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Seven Steps to Getting it Done and Again | Extraordinary Business

Essentially, organizing processes in your company makes your company run better while saving it money. Thinking strategically about the business process, how to achieve the results shown above, more has got to go into your business process than simply wr

7 Laws of Customer Retention | Extraordinary Business

While our customers and clients typically won’t say it, they expect us, as providers to read their minds. They expect us to get to know them to the extent that we can anticipate their wants, needs and desires, and fulfill them, or find someone that can

2012 – Seven Steps to Extraordinary | Extraordinary Business

The year-end/start of the new year often marks a mile-marker for people in all walks of life.  New tax year.  New goals.  New expectations.  New resolutions.  I believe that many of us create expectations for ourselves that we hav

Elevate Your Game | Extraordinary Business

Have you ever been to a store or worked with a business owner or a business that seemed to have a “think-small” or “scarcity” mentality.  What I mean by that is that there are certain business owners who spend so …

Seriously! Jump!! | Extraordinary Business

One of the parenting techniques my mom and dad used after my “everyone else is doing it” line of reasoning was, “if all your friends were jumping off a bridge, would you?”  I, of course, having been reduced to a …

Bad Mojo | Extraordinary Business

I have had a hosting provider for a number of years (Aplus.net, now a Deluxe Company) who had been highly recommended as one of the best website hosting providers according to C|Net.com.  While the service initially was fine, over time …

Bad Mojo | Extraordinary Business

I have had a hosting provider for a number of years (Aplus.net, now a Deluxe Company) who had been highly recommended as one of the best website hosting providers according to C|Net.com.  While the service initially was fine, over time …

Tornadoes | Extraordinary People

As I write this, I am sitting at the funeral of the man who greatly sparked my entrepreneurial spirit and attitude. I didn’t realize quite how deep an impact he’d made on my life until I was sitting here. You …

Invest or Die | Extraordinary Business

Imagine if you purchased a brand new car.  A car, by itself, is a significant investment.  This car, however, is the one that you’ve always wanted.  Therefore, it means so much more to you.  You might consider it your ‘baby,’ 

Thinking Different | Extraordinary Business

Which is more important – character or cash flow?  Heard by some, the almighty dollar rules over men’s and women’s lives.  An observer might say that many of us – business leaders – lead very transactional lives.

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