Bellwether Bill’s Basic Business Bits

Are you at your highest and best use (of your skills)? In commercial real estate appraisals, the appraiser always lists the highest and best use of the property to maximize its value. In the same [...]

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A friend of mine once had a try-out for a professional baseball team, and had batting practice with a major league pitcher. After he swung at a breaking ball that came at him faster and had more [...]

I recently spoke to a business associate who had a staff member with an abusive tongue. His language and derogatory comments cost them several major accounts and ruined countless client [...]

“Thank you for your patience. You will be assisted by the next available representative. Your business is important to us.” We have all had to wait for customer service in one form or [...]

(Self-employment = Self-promotion) We have all been to the circus or county fair and heard the promoter urging would-be customers to come and see their “Time-saving, Revolutionary” [...]

Business owners should have a sales goal in order to measure their performance and determine their level of success. By setting a sales goal, you determine the success level that is acceptable [...]

Many people today claim that personal appearance doesn’t matter in the business world, but I would argue that it does! When in a sales or business scenarios such as company meetings, [...]