1 Simple and Effective Exercise to Set Goals for Small Business Growth

1 Simple and Effective Exercise to Set Goals for Small Business Growth

There are 5 functional areas of business— operations, leadership, team, finance and marketing. A thriving small business pays attention to each part and finds a balance between all five. What goals can you set for each one to see positive changes in your small business? Business goals can include sales targets, profitability margins, size of

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5 Self-Care Tips For Small Business Owners to Avoid Burnout

5 Self-Care Tips For Small Business Owners to Avoid Burnout

With so many books and blogs about time management, you would think that we would all be living the great entrepreneurial dream and working only a few hours a week. We’d all have amazing self-care systems and never feel stressed running our businesses! Like many entrepreneurs, long days, late nights, massive stressors, eating on the

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How to Choose a Holiday Bonus for Your Staff as a Small Business Owner

How to Choose a Holiday Bonus for Your Staff as a Small Business Owner

Are you giving the staff at your small business a Christmas bonus this year? Many small business owners struggle with deciding exactly how to share the spirit of the holiday season with their teams — and very often they also struggle with figuring out how to pay for these extra one-time-a-year expenses. How can we

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Why Listening Will Increase Your Small Business Sales

Why Listening Will Increase Your Small Business Sales

How can you build better relationships with your customers and increase sales? There’s one simple thing you can do, and it’s something we’ve all been told to do since kindergarten— listen!  Sales is all about listening, not talking. Listen to make the sale Have you ever felt nervous to talk about your product or service?

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The Small Business Marketing Checklist: 17 Prompts to Grow Your Company

The Small Business Marketing Checklist: 17 Prompts to Grow Your Company

Have you taken time to review your marketing and sales strategy lately? To help you recognize places for opportunities, I created this small business marketing checklist. If you can concretely answer all of these questions, you have a strong marketing system! If you don’t know the answer, then you’ve found an opportunity to grow your

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Paying Taxes or Taking Cash: Which is More Viable for Your Business?

Paying Taxes or Taking Cash: Which is More Viable for Your Business?

Owning a small business means collecting, managing and paying taxes. These include but are not limited to payroll tax, sales tax and corporate tax (or more depending if your business is operating outside of Canada). Sometimes business owners try to “save” on taxes by getting paid in cash. But are you actually helping your business

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