Jul 7, 2015 | Control, Managing Customers, Operations, The Blog of Author John J McAdam
7 Ways to Respond to a Negative Online Comment You work hard serving and acquiring customers. Then one day, someone posts a negative comment about your business at Amazon, Yelp, or Consumer Reports. How will you respond? The growth of online communication challenges...
Mar 11, 2015 | The Blog of Author John J McAdam
Signs That You Need to Relax More How do you know when you need to make some time to relax? People today seem to want more done in a day—everything is bigger, better, faster. As business owners, we have even more demanding expectations for ourselves. Sleep. In case...
Feb 13, 2015 | Humor in Business, Just for Fun, The Blog of Author John J McAdam
Hunting for Coffee in New YorkIt’s 4:00 AM in midtown Manhattan. My favorite time of the day to write, in an exhilarating yet exhausting city—but I need coffee first. Should I make hotel-room coffee? No thank you, I’ve heard too much information about those machines....
Oct 29, 2014 | Budget, Control, Employees, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Lead, Marketing, Money, Operations, Organize, Plan, Sales & Marketing, The Blog of Author John J McAdam
Should I Hire An Assistant?Do you ever get through your day and think, “I could have gotten so much more done today if I had an assistant? I feel so unproductive.” How about when you look at your to-do list and feel like you could definitely leverage your time better?...
Jun 25, 2014 | Budget, Employees, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Money, Plan, Sales & Marketing, Start Ups, The Blog of Author John J McAdam
What Is Marketing? Why do so many businesspeople today confuse marketing with sales? I feel sorry for people who mix up marketing and sales when trying to generate new business. Closing a sale is hard enough with marketing support, let alone without it. Have you ever...
Aug 6, 2013 | The Blog of Author John J McAdam
John – “An innovative approach to pitching investors, customers, business partners, etc. that enables the innovator to obtain feedback from people before writing a complete business plan.” A new product, a new service, a new company, a new...