January is over already!
As you make your plans for February and beyond, now is the time to create a strategy for increasing your gross revenues. This is the idea of maximizing every selling and service opportunity and monetizing those opportunities.
First, you need to set a sales goal.
What are your gross sales goals for each day, week, and month?
Remember: If they're not written, they're not real.
Write your sales goals. Read them out loud. Make plans to succeed.
Second, review your list of products and services that offer the possibility for increased sales. What are you overlooking that could help produce new revenues?
Third, come to our Coffee Conversation this Thursday, February 4th at 8am at Updike's NewTowne Cafe and join us to discuss how you can meet your sales goals and your business's need for growth in 2010.
I can help keep you focused on your goals.
In the meantime, call me anytime at 401-667-0971.
Best wishes for a successful week-
Ann Marie Marshall
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Building [Greater] Success in 2010!
Our weekly Coffee Conversations at Updike's NewTowne are getting noticed and people are excited!
We'll meet there again this Thursday morning, January 28th at 8am to help small business owners who want to grow their sales and profits and also help those who want to start-up their own enterprise to get started right.
THIS WEEK'S FOCUS
Building greater sales success in your business includes helping your present customers increase their purchases. There are numerous ways to do this, but two old fashion strategies seem to work best:
1- Listening more to, and better understanding your customers' needs;
2- Communicating to them more clearly about your capabilities and
ability to help solve their problems
We'll take up these issues as well as addressing your current business needs at our weekly Coffee Conversation on Thursday and begin the process of developing a plan to take you and your business to the next level.
REMEMBER: Only you---not government---can make your business grow. So, come with your passion and get ready to make things happen!! Join me in improving our business community!
Updike's NewTowne Coffee Roasting Company and Cafe is located at 7726 Post Road in North Kingstown (across from the town's main Post Office). This is the third in a weekly series of coffee conversations to boost businesses in our community.
Have questions? Call me anytime at 401-667-0971.
See you soon-
Ann Marie
We'll meet there again this Thursday morning, January 28th at 8am to help small business owners who want to grow their sales and profits and also help those who want to start-up their own enterprise to get started right.
THIS WEEK'S FOCUS
Building greater sales success in your business includes helping your present customers increase their purchases. There are numerous ways to do this, but two old fashion strategies seem to work best:
1- Listening more to, and better understanding your customers' needs;
2- Communicating to them more clearly about your capabilities and
ability to help solve their problems
We'll take up these issues as well as addressing your current business needs at our weekly Coffee Conversation on Thursday and begin the process of developing a plan to take you and your business to the next level.
REMEMBER: Only you---not government---can make your business grow. So, come with your passion and get ready to make things happen!! Join me in improving our business community!
Updike's NewTowne Coffee Roasting Company and Cafe is located at 7726 Post Road in North Kingstown (across from the town's main Post Office). This is the third in a weekly series of coffee conversations to boost businesses in our community.
Have questions? Call me anytime at 401-667-0971.
See you soon-
Ann Marie
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Identifying New Paying Customers
Our first Coffee Conversation at Updike's NewTowne this past Thursday was a success!
We'll meet there again this Thursday morning, January 21st at 8am to again help small business owners who want to grow their sales and profits and also help those who want to start-up their own enterprise to get started right.
THIS WEEK'S FOCUS
One key for escaping the doldrums of recession is to expand your customer base. This means moving beyond the geographical and self-imposed limits you may have previously set for your business. There are worlds beyond South County, beyond Providence, and beyond our state and national borders.
Yes, for some businesses, retail for example, your location is vital---it is where your customers arrive and interact. But every business can and must re-examine their product and service lines and ask three important questions:
1- Do I have a product/service that people in other places might
find helpful for solving their problem or meeting a need?
2- Who are these people (and/or businesses) and where are they located?
3- How can I deliver my product/service to them?
We'll take up these questions at our weekly Coffee Conversation on Thursday and begin the process of developing a plan to take you and your business to the next level.
Only you---not government---can make your business grow. So, come with your passion and get ready to make things happen!! Join me in improving our community!
Updike's NewTowne Coffee Roasting Company and Cafe is located at 7726 Post Road in North Kingstown (across from the town's main Post Office). This is the second in a weekly series of coffee conversations to boost businesses in our community.
Have questions? Call me anytime at 401-667-0971.
See you soon-
Ann Marie
We'll meet there again this Thursday morning, January 21st at 8am to again help small business owners who want to grow their sales and profits and also help those who want to start-up their own enterprise to get started right.
THIS WEEK'S FOCUS
One key for escaping the doldrums of recession is to expand your customer base. This means moving beyond the geographical and self-imposed limits you may have previously set for your business. There are worlds beyond South County, beyond Providence, and beyond our state and national borders.
Yes, for some businesses, retail for example, your location is vital---it is where your customers arrive and interact. But every business can and must re-examine their product and service lines and ask three important questions:
1- Do I have a product/service that people in other places might
find helpful for solving their problem or meeting a need?
2- Who are these people (and/or businesses) and where are they located?
3- How can I deliver my product/service to them?
We'll take up these questions at our weekly Coffee Conversation on Thursday and begin the process of developing a plan to take you and your business to the next level.
Only you---not government---can make your business grow. So, come with your passion and get ready to make things happen!! Join me in improving our community!
Updike's NewTowne Coffee Roasting Company and Cafe is located at 7726 Post Road in North Kingstown (across from the town's main Post Office). This is the second in a weekly series of coffee conversations to boost businesses in our community.
Have questions? Call me anytime at 401-667-0971.
See you soon-
Ann Marie
Sunday, January 10, 2010
WEEKLY COFFEE CONVERSATIONS
I hope you'll join me this Thursday, January 14th, at 8am at Updike's NewTowne Coffee Roasting Company and Cafe at 7726 Post Road in North Kingstown (across from the big Post Office). This is the first in a weekly series of coffee conversations to boost businesses in our community.
Come with the issues you have and what you need to be more successful with your business this year. We can do it.
I'll have my simple one-page Grow Business Check Card that you can use to identify the areas of your business you want to improve. Then we can create a plan to make those changes happen. You don't need to make an appointment---let's get it done!
Only you---not government---can make your business grow. So, come with your passion and get ready to make things happen!! Join me in improving our community!
Have questions? Call me anytime at 401-667-0971.
See you soon-
Ann Marie
Come with the issues you have and what you need to be more successful with your business this year. We can do it.
I'll have my simple one-page Grow Business Check Card that you can use to identify the areas of your business you want to improve. Then we can create a plan to make those changes happen. You don't need to make an appointment---let's get it done!
Only you---not government---can make your business grow. So, come with your passion and get ready to make things happen!! Join me in improving our community!
Have questions? Call me anytime at 401-667-0971.
See you soon-
Ann Marie
Sunday, January 3, 2010
What Do You Need NOW to Grow Your Business?
There's plenty of TALK everywhere in our state about "creating jobs" and "getting the economy moving," but where is the ACTION!?
As a business owner or someone who wants to start your own business, the only thing that makes anything possible is to take some ACTION!
My work as Rhode Island's Economic Gardener is to take action, connect people and businesses, find resources, and make things happen so you can reach your business and personal goals and in the process improve our communities in Exeter and North Kingstown. With that in mind, I have a question for you:
What do you need NOW to grow your business?
It might be different results: more sales, more clients, lower costs, better suppliers, better employees.
It might be useful tools: a business plan, marketing plan, web site, online strategies, or even a personal business coach.
Finally, it might be financing or an investment in your business: building loan, line of credit, working capital loan, equipment financing, or an equity investor.
Whatever you need to grow your business, I can help you obtain it. Whatever your business goal, I can help you achieve it.
In the next week, I will launch a weekly series of business growth gatherings at local coffee shops around our two towns: Sophie's, Jitters, and others, all located in neighborhoods that are near where you live and work.
I will have my Economic Gardener Growth Checklist for you to fill out and help us get started on growing your business and growing our local economy!
Start-ups and people in transition always welcome!
Let's take action and make your business grow!!
Ann Marie
As a business owner or someone who wants to start your own business, the only thing that makes anything possible is to take some ACTION!
My work as Rhode Island's Economic Gardener is to take action, connect people and businesses, find resources, and make things happen so you can reach your business and personal goals and in the process improve our communities in Exeter and North Kingstown. With that in mind, I have a question for you:
What do you need NOW to grow your business?
It might be different results: more sales, more clients, lower costs, better suppliers, better employees.
It might be useful tools: a business plan, marketing plan, web site, online strategies, or even a personal business coach.
Finally, it might be financing or an investment in your business: building loan, line of credit, working capital loan, equipment financing, or an equity investor.
Whatever you need to grow your business, I can help you obtain it. Whatever your business goal, I can help you achieve it.
In the next week, I will launch a weekly series of business growth gatherings at local coffee shops around our two towns: Sophie's, Jitters, and others, all located in neighborhoods that are near where you live and work.
I will have my Economic Gardener Growth Checklist for you to fill out and help us get started on growing your business and growing our local economy!
Start-ups and people in transition always welcome!
Let's take action and make your business grow!!
Ann Marie
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