When your business is struggling, and especially if it’s been struggling for a while, there are some hard questions that you need to ask yourself to figure out what to do next. Have you taken a hard look at your business? Have you looked at your customer lists? Or your Google analytics? The answers for […]
10 Extremely Important Things Every Business Owner Should Know Before Starting Up
Thinking about starting a business? There’s something you need to know! In fact, there are dozens of super important lessons that every business owner needs to know before they get started, and no post could include them all. Still, we’ve done our best, so here are just ten of the most important lessons for you […]
10 Bible Verses Small Business Owners Need For 2020
Happy 2020 my faithful readers. On this MLK Day, oh taste and see what God has in store for you in this new year. I am blessed that this is the 10th year that I have published a blog post on business bible verses. When you carry God in your heart, how can you be […]
10 Tips To Not Let Email Overwhelm Your Sales Efforts
Are you letting email overwhelm your sales efforts? Here are 10 tips to break free from email overwhelm and turn your email process into a selling machine!
10 Web Tools for End-to-End Proposal Management
You likely spend hours upon hours crafting proposals for your sales prospects- emailing different departments for assets, locating images, outlining project scope, creating timelines, and estimates while defining strategic recommendations. Then you send it off to the prospective client and move onto the next like you’re Jay Z. If you find yourself thinking, “there’s got […]
How to Promote Your Brand in 10 Different Ways
When you have a product or service business you are also a brand and you must promote your brand to stay top of mind with existing and potential customers to increase your sales. There are lots of ways to promote your brand before and after the sale. Here are the 10 best Ideas that I […]
10 Tips to Choose an Accountant for Your Small Business
Irrespective of the industry your small business falls into, you cannot understate the value of a good accountant. You can get a bookkeeper for basic accounting services, an accountant who has a degree in accounting for more complicated accounting and payroll services, or a certified public accountant who can help with tax planning and also […]
SmallBizLady’s Summer Small Business Reading List 2019
It’s the beginning of June, and I find that summer is a great time to read books that I’ve been meaning to read, but just haven’t gotten around to. You know, books like Story Brand by Donald Miller that everyone keeps talking about. There are some brilliant books that have been released in the last […]
Top 10 Small Business Experts to Follow Online
If you are looking for advice and information to grow your small business, there are people who have made this their life’s work. I am proud to say that most of them are people whose books and blogs I read often. Like me, they are on a mission to end small business failure. Here are […]
10 Small Business Lessons from 20 Years of Business
I can’t believe this year marks 20 years I’ve been in business! 20 years ago I started Quintessence Group, my marketing consulting firm that works with Fortune 500 firm to reach small business, in the basement of my house. We work with brands such as VISA, Google, FedEx, Sam’s Club, ADP, The Hartford, and Pitney […]
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