Opportunities are all around – be alert, aware and poised for action.

                       May - June, 2021                     Volume 17 - Issue 101   Everyone remembers that saying:  'If Life throws lemons at you, make lemonade.'  For those in the small business world, perhaps we might add:  "Create a business and sell some lemon based products."  During difficult times, disruptions to life occur and new needs facing consumers bubble to the top. But, opportunities are all around us, all the time. Those who are alert, aware and poised for action can turn those needs [...]

By |2022-02-07T02:39:59-05:00June 5th, 2021|COVID Business Survival, Innovation, Newsletter|

Useful Business Saving Actions During COVID-19 Lockdown

Maurer Consulting Group has been a from home operation for quite some time.  So, that part was not a new hardship imposed by COVID-19 shutdowns.  Other small business owners and leaders watched as their businesses imploded into a number of separate pieces, trying to continue operations from numerous different places.   Business as they knew it was reconfigured overnight and with little warning.  I know it was time for some useful business saving actions and strategies. I am thankful that my isolation at home is just my husband and myself during the COVID-19 pandemic.  That has been our normal for the [...]

By |2020-05-24T04:48:17-04:00May 24th, 2020|COVID Business Survival, Growth, Innovation, Strategy|

Expand Your Product Line Through Innovation to Increase Revenues

'Designing Strategies' Newsletter September - October 2007               Volume 4 - Issue 18   Just when you think you know everything there is to know about rubber bands!  I recently returned from speaking at the S.P. Richards' Advanced Business Conference in Nashville.  Attendees were owners of smaller office product and furniture dealerships. What an event! Energy levels were high and excitement abounded the entire four days. I walked the exhibit floor to learn about the audience I would be addressing.  There were not only office furnishings on display, but every type of pen, paper, pencil, art supply, adhesive, paper [...]

By |2017-02-25T02:57:18-05:00September 15th, 2007|Innovation, Newsletter, Strategy|

Innovation: Essential Strategy for Small Business Growth & Success

  'Designing Strategies' Newsletter July - August 2007                Volume 4 - Issue 17     One of the brightest innovations I’ve seen lately comes from the people who brought me my first box of crayons...Crayola.  To be more precise, it was Binney & Smith, Inc. who brought pure joy to my childhood.  What child didn't have a box of Crayola crayons in their toy box?  Once they gave the world a box of eight colors in the early 1900's, they increased color choices to 16, then 24, 48 and 64, and beyond.  Innovation is necessary to grow [...]

By |2017-02-24T18:21:44-05:00July 17th, 2007|Growth, Innovation, Newsletter, Strategy|
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