You need to get a lot done every day. And you can’t do it all yourself, but you don’t want to go overboard in hiring staff. What approaches can you use to continue to grow without worrying about being overstaffed?

Here are five things you might consider.

Five Ways to Grow with Minimum Staff

There is no point in attending a networking event unless you’ve got a plan to follow up and then you implement that plan almost immediately after the event. It’s better to go to one event a month and really follow up on the new individuals you met, then to attend ten events without any follow up.

Here are five ways to create great results by following up to networking events

Five Key Follow-Ups to Networking Events

Some of us love networking events and some of us believe they’re a necessary evil. Regardless of your position, here are some tips to help you build relationships and gain real results from your next networking event.

Five Ways to Build Relationships at Networking Events

We all know that money is important to employees but what actually motives them to perform at optimum level is personal recognition. In fact, many surveys point out that the key motivating factor for employees is appreciation and recognition.

Here are five key ways to appreciate and recognize your employees.

Five Unusual Ways to Recognize Employees

Are you known as a “connector” in your business community? Whether you are trying to gain support among your staff, persuade a prospect or customer to make a purchase, or deliver an A+ presentation, the starting point is always connecting with the individual you are trying to persuade.  Here are five key ways to do that.

Five Ways to Build a Reputation as a Connector

What is the best way to spend the valuable time you have with a long-term customer? How about asking questions that will help you retain their business, better serve them, and attract prospects that could also become long-term customers?

The next time you find yourself with a long-term customer, ask these five questions.

Five Great Questions to Ask Your Long-Term Customers

One key way to improve your profitability is by lowering your cost of sales. You do this is by analyzing and improving every element of your sales process. While it sounds like a lot of work, imagine what it would feel like to end the year with an additional 5 or 10% increase in your profitability.

Here’s what the five-step process improve profits by lowering sales costs looks like.

Five Steps to Lower Your Sales Cost   

Do you have a great idea for a new offering to add to your product/service line? No matter how excited you may be, don’t just jump in. Instead, analyze your idea by considering the following it from all angles.

Here are five things to consider.

Five Ways to Analyze a New Offering

So many women still sell based on the features of their product or service. A much more powerful approach is to concentrate on what the prospect is struggling with and how your offering can help overcome that struggle or pain.

Here are five questions you can ask to build a presentation focused on prospect struggle or pain.

Five Questions about Prospect Pain

There is no greater sign of confidence from a customer than a referral. A referral is an opportunity both to win a new customer and to make your referring client look like a superstar. And that is precisely why you need to have a solid plan to follow up on every referral you receive.

Here is a five-step process to follow up on referrals.

Five Steps to Follow Up on Referrals