The other day, I went to my acupuncturist's office for an appointment. I left work at 12:15 pm for a 1:00 pm appointment in Long Beach. It was snowing, the roads were icy and I couldn't find a parking spot. I drove around the block once and ended up parking...
A Simple IRA?
In my business there is no pension. Social security may not even be a priviledge when I’m about to retire, let alone my staff, so I started to look at various options. My good friend, Adam Rude is a financial planner in Rockland County. I called him. To be honest,...
How Many Friends Do You Have on Facebook?
I am an advocate for building a community and developing friendships online for business development. But, when I hear that my son is "friending" everyone under the sun, including his older sister's roommates and her friends of friends, it makes me wonder. If we are not using Facebook for business,...
Meet My Folks…
My parents are amazing people. Last night I got a call from my dad all excited. "I just got you a huge lead," he said. "What do you mean?" I asked. "Mom and I went to a respiratory conference in Boca and there was a man there from a large...
It’s Time To Manage! Tip of the Week by Stephen Davies
Phone: VIP Phone Line If your key customers expect you to answer the phone at all times, get an Internet phone line and give them a "VIP" phone number to call. Set it up with a unique ring on your system and you'll know that calls on that line are...
Seven Ways to Target Your Social Media Activities
Having a social media strategy in place is more important today than ever before because most businesses have a presence on social networking sites. More than 550 million members worldwide have a Facebook page and Twitter usage is estimated around 720 tweets per second in June 2010. And these are...
It’s Time To Manage! Tip of the Week by Stephen Davies
Phone calls - Egg Timer It is all too easy to waste time on phone calls. Keep an egg timer next to the phone to keep track of exactly how long you are talking. It will keep the time you are spending in the forefront of your mind and will...
Was Everything Founded in Seattle?
I was just in Seattle, Washington. I really had no idea what the place was like. I just knew that it was in the pacific northwest, below Vancouver, Canada. I also knew that it was "supposed to be a great place to live," it rained a lot and it had...
It’s Time To Manage! Tip of the Week by Stephen Davies
Are You Working Below Your Pay Grade? Entrepreneurs wear so many of the hats in their business that many of the tasks they carry out are at a level way below the real value of their time. Are you working below your pay grade by not handing off menial tasks...
Do You Have A Social Media Plan In Place?
Having a social media strategy in place is more important today than ever before because most businesses have a presence on social networking sites. There are billions of people worldwide who have a Facebook pages and Twitter. These are just two social networking sites. Growth is enormous on most of...