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Lean Business Planning with Tim Berry [VIDEO]

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We recently had Tim Berry, Palo Alto Software founder and business planning expert, present our Bplans audience with his latest advice on lean business planning. It’s all about making your business life easier, doing what works best, getting the best results by tracking what works and always improving.

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10 Proven Ways to Grow Your Small Business

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If your sales have recently hit a plateau, check out these 10 proven methods to continue growing your business. You went through the process of identifying a target market when developing your business plan. But now you have an active customer base that you need to engage with and in the process improve your business.

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Use Milestones and Metrics to Turn Planning into Business GPS

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I often use steering as a metaphor for business planning. So too with running your own business, or starting a new one. Which is exactly why you want to focus on milestones and metrics in business planning. See Also: Milestones Make Your Business Plan a Real Plan.

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Cannabis Marketing Without Paid Ads: How to Do it Right

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Organic Social Media Campaigns. And if you’re a dispensary owner or marijuana doctor, it’s VITAL that you create a Google My Business account so you rank for “near me” searches and stand out for free on the internet. In-store educational seminars. Word-of-Mouth Marketing. Email Marketing. Push Notifications. Affiliate Marketing.

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6 Business Idea Validation Tactics to Improve Your Business Planning

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You must conduct client interviews, website usage tests, and maybe even set up a small PPC campaign to figure out whether or not the market is interested in you offering. In this article, I’ll give a quick overview of the best practices for validating your business idea in use today. See Also: The History of Lean Planning.

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29 Entrepreneurs Share Nonmonetary Benefits and Perks of Their Business

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Thanks to Marco Scanu, Visa Business Plans ! #6- 6- High freedom Photo Credit: Tim Connon The best nonmonetary benefits to my business are the high amount of freedom I have. We offer employee training programs, seminars, and workshops at no cost. Thanks to Keren Dinkin, Epic Owl ! #27-

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Strategies To Grow Your Online Clothing Business

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Once you identify the target market of your business, everything will be a lot easier for you. You’ll know the items that you have to create for your customers, and you’ll be able to develop a marketing campaign for this specific audience. Avoid building a business just because it’s trendy.

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