This is my last post here on client k after almost 20 years of daily posts. My wish for you is You keep learning. You continue to look for opportunities to make the world a better place. You try to make your dreams a reality. And You find joy in every day and in the Continue reading My Wish For You
Today is Halloween. Some of your customers are likely to be HUGE Halloween lovers (like myself). They will dress up in costumes or in orange and black or in Halloween-themed shirts to shop in your business. They might dress their pets up. They might bring their kids in their costumes. Ensure you have treats to Continue reading Giving Out Treats
Everyone needs someone to tell their secrets to. If you re that someone, you are in a powerful position. You can t tell anyone else those secrets If you do that, no one will ever tell you their secrets again. But the secrets can often benefit you. You have insider information no one else has. Better than Continue reading Be A Secret Holder
I can t believe this has to be said but here we are. You need to have hard copies i.e. print copies, preferably laminated, of your emergency procedures. The odds are huge that, during an emergency, you won t have power and you definitely won t have internet access. Those emergency procedures saved to the cloud or your Continue reading You Need Hard Copies Of Emergency Procedures
I love eating asparagus. When I first looked into growing it, I found out it would take 4 years to get to the point where I could harvest it. I thought that timeframe was way too long. I didn t plant the asparagus. That was well over 20 years ago. If I had planted the asparagus Continue reading Start Now
There s still time to achieve or, at the very least, make a good start on, some of your 2024 goals. The first step is to review them. Are they still relevant? Do you still WANT to achieve them? Then pick one and take a step toward achieving that goal. Pick a font color for the Continue reading Review Your 2024 Goals
There are a LOT of trolls on social media now both the bots and the less likely human sh*tstarters. Trolls suck energy, especially if we respond to them. That s energy we could be using to make our businesses a success. They bring negativity to ourselves AND our prospective customers. That will decrease our sales. Continue reading Be Free With The Blocking Function
It is October 25th. There are two months remaining until Christmas and, for many small businesses, this is our busiest and our most lucrative time of year. And this boom is happening NOW. 50% of Americans plan to start their Christmas shopping before the end of October. And they plan to shop a LOT. In 2022, Continue reading Two Months Until Christmas
I have a book to write (a product to design). Bad news kills my creativity and there is plenty of bad news from across the country and around the world. I ll have to disconnect to write the book. But, with all the extreme weather, that s dangerous. So what I ve done is give a trustworthy dependable Continue reading The Danger Of Disconnecting
A friend of mine partnered with someone on a project. I warned her that someone was a liar and ethically challenged. She told me their partnership was special. He might lie to other people but he wouldn t lie to her. She believed SHE would be the exception. Of course, she wasn t the exception. The someone Continue reading If You Partner With A Liar