by Marketing Master | Jun 27, 2011 | Small Business marketing, Small Business Mentor, Small Business Plans, Small Business Project Management
I am a business advisor so I talk to a lot of business owners and it constantly astounds me how many do little or no planning. Without a plan, or at the very least an income and expenditure and a cash flow forecast, it is very difficult to know how well your business...
by Marketing Master | Jun 24, 2011 | Small Business marketing, Small Business Mentor, Small Business Plans, Small Business Project Management
I know. I know. You are too busy to write your own business plan, but your banker is asking you to provide the bank with a copy of your business plan for your loan application. What do you do? Well many small business owners may decide to take the easy way out, and...
by Marketing Master | Jun 21, 2011 | Small Business marketing, Small Business Mentor, Small Business Plans, Small Business Project Management
I wrote my own for my firm Lemongrass Consulting. I read books and figured out the sales forecast; and financial expenses and revenue projections. When my firm became Small Business Administration (SBA) 8a certified, I wrote our SBA Form 1010c Business Plan.I am a...
by Marketing Master | Jun 18, 2011 | Small Business marketing, Small Business Mentor, Small Business Plans, Small Business Project Management
Like I have mentioned before you can outsource your business plan writing to an online, professional business plan writer, and pay thousands of dollars, or you can write your business plan yourself, for free. You may know that I think writing your business plan is an...
by Marketing Master | Jun 15, 2011 | Small Business marketing, Small Business Mentor, Small Business Plans, Small Business Project Management
Many of you may have heard of the 1 Page Business Plan. A smart, and now rich man, once determined that business plans were too long, and that often times VIP’s and decision makers don’t even read past the first couple pages of your business plan. In...