by Jack Klemeyer | Mar 16, 2016 | Growth Strategy, Leadership, Learning, Marketing, Planning, Sales
Stop Putting a Dress on the Pig There’s kind of a catch-22 when small business owners (SBOs) are put through the conventional business development processes. Do you know what it is? Or, at least what is one of the biggest ones? SBOs are constantly being interrogated...
by Jack Klemeyer | Mar 9, 2016 | Growth Strategy, Leadership, Learning, Marketing, Planning
Business Alchemy – 10 Steps to Create Golden Value for Your Customers So, this is a HUGE topic and could very well be an entire book, not just a blog. So be forewarned that I am going to give you the eagle’s high-level view. But you will definitely get the idea and be...
by Jack Klemeyer | Feb 10, 2016 | Growth Strategy, Marketing, Sales
You Can Make Arrangements For Profit A lot of times in the small business owner’s (SBO) world there is confusion. And I think part of it stems from the language we use, or try to use. It’s all very innocent because many SBOs decide to start a business because they are...
by Jack Klemeyer | Feb 3, 2016 | Growth Strategy, Leadership, Learning, Mindset
Be Brave! Disrupt Your Business Disruption is one of the new buzzwords being beaten to death in media and business discourse. And that bothers me. It doesn’t bother me because I’m tired of hearing it already – quite the opposite. It bothers me because the general...
by Jack Klemeyer | Jan 20, 2016 | Growth Strategy, Leadership, Learning, Planning
4 Steps to Productive Pauses Busy-ness is the standard operating procedure for SBOs (small business owners). Get it done. Get it done. Make a decision. Get it done. Sometimes, though, you need to pause and think. In reality, more businesses would be more successful if...
by Jack Klemeyer | Jan 13, 2016 | Growth Strategy, Leadership, Planning
Mind the Gap in Your Business If you’ve ever traveled to London and ridden on the subway system, called The Tube, you’ve probably heard the phrase, “Mind the gap.” The phrase is blared over the P.A. system as people get on and off the subway train cars. What it means...
