Franchise Tips

How quickly are you responding to client requests? Do you check your email and voicemail often, especially outside of your business? Customers today require (and sometimes demand) quick attention to their needs. Being more responsive to clients give you an extra advantage over your competition and may result in extra business for your bottom line.

Some required reading for our current times:
“Atlas Shrugged” – Ayn Rand
“Liberty and Tyranny” – Mark Levin

A weekend thought:
“Have you asked any customers today what they would do if they owned your business?”
You’ll be surprised at some of the answers you might get … and may even find something useful.

Today bring your child to where you work – especially if you are an entrepreneur. Take some time to explain what you do, the importance of building a business, etc. As entrepreneurs, we must expose our children to capitalism and what it takes to run businesses.

“Always make sure the bathroom is clean. Women notice …” (Men too. As a parent I always look at the bathroom where I bring my son.)

From time to time, our posts will include Business Basics, things we know but sometimes forget. Here’s one for today:

“never ask an employee to do something you wouldn’t do yourself”

This post marks the beginning of our consulting site. For businesses, for entrepreneurs and for those thinking of buying franchises. My job is to help you make an informed decision about buying a franchise and/or by letting you in on being a business owner. Along with other business feeds, I will opine here and give [...]