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Other Added - Are You a Small Business Lone Ranger? Take My 10-Question Quiz To Find Out!
It’s a rainy afternoon on a typical mid week afternoon and the telesales team isn’t firing on all cylinders. Cedric really isn’t pulling his weight at all. He’s been pushing papers around his desk for most of the afternoon and is having a miserable time. His sales figures are below target, his call statistics are below average and he knows that winning the lottery is as likely as him turning it around before the end of the month. John the sales manager also knows that Cedric isn’t performing and decides to run a coaching session with him to try and so
4. Do you maintain your own website?
5. Do you do your own accounting and billing?
6. Do you write your own sales and marketing copy?
7. Do you get your own mail?
8. Do
I have been observing my 4 year old daughter and I have marveled at how she always manages to take over a situation.She gets more attention by not saying anything than all of the other loud mouth kids her age. The people at her school make a big deal out of anything that she says because she doesn’t say much.She's also pretty resourceful. For example, if she is hungry and no one is really paying her any attention, she’ll go in the kitchen and get a snack from the cupboard.If she wants something that she can
No matter how big or small the project, the Lone Ranger handles 100% of it. Either because they're afraid to let go of control or because they feel they can't afford to hire help. Can you relate? I know I can!
So what's wrong with doing everything yourself? Well it's tough to grow your business if you're busy managing every single detail. I know it's a bit scary to let go of control or to consider actually hiring help, but I also know it's necessary if you want to grow your business to its fullest potential.
Take my 10-question quiz to determine if YOU are a Lone Ranger. And don't worry if you are, I've got some suggestions to help you rid yourself of this business-stifling affliction!
1. Do you work alone?
2. Do you feel no one can do your work quite as well as you?
3. Do you often feel there aren't enough hours in the day to get everything done?
4. Do you maintain your own website?
5. Do you do your own accounting and billing?
6. Do you write your own sales and marketing copy?
7. Do you get your own mail?
8. Do
Lilly Tomlin, the American comic, once said: “When I was growing up, I wanted to be a somebody. Now I realize I should have been more specific.”In direct response advertising and direct mail selling, as in life, specifics sell. Generalities don’t.Consider, for example, a direct response ad that I have in front of me. I tore it from the May 2006 issue of Harper’s Magazine last night.This ad faces an almost impossible sales challenge:The product it promotes is the ROM, a Range of Motion exercise machine that retails f
So what's wrong with doing everything yourself? Well it's tough to grow your business if you're busy managing every single detail. I know it's a bit scary to let go of control or to consider actually hiring help, but I also know it's necessary if you want to grow your business to its fullest potential.
Take my 10-question quiz to determine if YOU are a Lone Ranger. And don't worry if you are, I've got some suggestions to help you rid yourself of this business-stifling affliction!
1. Do you work alone?
2. Do you feel no one can do your work quite as well as you?
3. Do you often feel there aren't enough hours in the day to get everything done?
4. Do you maintain your own website?
5. Do you do your own accounting and billing?
6. Do you write your own sales and marketing copy?
7. Do you get your own mail?
8. Do
Public Relations for Auto Parts Stores is not as easy as it looks, but that does not mean that a little creativity cannot go along way. For instance there are many car clubs in your town and these folks need a place to meet and if they use your parking lot when your shop is closed and you hand out T-Shirts or even sell them for a couple of bucks to cover costs you will have half the motor heads in town promoting your business across the county.But there is so much more you can do too. You can run a community relation program which allows you to
Take my 10-question quiz to determine if YOU are a Lone Ranger. And don't worry if you are, I've got some suggestions to help you rid yourself of this business-stifling affliction!
1. Do you work alone?
2. Do you feel no one can do your work quite as well as you?
3. Do you often feel there aren't enough hours in the day to get everything done?
4. Do you maintain your own website?
5. Do you do your own accounting and billing?
6. Do you write your own sales and marketing copy?
7. Do you get your own mail?
8. Do
The sales process includes many activities such as prospecting, making appointments, and closing. But one thing that you do each and every time in the sales process is you make a sales presentation. A sales presentation could be a sales pitch to one person, a presentation to a group of people, or a speech to an entire audience in an auditorium. Whichever it is, the end goal is always the same – to sell your products or services.Sales presentations are just as important as any other step in the sales process. With that in mind, here are some fre
1. Do you work alone?
2. Do you feel no one can do your work quite as well as you?
3. Do you often feel there aren't enough hours in the day to get everything done?
4. Do you maintain your own website?
5. Do you do your own accounting and billing?
6. Do you write your own sales and marketing copy?
7. Do you get your own mail?
8. Do
The road to success is paved with all sorts of surprises; pot holes, rough patches, dips, road blocks, twists and turns.There are times when an alternate route will get you to your final destination rough patch free. Other times, there is no route to take but the one facing you.Follow these four steps no matter the road conditions to get you moving towards your final destination, with ease:Take it one step at a timeIt's been determined that walking one mile takes about 2,000 steps. No matter how you slice it, it will
4. Do you maintain your own website?
5. Do you do your own accounting and billing?
6. Do you write your own sales and marketing copy?
7. Do you get your own mail?
8. Do you buy your own office supplies?
9. Do you create or deliver all your products and services by yourself?
10. Do you fulfill and ship all your sales yourself?
I think you can see this list could go on and on and on, but you get the idea. So if you answered "Yes" to most or all of these questions, guess what, YOU ARE A LONE RANGER! That's okay, I've been one, too.
When your business is small you have to wear many hats because you can't afford to hire help. But at what point do you make a decision to start delegating tasks to someone else? ANSWER: When the time you're spending on administrative tasks involved in keeping your business running prevents you from spending time growing your business.
As a business owner, you should aim to spend at least 60% of your time marketing. You are the BEST person to market your product or service. And marketing is the only way your business will grow and flourish. So if you're too busy paying bills, getting the m
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