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Check out these 10 tips to help you create a schedule that works for your business and your team. They’ll also help you create ideal employee shifts for your business. (Business CPA: The Perfect Work Schedule) Determine Your Staffing Needs Scheduling is a balance. You need to have enough employees... Read more

Defining Your Purpose If you don’t know what is is, your customers won’t either. Also, you won’t be able to tell your customers why they should choose you over your competitors. Surely when you decided to start your business you were inspired. Was it to provide a service or product better,... Read more

Don’t worry about chasing the dream of having a 7 figure income. Start more reasonably. Try to focus on building a 4 figure income first. To Be Clear Yeah, 4 figures might not be a huge amount of money to you. You can’t buy a mansion with it. But 4... Read more

If you can free up an hour a day, you’ll create a month a year for yourself. If you’re a business owner, that could be a breakthrough thought. What would you do if you were able to free up a month a year? Perhaps you’d use it to focus on... Read more

A body requires routine checks and examinations for its health. So does a business. No matter what stage your business is in, to keep it going you must check its systems, pay attention to any ailments and prevent early death. For the newborn business, the goals and system checks are... Read more

Small business owners want to know how to increase their small business earnings. The good news is there are many ways to make more money. This includes managing every aspect of your practice and striving for productivity growth.      Here is a checklist with 34 ways you can make more... Read more

It is only to be expected that business owners make financial mistakes which can jeopardize their dreams. Here are four of the most common small business mistakes and how business owners can avoid them. Failing to plan Few small businesses have a working budget and cash flow forecast which is... Read more

An expected 75,000,000 millennials are preparing to join or joining the workforce. These can be very good employees. Managing your millennial employees in a fun, yet structured setting will let you build the foundation for the superior workforce you desire. Here are some tips on how to best manage millennial... Read more

As the year moves further into Spring, it’s time to start thinking about how to refresh your financial life with these Spring financial tips. It may require just looking at things differently rather than making drastic changes. In the end, you want to put yourself in a position to take... Read more

Research shows that 45% of Americans usually make New Year’s Resolutions, while only 8% are successful at achieving them. What is it about those 8% that make them so different? It might sound simple, but it comes down to their habits. Here are 11 you simply must have if you... Read more

Staff motivation should always be on top of your priority list because a business thrives when it’s people thrive. If they’re not motivated – if they don’t feel as if they’re adding value and are indispensable within the team – then your business is at a huge disadvantage. It’s a... Read more

What are the Strategic Planning Steps? The Strategic Planning Steps business management system is an organizational tool that is used by groups and corporations globally to refine their goals and maximize their resources. Drawing from the concepts of strategic military planning, the Strategic Planning process is one way in which... Read more

The dog days of summer can be a time for retooling and opportunity. Although it can be hard trying to keep a business running, there’s still hope for growth. Here’s a list of tips for small business owners who want to turn downtime into opportunity. Conduct a mid-year goal review... Read more

Just as the before and after images on the website show the amazing transformations of their clients… So too has local business Jesse James Fit in Flower Mound experienced its own metamorphosis. Office Manager Maddie and Administrative Assistant Sally provided some valuable insight on the weight loss center and elite... Read more

SPOTS Syndrome is proof that an organization’s strategic planning process is a waste of time and resources. Too many business’ strategic plans are still hit by ‘Strategic Plans On Top Shelf’ or SPOTS Syndrome. Here we look at three key areas that continue to foil strategic planning if not dealt... Read more

While most business owners may find it hard to come up with new ideas, there is really no excuse for having a poor business plan. During the early days of your startup journey, you should be able to do two things better than anything else: 1) give a straightforward and... Read more

We all want to stay focused on our goals, but that can be hard with all of life’s twists and turns. With all of your professional and personal demands, you might feel like you don’t have enough time to relax, have fun or plan for the future. Before long, your... Read more

6 tips to help you understand, evaluate and take advantage of your SWOT analysis when applying it to the growth plan of your business. The use of SWOT Analysis allows you to identify the strengths of your business, minimize its weaknesses, take advantage of opportunities and overcome threats. It helps... Read more

We all have to set goals for our business. And some ways of doing this are better than others, certainly when it comes to achieving results. Here we’ve picked seven of the best: 1. Ask yourself, “What do I really want?” When it comes down to it, if the goals... Read more

Bill Beatty at Telephone Services, Inc. talks about his accounting, payroll and more. Bill Beatty was working as VP at Telephone Services, Inc. (TSI) in Lewisville when the business came up for sale in 2005, and he jumped at the chance to own it. After all, how hard could it... Read more