Knowing who your potential customers are is the most important first step in Dallas search engine optimization. One of the best things is to try to determine what your potential customers will likely search for that will result in them finding you.
Ask Don’t Tell Leadership: When To Start Your Own Business?
When to start your own business?
Q: After working at one company for 10 years, I would like to begin my own business. What issues do I need to consider, and how do I know when it is the right time to take the big step?
A: Almost 20 years ago, my roommate asked me to spend a day of my vacation in New York spying on his competition at a tradeshow. I made up a story to tell the vendors at the show — I was planning to start a fundraising call center for politicians and w…
Ask Don’t Tell Leadership: Why Do I Need A Business Plan?
Why you need a business plan!!!
Q: In last weeks column, you gave advice about starting a business, and you kept preaching about writing a business plan. I own a business, I dont have a plan, and Im doing just fine. Whats the big deal?
A: How do you know your business is doing fine if you do not have a business plan? This is like a runner stating that he is fast when asked his running pace. Quality and success cannot be measured without having benchmarks and goa…
Ten Ideas to Help You Keep Your Resolutions Or Goals
If you have some resolutions for the New Year or if you set some goals for yourself or your business for the next year, here are some ways to keep yourself on track and focused.
Book Review: Business Plan Secrets Revealed
The key to successfully starting any business is a good business plan. In his ebook, “Business Plan Secrets Revealed,” Mike Elia walks you through the business plan process step-by-step: from gathering the evidence you’ll use to build your plan to delivering your plan to qualified investors.
His book provides the basic information you need to write a business plan. But its real focus is revealing how to communicate your plan to investors and convince them that your busine…
Who Are Business Angels?
Business Angels are people who like to invest in struggling businesses which they think have a good chance of making it in the business with some financial backing as well as businesses that are just starting up. These businesses will need help financially to start-up with the purchase of stock and equipment.
Who Are Venture Capitalists?
Venture Capitalists are wealthy private investors who can help finance your business either it being a business in trouble financially or a new business venture.
The Snowball Effect
In my occupation as a business advisor, I see many business owners who struggle to make ends meet, try to do everything themselves, and ultimately they either lose business to the point they finally seek guidance or they end up out of business. Part of the problem is the inability to delegate but also lacking the knowledge to be aware that an investment now will reap greater rewards in the future if guidance is accepted and followed.
Tackle Your Stumbling Block
When I was 29 years old, I started an information technology consulting firm. Our goal was to persuade Fortune 1000 companies to hire us to convert their information systems to Microsoft Windows. It was 1991, and there wasn’t much Windows programming expertise in the marketplace.
Tell Me About Your Business Plan?
If you learned how to write a business plan at all, you probably learned how to write a MBA quality 30-page plan designed to attract investors or get a bank loan. In addition, if you are like most of us, after your initial start up you never looked at your plan again.
Testing Your Business IQ
This Business IQ Test is very simple. If you answer Yes to any question give your self three points. If you answer No deduct 3 points. If the answer lies somewhere in between then you score zero.
The Basic Marketing Plan
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is an outstanding resource for the small business owner. Whether you are thinking of starting, or are already running your own company, it is one of the essential websites to visit for information and tips on nearly any issue that you are likely to come across.