Client Feature: Robbie

What if I told you that small business success could mean more time with your spouse, profits soar, and an overall sense of fulfillment? It sounds too good to be true, right?

That’s the reality Robbie experienced when he decided to join Small Business Coach Associates.

However, Robbie’s journey was not easy.

Here’s what happened.

Even though they had been operating successfully since 1965, due to the financial situation they faced caused by incurring a very large bad debt, Robbie was desperate and frustrated.

Robbie feared that bankruptcy or reorganization might be their only option.

Running a business is no easy task. There are countless ups and downs, and it’s up to you to handle each situation in a way that would benefit your business. Negotiations are very important to the success of your business.

When you have an important deal to close, you’d probably spend countless sleepless nights preparing for it, ensuring everything’s perfect down to the last dot. This will give you a sense of relief that all will go according to plan. 

However, no matter how confident you are in your presentation, even if you’ve done everything you could, the negotiation can still go out of hand if not managed properly. This is why choosing the right negotiation tactic is crucial. 

Using the wrong tactic can turn all the tables against you, meaning all the long nights you’ve spent and the hard work you’ve put into that presentation can go down the

Maintaining company culture is essential for any business, but it can be a challenge when employees are working remotely. There are a few key things you can do to make sure your company culture thrives, even when everyone is not in the same physical space. Here are 12 best practices for maintaining company culture remotely.

Offer training and development opportunities

One way to make sure employees feel valued is to offer training and development opportunities. This could be anything from webinars to in-person workshops to mentoring and digital coaching through platforms.

The goal is to provide employees with the opportunity to learn new things, grow their skills, and advance in their careers. When people feel like they’re constantly learning and growing, they’re more likely to be happy and engaged with their work.

Encourage employees to take advantage of company-sponsored perks

One way to make sure employees feel like they’re

Do you have an organizational plan? Everything starts with planning. Whether you want to start a business, grow the business, or simply perform the necessary tasks to keep the business profitable. Without proper planning, all you have is an unfruitful idea.

All business plans require Organizational Planning. It is an integral part of defining your business module and your objectives. For business owners It is extremely important to have an organizational plan in place in order to navigate the daily progress efficiently. It should delineate not only your organizational structure of departments, managers, and staff but also the functions, tasks, and processes they regularly execute.

Your organizational plan should flow from your strategic plan. The strategic plan defines your long-term goals for the business, which can only be accomplished by achieving your organizational plan’s benchmarks.

These concepts may seem highly cumbersome, but let’s take a look at why you need

Giving back is always nice, but if you want to engage your employees, improve your company culture and attract community-minded customers, it’s also a necessity. But giving back doesn’t always mean writing a check to your community’s big charity. So what can you still do this season to make a difference?

Host a Company Volunteer Event: Food banks and soup kitchens – especially in larger communities – are always in need of help. Contact your local organizations to see if your team could spend a few hours serving lunch or handing out food at donation centers. If your company can’t sustain everyone volunteering on the same day or your staff is too large, consider breaking your team up into shifts. Just make sure these kinds of volunteer events are done on company time to really be giving back as an organization!

Give Employees Time to Volunteer: Doing something

Personal loans play an essential role in the financial management of an individual’s personal assets or business. Such loans are borrowed money that has to be paid back in monthly installments over a period of time. Depending on your requirements, you have many options for your personal loans such as banks and credit unions. If you are unsure of why you might need a personal loan, this article talks about five ways these loans can benefit you financially. Read on.

Buying/Renovating A Home

Homeowners are the biggest customers of loans. Whether you are planning to invest in a new home or considering renovating your present one, a home demands money. Even small maintenance tasks such as electrical wiring replacement can put a financial burden without a personal loan. People who don’t want a home equity loan should consider getting a personal loan.

🔶Key Takeaway: Personal loans are suitable for people

No two small business loans are exactly alike. Because every business is unique, with distinctive goals, operation strategies and financial interests, loans should be tailored by business leaders and lenders to ensure that individual businesses gain the advantages they need. 

Fortunately, there are several terms that leaders and lenders can alter to ensure that their loan is working hard for them. Here are a few aspects of small business loans for new entrepreneurs to consider before they take out money to finance their dream. 

Loan Repayment Terms 

Perhaps the most important term for business leaders to learn about a loan is the time their company has to pay back the borrowed amount. Because businesses typically borrow large sums, repayment terms can extend for several years and even decades, as borrowers accept that it takes time for young businesses to see returns on their investments. Still, there are loans that must

The last few years have been tumultuous to say the least, with a combination of pandemic-related disruption and other economic and political pressures placing unprecedented strain on global supply chains. In spite of this, it is possible for small business deliveries to account for potential hold-ups and satisfy customers. Let’s talk about what tools and techniques are available to organizations of all sizes that want to fight back against shipping delays.

Working with Third Parties to Guarantee Next Day Delivery

Consumer expectations have grown exponentially, and if customers are able to order goods online from your website, then offering next-day or even same-day delivery is becoming a base level service that even smaller companies must provide.

Enabling this in-house is often impractical and prohibitively expensive, which is why lots of organizations work with overnight courier services to get the job done.

As well as taking charge of the actual delivery