Today is blog action day. Today thousands of bloggers will unite to discuss a single issue – poverty. We aim to raise awareness, initiate action and to shake the web! After reading Inspire by Lance Secretan, I closeted myself in my bedroom and worked out my destiny, cause and calling – why I’m here on […]
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Category: Your Effortless Business
Productive and Super Productive Time
Productive time is spent building your business, marketing and working on billable tasks. Super productive time is spent creating systems that will bring you money and do your marketing without you having to be there. For instance you can bake pies for your shop, or you can hire and train others to do […]
Perkonomics
What Perks can you offer your best clients? How can you make them feel very special? October’s Trend briefing on TrendWatching.com explains the concept of giving your best clients something special. Airlines and hotels have been doing it for years. It’s not about elitism, rather it’s creating incentives to make all your clients want to […]
Success Factors
“We didn’t get the house tea blend with this shipment and we’re almost out.” Mary had reluctantly interrupted our meeting. She knew that Joanne held our pow wow sessions as inviolable, but she also knew that a Tea House without tea wasn’t good either. Joanne excused herself to straighten out the situation. She was back […]
Heirarchy of Needs for Business
You’ve heard of Maslow’s Heirarchy of needs, right? The same concept applies to business. You start by established your product/service, your marketing, your staff and all those other things that make your business work. Then you get a sense of security, knowing that it will all carry on again next week. The sense of […]
Bookkeeping Manifesto
I live and breathe bookkeeping. Accounting is almost my first language – my first year english professor at Dal was convinced English was not my first language, and maybe he’s right. Not everyone does. A large component of my business is training people how to do their bookkeeping. But, I also I hear from people […]
Before you buy your next ad
From Seth Godin: Before you buy your next ad, my suggestion is that you spend 1 minute watching this ad
Accounts Receivable
Getting work is the goal of every business, but even more important is getting paid for that work. There’s been much talk lately about how the economy is taking a downturn. This seems to cause many people to try and hold onto their money for longer, meaning they are paying their bills more slowly. Not […]
What if Small Business Were Fun and Easy
I’ve been thinking, and that’s always a dangerous thing. If we’ve been doing small business for a million years since the first people traded fish for rabbits or salt for apples; and there are a billion small businesses on the planet right now; why do we all feel alone and overhelmed? Why do we feel […]
Theme Words for 2008
Carrie and Daniel got me started last year. They suggested everyone should choose a word or two to be a theme for the year. So, as I start 2008, I gave it much thought and decided on Continual Improvement. That will apply to me, Crystal Clear Bookkeeping, The Friends of the Kentville Public Library Society […]