Make the Transition to 2025 Thinking Now We’re likely at the dawn of a new era in small business. You should be excited about 2025 given there is a chance for great changes. And on Nov 8th, you yourself will have an opportunity to tell everyone what you believe and want for your business in…
The Magic of Big Picture Thinking It’s wise to spend time thinking about the major influences on your business. And about opportunities too. Big opportunities often drive big-picture thinking. Great opportunities evolve from a wider view with the optimism that you can capture them. When ambition lags, we see business owners fall into small-minded traps….
Focus: US Businesses In studying marketing agencies in Toronto, one theme really stands out – location is king. Their target client is within a very short distance. Today, it shouldn’t be because a huge pool of interested clients are just south of us. I’ve enjoyed working with US companies, some of them large and some…
Social Media Growth After not being taken seriously at all, for more than a decade now, social media has been growing to become the most dominant Internet platform. It hasn’t overtaken Google in terms of high quality buyer and seller leads, but it plays a key role in Internet marketing. Realtors and business entrepreneurs may…
International Business: Showing Up on the US Radar There’s never been such a grand opportunity to export goods or services to the US. It should be one of your key goals. For the minimal amount of cost, the upside potential is huge. Stellar Canadian tech startups that have boomed recently in US or global markets include…
Why Your Inhouse Team Will Always Underperform William Shakespeare was a brilliant man. So adept with insight, wit and words. He could see patterns of behavior amid the clamor and folly of people being busy and going nowhere. He knew, as many business leaders know today, that “busy-ness” alone offers little of value and can actually foretell a…
Google and Facebook Want to Host Your Business and Life but Your Blog is your GoTo Resource One of the things I respected about the companies I’ve worked for is their protection of that company’s brand and source of income. You should protect your businesses future. My managers never wavered in avoiding risk, vulnerability to problems, or unwise…
What Do Your Customers and Prospects Believe in? How well do you know your target customer? What’s the first thing that comes to mind when they see or hear your company name or product? Do you know what they believe in and what values guide their preferences? If you don’t really know, how accurate will your digital…
Build Your Business Then Sell It! You can tell the best entrepreneurs from regular small business people with limited ambition. Entrepreneurs have intent to make a lot of money to help them build a successful life. They believe strongly in their worth and that success shouldn’t take a long time. Real entrepreneurs treat their startup…
Lead Generation for Realtors We’re getting close to the key home sales season 60% of your sales happen. It’s crunch time! Try these Top 8 Lead Generation tactics to grow your contacts and build a buzz about working with you. Ramp it up and one day you may be running your own brokerage. Any luxury realtor, whether selling presale…
Tips to Help you Convert Visitors to Customers Improving the sales funnel is most digital marketers top priority today. And for two good reasons: 1) their traffic is much lower than previous years, and 2) doubling their conversion rate could triple profits. Years ago I had client websites rolling in traffic from Google and other search engines,…
Exciting Trends and Business Opportunities: Solar Power What’s so exciting about residential solar power right now is not that solar panels are becoming inexpensive. It’s that homeowners can generate their own electrical power. As you’ll see in the video below, this wise entrpreneur is making a good amount of income from his installation ($5000 from 7000…