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Use the Midwinter Slump for Growth

By Glenn Muske

Taking off

Many retailers experience a sales slump during after the holiday season. How do you respond? The slump comes as no surprise and most small-business owners know they just need to plan for it and ride it out. They think of it as time to work in the business and perhaps to grab a short vacation. […]

January 24, 2018 Filed Under: planning, rural, Small Biz 100 Tagged With: business growth, growth, planning, small business success, success

New after-conference rule: the 2-to-1 rule

By Becky McCray

  As you plan out conferences you want to attend this year, here’s a new rule to consider for after the event: The 2-to-1 rule: Schedule two days for implementation for every one day of the conference.  (I heard that from Marc Pitman, who said he heard it from Elizabeth McCormick. ) Your implementation days […]

January 8, 2018 Filed Under: entrepreneurship, planning

Life Happens

By Glenn Muske

Life

Let’s start with Best Wishes for 2018.  That wish was to be a part of my post last week. But as you may or may not have noticed, I didn’t get a post done. This is not the first time it has happened but those missed times were typically planned for some reason. Last week […]

January 3, 2018 Filed Under: planning, rural, Small Biz 100, success Tagged With: business planning, disaster, disaster preparedness, life events, planning

For better planning, assess your strengths

By Becky McCray

  Too often, our planning starts from what we don’t have. We focus on what to improve, what we lack, what we messed up last year. My friend, educator Kristie Pretti-Frontczak suggested a strengths assessment instead. Here are her questions to kick off your thinking: What do you aspire to accomplish within the next year, within […]

January 1, 2018 Filed Under: entrepreneurship, planning, rural

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