One bad apple in your customer service department can do a lot of damage. You're not going to "train" someone to provide great...
What If Things Don’t Get Better Than They Are Now?
If our economy shrunk as result of being washed in the hot water of this recession never to stretch back to its former size, what would happen to your business?It could do quite well. Perhaps your business could do better than ever. You'd have to make some smart...
Who Is the Competition?
Competing with the wrong people may be seriously harming your business. Winning in the wrong situation does far more harm than good. You cannot simply ignore the state of the economy. Business is tough. But you cannot focus on the down-turn. You must fight to gain...
Special Day
Happy Blooms Day.
Get Rid of the Greedy and the Lazy
Two problems are eating up our economic base. Greed. I want something for nothing. Give me money for as little effort as possible. Give it to me now.Laziness. Related to greed. I don't want to change the way I do things. I don't want to do anything extra or difficult...
Can You Answer This Question?
The answer to this question should determine every marketing decision you make.Do you want all the business you can get or to get all the business you want?Better get clear on that before you make another business decision.Chris Reich, Author of TeachU's Business Talk...
The Most Difficult Sale You’ll Ever Make
I'd like you to think about what you consider the most difficult and stressful sale you could make.Please. Think about that. People who have never been in business will imagine that they know your answer. But if you are an ethical business person, the most difficult...
Goals
Pick up any business book and it will tell you to set goals. It will tell you that if you have no goals, you will flounder and eventually fail.So, I guess we need to set goals. But what kind of goals?It's good to have long-range goals. It's even better if you can...
Entropy
EntropyThis is a word you had better learn.Entropy is the conveyor belt your business is built on. It is moving backwards all the time. It never stops.So, if you are improving things at your business just a little---a little better service, a little product...
Cutomer Service
Wake up! I simply cannot understand why service is so lousy at most businesses! Don't you understand that we are in a tough economy and the war will be won on the battlefield of customer service?Business has been slow. Businesses have cut back. But still, they can...
The U.S. Economy Will Never Fully Recover
Remember when...If you're in, or as some would say 'into', business, you've probably looked at the statistics for Gross Domestic Product per capita in some almanac or world factoid book. With pride and amusement we would always see the United States far ahead of every...