Small Business Advice & Practical Help

Want to know a thriving business these day?  According to AOL’s daily finance section, one of the five most profitable business segments is Psychologists, Social Workers and Marriage Counselors.  Maybe no surprise giving how difficult things have been for everyone with the disruptions of the financial crisis.  Did you know that businesses need Counselors?  Well, sound Practical Advice and Help is one call away!

It is well known that being a Business Owner is one of the toughest and loneliest positions in business.  And this is before any financial crisis!  You can buy your own Sigmund doll online and have a version of “talk to the hand” or you can give us a call.  Eighty percent of what we do can be Business Dr. Phil at times.  Everyone needs someone whom they can chat with over future plans, concerns or problems they  may be facing.

Call it a business check-up.  A free 2 hour chat.  At the end of our chat, I should be able to throw in some thoughts and ideas and point you in the direction of any solution or advice that may be suitable for you.  It may be that there is little I can help you with, but that would be unusual and until we discuss is we won’t know….

Take advantage of Phoenix Strategies’ Business Stimulation program and sign up for your Business Checkup today!  Click here or call us at 484-639-9789!

The worst mistake you can make in a Small Family Business is not having a succession plan, see here for more.  The worst overall Business Mistake is to not have a Strategic Plan.

Stop! I know you busy types are already getting ready to pick up the Blackberry call or answer a txt.  But I can PROVE to you that you NEED to read this..  How many of you can honestly tell me that you’re working on your business not in it?   Are you strategically managing it or is the day managing you?

Are you lost in the crowd or setting your own course?

Are you using an old water logged compass or a Business-GPS™ to chart your course?

You need a business plan if:

• You ever want to grow your business.
• You ever want financing.
• You ever want to sell it.
• You ever want to be effective with goals, objectives, products, or even  hiring the right people.

Let me share my first secret.  Read more »

SEO is Search Engine Optimization.  How are people going to find you these days?  Yep, Google or Bing/Yahoo…  So it is critically important for you to know how to be found.  As simple as possible you must do On Page and Off Page SEO work.

On-Page SEO means making your Website work for you to be found in the search engines.  Each page in your site needs to be laser focused for the keywords that you want to be found.  This requires a good bit of upfront thinking and strategy.  You will modify your site to be as attractive as possible for the particular keywords that you want the engines to find.

Off –Page SEO is perhaps even more critical than  On-Page.  Part of how a search engine “ranks” a page is based on how many other pages in the world know about it.  This is called “backlinks” and it needs to be done right.  Good quality backlinks done right get your page much higher rankings on the Search Engines.

On-Page Search Engine Optimization Top 5 Things you need to know: Read more »

Don’t worry, be Happy!

Bumper Sticker!  You heard me; Twitter is the new Bumper Sticker.  Yes, most people spam Twitter with Narcissistic updates on their every move (please, we simply are not that interested Ashton…); however,  Social Media is growing exponentially and Twitter seems here to stay.  (I cannot believe I’m writing this…have never been a Twitter fan).  So why am I writing this? Read more »