by Chris Hunter | Dec 31, 2015 | Recruiting
We’re seeing this term used a lot these days. “An Employer of Choice” say the recruitment advertisements, but you’re right to wonder what it really means. The term has as yet no universally-recognized legal or professional standing other than...
by Chris Hunter | Mar 26, 2016 | Meetings
by Chris Hunter | Mar 22, 2016 | Microsoft Word Tips
by Chris Hunter | Dec 26, 2015 | Communications & Performance Reviews
by Chris Hunter | Nov 16, 2015 | Franchising
by Chris Hunter | Mar 22, 2016 | Microsoft Windows Tips
by Chris Hunter | Jan 31, 2016 | Web Sites & E-Marketing - Part 1
by Chris Hunter | Dec 31, 2015 | Recruiting
by Chris Hunter | Nov 17, 2015 | General - Entrepreneurship, Start-Ups, Strategy
(See attribution below.) Even the smartest small business owner can do dumb things now and then. Unfortunately, some mistakes can kill a company. Just ask Jeff Seifried, small business coordinator for the City of Aurora, Colo., and Peter Tourtellot, chairman of...
by Chris Hunter | Mar 25, 2016 | Business Plans, Profit Improvement
Even the smartest small business owner can do dumb things now and then. Unfortunately, some mistakes can kill a company. Just ask Jeff Seifried, small business coordinator for the City of Aurora, Colo., and Peter Tourtellot, chairman of the Turnaround Management...
by Chris Hunter | Mar 25, 2016 | General - Operations
by Chris Hunter | Jan 17, 2016 | Advertising & Advertisements, Direct Mail
Postcard Marketing_ Avoid These 10 Common Mistakes
by Chris Hunter | Mar 23, 2016 | Business Development
Excerpted from “Helping People Grow” by Jim Cathcart This checklist for growth contains ten powerful ideas, any one of which could revolutionize your business results. As you explore each one, take time to answer the questions in writing and to discuss...
by Chris Hunter | Mar 31, 2016 | Project Management
by Chris Hunter | Feb 15, 2016 | Computer Software
by Chris Hunter | Mar 22, 2016 | Microsoft Word Tips
by Chris Hunter | Mar 22, 2016 | Microsoft Word Tips
by Chris Hunter | Mar 22, 2016 | Microsoft Word Tips
by Chris Hunter | Mar 19, 2016 | Microsoft Excel Tips - Part One
by Chris Hunter | Mar 19, 2016 | Microsoft Excel Tips - Part One
by Chris Hunter | Jan 31, 2016 | Web Sites & E-Marketing - Part 1
by Chris Hunter | Apr 3, 2016 | Selling Skills, Selling Skills
by Chris Hunter | Mar 30, 2016 | Leadership
by Chris Hunter | Nov 24, 2015 | General - Entrepreneurship, Start-Ups, Strategy
by Chris Hunter | Jan 26, 2016 | Networking
by Chris Hunter | Jan 6, 2016 | Branding
by Chris Hunter | Mar 30, 2016 | Leadership
by Chris Hunter | Apr 3, 2016 | Selling Skills, Selling Skills
by Chris Hunter | Mar 21, 2016 | Microsoft PowerPoint Tips
by Chris Hunter | Nov 3, 2015 | Customer Satisfaction
One of the most important parts of our work as a service provider is maintaining and enhancing our relationships with our clients or customers. Maintaining and growing these relationships makes the time spent on a project more enjoyable, satisfying and effective....
by Chris Hunter | Feb 27, 2016 | Microsoft Access Tips
by Chris Hunter | Mar 22, 2016 | Microsoft Windows Tips
by Chris Hunter | Jan 23, 2016 | Marketing Strategies
by Chris Hunter | Jan 31, 2016 | Web Sites & E-Marketing - Part 1
by Chris Hunter | Jan 13, 2016 | General - Marketing
by Chris Hunter | Nov 17, 2015 | Business Development, General - Entrepreneurship, Performance Management
Small business owners know that when times get tough, tougher business strategies are necessary. And most of the time, that means boosting a company’s productivity level by eliminating inefficiencies. Here are 11 propellants for productivity that will help your...
by Chris Hunter | Dec 25, 2015 | Profit Improvement
Here are 12 profit improvement ideas for your business from Andy Hanselman. 1. Choose ‘em Or Lose ‘em! First of all, do you actually know where your profits come from? I don’t just mean, what’s left at the end of the month when you do all the ‘sums’, but who, how and...
by Chris Hunter | Mar 23, 2016 | Business Development
by Chris Hunter | Nov 7, 2015 | General - Customer Service
by Chris Hunter | Mar 10, 2020 | Coaching & Soft Skills, Communications & Performance Reviews, General - Human Resources
When giving feedback, either positive or constructively critical, there are only two reasons for doing so: to change or reinforce behavior in order to achieve a desired result. With those purposes in mind, here are 15 tips for providing feedback. Click here to read...
by Chris Hunter | Mar 31, 2016 | Speeches & Presentations
by Chris Hunter | Jan 31, 2016 | Web Sites & E-Marketing - Part 1
by Chris Hunter | Jul 4, 2018 | Microsoft Excel Tips - Part One
Download [2.70...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 11, 2015 | Company Structures
by Chris Hunter | Mar 30, 2016 | Leadership
by Chris Hunter | Jan 9, 2016 | Branding
Description: Traditionally, the people responsible for positioning brands have concentrated on the differences that set each brand apart from the competition. But emphasizing differences isn’t enough to sustain a brand against competitors. Managers should also...
by Chris Hunter | Mar 19, 2016 | Microsoft Excel Tips - Part One
by Chris Hunter | Mar 19, 2016 | Microsoft Excel Tips - Part One
by Chris Hunter | Jan 3, 2016 | Advertising & Advertisements
by Chris Hunter | Jan 13, 2016 | General - Marketing, Marketing Strategies
by Chris Hunter | Mar 30, 2016 | Leadership
by Chris Hunter | Nov 24, 2015 | General - Entrepreneurship, Start-Ups, Strategy
by Chris Hunter | Jan 25, 2016 | Media Relations
Many business owners have outside investors that have put money into the company with the expectation of turning a profit on their investment. But businesses don’ always run smoothly and sometimes the CEO has to report bad news to their sources of funding. Is...
by Chris Hunter | Dec 26, 2015 | Coaching & Soft Skills, Leadership
by Chris Hunter | Nov 16, 2015 | Family Businesses
by Chris Hunter | Apr 1, 2016 | Management & Motivation
by Chris Hunter | Dec 29, 2015 | General - Human Resources
by Chris Hunter | Jan 30, 2016 | Selling Skills, Selling Skills
by Chris Hunter | Jan 19, 2016 | Marketing Plans
When you know the answers to these 5 key marketing questions, you can create effective web pages, sales letters and other sales generating communications. The answers to these 5 questions reveal how you can get your prospect’s attention and motivate them to take...
by Chris Hunter | Jan 3, 2016 | Advertising & Advertisements
by Chris Hunter | Jan 31, 2016 | Web Sites & E-Marketing - Part 1
by Chris Hunter | Jan 31, 2016 | Web Sites & E-Marketing - Part 1
by Chris Hunter | Apr 1, 2016 | Compensation Plans
by Chris Hunter | Mar 20, 2016 | Microsoft Excel Tips - Part Two
by Chris Hunter | Mar 21, 2016 | Microsoft PowerPoint Tips
by Chris Hunter | Mar 30, 2016 | Leadership
by Chris Hunter | Nov 25, 2015 | Leadership, Management & Motivation, Sales Management, Start-Ups, Strategy
There are numerous lists of “ways to succeed in business” and many of them contain some words of valuable advice for every business owner. This article takes a different view — that of wanting to be sure a business turns up its heels and dies in the...
by Chris Hunter | Jan 23, 2016 | Marketing Strategies
by Chris Hunter | Jan 23, 2016 | Marketing Strategies
by Chris Hunter | Nov 24, 2015 | Start-Ups
by Chris Hunter | Nov 24, 2015 | Start-Ups
by Chris Hunter | Nov 3, 2015 | Customer Satisfaction
by Chris Hunter | Mar 31, 2016 | Speeches & Presentations
by Chris Hunter | Nov 24, 2015 | Start-Ups
by Chris Hunter | Apr 3, 2016 | Selling Skills
by Chris Hunter | Jan 31, 2016 | Web Sites & E-Marketing - Part 1
by Chris Hunter | Mar 31, 2016 | Coaching & Soft Skills, General - Human Resources, Leadership
Running a business isn’t something you can usually do by yourself. One way or another, other people make their contributions to your enterprise. They could be members of your team, suppliers, co-directors or even family members who support you and they all...
by Chris Hunter | Apr 6, 2017 | Web Sites & E-Marketing - Part 1
by Chris Hunter | Apr 3, 2016 | Selling Skills, Selling Skills
by Chris Hunter | Nov 3, 2015 | Customer Satisfaction
There are seven things you should never tell your customers. Here they are . . .
by Chris Hunter | Nov 17, 2015 | General - Entrepreneurship, Start-Ups
by Chris Hunter | Feb 6, 2018 | General - Personal Growth & Leadership, Project Management
7 Ways to Get Your Desk Clean
by Chris Hunter | Nov 30, 2015 | Cash Flow Management & Modeling, Profit Improvement
by Chris Hunter | Jul 6, 2016 | Management & Motivation
by Chris Hunter | Mar 19, 2016 | Microsoft Excel Tips - Part One
by Chris Hunter | Jan 23, 2016 | Marketing Strategies
We all make mistakes in business and some are more costly than others. Here are just eight of the marketing mistakes businesses make every day. Go through your marketing plan carefully and see if any of these errors apply to you. It may not be too late to make...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 22, 2015 | Selling a Business
by Chris Hunter | Dec 30, 2015 | Job Search Strategies
Personal Values Valued workers are honest, have good self-esteem and a positive self-image. They have personal and career goals, demonstrate emotional stability, exhibit a good attitude, are self-motivated and do not limit themselves. Problem-Solving and...
by Chris Hunter | Jan 25, 2016 | Media Relations
by Chris Hunter | Jan 31, 2016 | Web Sites & E-Marketing - Part 1
by Chris Hunter | Jan 3, 2016 | Advertising & Advertisements
by Chris Hunter | Jun 1, 2021 | Microsoft Excel Tips - Part One
Whether you are a Microsoft Excel beginner or an advanced user, you’ll benefit from these step-by-step tutorials. Click here to learn more.
by Chris Hunter | Mar 19, 2016 | Microsoft Excel Tips - Part One
by Chris Hunter | Dec 27, 2015 | Compensation, Employee Recognition & Rewards
Studies have shown that people work for much more than just money. In fact, money ranks fairly low on the lists of the “top five” or “top ten” reasons why most of us show up for work every weekday. At or near the top of every list is...
by Chris Hunter | Apr 2, 2016 | Management & Motivation
by Chris Hunter | Jul 6, 2016 | Bookkeeping & Accounting, Business Development, Start-Ups
by Chris Hunter | Jan 3, 2016 | Advertising & Advertisements
by Chris Hunter | Nov 12, 2015 | Family Businesses
A family business can be at the very core of a family’s existence. The business employs them, feeds and clothes them, and gives them a place to work together where family values are often integrated with the activities of the enterprise. Not all family...
by Chris Hunter | Mar 26, 2016 | Meetings
The owner of a firm is often expected to “facilitate” things. It could be training for a team member, or conducting a meeting. It could be to lead a discussion group for the purpose of conducting research or mediating in a dispute. The only problem is that...
by Chris Hunter | Dec 29, 2015 | General - Human Resources
The implications of what has been termed the “skills shortage” need to be understood by every business owner. The ways we hire, train, remunerate and manage people will have to change, and so will the way we run our businesses. Most countries have an aging...
by Chris Hunter | Mar 27, 2016 | Customer Relationship Management, Customer Service Strategies, Point of Sale Systems
Increasingly, small businesses are using technology to help modernize aspects of their operations. Many companies may have started to think about publishing their own pamphlets, building a website or even buying a digital camera. But it isn’t necessarily the...
by Chris Hunter | Dec 28, 2015 | Compensation, Employee Recognition & Rewards
by Chris Hunter | Mar 25, 2016 | General - Operations
Most of us have some general thoughts about ergonomics, but this information can easily be out-of-date. Fortunately for those involved with making decisions about office furniture and setup current ergonomics encourages variety and movement rather than rigid...
by Chris Hunter | Dec 25, 2015 | Absenteeism
There can be more than meets the eye when it comes to absenteeism. Team members may stay away due to uncaring supervisors or unsatisfactory working conditions. There are a number of ways to address the problem to improve morale and the efficiency of the workplace. An...
by Chris Hunter | Dec 26, 2015 | Coaching & Soft Skills, Leadership
Every firm has its ups and downs, and that can have a major effect on morale. If times get tough or the firm has to drastically cut expenditures there’s often a negative emotion that grows until it pervades the enterprise. We’ve all seen places like that...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 29, 2015 | Bookkeeping & Accounting
Viewed historically, first there were bookkeepers and then there were accountants. Once the accountant’s qualifications became professionally recognized there was a fairly inflexible gap between the two roles that became pretty much the same worldwide....
by Chris Hunter | Feb 26, 2017 | Bookkeeping & Accounting
Very handy compendium of accounting education resources. Whether you’re studying to become an accountant, you teach accounting or you’re a layperson who wants a better understanding of accounting practices and principles, the 40+ individual resources in this guide...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 29, 2015 | Bookkeeping & Accounting
A business buys an off-the-shelf accounting system and proudly installs it, only to find after a few weeks that nobody knows how to use it, that it does not allow for unique data entry and does not meet the requirements specific to small business. It is going to cost...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 30, 2015 | Bookkeeping & Accounting, Cash Flow Management & Modeling, Profit Improvement
by Chris Hunter | Nov 30, 2015 | Cash Flow Management & Modeling
by Chris Hunter | Nov 30, 2015 | Cash Flow Management & Modeling
Outstanding accounts are a business asset, but not one that a business really needs. The costs of collecting an overdue debt can be high over a period of time and put a big hole in your profit margin. Collections are best done using a pre-planned system and not...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 30, 2015 | Bookkeeping & Accounting, Cash Flow Management & Modeling, Profit Improvement
First let’s ask, does your firm have a credit policy? An amazing number of professional services firms don’t have one, or if they do it’s relatively haphazard. It’s essential that your firm has a credit policy and that it’s known and...
by Chris Hunter | Mar 20, 2016 | Microsoft Excel Tips - Part One
by Chris Hunter | Jan 31, 2016 | Web Sites & E-Marketing - Part 1
A “webinar” is really a web-based seminar. Now webinars are becoming a marketing tool that can help professional services firms retain existing clients as well as acquire new ones. From the participants’ viewpoint all that’s needed is access to...
by Chris Hunter | Jan 23, 2016 | Marketing Strategies
When someone makes a purchase they buy more than just a product or service. At the time the product or service is probably the most important element, but they also buy a range of benefits that can over the long-term become their reason for being satisfied or...
by Chris Hunter | Mar 22, 2016 | Microsoft Word Tips
by Chris Hunter | Mar 21, 2016 | Microsoft PowerPoint Tips
by Chris Hunter | Dec 26, 2015 | Communications & Performance Reviews
by Chris Hunter | Mar 21, 2016 | Microsoft PowerPoint Tips
by Chris Hunter | Sep 28, 2016 | Microsoft Windows Tips
An easy way to reveal useful system details By Ed Bott Every version of Windows includes a handful of utilities designed to give you information about your system and its current configuration. The Systeminfo utility is especially lightweight and useful. This...
by Chris Hunter | Mar 24, 2016 | Disaster Planning & Recovery
The workplace is a place of danger. If you think yours is safe, think again! You don’t have to be running a factory to have dangerous situations arise; an office can also be a hazardous place to spend the day. Emergencies come in all shapes and sizes. As an employer...
by Chris Hunter | Dec 30, 2015 | Interviews & Onboarding, Legal Issues, Recruiting
by Chris Hunter | Jan 21, 2016 | Market Research
Author and futurist Charles M. Perrottet identified two types of businesses – eagles and ostriches. The eagles analyze their competitors and assume their competitors do the same to them. The ostriches don’t look around them and remain focused on their own activities...
by Chris Hunter | Mar 27, 2016 | Performance Management, Profit Improvement
Identifying and interpreting statistics for a business does not need to be a scary prospect. Tracking critical numbers helps monitor cash flow operation as well as profitability, which is all-important for businesses. Critical numbers and the mere mention of them make...
by Chris Hunter | Dec 27, 2015 | Compensation
“How workers are paid is how they think” is a favorite mantra for employee incentive specialist, John Day. He says if people are paid for a nine-to-five job then they will simply work from nine to five. But those who are paid like an owner, with incentives such as...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 2, 2015 | Customer Relationship Management
To build a successful business, you need as many ‘good’ clients as possible. Agreed? And when the economy is booming, and you’ve got clients beating at your door – it’s important to be able to service them all efficiently and...
by Chris Hunter | Dec 24, 2015 | Cash Flow Management & Modeling, Credit Card & Merchant Accounts
by Chris Hunter | Dec 26, 2015 | Coaching & Soft Skills, Leadership
Description: At the core of your company, there is a group of people who seem to call the shots–or, rather, all the shots seem to be called for their benefit. This core group can’t be found on any organization chart. It exists in people’s hearts and...
by Chris Hunter | Apr 1, 2016 | Closing Sales
by Chris Hunter | Mar 20, 2016 | Microsoft Excel Tips - Part One
I’m often asked how I do what I do in MS Excel with such ease and speed. Part of the answer is years of experience and part of the answer comes down to using some help and ASAP Utilities is one of my key helps. The good folk who put this tool together know what...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 17, 2015 | General - Entrepreneurship, General - Personal Growth & Leadership, Leadership, Start-Ups
Successful employers and employees share many personal qualities but there may also be key differences. For example, both employers and employees need a positive attitude, and a good attitude is something that can be nurtured and developed. But the attitude of the...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 7, 2015 | Customer Service Strategies
So much is said in retailing about customer service but not enough is actually done about it. The goal of every retailer should be to deliver truly outstanding customer service but management in most stores – even the major chains, have no idea about the level of...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 3, 2015 | Customer Relationship Management
Customer relationship management is one of the hottest management tools today. But more than half of all CRM initiatives fail to produce the anticipated results. Why? And what can companies do to reverse that negative trend? The authors–three senior Bain...
by Chris Hunter | Feb 15, 2016 | Computer Software
There’s no particular peculiar virtue in religiously backing up business data. It’s just that the consequences of not doing so are potentially catastrophic. Many businesses feel secure that their data are reasonably safe. They have good anti-virus software...
by Chris Hunter | Mar 24, 2016 | Disaster Planning & Recovery, Viruses
There’s no particular peculiar virtue in religiously backing up business data. It’s just that the consequences of not doing so are potentially catastrophic. Many businesses feel secure that their data are reasonably safe. They have good anti-virus software...
by Chris Hunter | Mar 22, 2016 | Microsoft Word Tips
by Chris Hunter | Nov 25, 2015 | Business Development, Marketing Plans, Marketing Strategies, Start-Ups, Strategy
by Chris Hunter | Nov 29, 2015 | Bookkeeping & Accounting, Financial Ratios & Formulas
by Chris Hunter | Jan 21, 2016 | Market Research
Market research is not just for the big corporations. Small and medium-sized businesses can also conduct market research with relatively little expense. All that is required is a carefully structured, properly targeted approach to obtain invaluable market information....
by Chris Hunter | Jan 13, 2016 | General - Marketing
The purchasing behavior of human beings is fairly predictable. If they buy something once and it works for them, they’ll be inclined to repurchase it when the need arises again. And if they purchase something from a source that is acceptable to them and...
by Chris Hunter | Jan 9, 2016 | Branding
Smaller enterprises have a hard time cutting through the brand strength of their larger counterparts. A small hotel will never be as easily-recognized as the Hilton up the street. Nor will an aviation business with two aircraft be seen in the same light as United...
by Chris Hunter | Jan 25, 2016 | Media Relations
Public relations is an important part of every business. You might place an advertisement and have an offer of free editorial space, or perhaps you want to write a press release about a new product or team member in hopes of getting some publicity. Whatever the...
by Chris Hunter | Jan 30, 2016 | Selling Skills, Selling Skills
One way or another, business is all about selling. We have to sell to our customers, to our banks and other sources of funds, and even just when we’re meeting people for the first time in a social situation. “Selling” really means just being yourself...
by Chris Hunter | Mar 26, 2016 | Meetings
Meetings are often regarded as a necessary evil. If they are not held, stakeholders complain they were either not informed or not part of the decision making process. But when they are held, they frequently disintegrate into time wasting sessions that leave the...
by Chris Hunter | Dec 26, 2015 | Coaching & Soft Skills, Leadership
Description: Executive consultant Marshall Goldsmith tells his CEO clients that he’s not the real coach; the people around them are. To change your behavior, he says, quit whining about the past and start asking your colleagues how you can do better....
by Chris Hunter | Apr 3, 2016 | Marketing Strategies, Selling Skills
Smaller businesses are often hesitant to market themselves to much larger firms, especially if they’re in the same industry, but big businesses do provide opportunities for smaller businesses that are willing to become a bit flexible in their marketing and in...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 25, 2015 | Communications & Performance Reviews, Leadership, Management & Motivation, Sales Management, Strategy
Fewer than half of workers are committed to the goals of their organization. That’s the key finding in a survey by FranklinCovey of 12,182 U.S. workers conducted in late 2003 and released in March, 2004. The survey also showed that only 48% of workers believe...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 30, 2015 | Cash Flow Management & Modeling, Profit Improvement
While there’s no escape from preparing the financial information for a business plan, a step by step approach will help make the task less onerous. Similar to the overall business plan itself, the financial information should be divided into specific sections to...
by Chris Hunter | Mar 28, 2016 | Boards of Directors, Leadership
by Chris Hunter | Nov 29, 2015 | Bookkeeping & Accounting
by Chris Hunter | Jan 1, 2016 | Retention
by Chris Hunter | Mar 29, 2016 | Business Plans, General - Personal Growth & Leadership, Leadership
Every organization will benefit from an input of fresh ideas. These can be about products, services, promotions, packaging, human resources — any aspect of an enterprise. Even if you don’t have any pressing problems to solve at the moment, it’s...
by Chris Hunter | Mar 21, 2016 | Microsoft PowerPoint Tips
by Chris Hunter | Jan 2, 2016 | Training Programs
by Chris Hunter | Nov 25, 2015 | Business Development, Business Plans, Marketing Strategies, Performance Management, Strategy
by Chris Hunter | Mar 23, 2016 | Business Development
There’s something funny about the organizations we humans create. Almost inevitably a bureaucracy develops in every enterprise, and it grows stronger as time goes by. By definition a bureaucracy can be just a system of rules or a way of doing things, but the...
by Chris Hunter | Jan 9, 2016 | Advertising & Advertisements, Branding
Your business card is one of the most important marketing tools you’ll ever create. You give your business card to prospects and customers so they have your contact information. You tuck your business card inside of presentation folders, drop it in letters, and...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 17, 2015 | General - Entrepreneurship, General - Operations
by Chris Hunter | Nov 30, 2015 | Borrowing Basics, Financial Ratios & Formulas
by Chris Hunter | Nov 9, 2015 | Business Plans
by Chris Hunter | Nov 24, 2015 | Start-Ups
by Chris Hunter | Mar 24, 2016 | Change Management
by Chris Hunter | Jan 30, 2016 | Selling Skills, Selling Skills
Description: You call a meeting to try to convince your boss that your company needs to make an important move. Your argument is impassioned, your logic unassailable, your data bulletproof. Two weeks later, though, you learn that your brilliant proposal has been...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 9, 2015 | Buying a Business
by Chris Hunter | Nov 22, 2015 | Buying a Business, Selling a Business, Start-Ups
by Chris Hunter | Mar 20, 2016 | Microsoft Excel Tips - Part One
by Chris Hunter | Nov 7, 2015 | Customer Service Strategies
Studies consistently show low levels of customer satisfaction with the ways in which businesses use emails. Too often, companies seem to be using email as a means of avoiding other forms of contact with their customers and their customers aren’t pleased. Their...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 7, 2015 | Customer Service Strategies
Ask most business owners whether they think any of their customers will remain with them for the life of their businesses and they’ll probably admit that it’s unlikely. They’ve seen customers come and go, and they know that their competitors are...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 18, 2015 | General - Entrepreneurship, General - Personal Growth & Leadership, Leadership, Management & Motivation, Start-Ups, Strategy
The word “vision” is part of our contemporary business language, yet not every business owner can readily articulate just what their vision for the business is. It’s not just a marketing plan, although these plans have to be based on an appreciation...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 30, 2015 | Bookkeeping & Accounting, Cash Flow Management & Modeling, Profit Improvement
by Chris Hunter | Nov 30, 2015 | Cash Flow Management & Modeling, Profit Improvement
by Chris Hunter | Dec 24, 2015 | Cash Flow Management & Modeling, Financing
by Chris Hunter | Nov 30, 2015 | Bookkeeping & Accounting, Cash Flow Management & Modeling, Profit Improvement
by Chris Hunter | Jan 31, 2016 | Web Sites & E-Marketing - Part 1
Are your newspaper ads failing to hit the mark? Have TV and radio commercials become too pricey for you? Are you tired of delivering your own pamphlets? Is word-of-mouth just not working? Don’t despair – all is not lost – because the most effective way of...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 19, 2015 | Change Management, General - Entrepreneurship, Strategy
Businesses need to change if they want to grow. Change can be proactive or reactive, but without it everything stays the same and growth is impossible. Many organizations have found to their detriment that it’s unwise to fail to anticipate changes in the...
by Chris Hunter | Mar 24, 2016 | Change Management, Management & Motivation
In the modern business world change is inevitable. Embracing change is even seen as a mandatory aspect of business – a “change or die” situation. You may not entirely agree with this but no matter how much you resist change the world will still...
by Chris Hunter | Jan 13, 2016 | General - Marketing, Marketing Strategies
At one time manufacturing businesses generally sold their products through just one channel. Either they sold directly to their customers or they sold through distributors and/or retailers. Some manufacturers also expanded into new territories by selling through...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 29, 2015 | Bookkeeping & Accounting
by Chris Hunter | Nov 11, 2015 | Company Structures
by Chris Hunter | Mar 25, 2016 | General - Operations
Choosing a supplier for the things you need to stay in business is an important process and one that should be approached methodically. If a supplier lets you down you may let your clients down and that can lead to really big problems. The next time you have to find a...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 22, 2015 | General - Entrepreneurship, Start-Ups
There are many reasons why a business might need to find a new location, from the redevelopment of their existing office building to simply outgrowing the capacity of their premises. Whatever the reason, location can be a critical factor in business success and it...
by Chris Hunter | Jan 31, 2016 | Web Sites & E-Marketing - Part 1
The internet is one of the most powerful tools in 21st century marketing. Businesses that just a couple of years ago hadn’t even thought about building a website are now enthusiastic promoters of the need to have an internet presence. But no matter how good your site...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 29, 2015 | Bookkeeping & Accounting
by Chris Hunter | Nov 11, 2015 | Company Structures
by Chris Hunter | Mar 4, 2020 | Microsoft Excel Tips - Part One
From Excel Zoom INDEX()+MATCH() and VLOOKUP(), both have their proponents and opponents. Both of these formulas perform almost the same function. Both have pros and cons. In today’s tutorial we will try to compare their usage and that how they can be used to get most...
by Chris Hunter | Mar 20, 2016 | Microsoft Excel Tips - Part One
by Chris Hunter | Feb 27, 2016 | Microsoft Access Tips
by Chris Hunter | Mar 23, 2016 | Business Development
In the RAN ONE planning framework, business activity and decisions fall into key categories, Vision & Strategy, Systems & Processes, Finance, Sales & Marketing, and People & Culture. Leading a business through an economic downturn means keeping your...
by Chris Hunter | Dec 26, 2015 | Coaching & Soft Skills, Leadership
As long as there has been a need for improvement there have been coaches to provide it. Two thousand years ago the Roman army had coaches to develop skills in such critical areas as fighting battles, defending a fortress, setting up an encampment and how to manage...
by Chris Hunter | Dec 26, 2015 | Coaching & Soft Skills, Leadership
The contemporary business environment offers few places to hide. Even large corporations and government departments that once allowed mediocrity to coexist with performance are weeding out the unfit. So where are tomorrow’s top performers going to come from?...
by Chris Hunter | Dec 26, 2015 | Coaching & Soft Skills, Leadership
The term “coaching” is used a lot these days. We hear about “personal coaching” and “business coaching” as often as we hear about coaching in the field of sports, but are we really talking about such different things? Leaving aside...
by Chris Hunter | Apr 3, 2016 | Selling Skills, Selling Skills
by Chris Hunter | Dec 25, 2015 | Absenteeism
by Chris Hunter | Mar 20, 2016 | Microsoft Excel Tips - Part One
by Chris Hunter | Mar 28, 2016 | Delegation, Leadership
by Chris Hunter | Dec 25, 2015 | Financial Ratios & Formulas, Profit Improvement
Ratio analysis is a process that incorporates a series of simple mathematical functions and applies them to financial statements or projections to determine fiscal performance and conditions of a business enterprise. They become even more valuable when you compare...
by Chris Hunter | Jan 1, 2016 | Retention
by Chris Hunter | Dec 26, 2015 | Coaching & Soft Skills, Communications & Performance Reviews
by Chris Hunter | Mar 28, 2016 | Boards of Directors
by Chris Hunter | Nov 29, 2015 | Bookkeeping & Accounting
Chris’ combination of academic credentials, career experience and temperament ideally suit his calling as a business development advisor. Clients say he has a mind for business and a heart for service.