Business Tips for Family Business

Today I thought I would write about some ideas family business owners like yourself can implement to achieve higher customer and staff satisfaction.

I have written some posts on this topic before (see above links), but thought I would come from a different angle just to give you some extra things you can think about.

As a family small business owner you have a lot at stake, you need to make sure your family gets along while they are working together and you also need to make sure they don’t feel like you are attacking them if you feel the need to say… “hey you aren’t doing what I need or you are not acting in the best interests of the business’.

A dreaded conversation for anyone, let alone family, but there are some ideas here that may help you deal with it if/when the time comes.

Here is a list of business tips for your family business that could just push your business into excellence.. want to see that happen? (more…)

YAY my website is on 1st page of Google search

Wouldn’t you like to be the family business owner on top of your competitors, celebrating this seo marketing success? 

*YAY* my website is at the top of Google search results and I am getting huge amounts of potential customers visiting my website!

Of course you would and I would like to give you some information today to show you how you can do some seo marketing yourself.

Here is some SEO advice to suit your search engine marketing strategy for your family business.

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A Cafe Marketing Guide 

27 Money Making & Saving Ideas For Marketing Your Cafe

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Want an idea that will make you stand out in the crowd?

Stand out from the crowd of competitors

So how do you find an idea that will help you stand out from the crowd? It is not the idea that will necessarily help you stand out, it is:

• the service, quality and professionalism that you provide
• the support you offer your customers
• the value for money you offer your customers
• the passion you have for your business
• your love to succeed and have fun while doing it
• your commitment to building a better business
• about listening to feedback and implementing improvements and features as required
• about managing your business responsibly
• and so on

Need help standing out or setting up a business and getting it moving forward? Contact me today!

Delegating tasks to your staff or hiring a consultant may help you with tasks that will free up your time to work ‘on’ your business rather than ‘in’ it… but you need to ensure the person carrying out the task knows everything required to complete it to your satisfaction – upfront!

Working ‘on’ your business allows you to:

• look for new ways to attract customers
• improve your business system
• monitor staff performance; ensuring your values and guidelines are being followed
• find new products
• analyse and beat the competition
• create new marketing campaigns
• enhance your business image
• find business partners
• and the list goes on

Of course, if you don’t want to work ‘on’ your business, and prefer to work ‘in’ it doing what you love, then delegation is great for handing out the tasks you despise. You may even have staff that would love to do that task and be better at it. (more…)