If the coronavirus affects you, family, friends or employees, there is nothing more important than recovery. Coronavirus has halted social activity and commerce around the globe, fast. It is time to plan for the possibility that social activity and commerce will resume fast. Why? In China, coronavirus patients are recovering and resuming their lives. Temporary Read More

If you have a great boss and a satisfying, well-paying job that is 100 percent secure, stop reading now. Oh, you’re still here? Even if the above is true, your great boss could be replaced by a bad one at any time. Bad bosses are a major cause of employer turnover. According to a Gallup Read More

How does it feel when a good situation rapidly turns uncertain? You may have had a steady paycheck, contract, or supply chain with a large “reliable” company, institution or government. After watching large gatherings, contracts and jobs vanish on short notice due to coronavirus, you are unlikely to ever take these things for granted again. Read More

Although we may not have met, you have our sympathies for loss of your job. It’s a shock and leaves you with a great deal of uncertainty and loss. It’s depressing. It sucks. But in the long term, the news is good. Life goes on. If your job caused dread and anxiety, that’s gone. If Read More

By James Chittenden People are visual by nature, so proper use of color is one of the most highly effective ways to influence people to act. From the customers’ point of view, at first glance, color may be THE simplest, but most important part of your brand; the look and feel of your business. Branding Read More

By James Chittenden No, we are not going to teach you how to spam. You clicked here to avoid spamming, opting instead to grow sales and business by providing value. There is plenty of noise in our inboxes already. Accordingly, if you are going to take the time to build a list of people to Read More

By James Chittenden Blogging is your tool to educate your intended audiences. It also helps with search engine optimization (SEO). Quality of blogs runs a wide gamut, as most small business owners write their own. Not everybody can blog like a pro. Besides, many owners fall behind in their blogging goals because, quite simply, they Read More

“Pete” owns and operates a well-established plumbing company, founded in the 1920s. Pete had about two dozen employees and was a fixture in his community and the local Chamber of Commerce. For many years, his business thrived, providing plumbing contracting services to the local public school district. In 2008, the collapse of the real estate Read More