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Actual for You - Is Your Business Leaking?
Most people simply hate braggers – individuals who walk around constantly promoting themselves and talking about their accomplishments. In our society, this behavior isn’t looked upon highly.But what’s so horri
In short, your business systems – or lack thereof - are your slow leak. On average, slow leaks cost professionals like
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I’m willing to gamble that right now, you have a slow leak in your business. And, odds are, you won’t address it until you have a flood. What you need to understand is: slow leaks cost more over time. A cost most business professionals can’t afford to absorb.
Where is this slow leak? It’s rooted in the time you loose trying to locate a misplaced file. Drip. It’s in the hours and days that are lost when your main computer is otherwise non-operational. Drip. It’s the sales conversations where you try to explain what you do, over and over again, to a “prospect” with a glazed-over expression. Drip. The leak is the lost business opportunities because you fail to follow up with contacts you make at networking events and add them to your automated marketing/keep-in-contact funnel. Drip. Or, what about overdue invoice that is no longer on your radar? Drip.
In short, your business systems – or lack thereof - are your slow leak. On average, slow leaks cost professionals like y
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Where is this slow leak? It’s rooted in the time you loose trying to locate a misplaced file. Drip. It’s in the hours and days that are lost when your main computer is otherwise non-operational. Drip. It’s the sales conversations where you try to explain what you do, over and over again, to a “prospect” with a glazed-over expression. Drip. The leak is the lost business opportunities because you fail to follow up with contacts you make at networking events and add them to your automated marketing/keep-in-contact funnel. Drip. Or, what about overdue invoice that is no longer on your radar? Drip.
In short, your business systems – or lack thereof - are your slow leak. On average, slow leaks cost professionals like
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In short, your business systems – or lack thereof - are your slow leak. On average, slow leaks cost professionals like
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In short, your business systems – or lack thereof - are your slow leak. On average, slow leaks cost professionals like
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In short, your business systems – or lack thereof - are your slow leak. On average, slow leaks cost professionals like you, $5,000 to $27,000 a
What can you do? Three things:
1) Step away from your business and take a long, hard look. And, be honest. If not, you aren’t fooling me, you’re crippling yourself.
2) Write down every inconsistency, every inefficiency, and every slow leak.
3) Develop an action plan to plug or repair those slow leaks, starting with the biggest leaks first.
The good news is, there is an upside to having a slow leak – you have time to fix it. But, whatever you do, don’t wait to fix the leak and wind up with a flood.
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