I’ve had entrepreneurial leanings for most of my life. As a child, I watched my mother grow a successful winery in Southern Oregon, which evolved into helping her in everything from admin to marketing to sales to pruning the vineyard and bottling wine. I started my first business at 13 (short lived though it was …
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Recently, I’ve been talking a lot with my team about the importance of finding your WHY and aligning your business (or your role) with your purpose. This is such an essential part of growing a business you love – one that allows you to thrive, both professional and personally – but it’s also a step …
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been writing about the benefits of surrounding yourself with a diverse team. The strengths, skillsets, and perspectives that you’ll gain are invaluable. The question remains, though: how do you create strong systems that actually work for a team filled with people who work, think, and innovate differently? This is …
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Your Marketing and Sales Teams have a lot of tasks to keep under control, and it seems like the “rules” are always changing. Between social media algorithms, building relationships with your prospective clients, and the ever-evolving ways to keep Google happy, there’s a lot to keep track of. In addition, these departments move quickly. In …
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Many business owners want to create diverse teams, but the question remains: what is the ROI, and how can you build a diverse team strategically? Diversity applies to every team in your business, but I’d like to highlight the importance of building a diverse Sales Team.
What is the “right” way to approach diversity in your marketing – and can doing so really help you reach a wider audience?
If you want to grow your business, you’re not going to be able to do so alone. It’s just reality – eventually, you’ll need to have a solid team running your systems and helping you drive forward toward your goals. They can produce the work and even many great ideas, but it’s up to you …
If you want to effectively grow your business, you need three important things in place: a solid business plan, strong systems, and a team of great people. The business plan provides the foundation and the systems provide the structure, but your team members are the people who will act daily to get things done and …
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Most of the business owners that my team and I speak with face one of two problems when it comes to sales. Either they just plain don’t have the time to keep up (which can be fixed by building the right systems and hiring the right people), or they aren’t sure how to train their …
If you’re not selling, you’re not growing – it’s as simple as that. The how behind selling is a bit more challenging, though. In many industries, the market has changed significantly over the past couple of years, and many businesses are struggling to keep up. As your business grows, you’ll find that it becomes more …
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