Business Intelligence

So you’ve decided to hire a small business coach to help you stay focused, accountable and learn the skills you need to be successful. Congratulations! The decision to hire a coach is one of the best business decisions you can make, provided you get the right person to help you.

Since hiring a coach should be a long term commitment to your business you want to make sure you get a coach that you can work with, learn from and trust with the intimate details of your business.

There are 3 questions you absolutely must ask any potential small business coach prior to signing any coaching agreement or long-term commitments.

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Google has come a long way since its inception and initial public offering in 1998 as a search engine while competing with heavyweights Lycos and AOL back in those days. However, what separates the company from the pack is their ability to invent and scale up free tools and resources that small businesses can use every day. In a world where small business is boundary less and globalization is as easy as incorporating, that’s a pretty savvy and strategic focus. With these tips, you can read more »

When you start a business, you sit down and write a business plan (at least, you should do this). After your business is up and running, you will have to take that next step which includes marketing. Before you decide the first move of your marketing campaign, before you spend a single cent of your marketing budget, you have to write a small business marketing plan as well. And, just as the business plan spelled out all of the needs and possibilities of the new business, your small business marketing plan should also spell out the goals that you would like to accomplish.

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