Season 1
I know RuPaul was talking about models when he said, “You better work!” but really, he should have been talking about data. I know lots of businesses that have gone to the effort to collect data but then fail to use it. That’s like taking the time to get the hair and makeup done, getting…
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I clearly remember a sign on an executive’s desk in a tiny 12-person company I worked for. It said, “Nothing happens until someone sells something.” Obviously, he was a sales exec, but there was definitely truth in the statement. The same kind of statement is true about data: Nothing better happens until you use your…
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When you started your business, you probably didn’t think so much about the mechanics behind the scenes. But the truth is that analytics drive what you do and how you do it. And probably even why you do it. My Origin of Analytics My parents opened a restaurant the year I was born. But not…
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In exploring the simple machine of technology, I look back to when my parents owned a restaurant. Naturally, my first job was doing data entry for my Dad. He had written the computer programs to process and analyze the sales and labor data for his restaurant. But in order for those to work, the numbers…
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I spent the first four years of my business half-ass attempting to implement everyone else’s systems—and it sucked. Late nights, money stress, racing to meet deadlines, and having zero confidence about everything because it felt like I was doing it all for the first time. I definitely was not being a smart business professional in…
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You aren’t wrong if you expect me to be giddy with excitement about using technology for metrics. You might be surprised though that I’m actually not an advocate of getting super automated and fancy. Sometimes simplicity is the best route to take. Listen to Season 1: Episode 12 How to Track Your Metrics By now,…
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If you haven’t heard, Clubhouse is the newest social media darling to burst onto the scene. And it’s causing a lot of business owners heartburn. Should they be on it? How do they use it? What should they do with it (because it is different). And at the same time, Facebook, the old standard, seems…
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Here’s the news: On May 1, 2021, Google will start factoring in Core Web Vitals as part of how Google decides what pages show up where in search results. And as my friend Stacey might say, “Those are all words and all English, but I don’t know what you are saying.” Feeling a bit like…
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The idea of paying for leads is a hard one to swallow when you start a business. But once you have some cash flow, it can seem to be an easy way to acquire new customers. That’s only true, though, if you can turn those eyeballs into email addresses and those email addresses into money…
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Are you at a crossroads in your business? If you’re stuck and looking to gain confidence on the path to achieving the business growth you desire, you may be considering getting a business coach. I say: Forget coaching. Use data instead. There’s no doubt about it: Growing a business is nerve racking, anxiety inducing, and…
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