Tag: hiring
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10 Tips on How to Improve and Make More Money with Your Business
One of the greatest complaints and challenges in business is almost always money. We rarely consider the REAL reasons we don’t make money but it goes BEYOND “the Economy” or “Budgets” truth be told clients will always FIND money for services they believe in. In addition, consider that there are small businesses who absolutely do NO…
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13 Reasons Entrepreneurs Have a Hard Time Finding Good Help!
Every black entrepreneur I’ve ever come across has complained about this at one time or another.”Finding good help” it’s one of the greatest challenges of most black entrepreneurs. So what is the problem? First and foremost, many times in our search it’s a last ditch effort. We will never make the best decisions at the…
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It’s Time to Hire an Assistant When….
Photo by Christina @ wocintechchat.com on Unsplash It’s Time to Hire an Assistant When….For many years I did MOST of the work in my business myself. I didn’t trust other people to run my business the way I wanted them to do it and I thought the only person who could do it the way I needed it…
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How to Put Together a Great Team for a Project
How to Put Together a Great Team for a Project There is nothing better than having the right team for whatever project that you’re working on. A great team helps drive the vehicle. But having the wrong team can drive your vehicle off a cliff or crashing into an 18 wheeler while you are trying to…
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10 Ways Business Owners Can Earn More & Thrive in 2025 (and Beyond!)
Over the past few years, I have had to take inventory every year to look at the ways that I was not only spending my money but also my time, which I have learned IS money. What I have come across, more times than I care to remember, are the things that garnered income but…
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My Experience with Indeed Jobs: A Cautionary Tale
Disclaimer This review reflects my personal experience with Indeed jobs. Others may have had different or better experiences. REVIEW: Placing Jobs on Indeed, Our Results Introduction In my frustration with finding qualified writers for my sites, I explained this to two women I met at a restaurant event yesterday. We talked about what I was looking…
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10 ways to find your Dream Team NOW
One of the most incredible and frustrating things I could expect with my business was finding the right dream team. It took me years to do it, which completely stifled my growth because I was doing most of the work. I would find someone to train them. […]
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Small business Tip: Why You MUST Find Your Own Replacement in Times of Need
Find Your Own Replacement in Times of Need We get SO caught up in the day-to-day that we rarely consider what would happen if we could NOT work. I have literally seen businesses shut down when the owner got sick or was not able to work. I was talking to a minority black entrepreneur who does…
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Five Tips Letting You Know It’s Time to Leave Your Business
Is it Time to Leave Your Business? Time to Leave Your Business – For those of us who have succeeded in business we know that feeling of leaping out of bed and looking forward to the day. There is nothing like it, we are in control of our own destinies, passionate about what we do,…
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5 Ways to Make More Money With Your Business
5 ways to make more money with your business Who of us does not want to make more money with our business and that many of us and there are ways to increase the income that we may be overlooking. […]
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Make Your Hire Strategy your HIGHER Strategy
Quite often, as black-owned entrepreneurs, we find ourselves operating in a vacuum. We have SO many jobs that it’s often difficult, even impossible at times to find good help. There are some mistakes that we often make that could make our lives so much easier. First and foremost, we must adapt to today’s market and…
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Reasons black entrepreneurs Fear Hiring Help, Reasons They Still Should
Running a legitimate business is no piece of cake. We go in it to satisfy a passion but we don’t count on the many elements that go with that passion. Deadlines, orders, payroll, hiring, vendors, bills, personal life etc. These can all be managed initially by us but as time goes on we have to…
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Entrepreneur Burnout: Most Important Things to Avoid it
Yep, first and foremost we KNOW it takes a GREAT deal of effort to hire someone in the first place, you are concerned about paying them and you have to take the time to train them. You wonder if it’s worth it. The answer my friends is YES it is. You will KILL yourself working…
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Common Problems for Entrepreneurs WITH Solution Ideas
Quite often, as entrepreneurs, we find ourselves operating in a vacuum. We have SO many jobs that it’s often difficult, even impossible at times to find good help. There are some mistakes that we often make that could make our lives so much easier. First and foremost, we must adapt to today’s market and digital…
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The Complex Challenges Black Businesses Face in Sales and Corporate Support
One of the greatest hurdles for Black entrepreneurs, especially in the U.S., is securing sales and support from corporations and ad agencies. Despite the increasing focus on “diversity and inclusion” initiatives, many companies still fall short of genuine representation, which significantly affects the opportunities for Black-owned businesses to secure partnerships or sales contracts. Token Representation and the…