Do you remember when you first started your business? I sure do – I had visions of grandeur! ALL businesses would want to use our company, EVERY business owner would feel the passion we had for the business, we would have the PERFECT solution for EACH business that came our way and there was just one more thing- we all lived happily ever after. (just like a Fairy Tale!) Does that sound familiar to you? Business ownership is certainly not for the faint of heart and it turns out it is no fairy tale either. Somewhere along the way, along with many other life lessons, business owners realize that we cannot be everything to everyone and we need to seek out and find our Niche’; our Sweet Spot.

Understanding the strengths your team possesses is critical to the success of any company. In other words, having the right people in the right seats can make all the difference Each of us is wired to do a few things very well. If our daily tasks revolve around those few things, life is good! If, on the other hand, our daily tasks revolve around areas outside of our strengths, life can be tough. As business owners or managers, we simply must take the time to determine if the members of our team are ‘wired’ for their positions. Right Position + Wrong Person = LOST $$ & Talents (replace or remove staff member) Right Person + Wrong Position = LOST $$ & Talents (relocate the staff member) Right Position

An executive is busy working in his home office when his 6-year-old son comes in and starts asking him to play. After much persistence followed by much frustration, the exec pulls out a magazine and opens it to a large fold-out map of the world. Pulling out the map, he cuts it into hundreds of tiny pieces and gives them to his son. “here, son, after you put together this map of the world, then I’ll play with you.” Knowing that a 6-year-old has no idea what a map of the world looks like, he assumed that this task should keep his son busy for at least a couple hours. But ten minutes later his son came back into the office and said “All done, daddy.” The executive

Accepting credit cards is a necessity for most businesses today. The reasons we accept plastic from our customers can make all of the things that go on behind credit card processing; tolerable! Here are the top reasons why accepting credit cards from your clients just makes good business sense! Make the Payment Process Easy When you can make accepting a payment easier for your clients, you increase the possibility of building a repeat and referral-based business. When your customers find the payment process easy, meaning they can use whatever means they choose, it enhances their experience. Imagine you have a client in your business and they have made their selections. When they get to the checkout, they find that you do not accept credit cards. Unfortunately, they have