Meme and Bree, while working long, tedious hours for other people, had a fabulous idea. “If we’re working so hard, we might as well be working for ourselves!” Sound familiar? Since they were incredibly talented and intelligent women with a strong work-ethic, they did their best, and everything turned out hunky-dory. Or not. “We didn’t know what we didn’t know,” … Read More
Case Study: Profit Breakthrough System
Just wrapped up this brand new case study video: In it, I show you how a “doing the best they could” mother-daughter team got a strategy and increased their sales by 32.7% I had to tell them to drop a vendor that represented almost 25% of their business – they didn’t know it was unprofitable. I walk you through the … Read More
Do This BEFORE You Go To Your Next Trade Show – Or Stay Home
It is trade show time again. It’s time to start placing orders for the next season. It is a time filled with hope and possibility. Buying is the reason you opened your store in the first place, right? There is one thing that you must do before you go. In fact, if you don’t do it – you shouldn’t waste … Read More
You MUST Ignore Your Best Customers Now
What I know for certain is that there are 3 different customers that shop in your store. A. B. C. You have to treat them differently at different times of the year. The ‘A’ customer is your best customer. They represent the 20% of your customers that generate 80% of your sales. Check it out. It happens every single time. … Read More
“You better hurry up and make that business work!” Dumb things our spouses say to us.
My good friend and colleague, Jane Hamil of Fashion Brain Academy works with designers who want to create a successful business from their creative designs in their heads. She was telling me about how often along the way, they find that getting support from family and friends can be hard to come by. So, she shared some great practical tips … Read More