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Success Requires Business Owners' Attention to Important -- Not Necessarily Urgent -- Tasks, Says Consultant Denise O'Berry
Tampa, FL, November 8, 2000 - Busy business owners dash from one crisis to another, ignoring the critical elements that are a prerequisite for long-term success. But with vision, planning and teamwork, they have a greater chance of their business reaching high profitability, according to Tampa-based consultant Denise O'Berry, president of The Small Business Edge Corporation. O'Berry's advice on the factors that really count includes these morsels from her new booklet,
"65 Winning Strategies for Small Business Owners."
- Survey your customer base periodically. Make the survey easy for your customers by giving them options of returning it to you online, by fax or by regular mail.
- Spend at least an hour a week planning your business growth. Do one positive thing toward growing your business every day. That behavior will feed on itself.
- Review your cash flow on a regular basis to find out where there may be leaks. A small drip can eventually become a bucket of water, translating to small leaks causing big losses for your business.
- Make sure your phone system is customer-friendly. Call your own business to experience what your customers' experience.
- Publish an online newsletter as a way to stay connected to your customers and prospects. Sending it by email makes this easy and cost effective.
With more than two decades of operational and management experience, Denise O'Berry helps businesses identify ways they may have become bloated with inefficiencies, cross-purposes and miscommunication -- and how they can retool for a smoother path to prosperity. The complete booklet, "65 Winning Strategies for Small Business Owners," can be purchased for $5.50 postpaid at www.whatspossible.com, by calling 1-800-643-3370 or by sending a check or money order to The Small Business Edge Corporation, 14502 N. Dale Mabry Hwy, Suite 200, Tampa, FL 33618. Arrangements can be made for hundreds or thousands of copies to be imprinted with a company's logo, identity and contact information.
Contact: Denise O'Berry, The Small Business Edge Corp, 14502 N. Dale Mabry Hwy, Suite 200, Tampa, FL 33618
Phone: 813.671.5996. Email: info@whatspossible.com, Web: www.whatspossible.com