This book shows you how to be wildly successful and accelerate your sales in any economic climate. Debbie Bermont reveals the Business Success Formula that is timeless, universal and will work for you no matter which way the economy is headed. This formula works for the start-up company, for someone who's been in business for years, for the sales professional who is trying to get more sales and for large corporations. The three principles behind the formula are the same for every company. Once you understand how they work and put them into practice, you will see that the applications are universal and the impact on your sales will be incredible.
Create the business you want without sacrificing the lifestyle you deserve The majority of new entrepreneurs (and even those with a little more experience) are finding themselves trapped, controlled, and consumed by their own businesses. They are struggling just to keep their businesses running, let alone actually growing their companies and experiencing the success they anticipated. Conquer the Chaos speaks to you as a small business owner by making sense of the overwhelming demands on your business and providing a twenty-first century recipe for success with sanity. With engaging stories, quotes, and examples, Conquer the Chaos leads you through the six strategies you can incorporate to bring order to your business today. Find the money, time, and freedom in entrepreneurship that inspired you in the first place Successfully juggle customers, prospects, management of employees, marketing, sales, accounting, and more Get from just surviving to growing your company and experiencing success Conquer the Chaos gives you the no-nonsense, ready-to-go guide that gets your business exactly where you want it to be.
"This book debunks the myths of business start-ups by telling the truth: you have to be crazy to start a business. Written by serial entrepreneur Barry Moltz, the book delivers irreverent, straight talk about the complex intersection of start-up business, financial health, physical well-being, spiritual wholeness and family life. This perspective is augmented with other personal tales from the entrepreneurial front. The book offers tidbits of insight that will vaporize isolation, encourage self-reflection and refresh the spirit of anyone who has started a business or is thinking of starting one."--Publisher description
Taboo Business Questions is a business book unlike any other you've ever read. It will challenge you. It will help you process business ideas. It will allow you access to a community of great minds with a wide variety of viewpoints. Simply put; it will help you answer questions you didn't even know you had so your business can thrive.I specifically wrote this book for entrepreneurs, small business owners, and business leaders, probably just like you.It started out with this crazy idea. An idea that small business owners had these certain questions they needed answered. But, didn't know how to (or didn't want to) ask. I believe that when a question can be phrased just right, the answer becomes obvious. So. I've set out to help you and many others get your answers.Throughout my time consulting, I've noticed that business owners are of a different breed. Maybe you've noticed this, too! They work these crazy hours, take on stress like it's no big deal, and never want to let it be known that they don't know something in their business. This is exactly why I wrote Taboo Business Questions. I recognized that business owners' egos get in the way from allowing them to ask the tough questions necessary to grow their business. Avoiding these questions tends to hurt a business's growth. So, I took seven taboo business topics and reformatted them into Taboo Business Questions. The whole goal with this book is to create a safe place where business owners can find a process to answering challenging questions about their business and keep their egos intact.I formatted each answer in the form of a process. I didn't want the book to be a "formulas and spreadsheets" type of business book. Everyone has a unique business. I didn't want the book to be filled with case studies on businesses from the 60s and 70s by an armchair quarterback. What good is that going to do? Business owners today need tools they can use and a process they can follow.Part of this process is accessing and participating in the forum I created on my website. It goes hand-in-hand with the whole premise of the book. With this forum, collaboration can happen organically among business owners, entrepreneurs, and other business savvy individuals with anonymity. I hope you enjoy the process!
The legendary marketing consultant shares the secret to getting the most out of your advertising—by being outrageous—in this classic small business guide. When a sprinkler malfunctioned at his Baltimore menswear store, Bill Glazer could have done the normal thing and sold the wet merchandise to a Jobber—a business that buys damaged goods in bulk. Instead, he did something OUTRAGEOUS: he created an out-of-the-box ad campaign that resulted in far better returns. And it was easy. In this classic guide to small business advertising, Bill teaches readers the secrets to advertising that actually works. Rich with examples and stories showing exactly how to implement a successful OUTRAGEOUS program, this book cracks the code on getting noticed in ways that increase your sales!
The proven 7-step marketing system for fast and furious business growth Whether you're wondering how to get your startup off the ground or looking for answers to why your business has stalled, Feed the Startup Beast will show you how to feed--and unleash--the beast that is your business. "Williams and Verney have written the operating manual for driving market share and revenue in the twenty-first century." -- Christine Crandell, chief experience innovator, New Business Strategies; Forbes.com and Huffington Post blogger "Customer enthusiasm doesn't magically happen. In this important book, you'll learn how to create the fuel that flies your business like a rocket ship to success." -- David Meerman Scott, bestselling author of The New Rules of Marketing and PR "There are a lot of great marketing ideas in this book. If you use just a few of them, you'll be way out ahead of your competitors. If you use all of them, your competitors had better dive for cover." -- Lois Geller, author of Customers for Keeps and Response! and contributor to Forbes.com "Beast is indispensable for the ambitious entrepreneur looking to successfully navigate the treacherous waters of growing a business while running it." -- Leslie Bennett, serial entrepreneur and contributor to Forbes.com
The compilation of six business principles by Dr. Vulumuzi Bhebhe serves as a reminder that running a successful business entity is complex and complicated. It also confirms, paradoxically so, that incorporating a variety of reference points to serve as a frame- work for doing business, is both imperative and very personal. It is not about the cor- rectness of choice but about the alignment of such chosen principles to the way in which the management team operate. The six principled framework of Dr Bhebhe assumes a management team who will show up in a direct and proactive manner, interpreting the world of work as a set of inter-related systems each depending on the other. Reference to asking the Why, What and How questions repeatedly is critical to hold the team on track and to ground the management team in executing their management du-ties. Similarly, the inclusion of innovation as a principle serves as a challenge to all man- agement members to sustain high levels of energy and to continuously engage all rele- vant stakeholders. Turning cold leads into major clients has become more manageable with technology. It also requires a closer involvement from management in coaching employees on specific aspects related to this principle. Acknowledging fellow employees as marketers and customer relation representatives is indeed a powerful principle to be included. However, more work needs to be done by managers to ensure this principle emerges as a reality in practice. Reference to ethics as one of the six principles is highly appreciated as it has become in- creasingly relevant in a world marked by gross corruption and misconduct in business (both public and private). The strategies contained herein are very relevant and, the real-world implication and application is very fresh. This book is highly recommend to business institutions and businesspeople.
A playbook for growing your business no matter the circumstances. “Weeds scale faster than any business. It’s in their DNA.”—Kathy Ireland, CEO, Kathy Ireland Worldwide Hall-of-Fame-nominated marketer, bestselling author, and Wall Street Journal cartoonist Stu Heinecke shares his fascination with weeds and how anyone can grow their business into something resilient and unstoppable. How to Grow Your Business Like a Weed applies a model to business growth, examining the successful strategies that ordinary weeds use to spread, and prosper in almost any situation. This book will enable readers to apply strategies, mapping their own path to rapid and sustainable growth, while providing focus on weed-based attributes to get the job done quickly and effectively. It also provides a pathway to transform their entire team into a collective of weeds operating on behalf of the company, acting as an incubator for innovation and productivity, while enriching their own opportunities for growth and security. An accessible and practical guide that leaders and companies across industries can help increase their market share, prominence, and customer base, this book enables them to grow, expand, dominate, and defend their turf. Stu has explored the Weeds model for several years, collecting insights from thought leaders from the worlds of business, government, and entertainment including: T. Boone Pickens, Kathy Ireland, General Barry McAffrey, Henrik Fisker, Gareb Shamus, Giovanni Marsico, Esther Dyson, Christopher Lochhead, Nathan Myhrvold, Carmen Medina, Jon Ferrara and Jonna Mendez.
