Donna Stone is a business coach with three decades of experience. She grew her own business from a garage to be a multi-award winning operation that spanned five locations nationally. For almost a decade she has been sharing this knowledge and expertise with clients to guide them in their own success. Donna works with business owners and other business coaches, consultants and trainers to help them build their own success. Her Coach the Coach ™ program has proved exceedingly popular, as has her life coaching services. Donna is a prolific writer with hundreds of articles written and seven books published.
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One of the single most important factor for any business is receiving reviews, recommendations and referrals by their customers on the products or experience they have shared with the business. If there is one reason as to why your business doesn’t receive reviews, it is because you are not asking for it. Read Business Plan…
It’s that time of the year again when you have to reevaluate your business goals. Although not many companies observe this, it is a good business practice to reevaluate and tweak goals in the business in relation to what you have already achieved and what you want to in the coming 6 months. Alternatively, if you…
In sales, many people believe that receiving an objection is a bad sign. However, if you approach the objection in the right way, then it helps you realize that this is actually a good sign – or rather a great sign. When someone gives you an objection they are essentially saying “I am not convinced…
One of the simplest (and quickest) ways that a salesperson can fail is by not preparing themselves beforehand for a sales meeting. It is crucial, not just to portray the right behaviour and wear the right attire, but also to have enough knowledge about the person you are about to have a meeting with. This…
Technically, a business plan is merely a written guide of the ‘what’ and ‘how’ of a business’ potential. A business plan is defined as a formal statement of business goals, explanations that they are attainable and tactics for achieving them. They are not required to be long, narrative and exhaustive. For small and amateur entrepreneurs,…
When asked what is one of the best tools to use online to successfully grow a business, it is always good to recommend Google Analytics. Why? Read through and know how it makes businesses successful. Read How to Improve Your Digital Sales Conversion Rate. Have you ever wondered anything about the visitors of…
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“The secret to change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” – Socrates There are a few reasons why change is not just good for us but amazing too. We get way past our comfort zone. We experience more. We go through a path of…
Working in digital marketing makes one realize that conversions are extremely important for any online marketing campaign. Increasing your digital sales conversion rate is very crucial and all efforts must be made to make sure you do this. Having a good conversion rate means that you will be able to generate high sales volume. An…
I love both these expressions! If you are in business, if your business is to be successful, you can’t keep it a secret. A business which is kept secret is a business doomed for failure. A prospective client recently called business promotion as ‘peacocking’. Maybe this makes you uncomfortable? Well – I’ll be blunt –…