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Presentations and Sales Automotive Detailers >1. Brand your firm if you haven’t already done so.Many auto detailers fall short in their sales presentations. I have often shopped the competition to see what their knowledge base was to gage their worthiness as a formidable competitor in the market place. What I have found is that many auto detailers lack the specific knowledge needed to help their business grow and to present themselves as experienced in their work to the customers.When a customer asks you about the wax you are using or th 2. Revamp your website. Your website is the keystone of your firm and your business face to the world. Websites mu Golden Rules of Problem Solving – A Great Tool to Help Dissolve Those Management Problems The Wall Street Journal for Entrepreneurs mentions Five Steps for Creating a Business Exit Strategy. Marshall Loeb’s article details the wisdom of John Brown, founder of Business Enterprise Institute, who encourages small business owners to follow these five steps to a business exit strategy: formulate your objectives, put an advisory team in place, hire a business appraiser, focus on increasing cash flow, and assign a transition manager.1. As a manager do you feel isolated?2. Do you experience problems, whether it be staffing, policy, communication etc on a regular basis with no one to discuss them with?3. Do you have a thirst to meet with like minded individuals who are committed to finding solutions?4. Is the glass half empty or half full?5. Do you think every problem/issue has a unique and elegant solution?If you answer yes to any of the abov For creating a successful business exit strategy, I’d add a Sixth Step to the plan: Add a professional writer and PR consultant to your firm in order to guide you through these additional essential steps to a successful exit strategy. 1. Brand your firm if you haven’t already done so. 2. Revamp your website. Your website is the keystone of your firm and your business face to the world. Websites mus Not So Stationary Stationery siness Enterprise Institute, who encourages small business owners to follow these five steps to a business exit strategy: formulate your objectives, put an advisory team in place, hire a business appraiser, focus on increasing cash flow, and assign a transition manager.The elements and functionality of the basic stationery system is changing. With the advent of email, fax, web and cell phones, stationery systems must be adjusted to meet the needs of today’s business.Business CardsThe biggest change by far in business cards is the amount of information they contain. Current cards often juggle multiple phone numbers, email, and web addresses as well as one or more street addresses. Companies are adoptin For creating a successful business exit strategy, I’d add a Sixth Step to the plan: Add a professional writer and PR consultant to your firm in order to guide you through these additional essential steps to a successful exit strategy. 1. Brand your firm if you haven’t already done so. 2. Revamp your website. Your website is the keystone of your firm and your business face to the world. Websites mu Internet Presence - If You’d Like To Know A Little More About Me, Just Google Me place, hire a business appraiser, focus on increasing cash flow, and assign a transition manager.The power of a personal Internet presence was the subject of a conversation I had with a colleague the other day. He was trying to understand what the value of a personal Internet presence was to a non-executive.I asked him if he saw value in other industry colleagues, peers, co-workers, subordinates, superiors, existing or prospective customers, media or trade-show personal, fellow industry association members, et al. being able to learn mor For creating a successful business exit strategy, I’d add a Sixth Step to the plan: Add a professional writer and PR consultant to your firm in order to guide you through these additional essential steps to a successful exit strategy. 1. Brand your firm if you haven’t already done so. 2. Revamp your website. Your website is the keystone of your firm and your business face to the world. Websites mu The Top Ten Ways to Jump Start Your Career ep to the plan: Add a professional writer and PR consultant to your firm in order to guide you through these additional essential steps to a successful exit strategy.1. Do What You Love.Have you ever noticed we usually love to do the things we're best at? So what's your strength? Discover your passion and excel at what you do.2. Create Work/Life Balance.It really can be done with a little planning and prioritizing. Professional, Personal, Physical, Financial and Spiritual needs should be considered when palnning a life of purpose, satisfaction and success.3. Manage Your Career.P 1. Brand your firm if you haven’t already done so. 2. Revamp your website. Your website is the keystone of your firm and your business face to the world. Websites mu The Art of Small Talk >1. Brand your firm if you haven’t already done so.Business people, particularly those of you who travel, must be well versed in a variety of areas. You must be efficient packers, good at directions, and adept at lathering ridiculously tiny bars of hotel soap. You must also be skilled at small talk.Small talk might seem like something that carries little weight, seeming as though it is called small for a reason. However, small talk can open the doorway to all kinds of conversations. It can lea 2. Revamp your website. Your website is the keystone of your firm and your business face to the world. Websites must contain fresh and timely content and must be updated frequently with content relevant to those searching for it. Not to do so, means that your website may not be found or will lose relevant ranking with search engines. 3. Take the time to create and share a history of your firm. Whether you choose to do a lighthearted or serious approach to the history, you need to create a timeline and historical data marking your appearance on the map, founders, growth and results. You’ll share your reason for being and what you bring to the table for your customers, community and for the future. 4. Celebrate milestone events--founding, anniversaries, project triumph. Share your ev
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