by Ellen Huxtable | Sep 18, 2019 | Author, Business, Coaching, Ellen Huxtable, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Franchisee, Leadership, News, Professionalism, Self-Improvement, Small Business
Do you take your professional reputation for granted? Do you assume that others share the image you have of yourself? You might see yourself as the “joker,” or the “by the numbers” person, the “peacemaker,” the “ideas person,” the “kid” or the “father figure.” But...
by Ellen Huxtable | Sep 11, 2019 | Author, Business, Coaching, Ellen Huxtable, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Franchise Business Development, Leadership, Small Business, Strategic Planning
Are you engaging is strategic planning for results? It’s fall, which in the business world means it’s time to start planning for the upcoming year. Goodbye, summer; it’s time to rev the engines and charge ahead! Strategic planning is rather like the business...
by Ellen Huxtable | Sep 2, 2019 | Author, Business, Coaching, Ellen Huxtable, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Franchise, News
Directly or indirectly, solid relationships are a driving force in building sales. As consumers, we ask our friends and neighbors for vendors they recommend, with whom they have had a successful relationship. Word-of-mouth advertising is huge. Alternatively, we often...
by Ellen Huxtable | Aug 1, 2019 | Author, Business, Coaching, Ellen Huxtable, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Growth Strategies, Process Improvement
Process improvement gets a bad rap. We have visions of a wimpy clerk with glasses, in a beige suit, holding a stopwatch and clipboard, tapping his foot and making “tisk, tisk” sounds as he frowns and shake his head in disapproval. Yet every business and every endeavor...
by Fred McMurray | May 16, 2019 | Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Financial Services, Franchise Professional, Franchise Radio, Fred McMurray, Growing a Profitable Business, Holly A Ford, Marketing, Pillars of Franchising, Radio, Ray Pillar
Topic: How to deal with Franchise Equipment Financing Broadcast Date: May 16th, 2019 at 5:00p Est/4:00P Cen/3:00p Mtn/2:00p Pac Join co-hosts Ray Pillar, Owner of Molly Maid Aurora-Naperville, Fred McMurray of Westvyne and Holly A Ford of Zarian Firm International as...
by Fred McMurray | May 2, 2019 | Audio, Becoming a franchise, Business, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Finding the right opportunity, Franchise, Franchise Business Development, Franchise law, Franchise Professional, Franchise Radio, Franchisee, Franchising, Franchisor, Fred McMurray, Holly A Ford, Listen to Podcast, Pillars of Franchising, Podcast, Radio, Ray Pillar
Topic: SuperSlow Zone – Helping you Look & Feel Good at any Age and taking control of your online reputation. Broadcast Date: May 2nd, 2019 at 5:00p Est/4:00P Cen/3:00p Mtn/2:00p Pac Join co-hosts Ray Pillar, Owner of Molly Maid Aurora-Naperville, Fred McMurray of...
