March 30, 2020
Small Business Survival Tips During COVID-19
I won’t be disingenuous by marketing services when most of us are in survival mode so I will make all readers of this newsletter an…
March 19, 2020
Creativity in a Crisis
Once again, the phrase, “We live in interesting times” is being used. There’s nothing but news about the coronavirus and at the same time marketing creativity…
March 18, 2020
Taking Action as Best We Can
Last week I had six meetings, one presentation, and four group (associations, etc.) meetings cancel. This week I have one meeting (so far) and we’re…
March 16, 2020
Life Goes On
As business (and life) have visibly come to a standstill there’s still activity. In the last few days I’ve talked to or emailed with four…
March 12, 2020
Staying Safe Is the Motto of the Day, Week, Month
I’d be remiss to not write this memo about the Coronavirus and yet I’m not going to go into whether it’s just the flu (like…
February 20, 2020
Show Urgency or Lose the Game
It’s 2020. Another year, another decade. Doesn’t seem that long-ago people were worried about the world collapsing on 1-1-2000 because of computer clocks, does it?…
February 13, 2020
When Selling – Take Action
We recently spent a long weekend cleaning out our family cabin, which recently sold. As we thought about all we did over the years, we…
February 11, 2020
Not All Business Buyers are Created Equal – Part One
This was written for and originally published by https://soundmarkwealth.com/, a Kirkland, WA wealth management firm. Somewhere over the rainbow… is the successful sale and exit…
February 6, 2020
What is the Bane of Your Business?
Goals are an ongoing task, not just for a calendar year. Many years ago I was a regular at a pretty cool restaurant in Minneapolis,…
January 30, 2020
High Rise – High Risk – High Reward
Gazing out the window of a high-rise I saw workers on scaffolding on a building across the street. My first reaction was, “That looks like…