Posts Tagged ‘business resources’
What you don’t know about… Websites 👨🏻💻
“Everybody who comes to a website has a task.” Wise words from Jason Wade, founder of Sitetrustee, offering website management. A business website isn’t for leisurely browsing. Business websites are designed to help people accomplish something. It is your job to make that accomplishment easy. What is a website about Every website is about that…
Read MoreHow to write goals that matter… and that work (3/5) 👆
Last week you worked on the three questions you have to answer to write proper annual goals. But our work here is not done yet. Answering the questions is half the exercise. Now we have to structure those answers so they become more than ideas and hopes. They have to make a plan. Goals that…
Read MoreWhy you want to write an annual plan 👉 (1/5)
You want to start work in January knowing what your business will look like in December. And you want everybody who works for you and with you to know it too. It’s easier to plan your actions and strategies if you know where you want to go. Annual planning is a thought process. It involves…
Read MoreSpeak Like a Pro: Turn Technical Jargon into Tangible Benefits 🛠️ (4/5)
You can make a client’s life better, you can make a client’s business better, but don’t forget to also make their work better. Use your technical skills to ease their day-to-day efforts. It’s how you solve problems they can’t solve themselves. These are your technical benefits. Technical benefits It’s all about how you’re different from…
Read MoreChange, but for the Better: 3 easy ways to Give Your People Direction ↔️ (2/6)
You’ve got a mission statement, and you’re telling your people to innovate. Great. Your work here is done. Or is it? It’s not. You have to do more than just tell them. You have to give them the tools, the feedback, and importantly: the ideas. Here are three ways to do that. Future skills What…
Read MoreMaster the money game: How do you make money? How do you spend it? (5/6) 🤑
Investor pitches need financial information, and so does your business plan. The simple question: “Can I afford it?” has to be a part of every decision you make. There’s more to this question than how much money you have. It’s about how your money behaves. Work with an expert, or do it yourself but make…
Read MoreA business plan starts with questions
We have talked about why a business plan is important, and even how to write one in ten minutes. Two ways Tuesday On Your Business is trying to make business planning effective and simple at the same time. In response to this, many of you have correctly asked: what about the content that goes into…
Read MoreBuying software is not a business goal
When you want to build a table, you know it’s not enough to buy a hammer. When you want to make pizza, you know it’s not enough to buy a pizza stone. You know that buying the tools is not the same as creating the thing. And yet so often, when people want to build…
Read MoreYou only need two things to meet your goals ✌️
Motivation and support. When you have the motivation to do the thing, and the support to get it done, you have the perfect formula. Motivation means willingness, but it is more than that. Motivation is also the excitement of doing the thing, it means looking forward to it and being a reliable party. Support means…
Read MoreThe ten minute business plan
Let me start by pointing out that you will not write a “Business Plan” – big B big P – in ten minutes. Not something an investor or a bank would accept. But you can write a preliminary business plan – small b small p – in ten minutes. And that business plan will be…
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