Archive for Business Plan
Should marketing care about cash flow?
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Your marketing team needs to look at things differently to help you succeed in a tough market. Think of ways that you can make your customers feel more like part of a team that is helping each other get through these times. If you do that, your bill may not end up on the bottom of the pile.
On the American Express Open Forum, I give 10 things that marketing can do to improve your cash flow. Go to the Open forum and take a look. Thanks!
One Page Management, really?
Posted by: | CommentsAre your employees productive? Do they have specific objectives and measurements? One Page Management offers a system for all personnel and a key to high production and realized goals. In a growing company finding quality personnel is one of the most difficult task. As a result, managing that talent has become more difficult and demanding. 
You must develop your personnel through outlining their objectives, strategies and actions. Critical information must be gathered, linked and displayed. This allows time for information to be used instead of gathered. Focus, feedback and Management that allow managers to see a total overview by giving them only the information they need. Achievers must become readily visible, problems must be spotted before they cause real trouble, and managers gain greater control over their own performance.
Managing your team is a great opportunity to access and develop their strengths and skills, to share your goals and objectives and so achieve your business aims. It is a continuous process which includes regular review discussions, action plans and success.
Ok, you know all this but how do you go about it. I use the The One Page Business Plan® not as a business plan but as a performance plan. Review the layout and tell me what you think. I think it is a winner for this.
In a Recession, Start With Reality First!
Posted by: | CommentsI recently had an article published on the Duct Tape Marketing Site:
When your business is in trouble it is safe to assume you have to do something different or you will get the same results. Change must occur. But what do you change to and how do you know that it is going to work. Most poor business decisions are because you lack certain information but can you know everything? You have to proceed and so you must develop a method to make minor changes to decide if it is working and then test the waters.
It missed these 5 questions based on The One Page Business Plan ® :
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What are we building?(Time)
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Why does this business/department/activity exist? (Timeless)
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What are the specific measures?
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How are we going to build this company/department/activity over time?
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What is the work to be done?
One Day Webinar for The One Page Business Plan
Posted by: | CommentsThe One Page Business PlanTM one day event is a fast pace series that will allow you to develop not only business plans, but a performance model for 
companies, divisions, departments and individuals. To execute better, faster and cheaper comes from the ability to implement common processes and practices across your entire organization. Without clarity there is procrastination, mistakes and ineffectiveness. Business901 helps companies understand how to best define and utilize this process within their organization. We use the One Page model for building structures to meet the specific needs of the company. That way we can walk into many different types of organization and assist them. We know our plans and you know your business. Our business is getting your organization on One Page.Ok, I am biased! I have used the The One Page Business Plan® for many years and it really has become part of my everyday life. Not of course the Business Plan but the basic structure of it.
