On Raising Prices: Lessons from Successful Small Business Owners
Tuesday, 25 September 2012
For many small business owners, the thought of raising prices also raises their blood pressure and stress levels! After all, the decision to raise prices is a tough one, and can have many ramifications for your small business. The main fear of most small business owners who need to raise their prices is that their
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Local SEO Tips for Your Small Business
Thursday, 13 September 2012
Search engine optimization (SEO), specifically local SEO, is a critical part of your small business marketing strategy. Here’s a statistic from Google that shows why: 60% of local searches that take place on Google lead to sales. That’s pretty powerful! It makes sense, though, because most of the time people performing local searches need to
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Branding a Professional Services Company can be Tricky
Thursday, 22 March 2012
Many of our clients are professional services companies (doctors, CPAs, law firms, real estate, financial advisors), and as such we regularly answer questions about how to brand a parent company and their subsidiary brands. This week we were approached by a real estate company with some frustration over the difficult task of how they could
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Do Small Business Owners Really Need a Coach?
Friday, 24 February 2012
We hear business owners ask this question all of the time. Interestingly, if you look at most competitive sports, both individual and team sports, you will rarely find a professional athlete running the race, fighting the battle or winning the game alone; there is typically a coach at their side to navigate the strategy and
- Published in Brand Development, Marketing, Services, Small Business, Strategy