Marketing Is Getting Tougher

by | Nov 13, 2013 | General Business

Until recently, a business that made the right moves could succeed on a well-controlled marketing budget without too much effort. That changed with Google’s three major alterations to how it ranks sites in search results. Sites with great page rank vanished. The...

A Priest and a Rabi Walk into a Restaurant…

by | Nov 11, 2013 | General Business

It goes like this, a Priest and a Rabi walk into a restaurant. They look around and leave. A nice young couple then walk in. They look around and leave. An elderly couple come in. They too look around and leave. But wait! A large group just came in! Looks like four...

Titles? We Need No Stinking Titles!

by | Nov 9, 2013 | General Business

What a week. I’m helping people through mazes of data mining and presentation landmines at corporations. These people fear people with titles such as Vice President of Operations or COO or BFD. There are small, and I mean small, business owners who try to...

What Is a Plan?

by | Oct 20, 2013 | General Business

I’m working with several businesses on different issues and the one thing they all have in common is they lack a plan.There’s an old expression about. We don’t plan to fail but fail to plan.But what is a plan?One business has personnel problems,...

I Am Taking You to Task!

by | Oct 19, 2013 | General Business

Tisk tisk. Task, task, task, tasks. I am busy. Sorry, too busy. Can’t, busy. You busy? Yes, busy. Still busy.Friday.Wow, glad this week is done. Done. Get much done? Well done?Well, lots of tasks make for a busy week but not necessarily a productive week.Yes, it...

Feeling Stressed? Here’s Why

by | Oct 18, 2013 | General Business

There is a cause for feeling stress in business. I see it every day. I experience it myself.The primary cause for stress in business, and perhaps other areas of life, is loss of focus.When I see an entrepreneur begin to get stressed out, I can just around and see the...