I presented our attorney with the notes from a meeting we had with a client so she could draft up our agreements. She replied back in a few minutes asking if she was to invoice us for the time she would spend researching the definitions for the dozens of “cute catchy phrases” and “relentless use […]
I have read a number of articles from business people who are concerned with the businesses in their target industry are not a fit for their culture. I would think if they are REALLY wanting a job it may be time for these people to change their culture. Yes, I know what they are talking […]
I know. It is scary to think about what the next pandemic will be like. Moving out of the shared workspace into a private office is THE best move any solopreneur, small business owner or freelancer could have made. The working from home thing is clearly not helping most businesses. The fact remains, all businesses […]
How often do your work on marketing strategy? Do you even have a marketing strategy? How about a video marketing strategy? Sadly, the answer we get from these questions we ask clients is not good. Over 65% of the businesses we have talked to over the past three months have no strategy of any kind. […]
Hey, Shared Workspace owners and managers….are you ready for the return of businesses needing private office space? In case you are not, here are five changes you need to make right away before they get here. 1. Noise You better get ready to deal with more noise than you have ever had. These business people […]
Over the past 40 years, I have been asked a large number of questions about managing a business’ operations. The question I am asked a lot recently is… what is the first thing I should do? The First Thing You Should Do! Now this question generally comes from working with business leaders who lack the […]
Obviously, the struggling global economy has forced the businesses who walked out of their shared workspace over a year ago to have to reopen. For the owners and managers of the thousands of shared workspaces around the country, these re-openings were welcomed. However, the move back into open office space has resulted in shared workspace […]
Sometimes I wonder if people using smartphones to post videos to LinkedIn really know how portrait formatted videos degrade their brand image? If they only knew! Several times a month one of our clients will show me a LinkedIn video produced in portrait format and tell me… “I hope you are not going to produce […]
I’m not sure why the big box commercial real estate firms want to call shared work centers CoWorking Space. I have been to dozens of these places and yet to find anyone CoWorking in this space. Everyone I have met who rents space in one of the hundreds of open area business centers is Sharing […]
Every Smartphone brand should come with a full day of boot camp style training. Not only would this provide users training on how to use the phone effectively but would be delivered like a drill instructor lectures on how NOT to use the phone. Like, When it is NOT appropriate to use the Speaker Phone […]
