If you want to make it big, then you either have to be the best or be the first. Being first to offer some sort of product or service depends on one’s ability to spot the needs or wants for these goods or services. And by this one would think that anything can be...Continue reading
Author: Deborah Taylor
Deborah is a diversified administrative professional with more than 25 years of varied and progressive administration experience in all areas of office management and administration.
Recognizing the need for diverse skills and flexibility in the growing and ever changing global marketplace, Deborah decided to leave the corporate world and launch AVA Business Services, changing ‘working for’ to ‘working with’ the business owner, and allowing a greater contribution to their success and growth.
Deborah is living her dream, just like you, of business ownership and wants to make both businesses successful.
Setting your PDF documents to open at page 1
Recently I received a pdf document from a client to proof read. I was told the document had a cover page, table of contents, about 50 pages or so of text, an index, and bibliography. When I opened the document to work on it however, instead of seeing the cover page (page 1) as I...
Plan Your Time
Everything that you do in your business is going to take up some of your time. It’s the plain and simple truth. No getting around it. It’s so easy to get bogged down with the insignificant things that pop up, leaving little time for the significant, like actually doing business. The key to all...Continue reading
Who is your target market?
Your Target Market is the group of people who are most likely to use and benefit from your product or service. But before you can sell to your target market, you first need to know who they are and understand what they want. Here are a few things to think about in deciding who...Continue reading
Build Market Awareness for Your Product or Service
You have finally done it. After all your hard work to set up your business, you are officially a business owner. Congratulations! And now you are ready to promote your product or service and achieve the success you have desired for so long. But you suddenly step back and ask yourself how? How does a...Continue reading
Success or Failure is in Your Hands
The success or failure of your business is really up to you. If you succeed, the credit and the glory that comes with it will all belong to you. How sweet it is! But if you fail, you own that as well. Think of success and failure as two sides of a coin. Are you...Continue reading
Outsource your “Busy Work”
All businesses have certain tasks and activities that must be accomplished on a regular basis in order for the business to continue to run and function: telephone calls; emails; filing; bookkeeping; documents; etc. etc., etc. Every one of these tasks and activities do nothing to generate profit for the business, although they are essential for...Continue reading
The Comfort Zone
We all have a comfort zone. You know the place where we stick to doing the same old things the same old way time after time. It doesn’t matter if we are talking about our personal life or our business world. We are fond of it. It works for us. So why change it? Simple....Continue reading
Mentors
One of the most valuable assets a new business owner can have is a good and capable mentor. Someone who has “been there” and has already made all of the mistakes. Their mistakes are your teachings and can help you to avoid making them yourself. Mentors have the wisdom that comes from their experience. They...Continue reading
Establishing Business Relationships
Creating and developing good and solid business relationships is an important aspect of building a successful enterprise. Working hard to build these relationships is worth every minute of the time that you invest in it, and relationship building should be one of your top priorities. So how does one go about forming business relationships? Well,...Continue reading