You could be a small entrepreneur, an individual marketer, or a small enterprise run by very few people. Whatever your situation, you might be finding it difficult to manage client relationships as you grow and scale up your business. You might tend to neglect your old clients in your zeal to build new client relationships. Or you might be spending too much time and effort on retaining your existing clientele. Building client relationships can be a challenge, especially if you are a … [Read more...]
7 Tips for Attracting Consumers to Your Small Business
If you’re a business owner who is just starting out, you might not have the big advertising bucks to spend on attracting consumers and staying ahead of the competition. But while TV and radio marketing can help grow your customer base, there are other steps you can take to attract a devoted following. Here are seven tips that will help you capture the attention of consumers. Strengthen Relationships Transforming a new small business into a success takes a lot of hard work. While certain … [Read more...]
On Growing Your Business: 3 Key Ways to Learn from Successful Entrepreneurs
People who say they have nothing left to learn are foolish, to say the least. Actually, the most successful businessmen and women understand that every day of their lives is a learning experience. They know that the only time they stop learning is when they pass on to another plane of existence. If you are looking to grow your business beyond its current capacity, perhaps you should look at what other successful entrepreneurs have done in the past. Doing so might mean finding a mentor … [Read more...]
Having Problems with Your Blogging Clients? Here’s What You Should Do
In a perfect world, you would have no blogging client problems. Your clients would consistently be thrilled with your work, and your job would be fulfilling 100 percent of the time. Unfortunately, life as a freelancer does not always work out the way you would like. Clients get demanding. They can get mad when you set reasonable ground rules and might even threaten non-payment. You need to go into every situation hoping for the best, but planning for the worst. That way, you will keep … [Read more...]
Building Relationship Trust: Tell the Truth in Business or Lose Trust [Covey Videos]
Relationship Trust Little white lies. Everyone tells them to smooth things over and prevent scenes they would rather avoid. But I often see businesses and relationships fail because of issues where if they had told the truth it might have been painful - but not lethal to business relationships. Not long ago the owner of a cutting horse ranch fired his ranch manager and moved all his horses to another of his farms. Why? Because he lied and claimed he didn't know how a horse got hurt instead … [Read more...]
