By Robert Estupinian One thing that is important for us here at Bay Area Mastermind is giving our members the latest tools and strategies to make them more efficient. After all owning a business should not be about working harder, it should be about liberating your time. So, today we have a new tool that […]
Managing Your Business Through a Recession
In today’s economy, the small business owner may encounter situations where one or more of the employees’ performances are affected. Because some employees may worry about not having a job a month or two down the road, their focus might not be as clear as compared to someone who had a guaranteed position. And in […]
The Fall Economic Outlook
Many of our readers have recently emailed and asked for an update of my previous economic outlook that I made at the beginning of the year. These days the media is reporting on just about every bit of data and very little makes sense. In fact, we would argue that much of it has nothing […]
Can You Get Smarter By Playing Brain Training Games
A new study published in the science journal Nature states that there is no empirical support to show that using those computerized brain training programs actually improve overall cognitive functioning. The study followed 11,430 participants over six weeks using the cognitive training tasks claimed to improve such things as reasoning, memory, planning, and attention.
Year End Economic Review and What’s in Store for 2010?
On this new year eve we are looking to celebrate not only the new year but the start of a new decade. This is a good time for us to take a look back and see what we have achieved these last 10 years, and also look forward to the next period in our lives. […]
3 Strategies to Help Anyone Who Has Bombed a Sales Call
Just about everyone in business is selling these days. The ability to sell and persuade customers is a skill that takes some time to develop and is among one of the highest paid activities any business owner can do. Nevertheless, just about everyone that has sold something can relate to the sinking gut feeling you get when you have […]
You Just Can’t Beat Them Into Producing (Part 2)
In part one we introduced some of the problems companies face when simply demanding more from their salespeople these days. In this second part we will look at where the hidden costs are for most companies and what can be done to overcome a non producing salesperson or sales team. Although what is discussed here pertain […]
September’s Business Insights
In this post we want to cover some brief ideas that can give you some ideas for you and your business. Here you will find some ideas that can help you with your taxes, retirement, and give you a brief economic outlook. At Bay Area Mastermind our members always benefit from these insights and you […]
Why One Business is Thriving and The Other is Going Out of Business
All of us are aware of changes that are occurring to business landscape. Some are thriving out there while others are simply being forced to close their doors. The interesting thing is that business failure is not specific to one type of business or based on the time that business has been in business. These […]
Two Things You Need to be Successful in Business (Part 2)
In our previous post we discussed the importance of finding a large starving crowd. The second important element goes hand in hand with the first. This is fully understanding the buying power and buying habits of the market . When you break down all the variables of consumer behavior we find that people buy what they buy […]