It’s time to start looking forward to 2010, and making your new year business plans, if you haven’t started already. Now is a great time to reflect back on 2009, and to look toward what you expect for your business in 2010. If you haven’t started working on budgets, goals, and plans for next year you should sit down and get started soon.

Why do you need to set budgets goals and plans for the year?

Having a plan can help you guide your business growth. If you have no plan for where you’re going in the next year, how can you …read more

Recently, the baseball world saw history made by Orlando Hudson when he hit a cycle on April 13th, 2009. For those who don’t know, a cycle is when when a baseball player hits a single, a double, a triple and a home run all in the same game. This is not a normal feat to do but a dream come true and a history making event.
As a business owner, what dreams do you have that you want to come true? Where do you want to take your business for the rest of 2009? If you made goals for 2009 at the …read more

What are your goals for your business?  What sales goals do you have?  What about profits? Have you put your goals in writing?
As I discussed in my post about commitment , active commitment is much more effective than passive. Research has shown that a commitment that is written and publicly stated is more likely to be taken seriously and worked on.
Making Goals a Reality. Some suggestions for making your business goals a reality:

Use the SMART principle to create your goals; make your goals Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Timely.
Get input in writing your goals. If you have a board of …read more