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How to Turn your Customers into Loyal Enthusiasts
ArticlesWhen your customers become your fans, you will quickly realize that you have the potential to increase your revenue without having to increase your marketing budget. Word-of-mouth is a powerful marketing tool and when your customers are also your loyal fans, they will often do the work for you.
Get the Jump on Disruption
ArticlesEver since the beginning of the pandemic, years’ worth of market and business changes have been compressed into days, weeks, and months. This has been highly disruptive for small businesses, requiring business owners to rethink their business model. Despite the unprecedented changes, we’ve seen many small business owners weather the storm and keep up with business disruptions, altering their offering in ways they have not imagined before.
First You Feed Your Unicorn
ArticlesCOVID-19 was completely unprecedented and happened so fast that unfortunately for many, no matter how fast they reacted, they could not contend with it. So how do you plan for something that no one has ever experienced before?
Three Lessons 2020 Taught us About Building Value in 2021
ArticlesBusiness valuation is a complex process, and many different factors need to be taken into consideration to determine how much an organization is worth. We have narrowed this down to three lessons that came out of the past year and that owners need to build on in 2021.
Three Ways to Continue Building Value During the COVID Second Wave
ArticlesWhat is the next step in this strange new normal? How do you continue to not only survive, but to build value in your business - even now as we are in the second wave of this pandemic?
3 Steps to Put Strategic Planning into Action
ArticlesMany owners are reworking their plans to
counter the impact of the pandemic on their business. But how can they
ensure all of the thinking that has gone into developing that plan is
put into action? Try these three steps.
How Can You Lead in the Midst of Uncertainty?
ArticlesThere is no denying that these are extremely difficult and challenging times for leaders all around the world. But how can leaders lead in such unprecedented times? How can businesses engage with risks to ensure positive outcomes for their organization? It all comes back to one word: trust.
“You Can’t Always Get What You Want” – Mick Jagger 1968
ArticlesOwners who have been wanting to sell or step back from their business, have been particularly hard hit during this global turmoil and, as the song goes, must now deal with not being able to get what they want. What happens to our ability to project continued growth in a world that has been turned upside down? What is the bottom line for owners planning to exit?
How to Take Back Control
ArticlesThe COVID-19 pandemic is a huge challenge for business owners, and likely the biggest crisis you as a business owner will ever face. Despite this, it is possible to take back control of your life and your business.
BTA Provides An Update Re: COVID-19 (May 2020)
NewsBusiness Transition Alliance provides an update re: COVID-19 (May 2020)
Three Lessons COVID-19 is Teaching us about Crisis Management
ArticlesThere are important lessons the pandemic is teaching business owners and employees alike. In fact, COVID-19 will forever change how businesses operate going forward. Here are three lessons about crisis management that should be top of mind for businesses during this time.
I Did It!
ArticlesThe rapid advancement of the COVID-19 outbreak has brought an unprecedented upheaval to all of our lives. It has caused us to change how we interact with friends and family, forced us to rethink our professional and financial plans and impacted life’s simplest decisions - like stepping outside of our house or having coffee with a friend. It has forced us all to examine what we have taken for granted all our lives and reconsider the independence we have become accustomed to.
PLAN “B”
ArticlesAs of March 2020 the sand beneath our feet shifted as never before, and the assumptions that worked well in more predictable times need to be put aside. In the words of Albert Einstein, “The thinking that got us to where we are today is not the thinking that will get us to where we need to be”.
BTA Provides An Update Re: COVID-19
NewsIn these unprecedented times we at the Business Transition Alliance are focused on what matters most for our families as well as for our clients who look to us for guidance.
Developing the Right Growth Strategy for Your Business
ArticlesThere are many different strategies that businesses can follow when their goal is growth. When trying to decide which strategy to implement, you as the owner, must consider your target market, finances and industry, as all of these factors will play a big role in achieving your results.
Why Should You Have a Transition Expert Speak at Your Next Event?
ArticlesAn experienced transition expert will provide business owners with the insights and perspective they need whether they plan to grow, exit, or step back from their business.
3 Ways to Increase Employee Development in Your Workplace
ArticlesHaving engaged employees has always been an essential part of a business. But today, employees are looking for a place where they can feel like they belong – work culture is shifting from a duty to an experience.
Four Tips on How to Lead your Business through a Digital Transformation
ArticlesDigitalization is everywhere – from the way we receive information to the way in which we communicate that information daily, and it’s no different when it comes to your business. It is inevitable that with the changes and advances in the digital world, come the need for adaptations.
Three Ways to Build Strategic Sustainability into your Business
ArticlesMore than ever, consumers are demanding that businesses take action when it comes to our environment, and it is essential that corporations commit to and start promoting strategic sustainability that goes beyond recycling.
Three Things You Need to Know about Creating a Winning Business Model
ArticlesOwners need to develop a market-focussed business model to deal with the fast-paced changes they are faced with. The main consideration needs to be that conventional strategic thinking will no longer serve you in the “new normal.”
How to Turn your Customers into Loyal Enthusiasts
ArticlesWhen your customers become your fans, you will quickly realize that you have the potential to increase your revenue without having to increase your marketing budget. Word-of-mouth is a powerful marketing tool and when your customers are also your loyal fans, they will often do the work for you.
Get the Jump on Disruption
ArticlesEver since the beginning of the pandemic, years’ worth of market and business changes have been compressed into days, weeks, and months. This has been highly disruptive for small businesses, requiring business owners to rethink their business model. Despite the unprecedented changes, we’ve seen many small business owners weather the storm and keep up with business disruptions, altering their offering in ways they have not imagined before.
First You Feed Your Unicorn
ArticlesCOVID-19 was completely unprecedented and happened so fast that unfortunately for many, no matter how fast they reacted, they could not contend with it. So how do you plan for something that no one has ever experienced before?
Three Lessons 2020 Taught us About Building Value in 2021
ArticlesBusiness valuation is a complex process, and many different factors need to be taken into consideration to determine how much an organization is worth. We have narrowed this down to three lessons that came out of the past year and that owners need to build on in 2021.
Three Ways to Continue Building Value During the COVID Second Wave
ArticlesWhat is the next step in this strange new normal? How do you continue to not only survive, but to build value in your business - even now as we are in the second wave of this pandemic?
3 Steps to Put Strategic Planning into Action
ArticlesMany owners are reworking their plans to
counter the impact of the pandemic on their business. But how can they
ensure all of the thinking that has gone into developing that plan is
put into action? Try these three steps.
How Can You Lead in the Midst of Uncertainty?
ArticlesThere is no denying that these are extremely difficult and challenging times for leaders all around the world. But how can leaders lead in such unprecedented times? How can businesses engage with risks to ensure positive outcomes for their organization? It all comes back to one word: trust.
“You Can’t Always Get What You Want” – Mick Jagger 1968
ArticlesOwners who have been wanting to sell or step back from their business, have been particularly hard hit during this global turmoil and, as the song goes, must now deal with not being able to get what they want. What happens to our ability to project continued growth in a world that has been turned upside down? What is the bottom line for owners planning to exit?
How to Take Back Control
ArticlesThe COVID-19 pandemic is a huge challenge for business owners, and likely the biggest crisis you as a business owner will ever face. Despite this, it is possible to take back control of your life and your business.
BTA Provides An Update Re: COVID-19 (May 2020)
NewsBusiness Transition Alliance provides an update re: COVID-19 (May 2020)
Three Lessons COVID-19 is Teaching us about Crisis Management
ArticlesThere are important lessons the pandemic is teaching business owners and employees alike. In fact, COVID-19 will forever change how businesses operate going forward. Here are three lessons about crisis management that should be top of mind for businesses during this time.
I Did It!
ArticlesThe rapid advancement of the COVID-19 outbreak has brought an unprecedented upheaval to all of our lives. It has caused us to change how we interact with friends and family, forced us to rethink our professional and financial plans and impacted life’s simplest decisions - like stepping outside of our house or having coffee with a friend. It has forced us all to examine what we have taken for granted all our lives and reconsider the independence we have become accustomed to.
PLAN “B”
ArticlesAs of March 2020 the sand beneath our feet shifted as never before, and the assumptions that worked well in more predictable times need to be put aside. In the words of Albert Einstein, “The thinking that got us to where we are today is not the thinking that will get us to where we need to be”.
BTA Provides An Update Re: COVID-19
NewsIn these unprecedented times we at the Business Transition Alliance are focused on what matters most for our families as well as for our clients who look to us for guidance.
Developing the Right Growth Strategy for Your Business
ArticlesThere are many different strategies that businesses can follow when their goal is growth. When trying to decide which strategy to implement, you as the owner, must consider your target market, finances and industry, as all of these factors will play a big role in achieving your results.
Why Should You Have a Transition Expert Speak at Your Next Event?
ArticlesAn experienced transition expert will provide business owners with the insights and perspective they need whether they plan to grow, exit, or step back from their business.
3 Ways to Increase Employee Development in Your Workplace
ArticlesHaving engaged employees has always been an essential part of a business. But today, employees are looking for a place where they can feel like they belong – work culture is shifting from a duty to an experience.
Four Tips on How to Lead your Business through a Digital Transformation
ArticlesDigitalization is everywhere – from the way we receive information to the way in which we communicate that information daily, and it’s no different when it comes to your business. It is inevitable that with the changes and advances in the digital world, come the need for adaptations.
Three Ways to Build Strategic Sustainability into your Business
ArticlesMore than ever, consumers are demanding that businesses take action when it comes to our environment, and it is essential that corporations commit to and start promoting strategic sustainability that goes beyond recycling.
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An Agile Approach to Budgeting for Uncertain Times
Budget conversations are not far away from strategic planning conversations. This article focuses on aligning budgeting within the conversations about strategic planning as businesses withstand the current turbulent environment. Anticipating what can be cut without straying away from meeting strategic objectives is a key factor in making your company agile towards the constant changes happening in the economy. Find out the three methods that work in this article: Read More
The First Commandment of Strategic Planning: Don’t Fail To Plan
Failing to plan can result in additional stressors particularly during an already unsettling time. Creating a detailed and focused plan of the direction you want to go in, whether you want to grow, exit or step back, is essential to achieving and staying on the path to success. Read the full article here: Read More
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