With the new year brings a fresh start for many people. A time to put the prior year behind you and begin the new year with a clean slate. It is also a time to look at how you have been doing things so that you don’t repeat the same thing again. I am 5 episodes [...]
When you were young, your teacher said, “there are no stupid questions.” You believed her once. Raised your hand and asked a question. Then at recess your classmates teased you unmercifully. You made up your mind then and there, you were done with asking questions in public. Now you are an adult, a business owner. You’ve [...]
As we enter the home stretch of 2018, most small businesses have already begun and finalized the process of putting together their budget for 2019. Time for reflection is over and most organizations are looking forward to 2019 and achieving all their goals. Those small businesses who have a plan for next year have budgeted what [...]
Whether you’ve knocked 2018 out of the ball park or you are tired of being disappointed at year end. If you want to make 2019 better, this article is for you. The biggest opportunity entrepreneurs miss isn’t the next sale. It is strategically building a healthy bottom line. Why? Because the most obvious first step is [...]
You’ve heard it a million times. You hear the word niche and think “Oh that sounds great, but I can’t simply choose only one because I love working with all of my clients.” Then you brush it off and never think about it again. It is typically our emotions that prevent us from actually looking at [...]
It is hard to believe that we will soon be saying “goodbye” to the Year 2018! With the closing of the year usually comes the time to think about purging items in order to make room for new things. There are guidelines to take into consideration before you begin to just throw items away. Businesses are [...]
Here at Mackey Advisors we have a “4 ways to grow your business” tool. In a recent client coaching session, while using this tool, we arrived at 52 different strategies to grow the business. After considering the complexity and time to market, we determined there are 3 strategies that could be implemented immediately. Just those 3 are on [...]
Here at Mackey Advisors we have a “4 ways to grow your business” tool. In a recent client coaching session, while using this tool, we arrived at 52 different strategies to grow the business. After considering the complexity and time to market, we determined there are 3 strategies that could be implemented immediately. Just those 3 [...]
One of the questions we often hear from our business clients is, what did my revenue do this month? While this is a standard question, it is not always the best question to ask and not how we typically analyze the results of the business. There are many factors that can impact revenue on a month [...]
Most business owners are lousy at finance. The brutal fact is finance isn’t your first love. You just want it to work and not scare the heck out of you. The good news is, you are in good company. Finance brings up a range of emotions, from fear to frustration and everything in between. Because money-centric [...]