Archive for the ‘Business’ Category
What You Should Know Before Starting a CBD Business in Montana
While there have been some advances when it comes to medical marijuana in the state and have been initiatives to make it legal for recreational purposes, recreational marijuana is still illegal in Montana. ... more
Increase Sales By Making Deployment Easier
By MARK RIFFEY - Has your team ever watched your customers unpack, assemble, & use your product?... more
What is VPN And Why Do You Need It?
Most of us have heard somewhere or from someone about a VPN, but we don’t know enough about it. How does it work or why do we need it?... more
Cheap Ways to Build a Website for Emerging Businesses
A few decades ago, building a website required knowledge of coding as well as programming and the use of certain specialists. However, nowadays, pretty much anyone can build a website without it costing a f... more
Businesses That Could Be Successful in Missoula, Montana
There is no denying that starting a business is both exciting and frightening.... more
Customers For Life Are Often Made, Rather Than Found
By MARK RIFFEY - On their worst day, what can you do to make your customer's situation better, less frustrating, and memorable in a positive way?... more
What Kinds Of Posts Do People Engage With On Social Media?
The image your brand portrays on social media plays an important role in your success online.... more
Accountability Starts With You
By MARK RIFFEY - Are you holding your team members accountable for their work based on key performance indicators (KPIs), key process areas (KPAs), and/or key result areas (KRAs)?... more
Does Your Business Need a Virtual Phone Service?
Even with the rise of the internet, chat services and email, plenty of people still prefer to talk to an actual human being over the telephone.... more
5 Small Business Mistakes to Avoid
Here are five mistakes that all small business owners can avoid to take themselves to success and prosperity.... more
How to Grow Your Small Business on a Budget
A small business cannot afford to stand still as it has to grow and evolve constantly in order to be competitive in the ever-changing market.... more
Thinking About Your Thinking
By MARK RIFFEY - What else can go wrong? What'd we assume? How would others think about this?... more
How Important Small Business is for Local Economics
The spirit of entrepreneurism has really made a huge impact to the local economy, providing jobs and improving the quality of life for locals.... more
7 Awesome Jobs That Pay the Bills and Let You Make Your Own Schedule
Considered working from home so you can make your schedule, have a stable income, or eliminate your commute? There are plenty of ways to do so.... more
Can you help your customers too much? Part 1
By MARK RIFFEY - When providing help is both the lifeblood and possible death of your business... more
Team Players Make The Team Better
By MARK RIFFEY - The best make the whole team better. But how to find them?... more
Determining if Your Services Are Underpaid
There’s nothing worse than not feeling appreciated, especially in the workplace. It’s a problem many suffer from in today’s competitive –– aka capitalist –– world.... more
Selling Your Company?
By MARK RIFFEY - Being asked to sell your company is often unprovoked. You haven't listed it or said you're ready to retire. "I'm not ready", you might think.... more
How to Get Along With Your Boss
You will need to build a great relationship with your boss. This makes the working environment a favorable one. ... more
How To Start A Local Business
Setting up a local business is always an exhilarating experience especially if it is your first time.... more
Finish Important Work This Year
By MARK RIFFEY - Everything will not magically change the week of January 1st. It didn’t last year, remember?... more
How to Change Your Life and Start an Online Business
If you need a change of pace, this is the perfect time to begin standing on your own two feet and launch your very own online business.... more
Start a Business in Montana
The success of any venture largely depends on careful planning.... more
Liz Marchi: Life Interrupted
By LIZ MARCHI - As I age, I have found it very valuable to look at life’s circumstances as opportunities to learn more about this amazing journey we call life.... more
How to Start a Fashion Business As a Stay at Home Mum
If you’re a stay at home mum looking to start an online fashion business, you will know better than anyone else the value of time. ... more
Finish Something.
By MARK RIFFEY - Unfinished, procrastinated tasks have the same effect as that bag of flour. Finish something today. Check that box.... more
The Importance of Continuing Professional Development
You should view your Continued Professional Development (CPD) as an investment in your future. ... more
Why Invest in Inbound Marketing
Inbound Marketing is an innovative marketing tool that can effectively position a product or service within the internet. ... more
How to Manage Your Investments Online
These days we are accustomed to being able to do almost anything online, even managing our own online investments.... more
Compelling Reasons to Buy
By MARK RIFFEY - Your chances of success improve when you meet someone's needs and/or wants with a compelling offer.... more
What to Do If Injury Affects Your Work Life
In this handy guide, you will learn of three proactive things that can be done to get your life back on track after an injury.... more
Marketing Tips for Local Small Businesses
One of the biggest challenges small businesses face is developing a good marketing strategy. Here are some marketing tips for small business owners.... more
Really Bad Advice
By MARK RIFFEY - Business is hard enough without taking bad advice.... more
Hiring Right Saves Money
By MARK RIFFEY - I know… when you find a highly qualified candidate, you don’t want to look for disqualifying info. Do it anyway.... more
How Multilingualism Helps Improve Businesses
Here's a few ways for you and your business to become bilingual:... more
Liz Marchi: Picking Raspberries
By LIZ MARCHI - The greatest reward for me in my modicum of new found patience is picking raspberries... more
Between A Rock And A Hard Place
By MARK RIFFEY - Ego-free discussion is likely the sole route to business survival.... more
4 Reasons to Use Social Media in Your Business
By EMILY JOHN - If you haven’t yet started your business’s social media page, here are some reasons why you shouldn’t delay any longer.... more
What’s Your Secret?
By MARK RIFFEY - Do the thing. Even when you're horrible at it.... more
The Dangers of Using Your Personal Credit Card for Business
3 Reasons to Stop Using Personal Credit Cards for Business Purchases.... more
The Self-Managing Business
By MARK RIFFEY - What does it take to create a self-managing business? Is if even possible?... more
Liz Marchi: Summer on the Ranch
By LIZ MARCHI - Life is good. Summer in Montana…like nothing else. ... more
All You Need to Know About Investors From Asia
Working with investors from the East can have a lot of benefits for startups. ... more
Horseradish and the Pursuit of Perfect
By MARK RIFFEY - What insignificant thing brings people back again & again?... more
Buying a Vibration Plate
Vibratory plate compactors are often used for on construction sites or places with confined working locations to compact asphalt, foundations, slopes, and soil.... more
Improve Productivity with Excavator Attachments
The right excavator attachment can help get your construction or demolition job done right and improve productivity. ... more
Learning From Our History: Keeping Missoula Workplaces Safe
As local business owners and employees, there are things we can all do to continue making Missoula safe for all workers.... more
What’s Your Growth Plan?
By MARK RIFFEY - Are you a doer or an operator? Your growth path depends on the answer.... more
Getting Started, Part Two
By MARK RIFFEY - Last week, we started talking about a young man asking for advice getting started in his handyman business.... more
Learning Lessons from Missoula’s Philanthropists
Missoula has a solid history of charitable giving.... more