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Tag Archives: customer
What’s your personal financial goal?
Our April 27th blog – Key questions to consider when planning your business – introduced four questions. Previous weeks have covered “Who’s your customer?”, “How will you reach your customer?” and “How do you get paid?” Today’s final installment tackles … Continue reading
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Tagged customer, entreprenuer, financial, Halton, money, planning, projection, revenue, sales
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How will you reach your customer?
Our blog on April 27, 2015 – Key questions to consider when planning your business – introduced four specific questions that an entrepreneur can ask to help get a head start on a business plan. This week’s post will focus … Continue reading
Starting a small business? Don’t forget sales!
More often than not, entrepreneurs start a new business in a field or industry sector they have some direct experience with. You may have either worked for a competitor, or have had experience within this industry in operations, productions, human … Continue reading
Choose your name carefully: Think of your customer first
More often than not, when meeting with new entrepreneurs, the discussion starts with “I’ve got a name for my business that I need to protect”. As much as this is a good place to start, before your rush off to … Continue reading
It’s Time to Keep it REAL – In REAL Time!
Over the past few years, “keeping it real” has become a popular catchphrase. At the same time, with the onset of social networking and gaming, the concept of real time has become even more relevant. Keeping it real is all … Continue reading
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Tagged access to professionals, authenticity, communication, customer, Dave Carroll, Halton Region Small Business Centre, public relations, real, real time, response, revenue, Skype, social media, standards, Taylor Guitars, United Airline, United Breaks Guitars, YouTube
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What Are You Selling?
When launching a new business venture and developing a marketing plan and strategy, entrepreneurs often focus solely on their product and/or service. But it’s also important to ask yourself what you are actually selling to your prospective customer. What do … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, customer, Entrepreneur, marketing, marketing plan, problem solve, product, sell, service, solutions, strategy
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A Fundamental Question For New Entrepreneurs
When embarking on a new business venture, there is one question you must ask yourself: Who is my customer? This sounds easier than it really is. The most common answers we hear from new entrepreneurs are ”everyone” or “small businesses”. … Continue reading
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Tagged customer, marketing, money, product, service, small business, target
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Want To Know What Your Customers Really Think? Ask Them!
An entrepreneur was recently asked: ”What do your customers think about your service?” The response was: “I don’t really know and haven’t really thought about it because I’ve had no complaints and besides I’m afraid if I ask it might … Continue reading
Seasons Change And So Does Your Business
Can you believe it is already April? It seems like just yesterday that we were ringing in the New Year. Now it’s almost time to put away the winter coats and haul out the patio furniture!
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Tagged customer, demand, Entrepreneur, flexible, marketing, motivational speaker, product, retail, service, strategy
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In the Fog About Moving to the Cloud?
According to the results of IT management software specialist Spiceworks’ “State of SMB IT” global survey, nearly half of small and medium-sized businesses have adopted tablet computers and cloud services. What are cloud services?
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Tagged cloud services, cost, customer, data, desktop, inventory management, remote server, resource, security, software, survey, tablet
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