Operate profitably and retain profits for maximum sustainability. Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the power of retained profits when it comes to preparing your company for the future.
How much of your time is focused on sustainability of your business? Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the importance of business sustainability thinking by the CEO of a small business.
Perhaps more than management, profitability is a CEO task. Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to explain why the long-term profitability of a small business is a role for the company's CEO, not the managers.
A SCORE volunteer relates client expectations and reality of social media. Steve martin joins Jim Blasingame to share his experiences with small business clients who are trying to create a successful social media strategy.
Do you have customers that are hurting your business? Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to recommend small businesses take a close look at the profit picture for each customer and fire the ones that do not meet your profitability requirements.
Do you think of customers strategically? Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how to grow your business by picking customers that will contribute to your profit and growth strategy.
Managers are concerned about Europe and U.S. politics. Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to talk about a slowing economy due to managers' concerns about European problems and U.S. political direction.
Be proactive with marketing plans as the economy softens. Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to discuss things you can do to hold on to customers, even if they cut their budgets.
The best way to keep a customer is to become their partner. Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how to stay close to customers if the economy is softening, and find out how you can do more than serve them, but become a vendor partner.
You can’t starve a profit out of your business. Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the perils of cutting costs too deeply and how it can ultimately, and maybe inadvertently, affect profits.
