One of the cardinal sins of business is being late for meetings. Some problems that most entrepreneurs may have are a lack of focus, lack of attention to detail, and too many irons in the fire to begin with. One of the things that has helped many people is to either : use a planner (Franklin Planner, etc.) use a PDA (Palm, smart phone, etc.) get a watch ( surprisingly many entrepreneurs don’t wear watches) plan ahead (surprisingly many entrepreneurs don’t plan out their day) Nothing says I am not ‘on top’ […]
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Franchising: Is it the Right Choice for You?
By Bill Cherry Every year thousands of prospective business owners want to buy a franchise business. Some franchises are very good, and others are scams. Below is some helpful information everyone considering investing in a franchise should know. What is franchising? A franchise is a legal and commercial relationship between the owner of a trademark, service mark, trade name or advertising symbol, and an individual or group seeking the right to use that identification in a business. Generally, a franchisee sells goods or services that are supplied by the franchiser […]
Blogging- How do You know Someone’s Serious?
What do you mean? How can you imply that someone isn’t serious? Well like most hobbies, people have various degrees of seriousness with which they approach hobbies. You can generally tell when a blogger is serious by the following: Frequency of posts Length of posts Topics and effort put into posts Designed for income generation Linking within posts This obviously isn’t a catch all for blogging but is a pretty good start. So the real question is…what does this have to do with me? Well the fact of the matter […]
Performance Reviews
One of the most complex things a manager has to do is to manage the performance of subordinates. If you are a business owner without alot of management experience this may be both akward and unclear for you the first couple of times out of the gate. Here are some suggestions from Ken Blanchard’s best-selling book The One Minute Manager: Agree on your goals See what good behavior looks like Write out each of your goals on a single sheet of paper using less than 250 words Read and re-read each goal, […]
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