Stephen Covey’s third habit from The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People is centered around a factor that most everyone must face on a daily basis: efficiency.
Read moreCategory: Beach Street Business
Even at the beach we need to make a living. We believe we all are our own business, so we need to know what is happening in the world. In the Beach Street Business Section we take a look at businesses of all kinds. Those that make a difference in the beach life and those that are at the beach. A little bit about our thoughts of investing and you are welcome to share yours too.
Seven Habits – Begin With The End In Mind
Continuing on from the first series of Stephen Covey’s The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, let’s review how habit no. 2 can relate to
Read moreWhy Quality Design is Critical
Design is often sacrificed in marketing materials in an effort to convey more information or make certain information stand out. But pieces that lack attention
Read moreWords to Eliminate from Your Sales Message
Now that you’ve read this list, take Konrath’s advice and purge your sales messages of them. Find new ways to relate the same ideas. Using specifics — explaining how you will meet your client’s needs — will make your message much more powerful.
Read moreScosche Tells Their Customers What They Think About Them – Calls Them “Fools”?
Recently I purchased a set of earbuds with microphones to use with my iPhone while traveling or while working with my wife on set where
Read moreLarge Home Price Gains Expected in 2013
The nation’s biggest banks are expecting large gains in home pricing in 2013. JPMorgan Chase & Co. this week more than doubled its projection for
Read moreSentry Safe Won’t Open – Called Customer Service – Great Results
I have had my safe now for many years, and struggled with it quite a bit to get it open. I found a website that described how to hit the safe door gently with a rubber mallet while holding the safe lever up. I did that several times but also used a little too much force when I was trying to open it. It did open after about five or six taps.
Read moreTop Business Books For 2012 – John Goodpaster
Last year was a great year for nonfiction business books, but if you didn’t get a chance to read as many as you would have
Read moreOnline Marketing or Direct Mail, Which Is Better?
Cake Tahoe could use online marketing to connect to current customers and find new customers who are looking for custom cupcakes, ice cream or coffee in Truckee California online. They might even advertise custom cakes like the volcano cake. The two customers are very different targets. The key is to know your customers well enough to know which type of customer offers a better return on your marketing dollars.
Read moreGet Your Internet Marketing On Track for 2013
I wanted to answer the top ten or fifteen questions that business owners ask me every day. I know that half of the people I talk with just want to pick my brain and they don’t really want to hire me or my company.
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