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Team Capacity Planning: What It Is and Why You Need It
in Small Business Management on June 14, 2021
Famed head coach Phil Jackson rightly asserted, “The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” Depending on the situation, you only need two people to make a team. So, if you are running your business with two or more people…
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How to Make Your Clients Feel Special
in Small Business Management on May 5, 2021
I hate to admit I was a little taken aback the first time one of my clients asked me how to make clients feel special. Apparently, they felt that way with me and wanted some intel. While the first thing that came to mind is “don’t be a jerk,”…
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How to Convince a Client to Use Your Services
in Small Business Growth on April 12, 2021
While marketing can bring awareness and add credibility to your services, there is more to growing your business that all comes down to you. Scary thought? Shouldn’t be. After all, you went into business for yourself because you believed in you. And you don’t need a sales or marketing…
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When to Hire Your First Employee
in Small Business Growth on March 23, 2021
When you first decided to start your own business, you may have chosen to try to handle most things on your own and use some freelance help to fill in the gaps. You would not be alone. A lot of small businesses start as solo acts. While you’re bound…
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How to Set Prices for Your Small Business in 5 Easy Steps
in Small Business Management on December 7, 2020
Pricing is a common thorn in the side of freelancers and small business owners. You don’t want to price yourself too high, but you don’t want to leave money on the table either. How many times have you quoted a project, and your customer immediately jumped to approve it?…
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4 Tips on How to Prioritize Business Projects
in Small Business Management on November 19, 2020
Managing your own project-based business, especially with a small team, can be somewhat chaotic. Sometimes when it rains, it pours, and that can make it difficult to keep up or even out the workflow. Knowing how to prioritize business projects and sticking to your strategy can help you through…
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How to Differentiate from Your Competition
in Small Business Management on August 19, 2020
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Goal Setting for Business Development
in Small Business Growth on July 15, 2020
When I started my digital advertising business, goal setting was one of the hardest things for me as a new entrepreneur. While just picking a number for revenue sounded good, I realized that one number would not be a great indicator of all I was capable of accomplishing. Determining what…
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How to Fire a Client
in Small Business Management on June 15, 2020
Getting to choose who you work with is one of the highlights of being in business for yourself. Unfortunately, learning what type of people with whom you work best sometimes means making mistakes. Choosing the wrong match from time to time is inevitable, but how you deal with the situation…
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Are you a Visionary? You need an Integrator!
in Small Business Management on June 1, 2020
If you’re a Visionary, being an entrepreneur is in your veins. Some ways people describe you are that you are creative, always coming up with and selling new ideas, and relentless in your pursuit of realizing them “yesterday!” You take big risks, build great relationships, and don’t let a little…
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