December, 2009

Social Media – How To Win Friends And Influence People

Novelty distraction or serious sales driver? The corporations are Tweeting, ‘Facebooking’ and working over the reviews pages. So should bleeping and blogging be part of your strategy to reach tech savvy customers’ pockets? (more…)

Preceived Indifference Disease, Are Your Clients Suffering From It?

Date: 2010-1-27 Time: 11:15 am – 1:00pm

Location:  LeHigh Restaurant, 4835 W Henrietta Rd, Rochester

NAWBO Power Lunch Presenter, Vicki M James, Marketing Manager

Most business owners will say that their customers’ key concern is price – that customers will only buy if the price is right – and in fact actually inquire about price first before anything else. However research continually shows that the single most common reason a customer leaves a business for a competitor is Perceived Indifference. Which is when customers have the impression that you couldn’t care less if they buy from you or not. Almost 7 out of 10 of the customers you lose walk away because they feel you are indifferent towards them. They felt that you didn’t care enough, didn’t take time for them, and really didn’t make a difference. This topic looks at how much perceived indifference could be costing your business. It reviews the 19-point checklist of common areas where perceived indifference occurs and discusses ways these can be improved.

Free to NAWBO members, $5 for non-NAWBO members – separate checks available for your lunch

Pre-registration is NOT required

2010-01-27

44 Ways to Turn Great Ideas into ACTION!

Date: 2010-1-19 Time: 8:30 am - 12:00 pm

Interview with Wally Presenter, Scott Gerken, CPA

As business development specialists we’ve worked with the owners of many different types of businesses and helped them achieve their goals. Every owner, regardless of the size or type of their business, shares goals that are very much the same:

  • Attract and retain customers
  • Increase the profitability of the business
  • Improve the owner’s enjoyment and quality of life
  • The strategies we will present to you during this consultation are easy to grasp and will have a profound effect on your professional and personal success.

Learn how to implement great ideas in your own business, such as:

  • How your business can give you quality of life
  • The power of a guarantee-why you should have a guarantee and how to use it in your marketing
  • The value of systems-how to systemize your business and have more time in every day
  • How to use good ideas-give them a chance to succeed and then fine-tune them
  • $250 for up to four of your company’s key decision makers

Pre-registration is required: Please call 585-272-0350

2010-01-19

All In Together – Being A Team Player

Poor relationships within the team will always reflect on morale and have been proven to impact on the bottom line. You can make or break a career or a job depending on the way you behave with fellow workers. Workplaces need to be profitable for businesses and for the people in them – and that means personally and financially. (more…)

Warning Signs Of A Cash Flow Tsunami

Cash flow problems are a common enough experience, but many businesses fail to acknowledge that there is a full blown cash crisis looming on the horizon. (more…)

Smart Ways To Invest Less For Higher Returns

There have been recent increases in business and consumer confidence in many developed economies and expectations are growing that the worst of the global financial crisis and its associated recessions may be over. However, the optimism is mixed with caution. (more…)

“‘Tis The Season For A Start Up. Tra la la la la…”

The silly season is upon us and while recovery from the global financial crisis is, well, not exactly in full swing… we thought it was time to deck the halls and address the vital question of what it takes to start a new business. (more…)

Employing The Millennial Generation

There’s been quite a bit of talk amongst business managers and owners about the way new employees behave, largely it must be said, negative – too much entitlement, not enough loyalty, no work ethic, only interested in themselves, and so on. (more…)