Tag: Business Success

NO BONUS OR RAISES, HOW TO MOTIVATE YOUR TEAM

In good years your company was able to offer holiday bonus money and raises, but this year you have a hold on everything and your team is being asked to do more work than ever before because of lay-offs, how do you keep your workers motivated? History shows that employees who feel unappreciated and not… Read more »

SIMPLY SAID!

So you are about to embark on a new business venture or maybe you are choosing to “recreate” your existing one, are you struggling with writing the content for your website or brochure? Relax, this is not a doctoral thesis, great marketing is when your message is understood, remembered and motivates me to take action… Read more »

DRESS FOR SUCCESS!

Owning your own business has some real perks like defining your own “do’s and don’ts” for your company. Dress code in the work place is one area you will make a decision about by how you dress. If you have worked in the past at a company where they have strict rules about how you… Read more »

PASSION, PERSISTENCE, PROGRESS

Today, I attended the Salem Enterprise Center’s “5th Annual Million Dollar Women Symposium” which was sponsored by the Beverly Cooperative Bank. The panel of speakers were all business women who built companies to over $1 million in revenue. As I listened to how each of them overcame obstacles, raised money, grew their business and succeeded,… Read more »

DOES VOTING HELP YOUR BUSINESS?

First thing this morning, after attending a chamber of commerce networking event, I exercised my right to vote. There were a few other business owners who were heading to the polls at the same time and we joked about the importance of voting regardless of who you are voting for. So, does voting in local… Read more »

WHEN YOU GIVE TO OTHERS, YOU RECEIVE!

Today, while I attended the North Shore Business Forum, I had the pleasure to listen to the success story of Tom Gould, owner of Treadwell’s World Famous Ice Cream in Peabody, MA. Since I love ice cream I knew of this company prior to hearing Tom speak, but his inspiring story of how he purchased… Read more »

SURVIVAL KIT FOR STARTING YOUR OWN BUSINESS

A few months ago, I was asked to be on an Entrepreneur Panel to discuss what a person needs to know BEFORE they jump in to the waters of owning their own business. So, I created my own survival kit list and I am posting it here to help those of you who are thinking… Read more »

SPEAK UP!

Today I was the guest speaker for my local chamber, but I have spoken at many business events and I am scheduled to speak at a few more this year. Why do I speak? Beyond getting a chance to help out many of the local business networking groups and chambers, I “speak up” to “stand… Read more »

ZIG ZIGLAR & INSPIRING QUOTES

When people ask me how I am doing I respond with, “I’m better than good!” That was the result of attending a GET MOTIVATED seminar in New Hampshire back in 2006 that Zig Ziglar spoke at. I was fortunate to attend many of these motivational seminars over the decade I spent working in TV advertising… Read more »