March 28, 2024

Getting Customers Back In

Good Morning,   Businesses that have been closed are starting to reopen; some essential businesses have been open. Now, with restrictions being lifted, people are starting to get out of the house more. So as a business, what do you do to get people to start spending with you again? To begin … [Read more...]

Recession and Your Business

Good Morning  A few weeks ago I wrote about whether we were going to have a recession.  Click here to read it. A few people contacted me about it, stating that they don't think we will have one. I mentioned that we might not have it this year, but maybe next year. At any rate we are due for one. … [Read more...]

Danger, Danger Will Robinson

Good Day This week I found out that someone has been using my business phone as their caller ID number. They are calling people and not leaving any message on their voice mail if they can't talk to them. People are calling the number (my number) that shows up on their caller ID and asking who … [Read more...]

Emails Deleted, Missed Sales!

Good Day  Last week I was at my multi-day mastermind meeting, and it was great. If you really want to get ahead, you need to have a coach and be part of one or more mastermind groups. I purchased a new laptop with Windows 10 (currently using a computer running XP). I've moved some programs … [Read more...]

Talk & Communicate

Good Day I'm putting together a talk on the 7 Warning Signs of Lost Customer Syndrome. As I was writing it, I came upon #6 "You have not reached out to current or past customers in the past 6 months."  This got me thinking that a lot of businesses are killing themselves because of … [Read more...]

The Other Side of Name Tags

Good Day  Two weeks ago (April 12, 2018) I wrote about my friend and what he thought about name tags at networking events. He does not like name tags because he thinks that people use them to qualify or eliminate people before even interacting with the wearer. I got a call from my friend and … [Read more...]