Are you too picky for your own good?

Posted on June 26, 2009 by Tina

A common complaint that we hear from business owners re: their team is some variation of:
It doesn’t matter who I hire to do X, they never do it the way I want!
or
I’ve tried to get my VA to do X right, but she never does as good a job as I do.
When it comes to [...]

My duh! moment for the week…

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Tina

Just got back from a week in lovely BC visiting my friends & biz partners Andrea Lee & Cindy Greenway. Andrea and her hubby Mike were kind enough to let us stay with them for the week, and Cindy came out for a few days as well. Such a rare treat to see each other face [...]

You’ve got a list, now what?

Posted on June 11, 2009 by Tina

Your list is probably your most important asset in an online based business – and as such we tend to spend alot of time and energy in building up our lists.
So what do you do with that list once you have it?
The key thing to remember is that the value of your list is not [...]

Plugging up the money holes – are you leaking money?

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Tina

Had a really great call at the IAOBM last week with Beth Schneider, President and CEO of Process Prodigy and all around systems whiz.
She shared her Top 10 Systems Needed To Get More Done With Less Effort, and let me just say it was one heck of a call!
We were joking that most business owners find the idea [...]

What is the fastest path to money?

Posted on June 3, 2009 by Tina

Be it the economy, cash-flow issues or even just ‘taking a look at expenses in the biz’ i’ve had a few support professionals share lately that “my client asked me to cut back my hours as they can’t afford me right now”.
When faced with lowering revenues or rising expenses it can be easy to think [...]