Can you believe this is Thanksgiving week? Thanksgiving traditionally marks the official beginning of the holiday season — although in recent years it’s been gearing up before Halloween which is an entirely different subject. Anyway, when I landed this week at my home airport from business travel, it was fun to see the entire […]
A friend lives in a townhouse and it’s about time to pressure wash the exteriors. The homeowner association got a few bids, but one owner spied a Groupon deal, which would have been significantly less expensive. He tried, unsuccessfully, to talk all the other owners into jumping on the Groupon deal. Had he been successful […]
While spring may be the time when “a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love,” fall is when the concerns of many small business owners turn to the holiday shopping season. Here’s a roundup to help you put Holiday Shopping 2014 into perspective and get positioned for success. Shopping season I recently retweeted […]
Clean and safe. That used to be my only criteria for booking business travel. Because business travel can be a significant hit to a small business budget, I, like many entrepreneurs, was willing to make compromises in order to hold the cost down. So as long as I felt safe and my room was clean, […]
Entertaining clients and customers at lunch or dinner is an excellent way to build relationships and create business opportunities — especially during the holidays. Small businesses, however, are looking for ways to cut expenses in these tough economic times and for many that means wining and dining clients simply isn’t in the budget. So is […]