On Tuesday, I gave a seminar on “How to Increase Your Profits” to about 120 members of the Professional Golfers’ Association of BC. These are the people who help to run the “golf” business. They operate the golf courses, pro shops, golf teaching schools, driving ranges etc. Like all small businesses, they were very interested […]
RFPs? “Who needs them?” “They are complicated and way too much work.” “I don’t have the time to reply to them.” If this sounds like you, then you really need to keep reading. Do you bring in $1,000 per hour in sales for your business? Would you like to land a really big customer? Someone […]
Sorry about the title 🙁 It started off as “The Power of Wow“, but creative license battled better English and got control of my typing fingers. This morning, I co-facilitated a sales and customer service training session in Vancouver that the Better Business Bureau put on for its accredited members. My co-facilitator was caught in […]
According to Wikipedia, a business plan is a formal statement of a set of goals, the reasons why they are believed attainable, and the plan for reaching those goals. That’s not a bad definition of a business plan. Probably the first question you should ask yourself is “Do I need a Business Plan?” Here’s an […]
I’ve been having a fun couple of weeks wrestling with domains. It is really important that your domain name is similar to the name of your business. It’s so important that I advise my business plan clients to search for and register all “dot” com and “dot” ca domains that are a close match for […]
