Messiness Has Hidden Benefits

Is it really better to be organized and structured than to have free flow and flexibility? Six key benefits of messiness.

Strategic Planning - Pitfalls in Implementation

In our strategic planning work, we often work with companies who have tried strategic planning before. Almost inevitably, the companies we meet were disappointed in the results they got before using Simplified Strategic Planning.

New Perspectives on Tough Strategic Decisions

When the stakes are high, and you are struggling with tough strategic decisions, it may be time to look at the situation from some new perspectives.

An Alternative Way to Conduct a SWOT Analysis

Conducting a SWOT Analysis can be quite a challenging task when you are not so experience. this article is written as an alternative way to conduct a SWOT Analysis. It illustrates the What? When and How? It can be done in a simplistic way.

Strategic Planning Reinforces Possibility Thinking

Strategic planning is all about the strategy involved in who does what by when. How does your strategic planning efforts reinforce possibility thinking?

Strategic Planning - Who Is Missing from Your C Level Executive Team

Do you think you have everyone that you need on your C Level Executive Team in developing a strategic plan? The answer to this question may surprise you.

Strategic Alliances - What, Why, How, Etc

A strategic alliance is one in which two companies join hands to market services and products for mutual benefit. Traditionally, strategic alliances are formed between companies that are not direct competitors of each other but have complementary products or services that are marketed to the same target audience. There are three primary types of strategic alliances - joint ventures, minority equity investments, and direct cooperation.

Introducing the 15 Frameworks of Successful Self-Employed Professionals

A framework is a way of thinking, a point-of-view, a perspective on something. Here are the 15 frameworks of the successfully self-employed professional. You'll find some of these to be radical and foreign. Don't let that stop you! Try them on; see what you learn from them.

How Your Habits Control Your Small Business Success

Habits are essential to our very existence; however, sometimes behaviors form into habits that are no longer necessary. With awareness and a strong reason or motivation to change the habit we can initiate and sustain change and rid ourselves of habits that no longer serve a purpose.

Growing Your Small Business Through Alliances and Joint Ventures

Many Solo Entrepreneurs work from a home office. Our only connections to the outside world are the internet / e-mail and the telephone. Cold calling, “warm” calling and sending e-mails may seem like the most obvious way to let people know about us and to generate sales. But, there’s another way that works even better.

Think Yourself To Success

You've bought and read every popular book on entrepreneurship and success in business. You've joined all the right organizations and met the right people. You've learned the latest time management tips and have the most up-to-date software. Still there is something missing. What is left to do? Read on...

Health Insurance for Solo Entrepreneurs

One of the most important benefits employed people enjoy is health insurance coverage. It is also the single most costly expense for self-employed entrepreneurs. So what can you do to reduce ever increasing costs of health care coverage? Here are a few tips.

Making Assumptions - A Critical Communication Mistake In Business And In Your Personal Life!

Communication is a critical factor in building professional and personal relationships. So often misunderstandings, conflicts and mis-connections arise around communication. Learn one of the critical factors that can make or break a conversation in an instant.

Marketing Messages: Your 10 Most Important Business Principles

As Solo Entrepreneurs we use two basic strategies for marketing: writing and speaking. Rose Hill explains why it is important to create a list of your 10 Most Important Business Principles (MIBP) and utilize them in your marketing efforts . Without them, she claims your marketing efforts will be too diffuse to really grab the attention of your intended ideal clients.

Three Small Business Secrets to Getting More Billable Time

Learn 3 ways to increase your productivity and make more billable hours in the day. Strategies that every Solo Entrepreneur could use!