Recent Blog Posts
Happy Thanksgiving!
I know I am thankful for all the wonderful readers we entertain and inform each week. I wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving. This week I have put together some funny quotes for the Holiday. Enjoy! Thanksgiving opens the windows of opportunity for ideas to flow your...
What Your Birth Certificate Says about Your Exit Plan
As a business owner, your age has a big effect on your attitude towards your business and how you feel about one day getting out. Here's what research has shown: Business owners between 25 and 47 years old Twenty- and thirty-something business owners grew up in an...
Hello RoninApp! So Long QBO. . .When Invoicing is Key!
About a month ago I decided to switch to a better Invoicing/Accounting software. The system that I was using was great when I didn't have that many clients/didn't bill as much. But over this past year I made some changes with how I bill, business has really picked up,...
Helping Your Staff Understand Your Principles
Getting your staff to care about your core business principles is a huge step towards success. Think of your business as an athletic team, every player must be on the same page and want to obtain the same goal. One bad player can throw an entire team astray. Think...
Is Now the Time to Sell Your Business?
Have you been thinking about selling your business but just can’t decide if now is the best time? Do you find yourself repeatedly analyzing the economic situation and wishing you had a crystal ball? The signs are mixed on the horizon. If you’re still up in the air...
Clara J’s & Neapolitan Gifts Holiday Open House
Maumee is starting the Holiday! You and start yours with Holiday Boutique and Open House of local artisans and gifts. Sunday November 11, 2012 1-4PM Clara J's Tea Room and Neapolitan Gifts.
It’s Almost Over…
I will be very happy to wake up later in the week and not hear political campaign commercials on my television, radio or Pandora. I don’t know about you, but I feel this election has been very dirty. It is never okay in my book to make another look bad just to win a...
Start Planning for 2013
By the end of this week, the Holiday Music will begin. I like to think of this as the planning season to help create a stunning 2013. To make the most of a planning season, first stop obsessing about WHAT has happened and put your plan in place for what WILL...
Going Mobile with Your Website
For the past month I have been working on correcting some issues with a mobile site. I wish from the start I could have redesigned the site but it is 99% done so all I was asked to do was fix a few small issues and add a few last features. After working on this site...
Tis the Season…
Ah, the time of year when people come together and give each other handfuls of body aches, sneezing, coughing and all other kinds of unmentionable ailments. It’s time for cold and flu season. So what does this have to do with business? Unless you have the world's...