Quote of the day
“And the only ones even worse are those who work endlessly to make things go wrong and prevent anything from going right and oppose all efforts instinctively.
“Fortunately there are a few around who DO make things go right in spite of everything and anyone.”
—L. Ron Hubbard
THE SUPREME TEST
Another Type of Marketing
Do you work hard to make your company stand out from the competition? Over the years you’ve probably been given several tools on the subject of marketing, but let’s take a different look—some “DO NOT’s” of marketing that maybe you’ve overlooked. There are many ways to...
Your 24-Hour Sales Rep
After having designed and gotten online over 2,000 websites, including sites for Fortune 500 companies and federal government agencies, I’ve seen just about everything that can be done, both good and bad. And while the errors may be glaring to someone who knows all...
Wrong Solution? Maybe It’s the Wrong Problem!
So your sales have been dwindling and you’re on your third sales manager and a couple of new salespeople and no matter how much you have pleaded and pressured or scolded and threatened, sales continues its frightening trend and lackluster range. You’ve racked your...
Are You Getting Things Done In A Proper Sequence?
In the 30 plus years I have spent as a management consultant, using only the training I received as a young man in the Hubbard Management System, I have stepped into a wide variety of companies of all shapes and sizes and in all parts of the world. And I continue to...
Three Ways To Get It All Wrong
A multinational software company with headquarters outside the US had an office in Los Angeles to manage its US operations. The US operations had been insolvent for the vast majority of 8 years and the company had won barely any market share during this time. Its top...
The Power of Positioning
My first car was a ’53 Chevy which a friend of mine unceremoniously totaled on New Year’s Eve a couple of weeks after my 16th birthday. Not an auspicious start. The ’53 Chevy was followed by a ’54, which stood me in good stead until I took down a telephone pole with...