VANCOUVER, WA, July 19, 2018—Business consultant Grace LaConte is hosting a 5-part series on business topics on the Facebook Live platform.
Each session will include answers to both live and write-in Frequently Asked Questions by business owners.
Continue reading “New Facebook Live Series on Business Vision, Profit Margin, and Niche Markets”
Business opportunities seem to be popping up out of nowhere these days.
If you are a company owner, you may be wondering whether to tweak your business model to keep pace with the newest social network and marketing methods.
If you’ve always dreamed of becoming an entrepreneur, you may be tempted to jump into the glittering promises of Network Marketing companies that showcase the opportunity to…
“Be your own boss!”
“Ditch the 9-to-5!”
“Generate passive income with no start-up costs!”
Since there is so much confusion about these terms, and the structure behind them, I decided to share my definitions for common business terms.
In this post, you’ll find a cross-section of 10 popular business models, along with my opinion about what is actually happening behind the scenes.
Continue reading “What’s the Difference Between Brick-and-Mortar, Franchise, Direct Sales, and MLM?”
A Year In Review is an evaluation of what has occurred in the past year, what you’ve learned, where things went wrong, and how you will make changes for the coming year.
To learn how to create your own, read How to Do a Year In Review.
This type of evaluation will stretch you. You may find information about your company that is embarrassing. And you might decide to keep it private—known only to you or your leadership team. Or you could share the results with staff or customers. There’s nothing wrong with editing the content to fit the audience (especially if you’re an introvert like me).
But if you’re willing to be totally transparent, sharing a Year In Review with the entire world is extremely effective.
Read more: 5 Reasons to Share a “Year In Review” of Your Business. Continue reading “31 “Year In Review” Examples to Inspire You”
The following is my perspective on owning a business, experiencing trauma, and bringing my failures to light.
I used to hate the idea of sharing details about my personal life or business publicly, mostly because it’s not fun to get rejected by strangers. As an entrepreneur, my business and personal decisions are intertwined; so negative feedback about my company can feel like a personal attack.
Sometimes, it seems like everyone else is succeeding while you’re the only one struggling. But the truth is, we all face challenges of some sort. Most of us just don’t like to talk about it. Because being transparent is scary.
Continue reading “Why #MeToo Inspired Me to Be Transparent and Share My Failures”
Have you ever whittled a stick before? When I was 8, my grandfather taught me how to carve wood in his workshop. For weeks, my favorite pastime was finding a nice block of wood, chopping off the bark, smoothing it down, and cutting off all the excess pieces until a final image appeared.
If you’ve ever watched a master woodcarver or ice sculptor, you know how it feels to see an ordinary object transform into a work of art.
Every natural health practitioner has the opportunity to serve a very specific, clearly defined group. Instead of meeting all needs and conditions for a vast number of people, niching your practice allows you to be selective. When you “whittle down” to just a handful of options (thus avoiding the Paradox of Choice), people actually start to pay more attention.
Continue reading “11 Compelling Reasons to Niche Your Healthcare Practice”
