What is a Business Plan?

A business plan is a written document used to describe your business. The sections of a business plan are fairly standard, so you can find lots of help from those that have gone before you. Each section in a business plan has a specific purpose.  Certain sections can be as short as one page.  For…

Why Write a Business Plan?

By: Burke Franklin, CEO and founder, Business Power Tools “A sensible man never embarks on an enterprise until he can see his way to the end of it.”    – Aesop A business plan is a road map to the future of your business (both for yourself and your investors).  Writing it, though, can be an…

BizPlanit Reviews Jian SmallBizCRM (Contact Management Solution)

Review: JIAN SmallBizCRM with Email Marketing A CRM, or customer relationship management solution, is a must for any entrepreneur or small business owner. I am sure this statement does not come as a surprise to you. However, finding the right CRM solution is not easy. Whether it is too complex, too expensive, too feature rich,…

Sales Leadership: Selling the Truth, Part 2

Continued from Selling the Truth, Part 1… Excerpted from the book, Business Black Belt Like a said before, I can tell in a heartbeat now if a salesperson is coming to pitch me because he or she wants the deal or if he or she thinks they have something I could really use. Sometimes it…

Sales Leadership: Selling the Truth? Part 1

Excerpted from the book, Business Black Belt We’ve all been watching TV pretty much since it came into being. We’ve all watched commercials as they’ve evolved. We’ve all seen and heard a variety of sales pitches, scams, and rip-offs, to the point that we are fine-tuned to fending them off. Now, a clean, straightforward sales…