Harnessing the Marketing Funnel Whether you’re a startup or have been doing business for years, everyone can harness the power of the marketing funnel. You’ve probably come across the term a time or two, but what does that mean for your brand? The marketing funnel, also known as the sales funnel…
6 Time Management Tips for Business Owners Whether you’re a business owner or a manager, there never seems to be enough hours in the day. Balancing your team, their needs, while tracking output can be a nightmare if you don’t have concrete processes in place. The biggest key in time manageme…
Is your team fully engaged? Here are some scary details about team engagement in the workplace… I was shocked to read a recent set of findings on team engagement in the workplace. They showed that in Western Europe only 14% of those surveyed who were employees of an organisation considered t…
6 Reasons Why a Franchise Model is the Best Business Model Do you know a franchise opens every morning while you have breakfast before leaving for your job? According to Franchise Consultants, Inc., a new franchise business launches every eight minutes of every business day. More entrepreneurs are b…
Goal Setting is SMART Business Goal setting is as important in personal life as it is in business. The most common denominator in all the self-help literature and books is the importance of goal setting. We’re told to set long-term goals, short-term goals, lifetime goals and personal goals. The be…
Useful Tips: Going Global with Your Franchise Franchising your company isn’t the last step towards expanding your business. Going global with your franchise is the last frontier in this case. When your growth has saturated local markets and you have an outlet in nearly every state and city, then i…
A Franchise and small business are both business models that you can own. There are differences between how the two are run, and each has its own set of pros and cons. You might find the idea of operating your own business to be very appealing but there is more leg work required in launching […]
Ratings: Five Actions You Can Take to Ensure You Are Rated Well I was lucky enough to attend the British Excellence Forum with a group of clients at Celtic Manor a couple of weeks ago. There were some excellent speakers there covering many aspects of business. I decided that I would use one of thes…
Costly Mistakes that a New Franchisee Makes Wise people learn from their mistakes. Exceptionally wise people learn from other people’s mistakes. And these mistakes can appear on paper in the form of dollars. Your franchise will definitely come with manuals and training programs. However, as a newb…
Stop Competing on Price The most common complaint I hear when talking to owners of small to medium sized businesses is that, “we can’t compete with the big guys on price.” The perception in the market place is that people are shopping on price alone. The only reason your customer asks the pric…