Business Issues

I have discussed the topic of time management numerous times throughout this blog. The topic is one that is important and essential to the success of a business run by a sole proprietor or entrepreneur. But when I say time management what I'm actually talking about is the management of your mind. Mind management is the management of your mind and expectations and your relationship to the things you need to get done. If you spend your time the way you want, you get what you want out of your time. 

Do you know the difference between a to-do list and a project list? A project has a list of to-dos. The to-dos are the small, action steps taken in order to complete a project. Sometimes we listmakers add broad projects to our list instead of the small, actionable, tasks that should be added.

Do you know the difference between a to-do list and a project list? A project has a list of to-dos. The to-dos are the small, action steps taken in order to complete a project. Sometimes we listmakers add broad projects to our list instead of the small, actionable, tasks that should be added.

Tune in today, Thursday, April 4, 2019 at 8 am and 2 pm PST to listen to the Ask Christina First Radio Show on www.awoptalk247.com

Inventory costs money; even if your inventory is something that comes and goes with your job. Take a plumber for example, a plumber has to have pipes in his or her inventory in order to provide a service. So whether your inventory includes books, coffee beans, is your product first in first out, or last in first out meaning that whatever came in most recently goes out next?

Does your business have inventory? How do you manage your inventory? Beyond making sure you use the first in, first our model of inventory rotation, I'll be discussing how to effectively manage your inventory.

Tune in today, March 21, 2019, at 8 am and 2 pm PST to listen to the Ask Christina First Radio Show on www.awoptalk247.com.

If your business is a service, I want you to consider pitching and packaging your service as your product. Concretizing your service like a product helps customers and potential clients understand what you do and whether it's valuable to their life and/or business. Your service is delivered in stages and therefore can be packaged as a product. 

Concretizing your service so that it comes across like a product helps customers and clients understand what you do and whether it's valuable to their life and/or business. Service is delivered in stages and therefore can be packaged as a product.

Tune in today, March 14, 2019, at 8 am and 2 pm PST to listen to the Ask Christina First Radio Show on www.awoptalk247.com.

I am re-launching a series that has proven to be extremely helpful to small business owners; 10 core elements essential to your business. This week’s focus is product: What is your product really? When I was new to the small business management industry, when I would network and have conversations with people about what I do, I learned quickly that I didn’t really know what my product was.

As a small business consultant, I know that clients have a practical need and higher need (the fulfillment of their vision). My job, and yours is to know what your product or service is and to show clients and customers how your product can meet both of their needs.

Tune in today, March 7, 2019, at 8 am and 2 pm PST on www.awoptalk247.com to listen to the Ask Christina First radio show for more information on figuring out exactly what your product is.

The systems that operate within and run your business daily affect your sense of peace. Do you want to have greater control over your life and greater peace over your business? 

Systems are anything you're doing that has a sense or order of process. Some systems are invisible or aren't thought of by you; for example, how do you hire a new employee? How do you train a new hire? Whether you're aware of it or not, there is a series of steps that are taken in the hiring and training of new employees to your company.