Heather Villa

In some article of Tips In Ten I give you “little picture” projects that you can do well in 10 minutes: Twitter, LinkedIn, blogging, that kind of thing. They are important but often self-contained and fairly specific. On the opposite end of the spectrum is business growth. Big picture stuff! And, yes, it can be [...]

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I believe that businesses grow when entrepreneurs focus on the successful development and improvement of their businesses. Unfortunately, it’s not put into practice as often or as effectively as it could be so entrepreneurs only think about business growth, but act on it sporadically. The result of sporadic attention to business growth is, of course, [...]

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Nearly all of the Tips In Ten articles  have some kind of focus to them – information sites, Twitter, customer service, etc. But every once in a while I come across a great tip that takes ten minutes or less but it’s just a “quick hit” and it doesn’t have enough to merit an entire [...]

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This article is not all about finances. Well, it’s partially about finances. More importantly, it’s about how to grow your business. Growing your business doesn’t just happen by magic. There’s no business growth fairy that takes away a balance sheet and leaves a bigger business under your pillow. It takes consistent, carefully investment to create [...]

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In my reading I’ve enjoyed the writing of Duct Tape Marketing creator John Jantsch. You can read his blog over at Duct Tape Marketing. In a recent blog, The Three Natural Phases of Successful Small Business Growth, Jantsch talks about the 3 phases that he sees small businesses progress through. The first phase is foundation, [...]

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