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Ready, Fire, Aim

Ready, Fire, Aim

I had a revelation at a Friends of the Kentville Library meeting this week. We were talking about starting to collect memberships. I immediately jumped into planning mode, yet again. I looked at the faces looking at me and all past discussions about this subject flashed through my mind. And there have been plenty of […]

Giving To Get

Giving To Get

I’ve heard this said many times about money, but never about time. Yesterday in discussion about customer service, someone said to me,”You give alot of your time for the library and these Lunch & Learn sessions. Do you find you get time back in return?”I’d not thought of it that way and the fact is: […]

Success With Marketing Skills

Success With Marketing Skills

Marketing Best Practices All your marketing should be consistent Your marketing should talk about things that are important to your customers Your marketing should reach your customers Your marketing should include a call to action Sample Budget Breakdown: 70% to existing customers 25% targeted 5% untargeted Marketing Experts I trust: Robert Middleton Get a great […]

Success With Financial Skills

Success With Financial Skills

Financial SMARTS STATEMENTSFinancial statements give you a precise measure of how well you are doing. MEASUREMENTSSuccessful business owners focus on a couple of key figures, watching how they change over time. The specific measurements change over time and depend upon the business practices you are tracking. ASSESSThe numbers tell you if what you are doing […]

Success With Personal Skills

Success With Personal Skills

Prioritizing Tools · Why prioritize? TQ page 5 http http://www.thinktq.com/training/todaystq/index.cfm?sa=109316 · What are your values? Vision and Values page 7 · How will you spend your time here? Secretan page 10 http://www.secretan.com/ · Where are you now? Benchmarking page 11 · Where are you going? Simpleology page 15 http://www.simpleology.com/indexs12.php · How will you get there? […]