by chelly@marketingwiththeagency.com | Jun 27, 2012 | Selling a Business
Experienced buyers of large businesses have tended to spurn the smaller business, citing traditional “negatives” involved in this type of transaction. Now big-time buyers are throwing away the don’t-buy-small book; or at least, they are beginning to...
by chelly@marketingwiththeagency.com | Jun 27, 2012 | Selling a Business
If you are an independent business owner, you are most likely also an independent business seller–if not now, you will be somewhere down the road. The Small Business Administration reports that three to five years is a long enough stretch for many business...
by chelly@marketingwiththeagency.com | Jun 27, 2012 | Selling a Business
It’s easy to be negative about cost-cutting. “Everything just costs more,” a business owner will say; the subtext being, “What’s the use?” Don’t give up! There are ways to cut costs. The first step is to identify where the...
by chelly@marketingwiththeagency.com | Jun 27, 2012 | Selling a Business
Strong Points Flexible and positive attitude Creative and comfortable with risk-taking Goal-focused and committed to success Organized Energetic Weak Points Impatient with achieving goals Distractible; tolerant of interruptions Distrustful of “the new”...
by chelly@marketingwiththeagency.com | Jun 27, 2012 | Selling a Business
Now that we crossed that much-heralded bridge to the 21st century and once on the other side, there will be new challenges, but many of the secrets of succeeding in independent business will remain the same. Ask yourself the following questions to see how you measure...
by chelly@marketingwiththeagency.com | Jun 27, 2012 | Selling a Business
You’ve make the big decision to sell. Your books are in order, you’ve spiffed up the premises. What are you waiting for? Many sellers get to this threshold and then become concerned about confidentiality. They do not want the news of their decision to...
