By Kathleen Garvin
“Behind every successful business is a successful side hustle.”
To be fair, that’s not exactly a saying, but test-driving a potential full-blown business on a part-time basis isn’t a bad idea.
A side hustle or side gig is typically described as a small business operation someone...
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“How nice!”
“Why, thank you!”
“How did you know?”
There are all kinds of ways customers respond when you seem to anticipate their needs or provide some value they didn’t expect, but that third one is probably what we should focus on in this post.
The fact is, customers are usually surprised and...
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Building an app isn’t the only way to pursue digital transformation. It’s just the one that may lead to the most direct and immediate business results.
Sure, you can revamp your website, launch a new email newsletter or experiment with a new social media platform. All of those kinds of tactics can...
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The longer you run a small or medium-sized business, the more you get familiar with the rules: The customer is always right. You should always offer a great experience, not just products and services. Data drives the best decisions.
While you’re following those rules, however, there are machines...
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When an in-person meeting is going well, you can almost feel the good vibes spreading across the boardroom.
People are sitting up a little straighter in their swivel chairs. No one is hiding behind an open laptop. Everyone is making eye contact. They’re giving each other a chance to speak before...
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“Looks good to me.”
Those are the words every marketer wants to hear when they ask others to review their content before it goes out into the world.
No matter who says them, those words mean a marketer can focus their energies on launching a campaign, tracking the metrics and possibly get started...
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Even if you’re not sure you can win a race, you at least want to make it to the finish line. But what if you’re not sure where the finish line is, or which route is most likely to take you there?
That image is a good analogy to what’s happened to businesses in Canada, and around the world, since...
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Selling is about appealing to the head while drawing upon the heart.
You have to convince your customers to make a purchase based on rational arguments. No matter what facts and figures you pull together to make those arguments, however, they need to feel you believe them at your core.
Though...
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You can’t keep a good small or medium-sized business down, even when there’s a global pandemic disrupting everyday life as we know it.
Almost from the moment COVID-19 began, there were worries that temporary closures and enhanced safety protocols would significantly impact all but the largest and...
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