by Scott Bourquin | Mar 19, 2019 | Success On The Beach
Is there a Secret of Success or is success a series of choices that lead you where you want to go? To ask it another way, do you want the secret to success or the rules of success? Do you want the secret to your success? Is there a difference between the “rules of...
by Scott Bourquin | Mar 3, 2019 | Blog, The Small Business Minute
You Can Create A Marketing Automation Machine and Automate Sales! Creating a Marketing Machine and automating your sales is like building any other system. The core determines if the thing will make it. Imagine a new computer with a 1984 core processor....
by Scott Bourquin | Feb 20, 2019 | Success On The Beach
Great Products, Great Service and You Haven’t Achieved the Business Success You Want? There is something else. For many years I have been asked what is most important for business success. The same is true in just about any endeavor. The same question comes...
by Scott Bourquin | Feb 10, 2019 | The Small Business Minute
The iPad as a POS system has changed the game for small business. Long before Google existed we were installing computer networks and small change point of sale (aka POS) systems for retail stores and fast food restaurants. Back then a single micros cash register...
by Scott Bourquin | Jan 2, 2019 | The Small Business Minute
Scott discusses his personal goal setting system that he uses to make sure he gets his goals set each year. You might have read about his goal setting system in one of his books, or maybe a blog article, and here it is on video. Scott discusses exactly what he and his...
by Scott Bourquin | Dec 21, 2018 | Newsletter
Customer follow up is a critical element common in all successful businesses. You might not even realize that the big boys are following up with you. How you follow up with your customers depends on your business. If you are a big store, you might send out mailers...
by Scott Bourquin | Nov 1, 2018 | The Small Business Minute
Today I was wondering if Customer Service can Survive Growth. What exactly to I mean? When Tesla first started and only had the roadster, customer service was impeccable. Complaints simply didn’t exist. As the auto industry and airlines consolidated, customer...
by Scott Bourquin | Oct 24, 2018 | The Small Business Minute
If you want an easy way grow a business, you have come to the right place. For over 30 years my business has been helping small businesses grow. I haven’t finished the Easy Guide to Growing a Business but I am working on it. Telling you how to grow a small...
by Scott Bourquin | Oct 23, 2018 | The Small Business Minute, Uncategorized
Every day a small business owner calls and says I want to “Grow My business” and yet I turn down at least 80% of them. This week, my wife said “Why do you hang up on at least a dozen business owners a day that call and say “I want to Grow My...
by Scott Bourquin | Oct 18, 2018 | The Small Business Minute
Amazon is killing small business. Or is it? This week while visiting a client, I overheard a conversation about how Amazon is killing small business. Slightly ironic given Amazon’s ad campaign about how they help build small business. Uber is another company...
