Once you’ve closed your books, written off what needs to be written off, and gotten everything to your tax attorney, it’s time to handle the philosophical side of your year-end assessment. It’s time to look at your[...]
Negotiation tools for independent insurance agents Independent insurance agents always have to negotiate. You negotiate the best policies and rates for the client, you negotiate with investors, vendors, and you[...]
Do your clients know the benefits of buying health insurance outside of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) marketplaces? Until the Affordable Care Act, people with pre-existing conditions had the opportunity to buy[...]
Micromanaging is bad for business When you micromanage your team, you are creating an environment of mistrust. If you want to grow your business, you need to stop micromanaging and start nurturing a working environment[...]
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When you are your own boss, you need to be able to motivate and inspire your team. Often when first-time entrepreneurs start out on their own, they soon begin to realize how difficult it is to be the person that[...]
Analyzing Your Company, Customers, and Competition Once you’ve completed all of your marketing research, gathered information and statistics from your clients and your competition, it’s time to analyze all of your[...]
The Holiday Season is a great time to spend having fun, resting & relaxing, plus sometimes it's the only time we get to see some of our friends and family. But we also hit the stores hard, along with every other[...]
We’ve all done it. In a rush to be timely and relevant, we rush to send off a status update or a quick response to something someone said, and as soon as you hit send, you cringe as you notice the typos, grammatical[...]
