Case studies for businesses we’ve grown.
1) Tutor Doctor franchise owned by Kevin and Becky Patrick
Mandate:
To provide business and personal support services that would organize our extremely busy clients, give them a map to follow with their newly purchased Tutor Doctor franchise and also provide direction and leadership to help them stay on track.
1. Truly Know Yourself and Your Business
Be sure you’re running your business and it’s not running you.
It seems like it goes without saying, but many entrepreneurs that contact us have lost sight of their overall purpose and master plan in focusing on day-to-day business operations.
What was your original vision when you started your business? Who are your ideal clients? Are you focusing on the big picture or getting lost in operating activities?
When Walter Bick, Bick Pickle’s co-founder passed away just over a week ago, I thought to myself, what a legacy! If only all business owners and entrepreneurs could contribute to history and the happiness of others in this way.
Do the survey!
We are saturated with emails, blogs and RSS feeds offering us tips on managing our time, advice for improving our social media efforts, tidbits and tips on every aspect of our business. There are webinars on managing a team, how to work effectively from home … the list goes on!
While most companies will agree they need a website, when it comes to the creation of it, sometimes too much time is spent on planning and effect and too little time on the reason for having one.
We are the sales and administration outsource solution for business organizations. The main reasons our clients use us as their ‘virtual team’?
We have the best talent
Our clients picked us because they could not find or keep the top talent they needed. High performers not only want attractive remuneration packages but also want more family and work/life balance. DemGen can attract this talent because we work as a ‘virtual team’ so that we can work when we want, yet, as a virtual team, be available whenever the clients need us.
From the Globe and Mail: survey says owners are happy with their work/life balance. Based on a poll by Intuit Canada, the survey found that 88% of small business owners were satisfied with their present work/free time balance.
Not surprisingly, a large percentage work more than the usual 40 hours per week and are happy with that. Scheduling and organizing their own work contributes to this sense of satisfaction.
From the Cold Call Queen
Every small business owner and entrepreneur will usually start out making calls to those unknown heads of the companies they would like to deal with: enter, the dreaded cold call.
How to handle them?
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