Tag Archives: small business

Double Your Prices and Fire Half Your Clients

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It may seem counter-intuitive or outright ridiculous, but I have doubled my prices and fired half my clients. I have never been happier! You see, the secret to a successful business, I have found, is to focus on the 16.67% — that’s right, the 16.67%. “What exactly is the 16.67%”, you may ask.

How to Grow a Small Business Without Advertising

Many readers of this blog know that I began my small business about two years ago, after having lost a job in the IT industry that I’d had for 12 years. Starting a small business any time is hard, but starting one when you no longer have an income is almost impossible. How do you […]

How to Take Advantage of the Changes in Buyers’ Online Behavior

How to take advantage of the changes in buyers' online behavior

Are you prepared to take advantage of changes in buyers’ online behavior? Marketing has traditionally been passive. You create an advertisement for your business, and you place it in a magazine. You create a commercial for your business, and you run it on television or the radio. You write a direct mail campaign (letter, postcard, […]