If you weren't there, you missed a night of good food, great fun, excellent prizes and powerful networking!  The Better Business Builders first  annual holiday party was a success!  Thanks to all the business owners that came out and made it a great night.  Networking is such a crucial part of business (check out our article on Attraction Networking) and we're glad our guests were able to practice or strengthen their networking skills.

Click Read More to view the photos from the night's event. 

 

La De Da De, My life is one big party!!!  Party here, party there, party everywhere!

For those of you who don't know, networking events bring in new business for all types of businesses.  I get quality prospects from any networking event I attend.  Shout out to network event givers!

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Pilot Your Business Credit

The world is changing.... The reality now is that you must create your own network to provide the stability that you want in life. The more people who know about you, your talents and your abilities, the more easily you will attract the opportunities, jobs, resources, people, ideas, money and results that you really want! We at The Better Business Builders encourage you to take full advantage of all of the networking opportunities this website offers. Here are ten principles to create a network that attracts success to you:

 

Elroye's Blog # 1 December 10, 2007

Ally, Ally, Ally Home Free.  Back as a kid in the playground, that shout meant you could run for home and try to make it before you get tagged out.  So I'm going to try and get out a regular blog before I get tagged out by distractions and busy work.

First off, I researched blogging and found a resource some of you like me

Drowning in your to-do list, but can’t afford the full-time help? Try a Virtual Assistant!

Your to-do list looks like the Manhattan telephone directory, and you know you desperately need some help. You not only have no space in your small office for another person, you don’t have the cash flow to add a full-time staffer to your payroll. What’s a business owner to do?

Consider hiring a virtual assistant. A virtual assistant (known as a VA) is a professional service provider who specializes in remote administrative office support (a VA doesn’t even need to be in the same time zone as a client). He or she is an independent contractor who can offer you key support without ever needing to set foot inside your office. A VA’s skills are varied and can include everything from administrative tasks to data management and customer support. In many cases, a VA can also provide additional specialty services such as human resources, accounting or marketing. A superior virtual assistant will come well equipped with a phone system, Blackberry, high-speed Internet access, fax, scanner, printer and whatever office systems and software are required for his or her specialty.

The Gift of Time…This is the season for giving and sharing, after you have been dragged through the Holiday frenzy of making others happy, let’s start the New Year with a smile on your face using a different approach in your business life. This year give yourself the gift of time by outsourcing to a Virtual Assistant. What’s the difference between a regular Secretary, Personal Assistant, and a Virtual Assistant? The main difference is that a Virtual Assistant is just that, Virtual! A VA completes your projects or tasks at his or her home office, using his or her own equipment, and carries out the work through email, fax, telephone and postal service.

Are you cut out for a Virtual Assistant? Ask yourself the following:

If you're in the process of setting up a new website or updating an existing one then be sure to take the time to plan out the details of your website and avoid some common mistakes many small business owners make. So before you consider the design and content for your website, here are five common website mistakes many small business owners make and how you can avoid them.

Business owners like you have a tough job - regardless of what everyone else thinks! Not only are you responsible for the financial health of your OWN family, but you are also responsible for the financial health of your employees and THEIR families! That's a large load to carry sometimes!

People become business owners for many different reasons. At the beginning, you probably had a vision of what owning your own business would be like, but the reality is probably quite different.

The reality is that serving the customers is only a small part of the job - and the rest of the work drives you nuts! Getting more customers, finding quality employees who care, getting more profits to the bottom line, etc. are just some of the challenges that you face every day - and even at night! In fact, you may have already accepted that it's "just the way it is."

You probably use some advisers now. You have an accountant, a lawyer, a banker, and a friend or family member that you share these challenges with. The problem is that none of them deal with these kinds of challenges!

So...who can help you with all of the other MORE important areas such as:

• Getting more customers,
• Serving them better so they come back,
• Maximizing your profits,
• Hiring and training good employees, and
• Systemizing your business so that you don't have to be there every minute...?

The answer has been NO ONE up to this point! And small businesses fail every day because the owner simply "gives up." DON'T give up!!!

There IS good news. There IS a better way! There ARE advisors for businesses like yours who SPECIFICALLY help you in these areas!

Our business coaches can help you make your ENTIRE business better at a cost that you can afford! A Better Business Builder business coach will help you become the business owner that you know you can be. In a short period of time, you will learn and implement time-tested and proven strategies in marketing, sales, customer service, leadership, human resources, systemization, controlling costs, and financial management so that you can build a better business.

Through your Better Business Builders business coach, you will have access to hundreds of tools that you will use to defeat all of your challenges.

Contact us today to schedule a free 30 minute consultation. 

 

As an entrepreneur, you see the vision. Your product or service can't miss. You are already counting the riches, both financially and personally.

You rev up the machines. You open your doors. You hang out your shingle. . . and then the nightmare begins. The odds are pushing you toward the statistical fact, that 75% of new small businesses close their doors within 2 to 5 years. Yet 25% do make it (and that number is improving). What are they doing right? Is it luck? No. Luck has nothing to do with it!

Those who get it right and survive start by building a firm foundation, brick-by-brick, for their businesses to grow and prosper. By focusing on the "bricks" of Marketing, Sales, Customer Service, Human Resources, Business Systems, Profitability and Financial Management, nothing is left to chance.

Motivate, Educate and Prepare denotes how The Better Business Builders work with our clients to measurably improve their businesses. We do this through Coaching, Training and Planning.