Admit it, when you’ve been busy, you fire off a quick email to a prospect or client, and check them off your ‘to do’ list. But, it’s not done. Many business people get one hundred or more email messages every day. If they spend two hours a day on email, that’s about one minute per … Continue reading Are you hiding behind email? Three steps to building relationships for business growth.
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The Speed of Building Business Relationships
How are you making it easier and faster for prospects to start doing business with you and for your clients and customers to do more business with you? I’m trying to connect with someone so that I can hire them and pay them. We’re juggling potential meeting dates. Since electrons travel at the speed of … Continue reading The Speed of Building Business Relationships
Use the Web to Accelerate Business Growth
I tried to pay my insurance bill through my online banking today. But my bank’s system could not find my insurance company as a payee, even though they are the largest insurance broker in the province. That’s frustrating. If the banks want us to use online banking instead of visiting tellers, then they should make … Continue reading Use the Web to Accelerate Business Growth
Business Growth Lessons from Street Hockey
When we were kids playing a pickup game of street hockey, we always kept score. The score was important because the game could end suddenly if Ranger, my friend’s poodle, suddenly decided to steal the ball (summer) or puck (winter), and we needed to know who won when that happened. (The worst game endings were … Continue reading Business Growth Lessons from Street Hockey
Who’s in better shape: Business owners or multi-million dollar athletes?
One of my friends is a fitness and nutrition guru. Why? Because he wants to be and he thrives by exercising, eating healthy, and feeling good. Oh, and he’s a partner in a high-growth, high-profit firm in a competitive industry. His business performs better because he performs better. As a business owner, you’re responsible for … Continue reading Who’s in better shape: Business owners or multi-million dollar athletes?
The Yo-Yo Economy
The price of oil bounced up 10% in one day. The Canadian dollar is up about one-third of a cent because of the oil price increase. Essentially, the Canadian dollar is a resource currency. Canada’s economy would be stronger if we were a value-added economy instead of a resource based economy. We’ve got great talent … Continue reading The Yo-Yo Economy
Three Key Factors To Business Growth
In over two decades of advising privately-held, high growth businesses, the three key factors that have been most powerful in accelerating revenues and profits and achieving business growth are: Strategy – a clear focus on how you provide value and create results for your ideal client or customer. Management team – people who can hire, … Continue reading Three Key Factors To Business Growth
Why should I hire you? How quantifying value and results can grow your business.
When I was car shopping recently, the manufacturers and dealers were more than happy to flood me with detailed specifications about power and performance. Zero to sixty, 4.6 seconds. 400 horsepower. All wheel drive. There were fancy videos with powerful engines growling, tires howling, and even birds chirping when the environmentally friendly engine shut itself … Continue reading Why should I hire you? How quantifying value and results can grow your business.
Phil’s Profit Point 152 – The Final Profit Point
Welcome to this final issue of Phil’s Profit Points. I hope that you’ve enjoyed receiving and reading these newsletters for the past three years as much as I’ve enjoyed creating them and sharing them with you. After three years, however, it’s time to move on. I’m moving on to new initiatives including: A regular newsletter … Continue reading Phil’s Profit Point 152 – The Final Profit Point
CAFE Regina 2015 Gala featuring Michael Higgins and Paul Higgins Jr. from Mother Parker’s Tea & Coffee
CAFE Regina is pleased to announce that their 2015 Gala will be held on Wednesday, March 18th at the Queensbury Convention Centre in Regina. We are thrilled to welcome brothers Michael and Paul Higgins Jr. of Mother Parker’s Tea & Coffee as our keynote speakers at our Gala on March 18th. They are the Co-Chief … Continue reading CAFE Regina 2015 Gala featuring Michael Higgins and Paul Higgins Jr. from Mother Parker’s Tea & Coffee
