Four Step Management Method

PDCA (plan–do–check–act) is an iterative four-step management method used in business for the control and continuous improvement of processes and products.  A fundamental principle of the PDCA method is repetition—once a hypothesis is confirmed (or negated), administering the cycle again will extend the knowledge further. Each complete cycle indicates an increase in your...

Lousy Chicken AND Tomato Experience

Small Business Owners, there is more!  I had no sooner finished my last post about the $5,000 chicken that I opened an email from Seth Goden who was waxing poetic about lousy tomatoes.  His words were so in sync with what I had just written, I had to borrow them and share them with you here. Without his permission, but with full credit to the author, please let me share what he...

Not All Eggs Go in the Facebook Basket

Facebook is on a virtual roll. With the continual Facebook change comes an enlarging number of companies and brands creating and managing Pages (what was known as ‘Fan Pages’). I’ve even heard from clients and friends of business owners who decided to shut down their websites and only focus on Facebook. Yes, these are extremes. Where you one of the businesses that jumped on the...