When I worked in corporate America, I dreaded receiving yet another meeting invitation (especially the ones that were right smack in the middle of lunchtime—how rude!). It wasn’t because I can be an introvert, though that didn’t help. Mostly, my annoyance came because the meetings often lacked structure, had no obvious purpose, didn’t contribute to […]

The best sales rep in your business isn’t an employee or internal shareholder. It’s your clients and customers.  We all know that trust sells, and the more of it you can build between you and your audience, the more likely someone is to turn into a paying client or customer. To build that trust, it […]

When you first started your business, it probably felt like you were taking on the world by yourself. Most of us start as a one-person show, and there’s so much we can get done in this phase. We have the energy, the curiosity, the time… and things can start to grow quickly. In this phase […]

If you want long-term business success, you need systems and routines. Here are 20 business habits to incorporate into your routine.

Key performance indicators (KPIs) can help you determine the success of your business. Find out which KPIs you should use (and how).

In what feels like ages ago, I led a corporate life. Meetings, cubicles, blackberries (the smartphone kind, not the fruity kind), stifling tan walls, repetitive processes… The 9-to-5 can get a lot of flak (especially online, where you’ll find oodles of articles from creatives who naturally shudder at being so boxed in), but it wasn’t […]