According to Kevin Daum (Inc columnist) how you end your day is just as important as how you begin it. Kevin shares the following tips to help you finish your day right, leaving you well prepared for tomorrow. Continue reading
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CBI Networking Night Creates a Buzz
The April 8th Networking Night at the CBI was a hit. The food was great. The room was full and the energy was contagious. The goal to complete the CBI Business Bingo card keep the conversations and the networking moving. Participants had to meet and talk with others to get signatures from a Home-Based Business, Storefront Business, Outdoor Business, New Business, Bookkeeping Business, Technology Business, Marketing Business, Mature Business, Male and Female Owned Businesses, Health Business, Real Estate/Mortgage Business and others. Continue reading
Standing Room Only at CBI Pitch Session
L to R: Holly Hanson-Director CBI, Justin Sidwell, Peter Bilodeau, Marie Fey, Diane Morey-Owner A to Z Printing and Facilitator of CO.STARTERS, Dave Clark-A to Z Printing and CO.STARTERS Mentor
Community supporters joined family and friends of the graduates of the Cumberland Business Incubator’s inaugural CO.STARTERS program to celebrate their work and hear them pitch their business ideas. The CO.STARTERS group met once a week for 9 weeks as they validated their business concepts.
Graduates of the program that participated in the pitch presentation were: Continue reading
5+ Reasons to Keep Reading…
Clients ask if there is something they should read to be a better leader or to learn more about business. The answer is YES! There is a lot to be gained from reading. Check out HBR’s For those who want to lead, read for reasons to keep reading.
Is Your Business Viable?
Why is it that we put so much emphasis on a business plan? The goal is to be able to determine if you have a viable business. What is a viable business? A business that is freestanding, self-sustaining, capable of making it without outside financial support. That means no credit card debt, no loans, just the business itself, standing alone, able to meet all the expenses from the transactions of the business. Continue reading
Moving to Tuesday
When you hear from an expert that you could be doing something better, do you make the changes?
We had an expert present a workshop recently about e-newsletters. He stressed that sending out e-newsletters on Monday is the worst possible day to deposit messages in busy people’s inboxes. Continue reading
Internet is Great – But Sometimes Relationships Count!
We had the Small Business Marketing Analyst for a major package moving organization in recently to conduct a workshop. We were reminded that sometimes it is the relationship that counts when doing business. A representative from a company in our area attended the workshop. The company had a critical shipment that had to arrive at the destination by a specified time or they would not be considered for the project they were hoping to get. They sent the materials to arrive in time. Continue reading
Get More Done – Increase Your Effectiveness
You’ve got to think about the big things while you’re doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction….Alvin Toffler
Not all tasks are created equal. Some are more important than others. Continue reading
Making the Most of Trade Shows
It’s trade show season – home and garden shows, health and wellness shows, industry shows.Dave Lavinsky of Guiding Metrics Executive Dashboard recently had his organization’s first booth at the Traffic & Conversion Summit. His six biggest takeaways from his experience and other things to keep in mind are summarized below.
1. Location, location, location Continue reading
7 Habits of Highly Wealthy Entrepreneurs
Thomas C Corley studied the daily habits of hundreds of wealthy people in preparation for his book Rich Habits – The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals.
Corley’s definition of wealthy people is those earning at least $160,000 annually and owning assets of at least $3.2 million.
Some of the characteristics Corley identified of the wealthy include: Continue reading