Archive for Tips for a successful business
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Choose Plans That Get Traction and Stop Wasting Time
Jeffrey Eisenberg spoke at the Austin SEO Meetup last Thursday evening on The 21 Secrets for Top Converting Websites. Good stuff. One of many great tips we came away with was #19 — A System for Prioritization.
Composing a Survey: 8 Pointers
That progress bar is there so that your kindly respondent can measure how much longer he has to endure your pesky questions before he can leave, and if it fills up too slowly, he is bound to lose interest. Keep it as short as possible and don’t waste his precious time. He’s doing YOU a favor.
“Transforming” Your Internet Business
As it is now, the Internet is practically the embodiment of liberty and capitalism, in all its untethered glory… Anyone can make money and tell stories and lie and preach and chase dreams and do evil and get into all sorts of trouble; all in this boundless unmonitored field of work and play. Everyone has access to it; and it’s virtually free. This must not be.
Small Business Advice
I totally agree that training for coaches is so important. But it seems odd to me that someone who may have no or very little experience as a small business owner would be dishing out advice. That reminds me of the person who has big opinions on child rearing; yet has no children.
Feedback
Respect your customers by acknowledging that you don’t know better than them. Use their generous input to help shape your company’s future or, if you disagree, provide a point from which to “continue the conversation.” Your business may look different from what you originally envisioned, but you will gain the goodwill of potential clients and customers who are looking for integrity in their vendors, shopkeepers, and consultants.
Learning About Survival from the Turtle on the Highway
How desperate or stupid does one have to be to cross that proverbial highway? If you know you move slowly and must rely on the goodwill and skill of others not to cream you, do you go ahead and cross the road?