by Linda Fayerweather | Oct 23, 2012 | Business Improvement, Business Management, Business Planning
Margin mar-gin: Noun to edge or the border of something; the difference which exists between net sales and to cost of merchandise sold; measure or degree of difference. We hear the word “margin” and its adjective “marginal” a lot during this...
by Jeff Mendelsohn | Oct 22, 2012 | Business Planning
This past week I saw a very interesting video from Jon Stewart. It has some slightly NSFW language. So mind your ears. Anyway, in the video Jon proposed a thought and question. The rich aka the job creators take all the risk so they need some sort of reward like a...
by Tiffiny Fayerweather | Oct 17, 2012 | Business Management, Employee Management, Uncategorized
Did you know that a whopping thirty percent of staff members in the US will call off of work and fake being sick? Just a few of the reasons workers feel the need to call off and play hooky for the day include family emergencies, child care issues and unpalatable...
by Linda Fayerweather | Oct 16, 2012 | Business Culture, Business Improvement, Personal Improvement
Procrastination is a lot like playing Words with Friends®, you spend time, have some fun but when you are done; the dishes are still in the sink to wash! Well, entrepreneurs are famous for finding ways to start the next adventure before making sure the last one is...
by Jeff Mendelsohn | Oct 15, 2012 | Customer Service & Culture
These last few weeks being out and about shopping I’ve come across some unusually bad customer service. Your customers are every thing and most of the time they don’t expect much. The image that your business presents to customer can make or break your...