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A 10 Point Diagnostic For Your Business ing between expenses that can be reduced and critical expenditures that are actually great business investments. Let’s look at a few costs that we should mentallyFrom my experience, most businesses can benefit from a regular health check – a business diagnostic that takes a thorough look at the whole business and identifies priorities and potential solutions for better performance.Maybe it is already a part of your annual budgeting process or strategic planning sessions but it can be a very valuable exercise to step back from the daily demand The Selling Power Of A Story Every dollar we spend on our business is a dollar less we take home. We all like to run tight ships and keep expenses down to a minimum. We regularly look for ways to improve the bottom line by eliminating or reducing expenses. We won’t consciously cut corners in a way that compromises quality or integrity, but every other sunk cost is fair game. 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Let’s look at a few costs that we should mentally recast as investments.Where is our success? Although there have been improvements, over 60% of projects/programs failed and many were canceled in 2003 (ref:The Standish Report CHAOS)! Our goal for 2004 and beyond is to contribute to a 60% and better, project/program success rate! STOP THE MADNESS-MANAGE AND CONTROL PROJECTSWITH THE FOLLOWING:Best Practice Processes for Project/Program Success(Out Outside talent. Unless you have found a way to combine vast knowledge with some way of stretching time, you probably rely, at least in part, on outside talent to help you get things done. You might hire a copywriter to put together that perfect ad for the next newsletter. You might snag a freelance coder to help you with the back end of your site. You might have a graphics design expert at your disposal when you need the perfect header. The expertise of this “extended family” gives you the opportunity to do the things you do best and to produce quality results. Improved performance and better time management
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